Intro Lyrics
Ah mfana umsebenzi uyaphela
Mfanam k'mele ukhule mfanami
End of this year k’mele ukhule
Nawe mfethu, Hhayi nawe!
[Tyla]
Wang'bamba
Wang'thatha
Wang’beka
[Kelvin Momo]
Nonke nje kmele-
Mina, ngiyoloku ngin'thinta kancane
Ngithi majita k'yenzakalani la?
[Tyla]
Wang'bamba
Wang'thatha
Wang'beka
[Kelvin Momo]
Nale le yokuthi sometimes
Impilo yam ikanje nje
Oh! Ayi! Whoo! Yho! Mfana!
About
The “Intro”, track 1 of tylas eponymous album, is a small taste of the TYLA album. It features Kelvin Momo, a south african DJ.
A unreleased song (at this time), is played in the background, while Tyla and Momo are singing in Zulu. Again this is just a small taste in the culture, craft, and writing in her debut album.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Tyla:
I wanted to start off my album with something that was truly South African, something that showed people the root of where I started, before ‘Water’, before all of these mixtures. I secretly recorded a voice note when I was in a session with Kelvin Momo. I loved hearing the people in the session, speaking, hearing the language, the accents. It was so raw and real. Kelvin Momo is my favourite amapiano producer-his music and his sound is my heart.
- 1.SHAKE AH
- 2.PUSH 2 START
- 3.BACK to YOU
- 4.Intro
- 5.Safer
- 6.Water
- 8.No. 1
- 9.Breathe Me
- 10.Butterflies
- 11.On and On
- 12.Jump
- 13.ART
- 14.On My Body
- 15.Priorities
- 16.To Last
- 17.Water (Remix)
