Sifuna Umhlaba

Lyrics

[Intro] Heh leh leh Awu heh leh leh Ma weh ma [Chorus] Asiboyiki ababantu Sikhokhel' uSolomon Mahlangu Sifun' umhla... sifun' umhlaba weh ma, weh ma Bakohlakele aba bantu Sikhokhel' uSolomon Mahlangu Sifun' umhla... sifun' umhlaba weh ma, weh ma [Verse 1] Blood: that's what this land was built on They tried to brake us but our spirit's still strong (our sprit's still strong, spirit, spirit's still strong) We've gotta deceive the deceivers Unspeak what was spoken Awake the awoken Unbreak what was broken There's blood on the the streets I can see there's blood on the leaves There's no peace without justice And we just wanna be free Believe [Chorus] [Verse 2] Blood: it built this nation Don't recall our ancestors getting compensation We're tired of this exploitation So if they don't give it, then we've gotta take it (take it) So tell me what good is freedom of there's no equality? What good is liberty where there's monopoly? What good is balling in a sea of poverty? What good is money if we don't have property? This Marikana-Nkandla hypocrisy Making a mockery of our democracy Somebody's gotta defend the majority Why don't they defend the majority? Aristocracy built on a robbery Built on Nonqawuse's prophecy This land is not a commodity This land is ancient philosophy This is a nation's psychology There's no more patience for modesty If the we have all the authority Then, howcome we still act like a colony? [Chorus] [Verse 3: Lebo Mashile] "My blood will nourish the tree that will bear the fruits of freedom" Time: chopped from the sun into months Into paper, into guns Like the one in my mouth Their time: a four-hundred-year-old sickness Landless families eat each other seeking shelter beneath the shade of a dead tree This time, a mother's army at work Where is the war? At home [Pre-Chorus] Sifuna umhlaba weh mah Sifuna umhlaba... hlaba... hlaba weh ma Yeyi weh ma [Chorus]