Hold On A Little Longer

Verse

Kwacha kuseni, I find me sober,

a check on my phone, kupeza banizonda.

It’s a breakup text from my lover…

I find me begging, and begging: “ossani siya.”

Chorus

I’m like hold on, just hold on… a little longer.

You like the sky, the air I breathe — ossani zonda.

Hold on, baby hold on, tizavi sova.

Verse

It’s not that I cheated, it’s not even that I hate you.

She said, “love is giving… show me, mara…

there is nothing you’ve given me.”

You get paid, but I’m not your priority.

“Please yenda… don’t call my number.”

Ine kumutima fititi…

yazima nyale… chali kale.

Chorus

Reminiscing…

I’m like hold on, just hold on… a little longer.

You like the sky, the air I breathe — ossani zonda.

Hold on, baby hold on, tizavi sova.

Verse

Now I’m sitting lonely, thinking of the past,

times I should have held you, but I let them pass.

Unapempha love, simple things you asked,

koma ine nilibe nzelu, I thought it would last.

You wanted flowers, I gave you silence,

you wanted time, I gave you distance.

Now I see clearly, I should have tried harder,

regret is heavy, and it cuts me like thunder.