If you come to my house I will show you something to see It's a picture of a man, I used to be But these days I'm running through the dark Like a blind
African sky blue, your children wait for the dawn African sky blue, soon a new day will be born African sky blue African sky blue, will you bless my life
Trapped in a moment of history You changed the world and the day was yours Laughing sun flashing from your smile Your beach-bronzed body braced against
Something's changed in the weather There's a movement underground Something slipped from the finger And may never again be found Standing lost by a river
All the young and brave Will turn to face the empty days To dream tomorrow Into shape And those that fall will pray That some will fight on through the
Rain falling like a symphony On the roof top of my heart There's a movement in the whispering deep Before the new dream starts I see your eyes shining
Chorus: Asimbonanga--------------------(we have not seen him) Asimbonang' umandela thina-----(we have not seen mandela) Laph'ekhona--------------------(
It was a day or so ago I saw him run into the night And on his face, more than a trace Of wild fear in the eye He was haunted by a tragic dream Of people
Baba, ngizwe isimanga, mina Ngizwe isimanga Baba, ngizwe isimanga, mina Ngizwe isimanga Isoka ladlala ngentombi, isoka (repeat) Isoka alikhiphanga inkomo
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
In the history of all dreams None has shone as brightly as you Wrestling with your book of colours Page by page I look for clues >from the gloom of
Umoya wami onakele kunsela elangena Lapha enhlizweni yami (x2) (my spirits are down, a thief has entered my heart) Laqegeza lathatha uthando lwami lonke
One day I looked up and there you were Like a simple question looking for an answer Now I am a whale listening to some inner call Swimming blindly to
Wanderers and nomads have gone to see their chieftains Will this be the end of the rain and the birds? Who can send an emissary to speak to the seasons
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
I don't want to be a tourist in your heart I don't want to visit someone else's ruins Don't want a day trip to the feelings in the dark Don't want a quick
It's a world of "hang on to what you've got" It's a world of "do or die" I know you never take it serious And you keep your head up
Ngiyesaba kwelamabhaca, ngiyesaba Kwelamabhaca, ngiyesaba (repeat) Gijim'beke, kwelamabhaca, gijim'beke Chorus Gijim'beke, kwelamabhaca, gijim'beke Wo
