Ngamaka

[Chorus: Leroy Johnson]
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Ngamaka birum galadu
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Ngamaka birum galadu

[Post-Chorus: Leroy Johnson, Barkaa]
La, la
Ngamaka birum galadu (Brrr)

[Verse 1: Barkaa]
I just wanna grow old, be on my country
One with my mother, feel her above me
Sun in my face while the riverbed hugs me
But without our mother, then we all have nothing
Can't even fathom the way they mistreat her
Leave her with nothing and suck dry our river
This is the world that we leave for our children?
A place left for ruins cause leaders don't listen
I'm sick of us preachin', they killin' our motherland
Best believe she got that upper hand
You hurt her, she'll reset herself again
Her biggest mistake was ever creatin' man
And this is what they've done to her
Is it too late to fix?
Maybe it's time that they listen to old way
Cause old way is the way she's safe for our kids

[Chorus: Leroy Johnson]
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Ngamaka birum galadu

[Verse 2: Barkaa]
She is sacred, my Ngamaka
For thousands of years, she's protected us
I wanna stand tall and at one with my mother
But where's the respect when they keep takin' from her?
Where's all the love and the depth and the honour
For land that you live on, they've broken the promise
This land of the lucky? Nah, land of the mines
Destroying our country in front of your eyes and you stuck staying blind
Stuck being quiet to the facts
That the futures now dim for our kids
Yeah, greed rules the world, but I got a question?
Where do you go when there's nowhere to dig?
They've poisoned our waters, they're killing our brim
But they'll suck dry our land till there's nothing to give
So as long as them cuddy farms are in biz
My people, we'll have nothing left for our kin (They don't get it, though)

[Pre-Chorus: Leroy Johnson]
Culpi nguku pukali
Culpi nguku pukali
Culpi nguku pukali
Nhaampa Buka

[Chorus: Leroy Johnson]
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka
Nhaampa Buka