Woman Got a Right to Be

Ba ya khala abomama
Bodade wethu ba ya khala
Ba ya khala abogogo
Na bafazi bethu ba ya khala

Hawu mododa, nanzi'ndaba
Ba khala kabohlungu nje, ba khaliswa ngithi
Hawu mododa, nanzi'ndaba
Bathi bakhathele abafazi izimekemeke zethu

Sayifunda kuphi le mekhuba? (Hey madoda, siya buza)
Yokungahloniphi amakosikasi?
Sinokubathatha o kwa zingane
Siya lahleka
We madoda, qaphelani

Hawu mododa, nanzi'ndaba
Uzo phakamisa izandla zakho u shayi umkakho
Uthe ma ulobola
Wath' ufuna umfazi
Seku jike kuphi na?
S'umenze ingani yakho

Madoda bo
Masihloniphe abogogo bethu
Sihloniphe abafazi bethu
Basi akhela ikhaya
Basi belethela izingane
Nani abesfazani hlonipha abe silisa
Nikhumbule ukuthi ngaphandle kwabo anikwazi ukuphila
Kanti nathi abantu be silisa
Sikhumbule ukuthi ngaphandle kwenu
Asi kwazi ukuphila
Masihloniphane

When a man wants a family
He's gotta keep it in mind
A woman ain't property
Just like you and me, she's got feelings
When she tells you no
Show her the curtesy

Hawu mododa, nanzi'ndaba (A woman got a right to be)
A woman is an entity, she's got a right to be
(A woman got a right to be)
Hawu mododa, nanzi'ndaba (A woman got a right to be)
Give her freedom and equality, she's got a right to be
(A woman got a right to be)

Ku le zintsugu Ku le zikhathi
Ziya jiki izinto
Na miqondo mayijike
Ku sazontleni* zethu mododa
Masihlonipheni abafazi bethu

Hawu mododa, nanzi'ndaba (A woman got a right to be)
Ba khala kabohlungu nje, ba khaliswa ngithi
(A woman got a right to be)
Hawu mododa, nanzi'ndaba (A woman got a right to be)
Give her freedom and equality, she's got a right to be
(A woman got a right to be)
Hawu mododa, nanzi'ndaba (A woman got a right to be)
A woman is an entity, she's got a right to be
Hawu mododa, nanzi'ndaba (A woman got a right to be)
Give her freedom and equality, she's got a right to be
(A woman got a right to be)