When President Cyril Ramaphosa quoted Hugh Masekela's song, Thuma Mina (Send Me) in his maiden state of the nation address, the clip went viral and was considered by many as a unifier among South Africans. And it seems Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba attempted the same, only he quoted Kendrick Lamar, and Twitter had a field day.
Gigaba was giving his first budget speech and said: "As urban poet Kendrick Lamar says: 'We gon' be right, we gon' be alright.'"
Twitter was quick to point out that in the song Alright by the American rapper, the line is actually 'N***a we gon' be alright, n***a we gon' be alright.'
And then the memes started rolling in. They were never ready.
Our President Cyril, started a trend, qouting musians, now Min. Malusi Gigaba is qouting Kendrick Lamar. I'll wait for Min. Bathabile Dlamini start to qouting Amy Winehouse. #BudgetSpeech2018
— Washley (@washleywheelz) February 21, 2018
Malusi was listening to Kendrick lamar
— Dr Chauke 📝 (@_BlackZA) February 21, 2018
😂😂😂😂😂
"We goona be alright"
#BudgetSpeech2018 pic.twitter.com/PGP7pXdox2




