Mattafix

Yes I am the boy,
Who once worshipped you.
As you seemed to destroy the ground beneath you.
No more am I,
A part of the cycle,
Or the boy who once worshipped you.

They don't know,
Cause they don't know you like I do.
You say you're back now and you,

You say you want me,
I don't believe you.
Cause I'm on track now.
You're in the background.
You say you want me,
Do you really?
I don't believe you,
Nor do I need you,
Cause you're in the background,
You're in the background.

Yes I know you've travelled,
Over seas and rivers.
But you cant come back now for there are no bridges.
There's a trail of sorrow,
That you revealed to,
The eyes of a boy,
Who once worshipped you.

They don't know,
Cause they don't know you like I do.
You say you're back now and you,

You say you want me,
I don't believe you.
Cause I'm on track now.
You're in the background.
You say you want me,
Do you really?
I don't believe you,
Nor do I need you,
Cause you're in the background,
You're in the background.

You say you want me,
I don't believe you.
Cause I'm on track now.
You're in the background.
You say you want me,
Do you really?
I don't believe you,
Nor do I need you.

You say you want me,
I don't believe you.
Cause I'm on track now.
You're in the background.
You say you want me,
Do you really?
I don't believe you,
Nor do I need you,
Cause you're in the background.

Vacuum. Not even a court room. Just me in a small room, that has become a tomb.
Converted. Disadvantaged. Nothing granted. Will they ever get my message?
And how soon will I have to think when allowed to? Lonely in this commune.
Given away. Giving them names. I hoped you were with me. The world is far too busy now.

The nation has forgotten me.
Several times severed lines which means,
Patience with hypocracy.
Only misery.
Severed ties, several lies over me.
Right over me, right over me.

Justice is but a promise from the dishonest. Where do I stand in all this?
So long they have chosen even my opinions, while I remain forgotten.
I'm evading the main thing. Frozen but ageing, while I'm left debating.
Whether or not I'm worth a lot. To waste away. To have another say now.

The nation has forgotten me.
Several times severed lines which means,
Patience with hypocracy.
Only misery.
Severed ties, several lies over me.
Right, right over me, right, right over me.
Oh, over me.

But wait, wait nah man.
I ever show you de scene when babylon come approach me?
Man, ah long story dat you know.
You see when dem wha come fight yo down fi di wrong ting,
And nah protect dem end?
A sign of struggle you know, a sign of struggle partner,
Hol on.

The nation has forgotten me.
Several times severed lines which means,
Patience with hypocracy.
Only misery.
Severed ties, several lies over me.

The nation has forgotten me.
Several times severed lines which means,
Patience with hypocracy.
Only misery, only misery.
Severed ties, several lies over me.
Right, right over me, right over me.

Why? Why do you love me?
What have I done to deserve you lately?
If the poorest ones could feel this energy,
They need not fear the cursed son nor the devil's night.

There I lay with warmth watching over me.
The favoured son on whom fortune smiled upon.
Why? Why do you want me?
With a past like mine I'd rather love and lose than fall in line.

There I lay with warmth watching over me.
The favoured son on whom fortune smiled upon.
Why? Why do you want me?
With a past like mine I'd rather love and lose than fall in line.

Went to a dance last Saturday night.
I was feeling tipsy and the mood was right.
Sight a little daughter and ah step in a de corner.
Cause I feel like dancing all night.

But I told her,
Cool down the pace for me little woman.
Your dubbin it too fast for me.
Cool down the pace for me little woman.
That's not how it should be.

I told her to try.
I don't know why.
She keep on trying but she can't.
And so she do it how she want.

And so I told her,
Cool down the pace for me little woman.
Your dubbin it too fast for me.
Cool down the pace for me little woman.
That's not how it should be.

And I told her,
Cool down, cool down.
I told her,
Cool down, cool down.

Went to a dance last Saturday night.
I was feeling tipsy and the mood was right.
Sight a little daughter and ah step in a de corner.
Cause I feel like dancing all night.

And so I told her,
Cool down the pace for me little woman.
Your dubbin it too fast for me.
Cool down the pace for me little woman.
That's not how it should be.

