Imbi Lendawo

[Intro]
Oh yimbi lendawo

[Chorus: EFF Jazz Hour Choir and Peter Keetse]
Yimbi lendawo (yona lendawo)
Siyayisaba lendawo (eiskuyo)
Sithi imbi lendawo (eh bathule nje ba'ziqiniso)
Yimbi lendawo (iyoh iyoh iyoh)
Siyayisaba lendawo (eiskuyo)
Sithi imbi lendawo (eh bathule nje ba'ziqiniso)
Yimbi lendawo (iyoh iyoh iyoh)
Siyayisaba lendawo (eiskuyo)
Sithi imbi lendawo (eh bathule nje ba'ziqiniso)
Yimbi lendawo (iyoh iyoh iyoh)
Siyayisaba lendawo (eiskuyo)
Sithi imbi lendawo (eh bathule nje ba'ziqiniso)

[Verse 1]

Yo... lemme talk to them... check it...

Sometimes I wonder if the struggle was worth it
Our people stil waiting for service/
They need water, electricity, leaders of authenticity
They've struggled so long they deserve it/
Three hours on a taxi to work/
Just to arrive and be treated like dirt?
This whole township's a prison
We're down, we're stuck in the system
We're working hard but never see the dessert

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]
Our juxtaposition it seems
Is we're between Biko's dream and Hollywood screens
And though political freedom was a lifeline/
The distance between Alex and Sandton is still a lifetime/
The crime rate raises my heart rate/
The inequality's enough to make your heart break
The disillusionment, the poverty and heartache
Got me thinking whether we defeated apartheid/

[Speech]

"No political democracy can survive and flourish if the mass of our people remain in poverty, without land, without tangible prospects for a better life. Attacking poverty and deprivation must therefore be the first priority of a democratic government." - Nelson Mandela, 1997