When The System Has Fallen Lyrics by Johnny Clegg & Savuka

When The System Has Fallen Lyrics

    Sweat in the heat for days on end
    Waiting for you to come again
    To hear the words spill from your lips
    "the system has fallen"

    Mass action on the radio
    Like a great river ebbs and flows
    Carrying us to the final close
    When the system has fallen

    I know that you are tired and weary
    Seen too much to believe any more
    But we have to keep moving down that long road
    If we want to reach that far shore.

    Chorus:
    We're on our way home to find our freedom
    And i'm on my way home to find you my friend
    Where we can stand in the light of the people
    And breathe life into the land again.
    Siyathemba, siyathemba kuwena nkosi
    Sizo fika ema khaya
    [we are still hoping and we still believe
    We wil reach our final destination]

    Hey! you! if you dance in the shadows
    The shadows will cover you
    And paralyse all the hope in your eyes
    That you'll need to bring you shining through
    Could you believe that i am your brother?
    Could you believe that i am your friend?
    And although i don't speak the language you speak
    We could be closer than you have ever dreamt.

    Chorus....

    Ngizobeka phansi uku zondana kwami
    [i will put down my hatred]
    Ngizobeka phansi izenzo zegazi
    [i will lay down my acts of revenge]
    Ngizoxolelana nezitha zami wemadoda
    [i will forgive my enemies]
    Sizofika emakhaya
    [and will reach our homes]
    I'm on my way, on my way, on my way
    To find you my friend.

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