Third world child

Hawu! bheka mama! oye!

Hamb'ugadile! (be alert and be on guard)

I feel a river in flood in my veins

I can feel your love in my brain

It wants to dance my life

Through a hurricane

Dance the mamba across

The oshakati plain



Chorus:

Hamb'ugadile mntanami! (be alert and be on guard my child)

The world has crocodile eyes

And if you dance the

Oshakati mamba

Remember to cross yourself twice --

Are you ready



Hawu! bheka mama! oye!

Hamb'ugadile! (be alert and be on guard)

I need to sail away, escape this cage

I can see the sky and the milky way

Be my lover tonight, show me the wisdom of life

Dance the mamba, across the oshakati night



Hamb'ugadile mntanami! (be alert and be on guard my child)

The world has crocodile eyes

And if you dance the

Oshakati mamba

Remember to cross yourself twice --

Are you ready

And if you dance the

Oshakati mamba

You'll be dancing on desert air

Like a seagull searching for the ocean

Like a lover playing solitaire

Chorus:

Asimbonanga--------------------(we have not seen him)

Asimbonang' umandela thina-----(we have not seen mandela)

Laph'ekhona--------------------(in the place where he is)

Laph'ehleli khona--------------(in the place where he is kept)





Oh the sea is cold and the sky is grey

Look across the island into the bay

We are all islands till comes the day

We cross the burning water



Chorus....



A seagull wings across the sea

Broken silence is what i dream

Who has the words to close the distance

Between you and me



Chorus....





Steve biko, victoria mxenge

Neil aggett

Asimbonanga

Asimbonang 'umfowethu thina----(we have not seen our brother)

Laph'ekhona--------------------(in the place where he is)

Laph'wafela khona--------------(in the place where he died)

Hey wena-----------------------(hey you!)

Hey wena nawe------------------(hey you and you as well)

Siyofika nini la' siyakhona----(when will we arrive at our destination)

Siyayibiz' as'hambeni!

Hayi, ngane -----------(we are calling: hey! let's go child of

Yamashangane!----------the shangaan)



Oh the river is wide

And the water is deep

Got no money and i can't get to sleep

Takes all my courage to look down that long road

I am going to giyani

With such a heavy load

I've got to:

Shintsha---------------(change)

Qinga------------------(strengthen myself)

Qingel'isibindi--------(take courage)

And don't give up



Chorus

Oh i'm going to giyani

Siyayibiz' as'hambeni!

As'hambeni

Oh i'm going to touch

That magic mystery

Leaving my troubles behind me



Did you hear about the mouse

That went to the cat for love

The cat said:

"mouse, i can't be what your'e dreaming of.

You're so lonely. you've got it mixed up.

You're looking down below for what lies up above."



You've got to

Shintsha----------------(change)

Qinga-------------------(strengthen myself)

Qingel'isibindi---------(take courage)

Don't give up



Chorus.....

Copper sun sinking low

Scatterlings and fugitives

Hooded eyes and weary brows

Seek refuge in the night

Chorus

They are the scatterlings of Africa

Each uprooted one

On the road to Phelamanga

Beneath the copper sun

And I love the scatterlings of Africa

Each and every one

In their hearts a burning hunger

Beneath the copper sun

Broken wall, bicycle wheel

African sun forging steel, singing

Magic machine cannot match

Human being human being

African idea -- make the future clear

Chorus

They are the scatterlings of Africa

Each uprooted one

On the road to Phelamanga

Beneath the copper sun

And for the scatterlings of Africa

The journey has begun

Future find their hungry eyes

Beneath the copper sun

Ancient bones from Olduvai

Echoes of the very first cry

"Who made me, here and why? --

Beneath this copper sun."

My very first beginnings

Beneath the copper sky

Lie deeply buried

In the dust of Olduvai

Chorus

And we are scatterlings of Africa

Both you and I

We are on the road to Phelamanga

Beneath a copper sky

And we are scatterlings of Africa

On a journey to the stars

Far below we leave forever

Dreams of what we were

Hawu beke Mama-ye! Mama-ye!

In the beginning

Beneath the copper sky

Ancient bones

In the dust of Olduvai

Who made us, here, and why

Remember!

Scatterlings of Africa (repeat and fade)

The world is full of strange behaviour

Every man has to be his own saviour

I know i can make it on my own if i try

But i'm searching for a great heart to stand me by

Underneath the african sky

A great heart to stand me by



Chorus:

I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart

To hold and stand me by

I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart

Under african sky

I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart

I see the fire in your eyes

I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart

That beats my name inside

Sometimes i feel that you really know me

Sometimes there's much you can show me



There's a highway of stars across the heavens

The whispering song of the wind in the grass

There's the rolling thunder across the savanna

A hope and dream at the edge of the sky

And your life is a story like the wind

Your life is a story like the wind



Chorus



Guka 'mzimba (body grow old)

Sala 'nhliziyo (but heart remain behind)

Burning tyres on the freeway

Noone in sight

Thre's a raging calm

Across the land tonight

Voice on the radio says

Another one's down tonight.

