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Red Dust, Long White Cloud
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Red Dust, Long White Cloud was released on October 7, 2026 by Kelands Records as a part of the album Afrikiwi
October 7, 2026
LabelKelands Records
LanguageEnglish
BPM99
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Lyrics

South African dust, burning sky
Bush thunder rolling by
Acacia shadows, evening gold
Heat and rain made my spirit bold
Wild grass bending in the flame
That old country knows my name
I crossed the water, chased the new
But every mile it travelled too
I crossed the water, kept the flame
New horizon, same old name
Red dust, long white cloud
Two wild worlds, one heartbeat loud
Africa down in the bass below
Aotearoa in the winds that blow
Bush in my blood, salt on my skin
Old roots deep, new roots begin
I crossed the sea and found somehow
Both lands are beating in me now
Green hills falling into blue
Snow on ranges breaking through
Black sand shining after rain
Pacific wind across my face
Fern and flax beside the road
Pohutukawa summer glow
Mountains rising, ocean wide
Aotearoa by my side
The bass still speaks where I began
The south wind tells me where I stand
Red dust, long white cloud
Two wild worlds, one heartbeat loud
Africa down in the bass below
Aotearoa in the winds that blow
Bush in my blood, salt on my skin
Old roots deep, new roots begin
I crossed the sea and found somehow
Both lands are beating in me now
He came with red earth on his boots
Carried bush fire in his roots
Crossed that water, didn't erase
Every hard mile that shaped his face
Maunga ahead, moana wide
Cold south wind and a turning tide
New roots grow, old roots stay
Both feed the man standing here today
Africa knocks in the bass down low
Aotearoa breathes where the salt winds blow
Not half of one, not split in two
Afrikiwi, both coming through
I am the dust and I am the rain
I am the old road and the change
I am the heat, I am the sea
Both wild lands are part of me
Ay-ya-ya-ya
Ay-ya-ya-ya
No border cuts the heart in two
I carry old into the new
Ay-ya-ya-ya
Ay-ya-ya-ya
Red dust, long white cloud
Two wild worlds, one heartbeat loud
Ay-ya-ya-ya
Africa down in the bass below
Aotearoa in the winds that blow
Ay-ya-ya-ya
Bush in my blood, salt on my skin
Old roots deep, new roots begin
I crossed the sea and found somehow
Afrikiwi, both are beating now
Ay-ya-ya-ya
Ay-ya-ya-ya
Red dust
Long white cloud
Both are beating now
Ay-ya-ya-ya
Written by: KELVIN LANDSBERG
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