Paradise - Teargas, Toya Delazy

I gotta get by, light a cigarette high in an hour of need

I gotta get by with more hope in my eye, it’s hard to breathe

It’s hard to breathe

Huh, huh

Look at the monster the streets of Soweto raised in me

Now all that hate, don’t have the courage for facing me

The life I’m living is the one that they would wish for

I embrace all the negative 'cause it’s what I get rich from

Ng’hamb' eyindawen' ezinzima they hope they could relate

Ngob' impilo zabo zinzima thats all I can say

I never planned to be one of the best

So keep thinking it’s a game 'cause it only begins, huh

Who illest by far, who’s the realest?

They say it’s me, soon as they see the car is the meanest

This is what the streets missed, this is what your chick missed

You were given a shot at it and blew it now you’re dismissed

Bahlulekile k’dala benyatsa, I’ll punch a sucker

Ngeke bafike kule level, bunch of suckers

Bunch of strugglers, I’m the chosen one

Lezinja lez' ama-chicken, frozen ones

I gotta get by, light a cigarette high in an hour of need

I gotta get by with more hope in my eye, it’s hard to breathe

It’s hard to breathe

Take a look in my eyes

You see the pain, you see the pain

I’m taking a ride, to get away, get away

To paradise, paradise, to paradise

To paradise, paradise, to paradise

Whistling, whistling in the morning like a bird

Hello, good morning, are you still in bed?

The sun is rising and I’m feeling great

All the troubles behind me, no more feeling dead

Woke up then I prayed to God, I’ll never fail you, God

I’ll stay scheming instead, still winning this game

Hayi bo, every day we still dealing with hate

But we ain’t willing to fade, we willing to face

All the troubles, ngiyohlala ngimele ikasi lami stay on my hustle

Baba lesi yisikhathi sami no need to watch you

All eyes on me, how can I be humble?

How can I be humble, in this concrete jungle?

If I want, I will hunt you then munch you, smartphone

I will never fumble, I was born to be smart Joe

Do you feel my struggle?

Y muscle will last for ever, ever

I gotta get by, light a cigarette high in an hour of need

I gotta get by with more hope in my eye, it’s hard to breathe

It’s hard to breathe

Take a look in my eyes

You see the pain, you see the pain

I’m taking a ride, to get away, get away

To paradise, paradise, to paradise

To paradise, paradise, to paradise

(K-Eezo)

I pray for a better tomorrow

My people are struggling, struggling and living in sorrow, sorrow

You only live once baba YOLO

So imali phambili, phambili okunye can follow

As an adolescent, knew if need it I gotta have it

Yeah, even if it means resorting to desperate measures

Now every minute and every second, I’m counting my blessings

And calculating my moves boy, simple mathematics (Real nice)

My neck of the woods is a jungle

Everybody has a dream, none of them become real

Lana it’s a done deal, some go to jail, some killed

And if AIDS doesn’t get you, the gun will

Intwan' encane trying hard to be cool

They all wanna be a part of the crew

Money is a marketing tool, is violence a bargaining tool?

'Cause death looks easy, living is harder to

I say, ungalahl' ithemba ntwana keep your head up, head up

Do what you gotta do and just keep it together, together

Whenever you fall you got to get up, get up

Chea, get up, I say get up, let’s go

I gotta get by, let the light shine

I gotta get by, no need to hide

I gotta get by, 'cause a dreamer don’t die

We break free, break free