It don't matter anymore

Which side he's on.

Came to your place to see

If you're all right

And the shadows

Danced across the stairway

Flight after flight

And i was banging at your door

But you weren't there anymore

And the g-man stepped

Into the light and said

"this is war!"



Chorus

Uzogijima -----------(you will run away)

Well i've got to get through

'cause i know that you are near the end

Uzogijima ----------(you will run away)

Uzogijima kodwa -----(you will run away but there

Awusekho umgodi------is no hole left for you to hide in)

Wokukasha

When the big wind blows

The tree falls down

But the reed just bends

You'r missing



Roadblock across my heart

And a riot in my mind

'cause i know that you are

Out there somewhere

Trying to find a place to hide

The shadow of a ruthless hand

Is hunting for your soul

And though i don't know

Where you are

I'll never let you go



Chorus....



And i want you to know

That as things fall apart

I'm on the road to nowhere

And you're heavy on my heart

And i want you to know

That this state will never last

Maybe better days are coming

And we'll make peace with the past



Chorus....

Beyond freedom and dignity

Beyond the dying of the light

She takes me

Beyond reason and the trinity

Beyond the sun and out of sight

Oh no, uh no, oh she did it again

Oh no, uh no, she did it again



Chorus

That girl is feeling

Trapped by that ring on her finger

Ushadile (she's married)

Some man thought he shot her down,

But he only winged her

Ushadile (she's married)

Trapped by the ring on her finger...



Such a dangerous affinity

In such a deadly disguise

Hot summer nights and other promises

She carries in her married eyes

Oh no, uh no, oh she did it again

Oh no, uh no, she did it again



Chorus....



You just can't get enough

So you come around here

And you do it again,

You just can't get enough...



Chorus...

Bits of songs and broken drums

Are all he could recall

So he spoke to me

In a bastard tongue

Carried on the silence of the guns



"it's been a long long time

Since they first came

And marched through our village

They taught us to forget our past

And live the future in their image"



Chorus

They said

'you should learn to speak a little bit of english

Don't be scared of a suit and tie.

Learn to walk in the dreams of the foreigner

-- i am a third world child



The outworld's dreams are the currency

That grip the city streets

I live them out

But i have my own

Hidden somewhere deep inside of me



In between my father's fields

And the citadels of the rule

Lies a no-man's land which i must cross

To find my stolen jewel.





They said

'you should learn to speak a little bit of english

Maybe practise birth control

Keep away from controversial politics

So to save my third world soul



Chorus

They said

'you should learn to speak a little bit of english

Don't be scared of a suit and tie.

Learn to walk in the dreams of the foreigner

-- i am a third world child



Wo! ilanga lobunzima

Nalo liyashona

Ukuthini asazi

Mus' ukukhala

Mntanami



(oh! we don't know when this sun of hardship will set.

Don't cry, my child.)



Bits of songs and broken drums

Are all he could recall

But the future calls his name

Out loud

Carried on the violence of the guns

Welcome to my island

But please don't you stay too long

I wouldn't want anyone to think

That something's going on

Toe the line

And you'll be fine

You'll see another day

Don't connect,

Don't reflect,

Just fetch your weekly pay



Oh sister don't you feel

What i know inside my bones

I'll meet you on the underground

And we'll make a call on the telephone



Chorus:

Berlin wall

Can you hear this call

For one world, one nation

Who can it be banging at my door

I can't trust anyone anymore

I drink my beer in a state of fear

Is tyher no salvation

Wire on the gate,

Barbs of hate

To separate one nation

Around your heart

A ring of steel

I can't get out

And i can't get in.



One for all, and all for one

Is the way it should be

Every river i know

Is dreaming of the sea

My body feels like a prison to me

I'd like to fly and touch you

With a sacred dream

Come on, mama, don't delay

I know you think i'm far away

I'm only looking for a sign --

Are you ready to cross the line?



Chorus....

Dogs in the backyard

And the flies are on the wall

Thunder and lightning

But the rain don't ever fall

If there's a flower in this desert

It's your picture on my wall

Ibe dat baby i'm going to make you

Queen of all



Chorus:

This is not a movie

Not a dream

What you see is what you get

This is not a movie

It's for real

You have to face it in the end...

The hard side of love



Don't walk away

Don't walk away --

I need your love

There's nothing on the other side ---

This i say to you

One day i know we will

Free our lives.

One day i know we will

Free our lives

One day i know we'll turn that tide.

Let the wheel turn one more time



Woke up this morning

While you were still asleep

Looked through the window

Into the empty streey

I don't know exactly

What came over me

But now i know baby

I'm going to lay some of this world

At your feet



Chorus....



Some day, some day

Wo! yelele mama!

Yelele mama a ye!