Entabeni

Qina ndoda namhlanje uzozwa ukubi Forced to participate tradition This right of passage Has claimed the blood of countless adolescents Rebirthed into this veil of adulthood Cuts from head to toe their life force flows The bloodthirst sated These boys will wager their own lives The elder at the ceremony prepares his knife He cuts You must be willing to die! He cuts To be inducted as a man He cuts You must be willing to die! He cuts Prove your mettle while he strips your skin Draped in robes of wool, initiated they shall endure Filth seeps in their skin, now acknowledged by elder kin Stripped of their old cloth. Now it burns and smoke comes forth Dehydrated the healing begins Endure the rite and now bleed Tradition has taken hold And is blurring the lines of our ignorance (x2) You must be willing to die! He cuts To be inducted as a man Bathed in our forefathers blood The endless cycle has no intent of being erased We will bury our past and begin anew We must uphold tradition The right to be known amongst the clan as an adult Has to be earned by your drive Forsake who you once were and shed your essence Rise to the standards we've placed before you Draped in robes of wool, initiated they shall endure Filth seeps in their skin, now acknowledged by elder kin Stripped of their old cloth. Now it burns and smoke comes forth This will be the last, you'll ever see your foolish past Judgement Judgement You will be exiled, defaced You will be judged For your transgressions You will not be seen as a threat nor man Judgement Judgement You will be exiled, defaced You will be judged For your transgressions Have not been met with the grace of the tribe Judgement Judgement You will be exiled, defaced You will be judged

Submitted by Nargaroth — Nov 10, 2025