She said she would try.
She just don't know why.
She keep on trying but she can't.
And so she do it how she want.

And so I told her,
Cool down the pace for me little woman.
Your dubbin it too fast for me.
Cool down the pace for me little woman.
That's not how it should be.

And I told her,
Cool down, cool down.
I told her,
Cool down, cool down.
Cool down, cool down.

She said she would try.
I don't know why.
She keep on trying but she can't.
And so she do it how she want.

But I told her,
Cool down the pace for me little woman.
Your dubbin it too fast for me.
Cool down the pace for me little woman.
That's not how it should be.

Cool down the pace for me little woman.
Your dubbin it too fast for me.
Cool down the pace for me little woman.
That's not how it should be.

Big City Life,
Me try fi get by,
Pressure nah ease up no matter how hard me try.
Big City Life,
Here my heart have no base,
And right now Babylon de pon me case.

People in a show,
All lined in a row.
We just push on by,
Its funny,
How hard we try.

Take a moment to relax.
Before you do anything rash.

Don't you wanna know me?,
Be a friend of mine.
I'll share some wisdom with you.
Don't you ever get lonely,
From time to time
Don't let the system get you down

Chorus

Soon our work is done,
All of us one by one.
Still we live our lives,
As if all this stuff survives.

I take a moment to relax,
Before I do anything rash.

Bridge

The Linguist across the seas and the oceans,
A permanent Itinerant is what I've chosen.
I find myself in Big City prison, arisen from the vision of man kind.
Designed, to keep me discreetly neatly in the corner,
you'll find me with the flora and the fauna and the hardship.
Back a yard is where my heart is still I find it hard to depart this Big City Life.

Big City Life,
Me try fi get by,
Pressure nah ease up no matter how hard me try.
Big City Life,
Here my heart have no base,
And right now Babylon de pon me case.

People in a show,
All lined in a row.
We just push on by,
Its funny,
How hard we try.

Take a moment to relax.
Before you do anything rash.

Don't you wanna know me?,
Be a friend of mine.
I'll share some wisdom with you.
Don't you ever get lonely,
From time to time
Don't let the system get you down

Chorus

Soon our work is done,
All of us one by one.
Still we live our lives,
As if all this stuff survives.

I take a moment to relax,
Before I do anything rash.

Bridge

The Linguist across the seas and the oceans,
A permanent Itinerant is what I've chosen.
I find myself in Big City prison, arisen from the vision of man kind.
Designed, to keep me discreetly neatly in the corner,
you'll find me with the flora and the fauna and the hardship.
Back a yard is where my heart is still I find it hard to depart this Big City Life.

Big city life,
Me try fi get by,
Pressure nah ease up no matter how hard me try.
Big city life,
Here my heart have no base,
And right now Babylon de pon me case.

Big city life,
Try fi get by,
Pressure nah ease up no matter how hard me try.
Big city life,
My heart have no base,
And right now Babylon de pon me case.

People in a show,
All lined in a row.
We just push on by,
Its funny,
How hard we try.

Take a moment to relax.
Before you do anything rash.

Don't you wanna know me?,
Be a friend of mine.
I'll share some wisdom with you.
Don't you ever get lonely,
From time to time?
Don't let the system get you down.

Big city life,
Me try fi get by,
Pressure nah ease up no matter how hard me try.
Big city life,
Here my heart have no base,
And right now Babylon de pon me case.

Big city life,
Try fi get by,
Pressure nah ease up no matter how hard me try.
Big city life,
My heart have no base,
And right now Babylon de pon me case.

Soon our work is done,
All of us one by one.
Still we live our lives,
As if all this stuff survives.

Don't you wanna
know me?,
Be a friend of mine.
I'll share some wisdom with you.
Don't you ever get lonely,
From time to time?
Don't let the system get you down.

The Linguist across the seas and the oceans,
A permanent Itinerant is what I've chosen.
I find myself in Big City prison, arisen from the vision of man kind.
Designed, to keep me discreetly neatly in the corner, you'll find me with the flora and the fauna and the hardship.
Back a yard is where my heart is still I find it hard to depart this Big city life.

