Stephen Gawking The Nuclear Lyricist- Cheslin Kolbe In An Office Cubicle
Reviewed by Duzzy Clayton
Before I tell you about this cool great new track I want to tell you a bit about the artist that has made the track and despite his difficulties, how is continuing to not only inspire me but also people all around the world
Ijay Swanepoel or better known as Stephen Gawking- The Nuclear Lyricist is a cool musician that has inspired me more and more as I have got to know him and here is why. Born with Muscular Atrophy Type 2′ (SMA), the same disability as Stephen Hawking hence the play on words of his stage name Stephen Gawking. Ijay has a motto to not let life get him down no matter what he is going through and to remember there is always someone worse off than you, although not as severe as the original Stephen Hawking, as Ijay can talk although other bodily options are very much challenged, it is this mind set he has that there is always someone worse off than you, which I find very inspiring because even though Stephen Gawking is Severely disabled himself, he is still looking for that silver lining and seems to be finding and also inspiring other disabled along the way.
Once inspired by an article he read of Rugby Legend, Cheslin Kolbe who was told he would never play rugby or be any good at it because of his small stature, Cheslin went on to do some great things in the sport. Ijay took that story and was inspired by it and decided to write a song about it and so was born the awesome track ‘Cheslin Kolbe In An Office Cubicle’. The song itself is about what if Cheslin Kolbe listened to his critics, and didn’t pursue a career in rugby, what if he just did an office job and was in an office cubical, he wouldn’t have gone on to prove his critics wrong and have a successful rugby career and he wouldn’t have inspired people all around the world, like Ijay that no matter what people say of how the odds are against you, you are stronger than what you think.
The lyrics to the song are all great and cleverly put around the Chelin Kolbe story and how Stephen Gawking uses this mindset to keep fighting the good fight. This also in itself just shows the kind of talent Stephen Gawking has. Stephen Gawking collaborates with heavyweights in the industry Loufi, Gazelle and Vicus Visser, Hemel Besem who all bring their ‘A’ game to the track making it just that much awesome and when I spoke to Ijay in an interview for my podcast, I was told he plans on working with them much more on future projects which I think is an awesome idea considering the quality they have produced together
Everything about this track and also Stephen Gawking’s story is so inspiring and as someone like myself who has my own challenges and disability, I am so glad I have come to know of Ijay AKA Stephen Gawking because when I feel like the world is against me or I can’t get out of bed to face dealing with my struggles, I am going to put on this track and think about the inspiration behind it, and remind myself that no matter what I am facing, there is always someone worse off out there and if Stephen Gawking can go through his challenges and still live his best life to inspiring then who am I to cry over spilled milk
I would like to Congratulate Ijay Swanepoel Aka Stephen Gawking and everyone else involved in this track, Please continue to do what you are doing, you are an inspiration to people around the world and I look forward to what you release next
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Cheslin Kolbe In An Office Cubicle
LYRICS
And everything happens for a reason
One day you’ll be everything that you’re dreaming
Met tyd
God blessed in my soul
I’m a chess piece He hold.
I am He, both one living age with livid rage in the script to face Goliath’s fee-fo-fum
Breaths on hold met Cheslin Kolbe and dancin’ mode dis net gwe gam and defences fold and legends told that I sidestep I’m off balance that fellow banter
Me too gam ja. We step in the name of love, baby, not your love, and how that deals with
Just wanna show you how rather uncomfortable the truth is, why I sidestep the barber Khoi San is what the root is
Never have I listened to the naysayers
Never have I, just like Cheslin Kolbe
I’m about to step into that glory
Step aside, step aside, step aside, right now
Never have I listened to the naysayers
Never have I, just like Cheslin Kolbe
I’m about to step into that glory
Step aside, step aside, step aside, right now
Hey, never do anything to impress them
When they come to hate, you two step them. same time, game time
Whenever you check them, if they don’t say your name right, take the time to correct them
One day they’ll scream that
You could be anything like Ben-10
You wanna be a lion, don’t run with the herd
You wanna be an eagle, don’t fly with the birds
Hate made in the image of man, hate me
I am, who I am, I take a bow, and say a prayer and right my wrongs
I’m Loufi to these people
Cheslin Kolbe to these songs, ha!
Never have I listened to the naysayers
Never have I, just like Cheslin Kolbe
I’m about to step into that glory
Step aside, step aside, step aside, right now
Never have I listened to the naysayers
Never have I, just like Cheslin Kolbe
I’m about to step into that glory
Step aside, step aside, step aside, right now
Cause I’m stayin’ and I won’t let go
Cause I’m stayin’ and I won’t let go
Cause I’m stayin’ and I won’t let go
Cause I’m stayin’, stayin’
Keep on tryin’ and I won’t let go
Keep on tryin’ and I won’t let go
Keep on tryin’ and I won’t let go
Keep on tryin’, tryin’
Dreams are never made, if you sit back and let it fade
To the ones that get it done, it is obstacles overcome
Everyone wants to stand in the limelight
But are you willing to fight the good fight
This Gazelle gonna jump like a springbok
Standing ready to pull my sokkies op
Cause I’m stayin’ and I won’t let go
Cause I’m stayin’ and I won’t let go
Never have I listened to the naysayers
Never have I, just like Cheslin Kolbe
I’m about to step into that glory. Step aside, step aside
Keep on tryin’ and I won’t let go
Keep on tryin’ and I won’t let go
Keep on tryin’ and I won’t let go
Keep on tryin’, tryin’