FOR YEARS WE HAVE SAT ON THE SIDE
FOR YEARS WE HAVE BEEN DENIED
NOW A NEW DAY HAS DAWNED
AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF SCORN
A DOWNTRODDEN RACE
WITH A COLOURFUL FACE
WE HAVE SAT ON THE FENCE TOO LONG
WE HAVE ENDURED ATROCITIES BUT CONTINUE TO JOURNEY ON
NOW A NEW KIND OF RACISM ENSUES
WHERE ONE RACE IS PLACED AS SUPERIOR
WHEN YOU CHALLENGE THAT RACE
YOU ARE CONSIDERED RACIST LEAVING YOU INFERIOR
SOUTH AFRICA IS ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR
YET IT CHOOSES TO TURN ITS FACE AND IGNORE
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO FAVOR ONE RACE OVER THE OTHER?
WITHOUT CAUSING BLOODSHED
WITHOUT CAUSING TENSION
WITHOUT CAUSING DIVISION
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT ONE PARTICULAR RACE CAN MAKE DEMANDS?
BRINGING THIS COUNTRY TO A STAND STILL
OUST PEOPLE WHO HAD SERVED THE COUNTRY WELL
OUST PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR RACE
SO THAT THEY CAN REPLACE THAT INDIVIDUAL WITH THEIR OWN FACE…
COLOURED PEOPLE! WHY ARE YOU SO QUIET?
WHY ARE YOU SO ACCEPTING?
WHY ARE YOU SO COMPLACENT?
WHY DON’T YOU SPEAK OUT?
WHY DO WE KILL ONE ANOTHER?
INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING EACH OTHER
BONTEHEUWEL, MANNENBERG, HANOVER PARK, MITCHELL’S PLAIN, STEENBERG, ELSIES:I AM TALKING TO YOU!
DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS GOVERNMENT IS TAKING YOU FOR A FOOL?
DO YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU KILL YOUR FELLOW BROTHER, YOUR FELLOW PEOPLE, YOUR FELLOW MOTHER, YOUR FELLOW LOVER
THAT YOU ARE PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF THE OTHER?
DON’T YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR POWER DOES NOT LIE IN YOUR GUN?
DON’T YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR POWER DOES NOT LIE IN TAKING THE LIFE OF YOUR FELLOW LOVED ONE?
DIDN’T YOU KNOW THAT THE POWER LIES WITHIN YOUR BRAIN?
DIDN’T YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE JUST PLAYING YOU LIKE PAWNS IN THIS GAME?
DIDN’T YOU KNOW THAT BY EMPOWERING YOURSELF INTELLECTUALLY, YOU COULD AND WOULD FIGHT THE HANDS OF EVIL COLLECTIVELY?
COLOURED PEOPLE, WAKE UP!!!
YOU ARE RUNNING OUT OF LUCK!!!
YOU ARE LOSING THE PLOT!!!
AS SOMEONE IS CONTROLLING YOUR LOT
SOMEONE IS
BRAINWASHING YOU
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY
THERE WOULD BE NO MORE YOU…
DIDN’T YOU KNOW BY KILLING OUR MOTHERS, BROTHERS, FATHERS, LOVERS AND SONS
THAT YOU ARE WEAKING YOUR COMMUNITY AND PLAYING IN THE HANDS OF THE EVIL ONE?
SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
ARE YOU GONNA STAND THERE LIKE A FOOL?
ARE YOU GONNA ALLOW THEM TO TAKE IT AWAY?
ARE YOU GONNA ALLOW YOURSELF TO BECOME THEIR PREY?
HOW ARE YOU GONNA CHANGE THE RULES?
ARE YOU GONNA DO IT BY BEING THE BULL?
ARE YOU GOING TO ENFORCE YOUR OWN RULE?
ARE YOU GONNA USE YOUR GUN?
KNOWING QUITE FRANKLY THAT YOU WON’T BE THE LAST ONE?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO CHANGE THE CHESS BOARD?
WHICH PAWN ARE YOU GONNA SACRIFICE?
WILL YOU GIVE YOUR QUEEN AWAY?
WILL YOU ALLOW HER TO BECOME SOMEONE ELSE’S’ LAY?