Big city life,
Me try fi get by,
Pressure nah ease up no matter how hard me try.
Big city life,
Here my heart have no base,
And right now Babylon de pon me case.

Big city life,
Try fi get by,
Pressure nah ease up no matter how hard me try.
Big city life,
My heart have no base,
And right now Babylon de pon me case.

Big city life,
Me try fi get by,
Pressure nah ease up no matter how hard me try.
Big city life,
Here my heart have no base,
And right now Babylon de pon me case.

Big city life,
Try fi get by,
Pressure nah ease up no matter how hard me try.
Big city life,
My heart have no base,
And right now Babylon de pon me case.

Big City Life,
Me try fi get by,
Pressure nah ease up no matter how hard me try.
Big City Life,
Here my heart have no base,
And right now Babylon de pon me case.

People in a show,
All lined in a row.
We just push on by,
Its funny,
How hard we try.

Take a moment to relax.
Before you do anything rash.

Don't you wanna know me?,
Be a friend of mine.
I'll share some wisdom with you.
Don't you ever get lonely,
From time to time
Don't let the system get you down

Chorus

Soon our work is done,
All of us one by one.
Still we live our lives,
As if all this stuff survives.

I take a moment to relax,
Before I do anything rash.

Bridge

The Linguist across the seas and the oceans,
A permanent Itinerant is what I've chosen.
I find myself in Big City prison, arisen from the vision of man kind.
Designed, to keep me discreetly neatly in the corner,
you'll find me with the flora and the fauna and the hardship.
Back a yard is where my heart is still I find it hard to depart this Big City Life.

Shake ya limbs to da rhythms hymns and poems.
Mek we know where we going.
Shake ya limbs to da rhythms hymns and poems.
Shake ya limbs to da rhythms hymns and poems.
Mek we know where we going.
Shake ya limbs to da rhythms hymns and poems.

Work it out.
And they say they're trying to work it out,
But they dont know just how or why.
And it really seems preordained,
And my friends are far away,
And I wonder if they're ok,
And I wonder if the times have changed,
And I thought that I saw your face.
Are you safe?

Shake ya limbs to da rhythms hymns and poems.
Mek we know where we going.
Shake ya limbs to da rhythms hymns and poems.

From the beginning there was war and sinning
and it seems like nothing has changed.
Bombs are dropping on Iraq and Lebanon,
(Its like) Vietnam all over again.
Days ago a bredrin that I know,
Tell me dat he cyan tek no more.
Bombs are dropping on Iraq and Lebanon
and everywhere it seems like war.

And they say they're trying to work it out,
But they dont know just how or why.
And it really seems preordained,
And my friends are far away,
And I wonder if they're ok,
And I wonder if the times have changed,
And I thought that I saw your face.
Are you safe?

From now on I'm not fighting fair,
Its guerilla warfare,
It's been 400 years of my people's tears.
I'm like Shaka with a hungry spear,
Asilwe ke, ng'fikile ke (let's go ahead and fight, I have arrived)
Mina ng'uqhaqha 'maqiniso, uBaba ung'biza uCath'impi (I'm the truth revealer, my father calls me Fighter Instigator)
uBhambhatha Ka Manciza lo ongijoja ngomkhonto (the one who pierced me with a spear)
Once a slave and now a brave,
I got my army in the cave.
Asilwe ke, ng'fikile ke (let's go ahead and fight, I have arrived)

And they say they're trying to work it out,
But they dont know just how or why.
And it really seems preordained,
And my friends are far away,
And I wonder if they're ok,
And I wonder if the times have changed,
And I thought that I saw your face.
Are you safe?

And they say they're trying to work it out,
But they dont know just how or why.
And it really seems preordained,
And my friends are far away,
And I wonder if they're ok,
And I wonder if the times have changed,
And I thought that I saw your face.
Are you safe?

Shake ya limbs to da rhythms hymns and poems.
Mek we know where we going.
Shake ya limbs to da rhythms hymns and poems.
Shake ya limbs to da rhythms hymns and poems.
Mek we know where we going.
Shake ya limbs to da rhythms hymns and poems.

