Bayede Makhosi
v4
@Charles Muthurana
Bayede Makhosi
v4
@Charles Muthurana
Lyrics
[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
Style of Music
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
