Soweto '76 - '06

We're at auntie Jane's house

When the first shots were fired

Tandi heard her call her name, she'd gone out playin'

There's about to be a riot

This is Orlando West (Orlando)

It's June '76

There's guns in the streets again

They got Peterson

That's how you sentenced to live, yeah

In Soweto

Streets that burn, a bullet flies

A mood that turns, a school kid dies

This is part of daily life (Soweto)

In Soweto

The bloodshed on these dusty roads, yeah

Carried by the wind that blows through the ghetto

Ghetto of Soweto (yeah)

Soweto (the ghetto)

Ghetto of Soweto

Oh

This is auntie Nancy's house

She's about to do Karabo's laundry now

He nearly missed the train this time, she found his papers lying

Down on the ground

'84 in Diepkloof (in Diepkloof)

Somebody saw him there

They got him in chains, and taking his name

And then took him to John-Voster-Square (Soweto)

He's in the street, with no ID

That's against the law

Now he's behind the bars

And they treat it like it never was

In Soweto (the ghetto)

The bloodshed on the dusty roads

Carried by the wind that blows

Through the ghetto (the ghetto)

Ghetto of Soweto

The ghetto

Ghetto of Soweto

Oh

Asola, availli

Shaville, atadi

Morphulo, pimville

Orlando, atimbruk

It should have been a joyous day

They gathered at auntie Eve's

The daughter had a child that night, the first glimpse of light

The baby's positive

This is Muroka, Pimville, Dube

Ain't no one safe no more

From apartheid days, now caught up with AIDS

You fight from the day you're born

In Soweto

From diamond mines to TBC

From violent times to HIV

This is every second pregnancy (Soweto)

In Soweto

The bloodshed on these dusty roads

So many stories stay unhold

In the ghetto

In the ghetto (ghetto of Soweto)

(The ghetto) my Soweto

(Ghetto of Soweto) in the ghetto

(The ghetto) oh, yeah

(Ghetto of Soweto) in the ghetto of Soweto

(The ghetto)

(Ghetto of Soweto)

To all my ladies

All of Botswana

Hey (hey), hey (hey), hey (hey)

All of my gees

Hey (hey), hey (hey), yeah (yeah)

All of Botswana

Hey (hey), hey (hey), hey (hey)

Aitama jimbo

Hey (hey), hey (hey), yeah (yeah)

In the ghetto