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Lost is the African pride Gone are those who could ride the tide Left are those who drown beneath the wave Prone to dehumanization because of greed I see burning buildings Mutilated bodies Escalating violence And social unrest Lost is the Spirit of Ubuntu Left is a society deprived of its integrity Selfishness and poverty is at the core of our society Is the real Africa lost to antiquity? Crime is rife as people strive for a decent life. A decent life earned through decadence Should we stone foreigners because the government is failing to provide employment? Or should we burn down buildings so that our voices can be heard? I am ashamed of the profanity we breed It’s a calamity for us to be xenophobic It’s a taboo for us to call Africans foreigners in their motherland. It’s not who they are. It’s not who we are It’s not who you are It’s not who I am Together we are the Africa that has survived slave trade The Africa that has survived apartheid The Africa that has survived colonization The Africa that is surviving westernization We don’t fight for employment We create employment We don’t breed resentment We translate sentiments Let us evoke the Spirit of Ubuntu And let’s behave like men not animals Let us ignite the Spirit of Ubuntu And let’s stand like men immortal The Spirit of Ubuntu is what separates us from animals Terrorism shouldn’t exist in Africa It’s a disgrace for us to be unethical Xenophobia shouldn’t be heard in Africa Animosity is not our portion
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May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017 at 6:28 AM UTC
Elfuric
The Spirit Of Ubuntu
Lost is the African pride Gone are those who could ride the tide Left are those who drown beneath the wave Prone to dehumanization because of greed I see burning buildings Mutilated bodies Escalating violence And social unrest Lost is the Spirit of Ubuntu Left is a society deprived of its integrity Selfishness and poverty is at the core of our society Is the real Africa lost to antiquity? Crime is rife as people strive for a decent life. A decent life earned through decadence Should we stone foreigners because the government is failing to provide employment? Or should we burn down buildings so that our voices can be heard? I am ashamed of the profanity we breed It’s a calamity for us to be xenophobic It’s a taboo for us to call Africans foreigners in their motherland. It’s not who they are. It’s not who we are It’s not who you are It’s not who I am Together we are the Africa that has survived slave trade The Africa that has survived apartheid The Africa that has survived colonization The Africa that is surviving westernization We don’t fight for employment We create employment We don’t breed resentment We translate sentiments Let us evoke the Spirit of Ubuntu And let’s behave like men not animals Let us ignite the Spirit of Ubuntu And let’s stand like men immortal The Spirit of Ubuntu is what separates us from animals Terrorism shouldn’t exist in Africa It’s a disgrace for us to be unethical Xenophobia shouldn’t be heard in Africa Animosity is not our portion
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The Spirit Has Given Us Wounds so that the flies may feast on us The limit has been set by those who infest us with fallacy and hypocrisy. Those who pull the strings so that they remain kings as their subjects decay. Those who grab things which belong to all the African kings of today! “Keep them in the dark, let them not see the goodness of light”, they say. But I am the light of Africa and I will shine so bright to open up their eyes so that they may shine more than I shine Africa is not poor, Africa is being looted Africans are not poor, they are just being cheated. Bribe is costing our lives as our corrupt leaders misuse our resources People are dying as the leaders grow fat and untouchable. Transparency and good governance seems unachievable Discrepancies of unscrupulous activities surfaces whenever the media starts to deceive Chorus Our land and resources are enough to feed and clothes us all But the land mourns and the waters are bitter because our hearts are sore. Our silence is tolerance to injustice and violence They have violated our minds with their dead conscience. They have desecrated our rights with their dead ignorance We are all leaders lets dethrone these dealers They have annihilated those who could bring change because of their arrogance Chorus Our land and resources are enough to feed and clothes us all But the land mourns and the waters are bitter because our hearts are sore. Kufa nenyota makumbo arimumvura Honai Baba isu tatambura Kudya nhoko dzezvironda Honai Ishe tauyaura Siyahlupeka!!!! Huyai mutinunure Chorus Our land and resources are enough to feed and clothes us all But the land mourns and the waters are bitter because our hearts are sore. Distort the message Corrupt the masses Falsify the knowledge Blindfold the masses Broad day sacrilege Sacrifice those who speak out To satisfy the deplorable desire And insatiate the insatiable greed. Chorus Our land and resources are enough to feed and clothes us all But the land mourns and the waters are bitter because our hearts are sore. You Leaders we erected you are smart... Using our money to fund your reelection processes As you feed us with promises which are nothing but lies All the efforts your make are to meet the interests of your pockets All the votes you take are to increase the weights of your accounts You leaders we've elected you disgust. Chorus Our land and resources are enough to feed and clothes us all But the land mourns and the waters are bitter because our hearts are sore. What are we? A race in need because of those who lead? A curse on the face of the earth because of our creed? We are a unique and immortal breed. We are going to change our heads so that we succeed.
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May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017 at 6:11 AM UTC
Elfuric
The Spirit Has Given Us Wounds
The Spirit Has Given Us Wounds so that the flies may feast on us The limit has been set by those who infest us with fallacy and hypocrisy. Those who pull the strings so that they remain kings as their subjects decay. Those who grab things which belong to all the African kings of today! “Keep them in the dark, let them not see the goodness of light”, they say. But I am the light of Africa and I will shine so bright to open up their eyes so that they may shine more than I shine Africa is not poor, Africa is being looted Africans are not poor, they are just being cheated. Bribe is costing our lives as our corrupt leaders misuse our resources People are dying as the leaders grow fat and untouchable. Transparency and good governance seems unachievable Discrepancies of unscrupulous activities surfaces whenever the media starts to deceive Chorus Our land and resources are enough to feed and clothes us all But the land mourns and the waters are bitter because our hearts are sore. Our silence is tolerance to injustice and violence They have violated our minds with their dead conscience. They have desecrated our rights with their dead ignorance We are all leaders lets dethrone these dealers They have annihilated those who could bring change because of their arrogance Chorus Our land and resources are enough to feed and clothes us all But the land mourns and the waters are bitter because our hearts are sore. Kufa nenyota makumbo arimumvura Honai Baba isu tatambura Kudya nhoko dzezvironda Honai Ishe tauyaura Siyahlupeka!!!! Huyai mutinunure Chorus Our land and resources are enough to feed and clothes us all But the land mourns and the waters are bitter because our hearts are sore. Distort the message Corrupt the masses Falsify the knowledge Blindfold the masses Broad day sacrilege Sacrifice those who speak out To satisfy the deplorable desire And insatiate the insatiable greed. Chorus Our land and resources are enough to feed and clothes us all But the land mourns and the waters are bitter because our hearts are sore. You Leaders we erected you are smart... Using our money to fund your reelection processes As you feed us with promises which are nothing but lies All the efforts your make are to meet the interests of your pockets All the votes you take are to increase the weights of your accounts You leaders we've elected you disgust. Chorus Our land and resources are enough to feed and clothes us all But the land mourns and the waters are bitter because our hearts are sore. What are we? A race in need because of those who lead? A curse on the face of the earth because of our creed? We are a unique and immortal breed. We are going to change our heads so that we succeed.
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