OR ARE YOU GONNA BE THE KING WHO WILL EMPOWER THE QUEEN, WHO WILL EMPOWER THE KINGDOM, WHO WILL EMPOWER YOUR CHILDREN’S AND COMMUNITYS FREEDOM?
SHOULD I CALL YOU COLOURED, KHOISAN, BROWN, MIXED RACE, RACIALLY MIXED, YELLOW, HOTNOT OR KLEURLING?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO SURVIVE IN THIS NEW FOUND FREEDOM?
ARE YOU GONNA STAND ON THE STREETS AND GIVE IT AWAY?
IS THAT WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS DID BACK IN THE DAY?
ARE WE GONNA CONTINUE THE CYCLE OF SINGLE MOM, SINGLE GRANDMOTHER RAISED HOMES, WHILE WE ARE KILLING OUR OWN?
DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO YOU?
OR DO YOU THINK I AM BEING A FOOL?
WANNA COCK THAT BARREL WITH A FRESH LOAD?
WANNA WAKE UP DEAD RIGHT MIDDLE OF THE ROAD?
WAKE UP MY PEOPLE!!!
WAKE UP MY BROTHERS!!!
WAKE UP MY SISTERS!!!
STAND UP FOR OUR MOTHERS!!!
STAND UP FOR OUR SONS!!!
ELSE YOU ARE HANDING THEM OVER TO THE EVIL ONE!
DO YOU THINK I’M LYING?
WHILST A COLOURED BOY, FATHER, MAN, GRANDFATHER, IS LYING DYING ON THE GROUND WITH BULLET WOUNDS FINISHED AFTER A FEW ROUNDS, CRYING ?
DO YOU LIKE PLAYING COWBOYS AND SLAVES?
HOW FAST CAN YOU FINISH ONE BARREL IN DAY?
DEAR GOVERNMENT
ARE QUOTA SYSTEMS THE ORDER OF THE DAY?
HAS MERIT GONE DOWN THE DRAIN?
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING TO US DEAR GOVERNMENT?
MUST WE RUIN OURSELVES WITH BULLETS?
WOULD YOU LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN
SO THAT YOU CAN BECOME ALL POWERFUL?
WHY HAVE YOU SIDELINED MY PEOPLE TODAY,
THE SAME AS WAS DONE YESTERDAY?
DO YOU THINK WE ARE DUMB?
DO YOU THINK WE ARE NAIEVE?
DO YOU THINK WE ARE BLIND
AND JUST BELIEVE?
DO YOU THINK WE HAVE NO CULTURE
AND BELONG TO SOME OTHER MOTHER ?
DO YOU THINK WE WILL FOREVER BE SILENT?
AND YOU CAN CONTINUE TO BE VIOLENT?
WE CAN BE VIOLENT TOO
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO ENSUE?
OTHER RACES WATCH ON BY
WITH A SIDELINED SMILE
“I’M NOT GETTING INVOLVED “
” LET THEM ALL ROT AND DIE”
“THEY KILL EACH OTHER WITH EASE”
“HEY! DID YOU PUT ON THE MIXED VEGGIES AND PEAS? “
” I’M HUNGRY, AND I WANNA SLEEP”
“TOMORROW, I HAVE TO CONTINUE ON THE GOLF COURSE WITH PLAYING EACH STROKE WITH EASE”
“PUT OFF THE TV! “, ” I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THAT JUNK”
“TOMORROW THERE WILL BE MORE ENJOYABLE STORIES TO WATCH, WHILE I DRINK MY SCOTCH “
WHAT ARE WE SAYING TO OUR PEOPLE?
WHAT ARE WE SAYING TO OUR KINGDOM?
IS THIS THE NEW FOUND FREEDOM?
KILLING OUR BELOVED BRETHREN!!!
RISE COLOURED PEOPLE, RISE!
FOR FAR TOO LONG YOU HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT FROM THE SKIES
FOR FAR TOO LONG YOU HAVE BEEN DOWNTRODDEN, BUT SOON YOU SHALL RISE!
RISE MY PEOPLE, RISE!
RISE OR ELSE YOU WILL DIE!!!