Song · Nine Hours Behind
Phambili
“Phambili” is track 23 on Rob Matare's Afro-Pop & Amapiano album Nine Hours Behind, released October 9, 2026. Afro-pop for love across time zones: a long-distance choir, a phone torch, and "Ngibonise Okwakho" for the dance floor.
“Phambili” lyrics
Packed my bag, left the key on the chair
Didn't cry, didn't look, didn't care
Streetlights on Jan Smuts, I'm walking tall
Ngihamba, I won't call
Phambili! (hey)
Phambili! (hey)
Angibheki emuva
Phambili! (hey)
Sister's door open, kettle on
She don't ask, she knows it's done
Sunrise yellow on the wall
Ngikhululekile, that's all
Phambili! (hey)
Phambili! (hey)
Angibheki emuva
Phambili! (hey)
Angibheki emuva (phambili)
Phambili, phambili
Angibheki emuva (phambili)
Phambili, phambili
Lyrics written by Rob Matare. Written by me • made with AI. Artist visuals are digitally created.
More from Nine Hours Behind
- 1Long Distance Choir3:42
- 2Baba, Ngivulele3:58
- 3Vala Ikhethini3:36
- 4Ngibonise Okwakho3:39
- 5She Never Left4:49
- 6Siyajabula Today3:12
- 7Fire in the River4:14
- 8Phone Torch2:38
- 9Closer Than the Map3:06
- 10Before I Speak4:36
- 11Last Train to Diepkloof4:42
- 12Yima Nami4:20
- 13The Smoking Area3:26
- 14Coastline on My Palm3:11
- 15Off Duty, On the Floor3:38
- 16Every Wall Remembers3:17
- 17Nine Hours Behind3:37
- 18Daughter, Watch How He Loves4:33
- 19The Morning Is Mine3:20
- 20Bheka Ekhukhwini3:14
- 21Amagama Akhona3:50
- 22Dance With Me in Candlelight2:51
- 24Sauti Yako Usiku4:53
Previews provided courtesy of iTunes. 