Intro – soft piano 🎹]
(Spoken)
Re ne re dumela… re ne re tshepa…
But now… tsotlhe di fetogile…
[Verse 1]
Re ne re go tlhopha ka pelo tsotlhe
Re go neile maatla, re tshepile tsotlhe
Now tsotlhe di lefifi, ga go lesedi
People are crying, but you don’t see
Bana ba robala ba sa ja bosigo
Mma o lela, tsotlhe di mo tlisitse khutsafalo
You promised change, you said you care
But now tsotlhe di nyeletse mo moyeng fela
[Pre-Chorus]
Rea botsa… lo kae jaanong?
When we suffer… lo didimala fela
[Chorus]
Ba lebetse batho ba ba ba tshepisitseng
They forgot the ones who put them in power
Re a lela, ga go ope yo o re utlwang
We crying every day, every hour
“No money” lo bua jalo
But you live like kings tsotlhe tsotlhe
Dipelo tsa rona di botlhoko
Why you forget us… re ne re lo rata
[Verse 2]
You wear expensive clothes, tsotlhe di bonala
While mo motseng batho ba tlhokafala
Ga go tiro, ga go dijo, ga go thuso
Still you smile like tsotlhe di siame
Re go neile seat, ra go tshepa ka tsotlhe
Now tsotlhe ke mafoko fela, ga go tiro
We believed in you, tsotlhe tsa rona
But now tsotlhe di utlwisa botlhoko fela
[Pre-Chorus]
Rea botsa… lo kae jaanong?
When we cry… lo retologa fela
[Chorus]
Ba lebetse batho ba ba ba tshepisitseng
They forgot the ones who put them in power
Re a lela, ga go ope yo o re utlwang
We crying every day, every hour
“No money” lo bua jalo
But you live like kings tsotlhe tsotlhe
Dipelo tsa rona di botlhoko
Why you forget us… re ne re lo rata
[Bridge – deep emotion, choir enters 🎶]
Modimo o bona tsotlhe tsotlhe
Le tsotlhe tsotlhe lo di dirang
One day truth will rise godimo
Batho ba tlaa bua, ba seka ba boifa
We are tired, re lapile
We just want a better life
Re batla kagiso le tshiamo
Not empty words, not lies
[Final Chorus – stronger, emotional]
Ba lebetse batho… 💔
They forgot us, tsotlhe tsotlhe
Re a lela… ga go thuso
Still we’re holding on, re sa fele pelo
“No money” lo bua jalo
But tsotlhe tsotlhe lo tshela sentle
Dipelo tsa rona di a roba
But re santse re tshepa… sen
