Soweto '76 -'06 Songtext
von Joy Denalane

We′re at auntie Jane's house
When the first shots were fired
Tandi heard her call her name, she′d gone out playin'
There's about to be a riot

This is Orlando West (Orlando)
It′s June ′76
There's guns in the streets again
They got Peterson
That′s how you sentenced to live, yeah

In Soweto
Streets that burn, a bullet flies
A mood that turns, a school kid dies
This is part of daily life (Soweto)
In Soweto
The bloodshed on these dusty roads, yeah
Carried by the wind that blows through the ghetto


Ghetto of Soweto (yeah)
Soweto (the ghetto)
Ghetto of Soweto
Oh

This is auntie Nancy's house
She′s about to do Karabo's laundry now
He nearly missed the train this time, she found his papers lying
Down on the ground
′84 in Diepkloof (in Diepkloof)
Somebody saw him there
They got him in chains, and taking his name
And then took him to John-Voster-Square (Soweto)

He's in the street, with no ID
That's against the law
Now he′s behind the bars
And they treat it like it never was


In Soweto (the ghetto)
The bloodshed on the dusty roads
Carried by the wind that blows
Through the ghetto (the ghetto)
Ghetto of Soweto
The ghetto
Ghetto of Soweto
Oh

Asola, availli
Shaville, atadi
Morphulo, pimville
Orlando, atimbruk

It should have been a joyous day
They gathered at auntie Eve′s
The daughter had a child that night, the first glimpse of light
The baby's positive

This is Muroka, Pimville, Dube
Ain′t no one safe no more
From apartheid days, now caught up with AIDS
You fight from the day you're born

In Soweto
From diamond mines to TBC
From violent times to HIV
This is every second pregnancy (Soweto)

In Soweto
The bloodshed on these dusty roads
So many stories stay unhold
In the ghetto
In the ghetto (ghetto of Soweto)
(The ghetto) my Soweto
(Ghetto of Soweto) in the ghetto

(The ghetto) oh, yeah
(Ghetto of Soweto) in the ghetto of Soweto
(The ghetto)
(Ghetto of Soweto)

To all my ladies
All of Botswana
Hey (hey), hey (hey), hey (hey)
All of my gees
Hey (hey), hey (hey), yeah (yeah)
All of Botswana
Hey (hey), hey (hey), hey (hey)
Aitama jimbo
Hey (hey), hey (hey), yeah (yeah)
In the ghetto