Pretoria

I was standing in Pretoria Waiting for the sky to fall Impilo Geyethu [life is for living - life is ours] Thina Sigidela Phambili [we will not wait - we dance forward] I am like any other man - I don't complain But my family's so far away I want to be with them someday Men outside my window dressed in mask - they live a lie But there's one truth that they cannot deny Their blood's the same color as mine I am not the prisoner today You've been too long your soul locked away Look around there is so much What are you so afraid of? Pretoria Gather strength children say goodbye to the past Dry your eyes and prepare to dance The dance of freedom at last Put your hand here touch me now What you feel is what's lost when we're kept apart It's the beating of your own heart I'm no soldier - no politician I'm just a working man whose time has come Look around there is so much What are you so afraid of? Impilo Geyethu Thina Sigidela Phambili Pretoria Come dance with us I was standing in Pretoria Waiting for the sky to fall And the eyes of the war crimes icons Stared down with false immortality The fallen flowers of the purple jacaranda Covered the blood on the streets The faces of the statues are tainted With an unclean righteousness But inside they're crumbling They know they ain't got much time left In Pretoria