Liewe Maatjies

Die Antwoord

This is it
A whole lot of blood, sweat, and tears
But it paid off
I finally made it
Here I am
Living the dream

Relax your shoulders
Skud jou motherfucking boude
Grab your phone, take a picture
When you see Yolandi Visser and the Ninja

Life's tough
Hard times can kill
Sometimes I grab the microphone and go ballistic
Sometimes I grab the mic and skop it like a chill

This one's going out to all my gangsters
Dik getinte vensters
Kwaai spoilers. gedropte suspensions
Spiff rims en kak gevaarlike engines
All I wanna do is zoom, zoom, zoom
Met 'n poes every doem, doem, doem
Die Antwoord's 'n mindfuck soos die fokken Matrix
Getting goosebumps when the bass kicks

Hello all my liewe maatjies
(Our zef flows get so deep, die moederfucking Antwoord het jou lief)
All my gangsters, all my laaties
(Our zef flows get so deep, die moederfucking Antwoord het jou lief)
Hello all my liewe maatjies
(Our zef flows get so deep, die moederfucking Antwoord het jou lief)
All my blacks, all my coloureds, all my whities
(Our zef flows get so deep, die moederfucking Antwoord het jou lief)

What's up bru, I got the good stuff
I can get you hooked up
My lullabies float like a butterfly
Sting like a poesklap

There's a heavy calm
In the middle of my storm
Geen fokken skaam
Ek skrik vir niks soos die fokken son

Dik fokken gees
Die Ninja moves free
From the zef side to the overseas
Skop ek kak gevaarlike poetry
Soos love is dark
But light reveals the shape of things at night

Hello all my liewe maatjies
(Our zef flows get so deep, die moederfucking Antwoord het jou lief)
All my gangsters, all my laaties
(Our zef flows get so deep, die moederfucking Antwoord het jou lief)
Hello all my liewe maatjies
(Our zef flows get so deep, die moederfucking Antwoord het jou lief)
All my blacks, all my coloureds, all my whities
(Our zef flows get so deep, die moederfucking Antwoord het jou lief)

Hello all my liewe maatjies
(Our zef flows get so deep, die moederfucking Antwoord het jou lief)
All my gangsters, all my laaties
(Our zef flows get so deep, die moederfucking Antwoord het jou lief)
Hello all my liewe maatjies
(Our zef flows get so deep, die moederfucking Antwoord het jou lief)
All my blacks, all my coloureds, all my whities
(Our zef flows get so deep, die moederfucking Antwoord het jou lief)


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    "Hello al my liewe maatjies" -> "Hello all of my beloved friends" (in a child-like manner) "Dik ge-tinte vensters" -> "Thick tinted windows" "Kak gevaarlike engines" -> "Shit dangerous engines" "Met 'n poes" -> "With a 'poes'" "Die Antwoords is 'n motherfuck soos die fokken Matrix" -> "Die Antwoord is a motherfuck like the fuckin' Matrix" "Die muthafuckin Antwoord het jou lief" -> "The motherfucking Atwoord loves you" "Skrik vir niks soos die fokken son" -> Afraid of nothing like the fuckin' sun

    Mellow_Harsheron March 31, 2013   Link

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