I dont wanna see you fall.
I dont wanna see you hurt at all.
See you fall.

I dont wanna see you fall.
I dont wanna see you hurt at all.
See you fall.

See the nation through the people's eyes,
See tears that flow like rivers from the skies.
Where it seems there are only border-lines,
Where others turn and sigh,
You shall rise.
You shall rise.

There's disaster in your past,
Boundaries in your path.
What you desire will lift you higher.
You don't have to be extraordinary just forgiving,
Of those who never heard your cries.
You shall rise.
You shall rise.
And look towards the skies.
Where others fail you'll prevail in time.
You shall rise.

Awu indoda yam
Hayi bayibulele bo
Hayi indoda yam
Hayi ababanda bam

Ukubu izi ingane zabo zodlala zibuzuswa
Ingane ezindane zabo zodlala zibuziswa

You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low

You shall rise.
You shall rise.
You shall rise.
Sooner or later we must try living.

Ingane ezindane zabo zodlala zibuziswa

You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low

See the nation through the people's eyes,
See tears that flow like rivers from the skies.
Where it seems there are only border-lines,
Where others turn and sigh,
You shall rise.
You shall rise.
You shall rise.
You shall rise.

You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low
You may never know if you lay low lay low

Sooner or later we must try living.

You cannot be certain,
You cannot be sure.
All those times that I took for granted left me wanting more.
Now that I've awoken,
I'm ready to adore
Though my heart is broken I'm wiser than before.

Won't somebody tell me where is love?
I know when I see her face,
She will soon replace the pain that I've uncovered.
Where is Love?
And why does it hurt so much?
And will I measure up if I get to hold her?
The angel on my shoulder.

You can be disheartened,
Made a fool again.
You can't see the future,
And who knows how this ends.
Now I hear you calling,
The dance has just begun.
Head and heals I'm falling are you gonna be the one?

Won't somebody tell me where is love?
I know when I see her face,
She will soon replace the pain that I've uncovered.
Where is Love?
And why does it hurt so much?
And will I measure up if I get to hold her?
The angel on my shoulder.

Tell dem already but we tell dem again.
Tell dem already but we tell dem again,
How she left me and she gaan her way.
She left me and she gaan her way.

Tell dem already but we tell dem again.
Tell dem already but we tell dem again,
How she left me and she gaan her way.
She left me and she gaan her way.

Won't somebody tell me where is love?
I know when I see her face,
She will soon replace the pain that I've uncovered.
Where is Love?
And why does it hurt so much?
And will I measure up if I get to hold her?
The angel on my shoulder.

She left me and she gaan her way.
She left me and she gaan her way.

The angel on my shoulder.

She left me and she gaan her way.
She left me and she gaan her way.

The shot of the bomb in the night

Well, gimme the woman who fi love-up shi man properly
Mi no wanna gal wid da wrong recipe
If she have fi a di lovin and the right mentality

And she don't wanna trick me
You never knew that you hurt me
I woke to fall in love
Must been 'bout 11.30 and you never tried to phone
Now i'm thinking not you're dirty
And now i gotta trying calm, calm down
You ain't backing down, backing down
From the dirtiest trick in town oh oh
You're the dirtiest trick in town

The shot of the bomb in the night

You never let me love you,
You never let me love you like i can
You never let me love you, god damn
You never let me love you like a man can

You should never tried to fool me
Don't you know i am
Far from ordinary
A hard working man
And never let you control me
Like the ones you knock, knock down
Will make you back down, back down
From the dirtiest trick in town
You're the dirtiest trick in town

Well, gimme the woman who fi love-up shi man properly
Mi no wanna gal wid da wrong recipe
If she have fi a di lovin and the right mentality

Da linguist wont be your accessory
You tried to double cross me now you lost me
This relationship showed proof to be costly
I'm in da studio I'm flippin with the posse
But all my beats sounds wrong and lyrics sound off key
I lost my knack to lay down a track
It took me a strong cognac to get my flow back

