Many people live in wonder where my name comes from, It is unique and to that they all can't be fond. Pallang is but my Sotho name,
They told me it is a very strange name, Told me it's unique and awkward That its even hard to pronounce Yet still I spelled it to them P-A-LL-A-N-G PALLANG is my name It was supposed to be with an H but white woman who did my cirtificate chose to exclude the H Maybe she wanted to make it easier But still it ain't approved...
I end up being called with odd names Pallanga the xhosas have called me Palleng, Pillang or even Thabang the whites and coloureds called me Yet my name is sweet and easy to pronounce I'm Pallang Mofokeng a Sotho child...
They ask what it means I say It means overflow The rivers filled with overflowing waters, The cup of David filled with blessings Then from there still they don't understand...
I say I got the name from my late grand father He had 4 daughters and only one son who happens to be my father When I was born his grand son He called out loud to the region of Morefe in Walaza "PHALLANG BAFOKENG REFEOwe NGWANA A MOSHANYANA" Then he probably called me his second son my own father's young brother The name means the overflowing of blessings in the Mofokemg clan. Still my name is beyond their understanding
They claim it's too much complicated for their tongues to pronounce, So they resort into calling me with the meaning of my name
I end up being called overflow I Pallang son of the great basotho clan of BAFOKENG...