REST IN PEACE TATA MANDELA
REST IN PEACE TATA MANDELA
I bow before my fallen king
Aaah! Dalibhunga son of the great kings and prophets of Africa
A man who chose to turn his back on his chieftaincy in other to emancipate an African child
A man who was chosen to be our Messiah in times of our darkness
Yes I am talking about Nelson Mandela, son of the soil
I still remember back in the days of apartheid
When agony and gloominess were part of our lives
When freedom was only seen in our dreams
We were told that there is a man
His name is Nelson Mandela
He is being kept behind bars
Our freedom will come the day he will come out of prison
He was in prison
But his name was powerful outside
His name brought hope in our lives
Even thou we didn’t know him
But his name was powerful in our lives
We were prepared to die for the name Mandela
Yes I am talking about the days when power to the people
Really meant power to the people
But todays it means power to their pockets
We use to sing and dance
Our fists up in the air
Saying " Oliver Tambo thetha no Botha akhulule uMandela , uMandela uzobusa, akhulule uMandela."
We knew our Black Messiah will come out one day
And our freedom will be born
Yes I am talking about the man who became the father of the nations
I bow before you my fallen king
A man who fought for unity
A man who showed that love is stronger than hate
A man who manage to keep calm the young lions
When they have lost one of their own(Chris Hani)
War was the solution in their eyes
But with his magic he manage to show them that hate can not chase away hate
He said our time has arrived
Our freedom is here
He was a man and a half
A nation uniter
A love preacher
A peace maker
A son of the great kings and prophets of African
He was a son of the soil
Lala ngokuthula Ngxongo, Ntsund u, Yem-yem, Vela bambhensele, Zondwa zintshaba zingenakwenzanto, Sopitsho, Madiba, Ngqolomsila, Dlomo, Ngubengcuka
REST IN PEACE TATA MANDELA
First published on Facebook on 2013-12-07 at this link.