I can't believe this is me complanin

The one stamina maintaining lyrical reigning argument and excuse explaining (uh huh)
You feminism ship has gone overboard (well look)
You left your man ignored (well look)
Lord, as the words for my vocal chords move towards your eardrums your realize

You're a fraud and then some

*the shot* Its just like the shot *of a bomb in the night*
An explosion of insight you dirt tricks hold tight
Please

Gimme da woman who fi love-up shi man properly
Mi no wanna gala wid da wrong recipe
If she have fi a di lovin and the right mentality

And she don't wanna trick me

You never let me love you,
You never let me love you like i can
You never let me love you, god damn
You never let me love you like a man can

Gimme da woman who fi love-up shi man properly
Mi no wanna gala wid da wrong recipe
If she have fi a di lovin and the right mentality

And she don't wanna trick me

Gal me try fi love ya but me cyan get through.
Now you haffi tell me why fi do.
Gal me try up to now me just cyan get no bligh,
Haffi ask de question why.

Gal me try fi love ya but me cyan get through.
Now you haffi tell me why fi do.
Gal me try up to now me just cyan get no bligh,
Haffi ask de question why.

You used to know me,
How things have changed,
Now that I walk these streets again.
And of course the same man that I was,
All those years before.

If I had to love you,
I know what I'll say,
All over again.
If I had to love you,
I know what I'd do.
I know what I'll say,
All over again.
Things have changed,
How things have changed.

Gal me try fi love ya but me cyan get through.
Now you haffi tell me why fi do.
Gal me try up to now me just cyan get no bligh,
Haffi ask de question why.

Gal me try fi love ya but me cyan get through.
Now you haffi tell me why fi do.
Gal me try up to now me just cyan get no bligh,
Haffi ask de question why.

Only memories of before,
Sweet island you know I'm yours.
In my homeland,
Is where my lady was.
If I had a chance

And I had to love you.
Know what I'd do.
I know what I'll say,
All over again.
If I had to love you,
I know what I'd do.
I know what I'll say,
All over again.
Things have changed,
How things have changed.

If I had to love you.
If I had to love you.

If I had to love you,
Know what I'd do.
I know what I'll say,
All over again.
If I had to love you,
I know what I'd do.
I know what I'll say,
All over again.
Things have changed.

Excuse me where you from?
I definitely know you.
A chance I could be wrong.
And you are a stranger.
Before I move along,
Tell me where I know you from.
Maybe I am mistaken,
Maybe you'll stay a stranger.

It's alright,
I'm the innocent type you can talk to.
It's ok,
The inquisitive type don't walk away.
I sing ahhhhhhhh.
I sing ahhhhhhhh.

Excuse me where you from?
I definitely know you.
A chance I could be wrong.
And you are a stranger.
Before I move along,
Tell me where I know you from.
Maybe I am mistaken,
Maybe you'll stay a stranger.

Familiar vibe within you,
It's what I recognize.
Familiar vibe within you,
Makes me sing ahhhhhhhh,
Sing ahhhhhhhh.

Excuse me where you from?
I definitely know you.
A chance I could be wrong.
And you are a stranger.
Before I move along,
Tell me where I know you from.
Maybe I am mistaken,
Maybe you'll stay a stranger.

Excuse me where you from?
I definitely know you.
A chance I could be wrong.
And you are a stranger.
Before I move along,
Tell me where I know you from.
Maybe I am mistaken,
Maybe you'll stay a stranger.

Excuse me where you from?
I definitely know you.
A chance I could be wrong.
And you are a stranger.
Before I move along,
Tell me where I know you from.
Maybe I am mistaken,
Maybe you'll stay a stranger.

Police, won't you grant me my release?
I should be a freeman now at least,
I'm no robber I'm no thief.
I should be a freeman on the street.
A freeman on the street.

Hey little darlin you sleep tight.
I'm a be a little late tonight.
Found myself in a situation,
Lost my temper and my patience.
It's the simple things that are the wind beneath my wings.
I never trouble nobody,
I never trouble no one.

