I probably wasn’t born yet, but this song fought the hardest during Apartheid. My uncles told me , and I know they ain’t lying 💅🏾 Viva or whatever.
Sipho Gumede could tell the future. He said “when days are dark, friends are few” which meant “when corona is here , friends are far.”

I stan a musical prophet
I want you to think “DJ Maphorisa” but during “Exile”. That’s what Jonas Gwangwa was to our parents probably 😂🔥🔥 Morwa!
And the Grammy for Song of all Decades goes to ... 💃🏼💃🏼
I’ve got an aunt who still loves this song. Once she pull up with her CD before New Years Day, it’s over. 😂😂🔥🔥
Never realized how deep this song was 😭😭 Now I miss Bra Hugh. He wanted to be here for this too
He taught our uncles how to flirt, and made our aunties wet. All the Xhosa men after him never lived up to the Ringo standard, and that’s a facktttt! 🔥😭
Before Destiny’s Children, the was The Mahotella Queens. Timeless Huns. They even gave us Cassper Nyovest Years after they retired. I stan 🔥🔥🔥
Man’ Yvonne Bethunana! A Queen singing about A bev! She kept it simple. But it was still iconic 🔥🔥💃🏼 – at Kaapstad
This was the first Song I was ever able to along too. I don’t remember well, but I know it is. I’m getting flashbacks right now ...
Legend has it that Naomi Campbell listened to this song in Preparation for her 2018 Global Citizen Speech. It makes so much send now 🔥🔥
@THEOKINGB say no more! Honorable mentions coming through for Selaelo Selota . THHRRRR PHHAAAAAA! 💃🏼
This one takes the cup for me. Beside it being a timeless classic, doesn’t it remind you of Zone 14? 🔥🔥🔥🔥😭😭
Sello was unecessary for dropping such a BOP but that’s a conversation never to be had! Feels like Sounds like Sunday Kos 😭🔥🔥🔥💃🏼
“...Stimela sam’ saseZola”
“Thambo lam le Kentucky”
😭😭😭😭😭

A love song 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Lucky number 20. How the hell do you start an intro like that? In that time? Budaza was musically ahead of his time. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😭
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