There's a brawl in a lonely whites only bar
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A lekker groove in a classy shebeen
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Someone betrayed in a government car
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A silent movement on the stock market screen
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A watchman playing on a Zulu guitar
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A white soldier's blues in camouflage green
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A migrant worker who's come too far
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A sailor aground in a submarine
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Chorus
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Phendula wendoda
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(Answer, Mister)
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Lendlela sizofika kanjani
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(This way, how will we arrive?)
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Talk to the people
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Walk through the country
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Listen to the children
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Do you know the dreams they dream at night
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Only you, only you can see me
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Only you, only you can free me
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Only you breathe life into the land
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Touch me with your healing hand
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There's a township mongrel on the scrounge
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A tribal feud in a municipal 'pound
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A squatter with an ox but no land to plough
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A shipment of A.K.s on the underground
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A throw of the dice on a Soweto train
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A waiting knife if you should win the game
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A human rights lawyer with a torture claim
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A union activitist never ever seen again
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Chorus
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Phendula wemadoda
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(Give the answer...)
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Talk to me
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God hear the children
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God save the country
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God hear the people
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God bless the dreams they dream at night
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Chorus
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Talk to the People
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Johnny Clegg & Savuka |