I hear the gunfire, see the blood run, feel the rage

I see a black man, see a colored man in a cage

The sweat of miners digging diamonds, digging graves

To feed the boss man, to feed his family, to feed his slaves

Men are cursing, women praying for release

But when a white man kills one of them, no one sees

From Cape Town to Pretoria to Johannesburg

There is a crying, a people dying that can be heard

I hear the gunfire, see the blood run, smell the fear

You lock your minds up, shut the curtains, you close your ears

Forget the black man, neglect his baby, ignore his hell

We need apartheid to keep the animal in his cell

You sweep the pavement, shine the buildings, display the maid

You say republic, I say blind man, it's a cage

God makes the color, but the color doesn't make you God

Oh, and in the judgment, He will remember the ones you've wronged

Without the Lord's love, this injustice will prevail

Until Jesus is the only master

We'll never break the bars of this jail