Police, you mista officer!
Won't you grant me my release?
I should be a freeman now at least,
Whi ya pressure mi for aye?
I'm no robber I'm no thief.
I should be a freeman on the street.
A freeman on the street.

Now baby I have some news,
They say my bail was refused.
But I will see you someday, somehow in someway.
It's the simple things that are the wind beneath my wings.
I never trouble nobody,
I never trouble no one.

Police, you mista officer!
Won't you grant me my release?
I should be a freeman now at least,
Whi ya pressure mi for aye?
I'm no robber I'm no thief.
A freeman on the street.

Solitary soldier I'm candid I told ya,
It landed me humbled and reprimanded,
I man demanded my last phone call,
Without much success at all.
They say I'm a criminal but the wicked must fall.
Freedom gone and we still stand tall.
Dem say "freeze!!" and we say;
"What for? We already have respect for da law"
So...

Police, you mista officer!
Won't you grant me my release?
I should be a freeman now at least,
Whi ya pressure mi for aye?
I'm no robber I'm no thief.
I should be a freeman on the street.
A freeman on the street.

Baby you don't know me,
I don't know you,
But I'd like to.
Come a little closer let me put my arms around ya.
I got real life stories,
If only you'd believe me.
I got you love inside me,
I'm not another brother wasting time.

Now just imagine all the times we could be havin',
Are you gonna cater for a smooth little operator?
I got real life stories,
If only you'd believe me.
I got you love inside me,
I'm not another brother wasting time.

Chance on love,
What you got to lose?
Chance on love,
What you got to lose?
Chance on love,
What you got to lose?
Chance on love,
What you got to lose?

Baby I keep it real,
You don't know yet but you soon will.
Come a little nearer and I'm sure you'll see things clearer.
Its time for you to shake that attitude.
And start to realise,
That I wont wait till sunrise.
I got real life stories,
If only you'd believe me.
I got you love inside me,
I'm not another brother wasting time.

Chance on love,
What you got to lose?
Chance on love,
What you got to lose?
Chance on love,
What you got to lose?
Chance on love,
What you got to lose?

Baby you don't know me,
I don't know you,
But I'd like to.
Come a little closer let me put my arms around ya.
I got real life stories,
If only you'd believe me.
I got you love inside me,
I'm not another brother wasting time.

Chance on love,
What you got to lose?
Chance on love,
What you got to lose?
Chance on love,
What you got to lose?
Chance on love,
What you got to lose?

Chance on love,
What you got to lose?
Chance on love,
What you got to lose?
Chance on love,
What you got to lose?
Chance on love,
What you got to lose?

Yes, yes, greetings.
You see from you over my tation,
We look back pon history and find a mission.
In my life.

There are certain,
Things that you don't know about me.
My whole life searching for the right words and they fail me.
So what are we into?
Am I in to deep to run to these man glances?
I think I'll take my chances thank you.

No way,
Will the voice of the fire in my heart be mute.
Some say,
That I try to hard in my youth.
Some day,
These words will be the proof,
I only tell the truth to you and anyone else who
Is in my life.

In my life me haffi deal wid nuff trouble and strife.
In my time,
In my time me haffin go out and tek whats mine me nah go wait in line.
In my life.
In my life me haffi deal wid nuff trouble and strife.
In my time,
In my time me haffin go out and tek whats mine me nah go wait in line.
In my life.

I am hurting,
But I wont close the curtain,
On this sweet show for those who are hardworking.
Don't let love abuse you,
I've seen what you've turned into.
Take advantage when opportunity advances.

No way,
Will the voice of the fire in my heart be mute.
Some say,
That I try to hard in my youth.
Some day,
These words will be the proof,
I only tell the truth to you and anyone else who
Is in my life.

In my life me haffi deal wid nuff trouble and strife.
In my time,
In my time me haffin go out and tek whats mine me nah go wait in line.
In my life.
In my life me haffi deal wid nuff trouble and strife.
In my time,
In my time me haffin go out and tek whats mine me nah go wait in line.
In my life.

