[Verse 1]
Ndambakuwudzwa akawanikwa [?]
Ndambakuwudzwa akawanikwa [?]
Vaiti dzidza, dzidza mwanangu namata
Hama yangu terera
Shamwari angu chengera
[Pre-Chorus]
It was the call of warning
Of one who had lived, of one who had seen
The call of warning
Of one who had lived, of one who had seen
[Chorus]
Hokoyo, inga vakataura wani
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Inga vakataura wani
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Inga vakataura wani
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Kuti, hokoyo
[Verse 2]
They say you live and you learn
But others have lived and leant before you
Look at the experience and wisdom in their eyes
They have lived and they have seen
All of the treacheries in this life
All of the darkness, the fake lights
All of the treachery that's in this world
All of the darkness, and the fake lights
And they say,
[Chorus]
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Terera, terera iwe
Terera, terera iwe
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Inga vakatura wani
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Inga vakataura wani, hokoyo
Hokoyo, hokoyo
[Bridge]
You would have less scars
If you took heed, if you took heed
I tell you,
You would have less scars
If you took heed, if you took heed
I tell you
You would have less scars
If you took heed, if you took heed
I tell you
You would have less scars
If you took heed,
[Outro]
To the call of warning
Of one who had lived
Of one who had seen
To the sound warning
Of one who had lived
Of one who had seen
They said, hokoyo
They said, hokoyo
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Hokoyo, hokoyo
Hokoyo, hokoyo