Tyler ICU’s hit song, Mnike has been labeled evil by an American woman.
The song has garnered millions of streams and catapulted the SA star to the international level as the Amapiano song is played globally.
The US woman claimed to Google translated the lyrics of the song and after which she realized it’s a bad song.
She warned people to be careful of what they listen to.
“Be careful what you’re listening to in other languages because you don’t know what they’re saying,” she started. “I’ve been seeing this song all over TikTok, ‘M’Nike’ by Tyler ICU and I see everyone post about the song.
“But I was listening to it yesterday and my spirit, I don’t know why, but it went really funny. So I just got the thought to look up the words.” She then puts up a screenshot of the lyrics directly translated to English.
“The song is Zulu and it’s translated to English here,” she said.
South Africans poked fun at the woman.
When you do a literal translation of most if not all African language to English, the meaning gets lost. You need to understand the nuances and context to get the message. Don’t forget we have words or phrases that can mean multiple things depending on the context.
— #FeesMustFall (@MegaFunTweets) July 4, 2023
