{"id":300199,"created_at":"2023-10-03 07:22:34","updated_at":"2025-07-06 23:52:45","deleted_at":null,"published_at":"2023-10-03 07:22:34","original_id":null,"artist_id":146966,"title":"The Koolest","slug":"the-koolest","status":"published","description":null,"album_id":null,"streets":1,"source_type":"s3","source":"file","lyrics":"I look up to the sky\r\nFor intervention so divine\r\nK'dala s'kguba, silokhu s'phusha lomsebenzi\r\nNow I'm in my prime\r\nNg'khazimul' okwenkanyezi\r\nI'm the apple of the eye\r\nNgathi ng'geza ngentelezi\r\nWhy? An' understand-i\r\nHai, nizwa ngabethi\r\nYou thought it was a lie maniyizw' emsakazweni\r\nNow you heard it through the grapevine\r\nYekel' amahlebezi\r\nDon't mess with God's child\r\nAmaziny' ab'shelelezi\r\nI always knew I'd get my time\r\nInkos' impel' eqinisweni\r\nWe shine bright\r\nThose weren't just dreams in the pipeline\r\nA lot of umjuluko, igazi ne'inyembezi\r\nIsimo besib'cay'\r\nBut saphum' enhluphekweni\r\nThey locked us outside\r\nManje nath' asangeneki\r\nThey say if you don't cry\r\n'Yofel' embelekweni\r\nI let sleeping dogs lie\r\nThina s'cosha 'masheleni\r\nGet my slice of the pie\r\nNgiz'phuzel' uketshezi\r\n\r\nThe Koolest shall prevail\r\nHe reigns, that's no doubt\r\nSo many MCs shall still be knocked out\r\nThey're doin' it for money and fame\r\nThat's played out\r\nThey all wanna know, what, what I'm all about\r\n\r\nThey wouldn't greet me normally\r\nNow wanna meet me formally\r\nIf you don't know me\r\nThen I guess you'll never know me\r\nKev-Mc-Kool\r\nThe one and only\r\nThe prodigy\r\nSerenading masses melodically\r\nEven the greatest scientists in the world can ever clone me\r\nDissect microphonically\r\nThe game's autonomy\r\nAnd lay it down properly\r\nQuite honestly\r\nI think they're better off taking chances with lottery\r\nConformity\r\nSociety decaying morally\r\nSocial media sought be\r\nMainstream mediocrity\r\nAt high velocity\r\nThe same old monotony\r\nSounds awfully, audibly\r\nApply the mind logically\r\nSkills to think broadly\r\nIs now a scarce commodity\r\nIronically\r\nY'all are like ants of the same colony\r\nDon't dare question the very level of my authority\r\nDon't you see\r\nIt's the dawn of the new monarchy\r\n\r\nThe Koolest shall prevail\r\nHe reigns, that's no doubt\r\nSo many MCs shall still be knocked out\r\nThey're doin' it for money and fame\r\nThat's played out\r\nThey all wanna know, what, what I'm all about\r\nThe Koolest shall prevail\r\nHe reigns, that's no doubt\r\nSo many MCs shall still be knocked out\r\nThey're doin' it for money and fame\r\nThat's played out\r\nThey all wanna know, what, what I'm all about\r\nWe're doin' this for love\r\nRight straight from the heart\r\nCause we practiced hard\r\nAnd that's how it started\r\nHip-Hop my first love\r\nWe'll never be departed (Hip-Hop my first love, we'll never be departed)","download_count":89,"play_count":2,"restrict_download":0,"generated_thumbnail":null,"flag_count":0,"download_count_24":1,"download_count_24_at":"2025-07-06","reupload_sent":0,"thumb_path":"https:\/\/s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/sol-assets\/uploads\/public\/651\/ba4\/f1f\/thumb_979636_300_300_0_0_crop.jpg","status_reason":"published","status_reason_alt":null,"tags":[]}