[Intro – gang vocals, low] Cape Town Cape Town (Down… down…) [Verse 1 – English, stacked voices] Sun hit stone, we don’t look back Salt in the air, weight on our backs Built from nights with no receipts Still we dance where the earth still speaks No crown talk, no borrowed shine We move as one, we move on time If the ground shake, let it know We still here, we still grow [Zulu Layer – woven, not answered] Simi lapha, asihambi (Asihambi…) Umoya usiphethe (Usiphethe…) [Hook – gang vocals, steady] Cape Town, we don’t fold (Cape Town…) Feet in dust, hearts in gold (In gold…) Cape Town, through the flame (Through the flame…) We don’t run, we remain [Verse 2 – English + Zulu blend] Bass talk heavy in my chest Every step got history pressed From the block to the edge of sea We survive in the in-between Izandla phezulu, umhlaba uyazula (Uyazula…) Asikho sodwa, sihlangene (Sihlangene…) [Mid Section – whispered echoes] Still breathing (Still…) Still standing (Standing…) [Final Hook – all voices, layered] Cape Town, hear the ground (Hear the ground…) Every scar make rhythm now (Rhythm now…) Cape Town, night to dawn (To dawn…) We were here before the song [Outro – Zulu, fading gang vocals] Sikhona (Sikhona…) Asipheli (Asipheli…)
