Bayede Makhosi
v4
@Charles Muthurana
Bayede Makhosi
v4
@Charles Muthurana
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[Intro]
[soft child humming in the background]
Hmm-mmm
Hmm-mmm
Bayede
Bayede
Hmm-mmm
[Verse 1]
Mama say
“Phakam’ amehlo
Ubon’ uthuli”
Dust on the frame
Old black-and-white
Gogo smile
Hidden in the corner of the light
Baba say
“Lapho uhamba
Awuhambi wedwa”
I feel footsteps
Walking just behind my shadow
[Chorus]
Bayede makhosi (heyi)
Bayede bo (oh-oh)
Ngiyanibona emaphusheni
Nibambe isandla sami
Bayede makhosi (bayede)
Bayede bo
You’re the drum inside my heartbeat
You’re the names I never know
[Verse 2]
Girl voice:
Ngithwele igama likamkhulu
Like a blanket
Over both my shaking shoulders
Boy voice:
Ngipheka umkhumbulo ekhishini
Steam rising
Calling you a little closer
Together:
Sithi “vukani
Hlalani nathi”
As we laugh
On a plastic chair outside
Your stories in our skin
Your rivers in our eyes
[Chorus]
Bayede makhosi (heyi)
Bayede bo (oh yeah)
Ngiyanibona emaphusheni
Nibambe isandla sami
Bayede makhosi (bayede)
Bayede bo
You’re the drum inside my heartbeat
You’re the names I never know
[Bridge]
[percussion drops
Pads swell
Child humming returns]
Child voice (soft):
Ngibabiz’ igama
Wozani la kimi
Background:
Siyababiza
Siyababiza
Male & female:
When I’m lost in the dark of my mind
You arrive in a wave of quiet light
Every breath is a prayer you designed
Every step is an old road revived
[Chorus]
Bayede makhosi (heyi)
Bayede bo (oh-oh, bayede)
Ngiyanibona emaphusheni
Nibambe isandla sami
Bayede makhosi (bayede)
Bayede bo
You’re the drum inside my heartbeat
You’re the names I never know
[Outro]
[log drum pattern thins
Child humming fades]
Hmm-mmm
Bayede
Bayede
Hmm-mmm
Sihlala nani njalo
[soft child humming in the background]
Hmm-mmm
Hmm-mmm
Bayede
Bayede
Hmm-mmm
[Verse 1]
Mama say
“Phakam’ amehlo
Ubon’ uthuli”
Dust on the frame
Old black-and-white
Gogo smile
Hidden in the corner of the light
Baba say
“Lapho uhamba
Awuhambi wedwa”
I feel footsteps
Walking just behind my shadow
[Chorus]
Bayede makhosi (heyi)
Bayede bo (oh-oh)
Ngiyanibona emaphusheni
Nibambe isandla sami
Bayede makhosi (bayede)
Bayede bo
You’re the drum inside my heartbeat
You’re the names I never know
[Verse 2]
Girl voice:
Ngithwele igama likamkhulu
Like a blanket
Over both my shaking shoulders
Boy voice:
Ngipheka umkhumbulo ekhishini
Steam rising
Calling you a little closer
Together:
Sithi “vukani
Hlalani nathi”
As we laugh
On a plastic chair outside
Your stories in our skin
Your rivers in our eyes
[Chorus]
Bayede makhosi (heyi)
Bayede bo (oh yeah)
Ngiyanibona emaphusheni
Nibambe isandla sami
Bayede makhosi (bayede)
Bayede bo
You’re the drum inside my heartbeat
You’re the names I never know
[Bridge]
[percussion drops
Pads swell
Child humming returns]
Child voice (soft):
Ngibabiz’ igama
Wozani la kimi
Background:
Siyababiza
Siyababiza
Male & female:
When I’m lost in the dark of my mind
You arrive in a wave of quiet light
Every breath is a prayer you designed
Every step is an old road revived
[Chorus]
Bayede makhosi (heyi)
Bayede bo (oh-oh, bayede)
Ngiyanibona emaphusheni
Nibambe isandla sami
Bayede makhosi (bayede)
Bayede bo
You’re the drum inside my heartbeat
You’re the names I never know
[Outro]
[log drum pattern thins
Child humming fades]
Hmm-mmm
Bayede
Bayede
Hmm-mmm
Sihlala nani njalo
Musikstyle
Deep, hypnotic amapiano groove with log drum swells and warm sub, airy pads and delicate piano stabs. Male and female vocals trade intimate call-and-response in Zulu and English, with a soft children’s choir humming lightly in the background. Slow-burn build: sparse first verse, then percussion layers blossom in the chorus. Second pass of the hook adds bright synth chords and stacked harmonies. Child vocal sits distant and reverbed, like a sweet echo from the past., female vocals, vocal, deep
