O Mang?

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Omang, in this concrete jungle of conspiracies and propaganda? Omang, in this bottomless pit of lust, rape and AIDS Of moral decay, father rapes daughter? Omang, wena, in this world of politricks? Bush tricking for oil, claim to innocent lives lost We remain the fetus of the pregnant beast in these perilous days Omang, MoAfrika, in that dark skin? Are you media and press infested? Are you African American, European African or African African? Ke ra hore Africa for Africans is the order of the day Whence that order manifests, o tlo wela kae? Who are you? You need not be undecisive in the valley of decision You need to find the God that's in you Assess and reassess So when I ask "O mang?" o kgone go mpotsa O mang, MoAfrika? O mang, MoAfrika? [Chorus] Mochangane... Letebele... Mochangane... Letebele... [Bridge: HHP] I'm a Changane I come from Mmabatho I speak Setswana I'm a Ndebele I'm from Soshanguve I speak Chivenda But that don't matter to me Oksalayo, Joe, I'm black If you cannot agree, I'll tell you nicely "Votsek!" 'Cause I'm proud of my (Roots!) I'll say it again loud and clear For you [?] If you've got beef, I don't care I'm a MoVenda (Venda) I come from Shawela (Shawela) I speak Seburu (Buru, buru) I'm a Coloured (Coloured) I come from Tlhabane (Tlhabane) I speak SeZulu (Zulu, Zulu) But that don't matter to me (Don't matter to me) Oksalayo, Joe, I'm black (Oksalayo, I'm black) If you cannot agree (Cannot agree) I'll tell you nicely "Votsek!" (Nicely "Votsek!) 'Cause I'm proud of my (Roots!) (Proud of my roots) I'll say it again loud and clear (Loud and clear) For you [?] If you've got beef, I don't care (Beef, I don't care) I'm a Motswana (Tswana) I'm from Alexandra (Alexandra) I speak SeXhosa (Xhosa, Xhosa) I'm a Kgalaka (Kgalaka) I come from down ko Kapa (Ko Kapa) I speak Seshona (Shona) But that don't matter to me (Don't matter to me) Oksalayo, Joe, I'm black (Oksalayo, I'm black) If you cannot agree (Cannot agree) I'll tell you nicely "Votsek!" (I just might tell you votsek) 'Cause I'm proud of my (Roots!) (Proud of my roots) I'll say it again loud and clear (Loud and clear) For you [?] If you've got beef, I don't care (Beef, I don't care) I'm a Lekgowa (Kgowa) I'm from Mpumalanga (Mpumalanga) I speak Setswana (Tswana, Tswana, Tswana) I'm a Ndebele (Ndebele) I from Soshanguve (Guve) I speak Setsonga (Tsonga, Tsonga, Setsonga) [Verse 2] Mina I am, wena o mang? I am what I am or jwang I am now, present continuous... I chant ancestral mantras Evoking higher platform of spiritual interest Of which I am the keenest [?] I see the sun in the morning Cloudy day or rainy day, I greed the sun anyway But when I see you I don't say good morning... Nna ke motho wa Afrika I overstand that for me to increase you don't have to decrease My identity no longer confined to inequity I could be Swahili, Zulu, Shona or Mbezi If it rains, it rains, Thixo so mandla let it rain Ke motho wa Afrika, wena o mang, MoAfrika? Nna ke motho wa Afrika, wena o mang, MoAfrika? Therefore I be, wena o mang? Wena neng-neng ore nywe-nywe-nywe Jabs has been kae-kae le bo dimang-mang Wena o mang? O ngobani, o boya kophi? O ya kophi, o thongwe obani? Athi o ye kophi, o fike o yenze noma kwenzakalani Mina ngi oyena, e ngi oyena I and I is, please, please let I and I be ...there and then, vele vele I am In the seed of my weed which I need for a spiritual feed I am, ganja be ganja, me be me, therefore I am ...gone. I be where I need to be Picture me drowned, bring me down But like dust on the humble feet of my niggers and sisters I shall rise, oh yes, I shall rise ...to what seems to be a problem Only to find there was never a problem Just a need to be I am knowledge to what seems to be ignorance Only to find there was never ignorance Just a need to be I am the reality to what seems to be an illusion Only to find there was never illusion Just a need to be Therefore I be, wena o mang? Wena neng-neng ore nywe-nywe-nywe Jabs has been kae-kae le bo dimang-mang Wena o mang? O ngobani, o boya kophi? O ya kophi, o thongwe obani? Athi o ye kophi, o fike o yenze noma kwenzakalani Mina ngi oyena, e ngi oyena I and I is, so let I and I be Now you see me, now you don't Gone, I be where I need to be Picture me gone, bring me down But like dust on the humble feet of my niggers and sisters I shall rise, oh yes, I shall rise Look at me rise, oh yes, I shall rise Watch me rise, watch me rise [Chorus] Mochangane... Letebele... Mochangane... Letebele...