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Human Rainbow
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Human Rainbow was released on May 23, 1988 by Parlophone UK as a part of the album Shadow Man
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Release DateMay 23, 1988
LabelParlophone UK
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM134

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg
Performer
Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg
Composer

Lyrics

Baleka uzohaqwa!
(Escape before you are injured!)
Uwahaqwa!
(Too late he is injured!)
Webaba sicel’impilo
(Father, give us life, save our lives)
At the end of all bloody human storms
As the last flames and embers glow
We peer up into the wounded sky
And search for a human rainbow
And in the fading light I wonder why
We can never free it from the sky
Wangitshela lendaba
(You have told me of this thing)
I can see it but never be it, until I free it
from the sky
Same old human story
The saddest winds do blow
While we are trapped in the language of dark history
Underneath a human rainbow
And angry young man draws in the air
Political equations
But time corrupts the fruit they bare
And leads to more desperation
While in the sky - It’s a trick of the light
Shine the colours of all creation
Same old human story
The saddest winds do blow
While we are trapped in the language of dark history
Underneath a human rainbow
Ngizokutshela!
(I will tell you, that’s how it is)
Same old human story
The saddest winds do blow
While we are trapped in the language of dark history
Underneath a human rainbow
Written by: Johnny Clegg
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