Sweat in the heat for days on end
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waiting for you to come again
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to hear the words spill from your lips
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"the system has fallen"
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Mass action on the radio
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like a great river ebbs and flows
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carrying us to the final close
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when the system has fallen
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I know that you are tired and weary
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seen too much to believe any more
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but we have to keep moving down that long road
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if we want to reach that far shore.
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Chorus:
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We're on our way home to find our freedom
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and I'm on my way home to find you my friend
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where we can stand in the light of the people
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and breathe life into the land again.
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Siyathemba, siyathemba kuwena nkosi
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Sizo fika ema khaya
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[We are still hoping and we still believe
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we wil reach our final destination]
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Hey! You! if you dance in the shadows
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the shadows will cover you
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and paralyse all the hope in your eyes
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that you'll need to bring you shining through
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Could you believe that I am your brother?
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could you believe that I am your friend?
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and although I don't speak the language you speak
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we could be closer than you have ever dreamt.
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Chorus....
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Ngizobeka phansi uku zondana kwami
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[I will put down my hatred]
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Ngizobeka phansi izenzo zegazi
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[I will lay down my acts of revenge]
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Ngizoxolelana nezitha zami wemadoda
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[I will forgive my enemies]
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Sizofika emakhaya
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[and will reach our homes]
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I'm on my way, on my way, on my way
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to find you my friend.
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When the System has fallen
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Johnny Clegg & Savuka |