Lyrics: Lwandile Nkanyuza
Music: Tebogo J Mosane/Onkgopotse Tiro Motsei/Kamogelo Sememi Mosupye/Blessing Tshifularo/Kekeletso Masemola/Smangaliso Qala
Let’s take it back to high school
I was just a nice dude
Class clown
Funny, ‘cause I couldn’t take a joke
So when the other kids tried to tease me
I’d take it so deep into my heart
And I couldn’t let it go
Man, I just really wanted them to like me
And if you didn’t like me
You hate me
I couldn’t take it
So at some point I started faking
Like I was happy when I wasn’t
As long as they felt accommodated
Then I got home
Umama’s on the phone
With her friend who I just met now in the street
She said I’m sweet,
‘cause ya boy just happened to greet
So umama was pleased
And was really so proud of me
And that really gave me
That dose of dopamine that I needed
I hit that line so hard I started sneezing
My eyes rolled back
My nose bleeding
I just had to feel it again
I have to feel it again oh
Are you pleased?
Do you have everything that you need?
Do you still need me to just agree?
It’s okay, I got you
Take a seat
Kick your feet up
I’ll go get something for you to read
Are you pleased?
Do you have everything that you wanted?
Do you still need me to move a mountain?
Oh don’t you worry
I wasn’t counting
Or maybe I was
I had my first dose back in grade 4
Or grade 3
Group work
All the kids wanted to work with me
‘Cause I could draw
I could write
and I could read
Pretty well
That started my popularity
Then I became aware of all of these things I could do
And if you did them for people they started liking you
And then they start inviting you to birthdays
And to places that you wouldn’t be in the first place
So I grew up
Really sensitive to energies
Slightest tone change and I felt like we were enemies
And then I based my identity
On caring for people who could never really be there for me
But I never communicated either
I just wanted to be there for them
There’s something that it would do for me
But if I had to really, really think about it truthfully
I was acting stupidly
I just really wanted them to use me like
Bada da da da dum dadada dada dum
Bada da da da dum dadada dada dum
Until they use me up
Are you pleased?
Do you have everything that you need?
Do you still need me to just agree?
It’s okay, I got you
Take a seat
Kick your feet up
I’ll go get something for you to read
Are you pleased?
Do you have everything that you wanted?
Do you still need me to move a mountain?
Oh don’t you worry
I wasn’t counting
Or maybe I was