Mzansi Afrika

Kumnandi kwelakith'izwe Kwelakith'izwe Kumnandi kwelakith'izwe Kwelingwafela inkonyana Limpopo to Cape Town let me ride on your wind On your sky's golden crown with your sea's deep blue hymn Speak a Zulu or a Sotho or a white man's tongue Give me eyes for your bird's view above your burning sun Mzansi Afrika Mzansi Afrika You will always be the song inside of me Lintaba Zakithi Imifula nemifudlana Emathafeni kwaceda'mhlophe In your gardens or your highlands let me sleep in your shade Or drifting with your diamonds in your hills so unafraid Cause you're the smile of a beggar but the sound of a lion's roar I know I said bye forever but you left wide your door Mzansi Afrika Mzansi Afrika You will always be the song inside of me Mzansi Afrika Mzansi Afrika You will always be the song inside of me Steve Biko and Neil Aggett all the sons in your dirt Buried beneath the blanket of a mother's final words Sown into the colors of the skin you made your own Of my sisters and my brothers the ones who call you home Mzansi Afrika Mzansi Afrika You will always be the song inside of me Mzansi Afrika Mzansi Afrika You will always be the song inside of me I'll swallow a seed from your yellowwood tree I'll barter my field for a day in your weeds You will always be the song inside of me I'll drink it straight from your wild wild coast Carry the weight of your dark day's yoke You will always be the song inside of me You will always be the song inside of me