Johnny Clegg & Savuka - One 'man One Vote Lyrics
Bayeza abafana bancane wemaBayeza abafana bancane wemaBaphethe iqwasha, baphethe ibazookaBathi "sangena savuma thina,Lapha abazange bengena abazali bethuNabadala, bayasikhalela thina ngoba asina voti."(the young boys are coming,The young boys are coming.They carry homemade weapons and a bazooka.They say "we have agreed to enter a placeThat has never been entered beforeBy our parents or our ancestorsAnd they cry for us, for we do not have the right to vote.)Hayiyaah!The west is sleeping in a fragile freedomForgotten is the price that was paidTen thousand years of marching through a veil of tearsTo break a few links in these chainsThese things come to us by way of much painDon't let us slip back into the darkOn a visible but distant shore -- a new image of manThe shape of his own future, now in his own hands -- he says:Chorus:One 'man, one vote -- step into the futureOne 'man, one vote -- in a unitary stateOne 'man, one vote -- tell them when you see themOne 'man, one vote -- it's the only wayBayeza abafana abancane(the young boys are coming)Hayiyaah!In the east a giant is awakeningAnd in the south we feel the rising tideThe soul inside the spark that gives breath to your lifeCan no longer be made to hideThese things come to us by way of much painDon't let us slip back into the darkOn a visible but distant shore -- a new image of manThe shape of his own future, now in his own hands -- he says:Chorus