A place where the softly spoken are beaten and broken,
And rows of prose are written and it shows.
Wheter the buildings have feelings in those many walls and ceilings and stairways revealing,
A place where divided together once resided,
Where machines collided with warriors who guided and inspired movements that decided freedom and wondered,
And wondered like you and I did.
And even with my open eyelids I'm still blinded,
I find it hard to see the reasons behind it.
So you tell the intelligence go to hell with their insolence.
I blend rough neck elements with eloquence.
Its evident and it soon becomes clear,
The price of success is too dear.

In my life me haffi deal wid nuff trouble and strife.
In my time,
In my time me haffin go out and tek whats mine me nah go wait in line.
In my life.
In my life me haffi deal wid nuff trouble and strife.
In my time,
In my time me haffin go out and tek whats mine me nah go wait in line.
In my life.

Memories of,
Memories of Soweto.

Sing whoa,
From London to Soweto,
A street soul in the ghetto.
Back from the West Indies,
When I'm in the city let my mind echo,
Memories of Soweto.
And anywhere that we go,
I'm letting you know,
The walk of a street soul.

Look man,
I was born there.
I mean bred there.
I mean without the bread.
Viva was all I had.
The people sang Amandla and the streets were red.
Liberation was a dream that we never had.
As I took a back seat on my mumma's back,
And I looked over the shoulder and I saw the hurt.
Mumma let me kill this song for you,
After all these years this is Uhuru.

Sing whoa,
From London to Soweto,
A street soul in the ghetto.
Back from the West Indies,
When I'm in the city let my mind echo,
Memories of Soweto.
And anywhere that we go,
I'm letting you know,
The walk of a street soul.

I stepped off a jet plane I'm in S.A once again,
With the faces of change and the feelings' the same.
And the lines on my hands are as free as this land.
But it wasn't always so,
Still reminds me of home.

Mumma let me kill this song for you,
After all these years this is Uhuru.

Sing whoa,
Sing oh,
Sing yeh.

Memories of.

Sing whoa,
Sing oh,
Sing yeh.

Memories of Soweto.

Sing whoa,
Sing oh,
Sing yeh.

Memories of.

Sing whoa,
Sing oh,
Sing yeh.

Memories of Soweto.

What our memories in times of,
Inspired I exemplify.

From London to Soweto,
A street soul in the ghetto.
Back from the West Indies,
When I'm in the city let my mind echo,
Memories of Soweto.
And anywhere that we go,
I'm letting you know,
The walk of a street soul.

What our memories in times of,
Inspired I exemplify.

Mumma let me kill this song for you,
After all these years this is Uhuru.

What our memories in times of,
Inspired I exemplify.

Mumma let me kill this song for you,
After all these years this is Uhuru.

Got a time,
A place,
To leave without a trace.
You got a song,
A taste of what's to come.
You had it all in your palm,
Till I raised the alarm and I won't keep calm no more as I endure this.
I get a little irate,
They say "what you stressed out for?"
I get a little heartache,
It don't get no easier.

Locked away.
So what do you do it for?
In your hallways and cellars a fallout shelter.
Such a waste.
Where do you go from here?
In you dark days just you remember,
It's far from over.

Got the soul, the skill, you don't know how to heal.
You've got to feel all my empathy.
You get a little heartache,
They say your pride is torn,
You're too young to feel this numb.

You're locked away.
So what do you do it for?
In your hallways and cellars a fallout shelter.
Such a waste.
Where do you go from here?
In you dark days just you remember,
It's far from over.
Far from over.
Far from over.
Far from over.

You don't realise what you're havin' aside,
Is locked away.
So what do you do it for?
In your hallways and cellars a fallout shelter.
Such a waste.
Where do you go from here?
In you dark days just you remember,
It's far from over.

Guess you tried to keep it cool,
Even though, even though,
Love is never equal,
Yes I know yes I know.

Guess you tried to keep it cool,
Even though, even though,
You don't realise what you have inside,
Is locked away.
So what do you do it for?
In your hallways and cellars a fallout shelter.
Such a waste.
Where do you go from here?
In you dark days just you remember,
It's far from over.