Mbaqanga Music Lyrics

Makhelwane (my neighbour) Impela ayikho into esifuna lemhlabeni madoda (x2) (indeed, our desire in this world for some truth always seems to come to Nothing, men) Ngibona abantu ...Read Full Lyrics

An old lady walking down the dusty farm road Looking for a simple home She doesn't want anything extremely smart And she doesn't need a telephone She's the child of a refugee runni...Read Full Lyrics

Burning tyres on the freeway Noone in sight Thre's a raging calm Across the land tonight Voice on the radio says Another one's down tonight. It don't matter anymore Which side he's...Read Full Lyrics

Hawu baba ngashada intombi yami esikolweni emoliva (Oh father I married my girl at the school on Mooi River) Kwashunqa uthuli kwandlovu madoda silwela lobuhle (The dust was rising ...Read Full Lyrics

The watchman's fire is burning but the watchman has gone The singer knows the words but she cn't recall the song The passenger is waiting but the train won't come The telephone is ...Read Full Lyrics

Bayeza abafana bancane wema Bayeza abafana bancane wema Baphethe iqwasha, baphethe ibazooka Bathi "Sangena savuma thina, Lapha abazange bengena abazali bethu Nabadala, bayasikhalel...Read Full Lyrics

In ships they came from Europe, across the salt sea Come for the build and raise a colony And in the jungle green their citadels did gleam In tribute and homage to the old country ...Read Full Lyrics

Beyond freedom and dignity Beyond the dying of the light She takes me Beyond reason and the trinity Beyond the sun and out of sight Oh no, uh no, oh she did it again Oh no, uh no, ...Read Full Lyrics

Chorus: You are the rolling ocean You are the mighty sea You are the breath that brings each new day to me You are what you are, you are You be what you are, you be what you are S...Read Full Lyrics

Copper sun sinking low Scatterlings and fugitives Hooded eyes and weary brows Seek refuge in the night Chorus They are the scatterlings of Africa Each uprooted one On the road to ...Read Full Lyrics