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ZIBUYILE EMASISWENI Music & Lyrics by Mbongeni Ngema Zubuyile masisweni zonke seziphelelekhaya I was born in the village where the cows go grazing And the sheep come along with the people Where the people call Wemame When you hear me talk this way, I come from that land From that land of the beauty Awuthulubuke Sekukhono kuzangale amatsotsikane Thulubuke omamenemene Sekukhono kuzangale amatsotsiyane I can see it coming from that mountain Zubuyile masisweni zonke seziphelekhaya AFUNANI AMAPHOYISA eSOWETO Music & Lyrics by Mbogeni Ngema What are the police doing in Soweto? The young men are all dead Oh my God, The children weep Our fathers languish in prison Our mothers are all alone Where is Mandela, Mxenge and Sobukwe Where is Mandela, Mbeki and Sisulu Answer me if you can? TALKING ABOUT LOVE Music & Lyrics by Hugh Masekela & Mbongeni Ngema I am talking about love To love thy neighbor As you love yourself Yes God loves you all Every man, every woman Oh Everybody, every creature, every child and Everything in the whole wide world I know he loves you all, Your brother, sister, mother, father Oh Lord! Everybody, every creature, every child and Everything in the whole wide world Oh Lord, my God I've been searching everywhere Searching for love, Oh Lord! The Lord don't worry about your creed Your color or your race Oh Lord help us You loved me when I didn't have a friend You never let me down I am talking about love To love thy neighbor Everybody! As you love your self. SARAFINA Music and Lyrics by Hugh Masekela MEN: They call you pretty Mama ALL: Call you pretty Mama MEN: They call you pretty Baby ALL: Call you pretty Baby MEN: They treat you like a lady You smile for another gentleman But when I send you chocolate and flowers You say I make you vex ALL: You give your junior sister de chocolate You give your junior sister de chocolate MEN: You trow out me pretty flowers from your window You break me heart in pieces You make I wanna cry ALL: You make palaver Sarafina You make palaver Sarafina You make palaver Sarafina You make palaver Sarafina ALL: When you talk de way you talk Me body temperature begins to rise Sarafina, Sarafina, you're de one ALL: Sarafina when you walk de way you walk Perspiration commence to cover me MEN: Flowing down me body ALL: Sarafina, Sarafina you're de one Sarafina, Sarafina you're de one ALL: Sarafina please don't run away from me I love you Sarafina, I love you Sarafina MEN: Sa--ra---fi---na ALL: Sarafina please don't run away from me I love you Sarafina, I love you Sarafina MEN: Sarafina, Sarafina, Sarafina, Sarafina, Sarafina, Sarafina Mama yo! ALL: Sarafina please don't run away from me I love you Sarafina. I love you Sarafina MEN: Sa--ra--fi--na ALL: Sarafina please don't run away from me! [[end page]] [[start page]] MEETING TONIGHT Music & Lyrics by Hugh Masekela There's gonna be a meeting tonight There's a state of emergency We protest this state of emergency It was the President of State Who declared this emergency We protest this state of emergency Down with the army And down with the emergency We protest this state of emergency. WE ARE THE GUERRILLAS Tutu is a guerrilla warrior Because he lives in the bush We will bombard the Boers with our bazookas. Because we live in the bush. UYAMEMEZA UNGOMA Music & Lyrics by Mbongeni Ngema Sha-ah Shoom! Sha-ah Shoom! The Sangoma [Deviner] screams out painfully Ahh! Q-Shhh! She says what is this evil spirit in my father's house? Oh mama! Oh mama! Quiet! The herd-boys have gone off with the cattle, driving them to the grazing fields. Sha-ah Shoom! They'll return when the cattle return from those green grazing hills and valleys where the ancestors safeguard them. The Sangoma screams out painfully Ahh! Q-Shh! She says what is this evil spirit in my father's house? Oh mama! Oh mama! Quiet! Hahh! . . . Hahh! Huhuhuuu Hah-ah-ahh Hey! ISIZWE The Black Nation is being killed Oh the African Nation is dying Won't somebody please take our supplications to our leaders ask them to intercede on our behalf to stop this carnage MAMA Music & Lyrics by Mbongeni Ngema Those times of depression don't let them bring you down Mama Those times of depression don't let them bring you down Mama Those times of depression don't let them bring you down Mama Mama mama mama mama we! Mama wethu Those times of loss don't let them bring you down Mama mama mama When there's nothing to eat, no soap, no money for the family When there's nothing to eat, no soap, no money for the family Mama mama oh! Mam Wethu! Oh when you cannot find a job and you need consolation Oh when you cannot find a job and you need consolation Mama mama oh! Mama Wethu! And all of us cling unto you and cry KILIMANJARO Music & Lyrics by Mbonegeni Ngema Get down to the mountains of Kinshasa Get down to the forest of Zimbabwe Kilimanjaro Helele Wo Kilimanjaro Take me to the rivers of Limpopo Take me to the mountains of Somali Helele Helele Helele Helele Take a country ride on a freeway Drive to the Transkei Drive to the Ceskei The valley of the thousand hills on my way On my way to Zululand The green on the mountain and the feilds and the forests Stretches to Limbombo Down to Mozambique Wo Kilimanjaro AFRICIA BURNING IN THE SUN Music & Lyrics by Hugh Masekela Africa burning in the sun Somebody please carry me some water Cultural directions catching fire Yellow smoke signals on the horizon Man the fire stations But the rhythm of the drums, marimba melodies The ululating women and the balafons The foot stomping warriors and the strumming of guitars Keep on playing on and on The oceans and the rivers and the music Will never run dry