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Phologolo – Thig thug thig (lyrics)

Mono ngwaga re bina rotlheMono ngwaga re bina rotlheMono ngwaga re bina rotlheMono ngwaga re bina rotlhe

Maverick Kabelo14 Jun 20222 min read
Cover art for Phologolo's Thig Thug Thig by Tswana Breed: a woman looking down beside a man singing into a microphone

THIG THUG THIG (MMINO WA MATHEKA)

Chorus 1

Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe

Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA

Verse 1

Ahhh!!!
Matheka Matheka bafana matheka
bitsa lebana re robe matheka
They don’t give a f*k about your money
Se ba se batla my nikka ke matheka
eseng sepe gape mamatheka
F*k your swagg pretty wa peka
tlhwahala tlhle o betsa matheka
like Chong Chong betsa matheka
if kgetsi retla tla tsoga re seka
we burning the f*k outta y’all
Hell yeah we declear it a war
MATHEKA!!!

Chorus 2

Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe

Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA

VERSE 2

THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
Matheka bafana matheka
Mo ga se trap ke pina ya ko kasi
Ke ka thijwa fela ke makhadzi
The rest of yall nikkas le suna lefatshe
Hell yeah m back in this mother f*k
Adiwele diwele stunna
Bitsa bana re ba siele Sahvanna
Ga e tshetlha dinokeng ba betse matheka

CHORUS

Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
Mono ngwaga re bina rotlhe
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA

BRIGDE

Hommie we on about
Ga re thethe we on about it
Mono ngwaga le tlo sebona
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
Hommie we on about it
Ga re thethe we on about it
Mono ngwaga le tlo sebona
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
Woza nana
Woza sweety my baby shaker nto ena
Woza nana
Woza sweety my baby shaker nto ena
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA
THIG THUG THIG KE MMINO WA MATHEKA

Written byMaverick KabeloFounder, Digital Thread

Speaker, founder and civic organiser working across Botswana and South Africa on digital strategy, AI, data protection and youth leadership. Founder of Digital Thread and The Civic Chapter; founded Africa’s Very Own in 2018.

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