So, today while out with my best friend, I happened to hear a girl complaining to her boyfriend/gay best friend/platonic friend perpetually stuck in the friend zone that she was so sick and tired of the films Hollywood was pumping out. Intrigued, I decided to creep in on the conversation. You know what she was upset about? She was upset about The Hobbit because it is, and I quote, “such an obvious Lord of the Rings rip-off.” 

Lyrics:

“Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala [Here is a lion and a tiger]

Night
And the spirit of life
Calling

Oh, oh, iyo
Mamela [Listen]
Oh, oh, iyo

And a voice
With the fear of a child
Answers

Oh, oh, iyo
Oh, mamela [Listen]
Oh, oh, iyo

Ubukhosi bo khokho [Throne of the ancestors]
We ndodana ye sizwe sonke [Oh, son of the nation)]

Wait
There’s no mountain too great
Oh, oh, iyo
Hear the words and have faith
Oh, oh, iyo
Have faith

Hela hey mamela [Hey, listen]

(Chorus)
He lives in you
He lives in me
He watches over
Everything we see
Into the water
Into the truth
In your reflection
He lives in you

Ingonyama nengw’ enamabala [Here is a lion and a tiger]
(repeat)

(repeat third verse)

(repeat chorus)”

I actually like this more than the first’s opening.