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“This moment” by Johann Joubert
2011-11-09 Never let a sunrise pass you by,Never force a tear out from your eye,
Before you blink the night will steal the
Glory of the day,
And in so doing, whisk your dreams away.
“Sense of humour” by Alistair Anderson
2011-11-09 Are those space pants ‘cause your ass is out of this world? (spoken)If I rewrote the dictionary, I’d put you and I together. (spoken)
Polar polar polar bear
What?
I just broke the ice
“Feeding the fire” by Jim Pascual Agustin
2011-11-09 Your hand in my handAs if we were young
Feeding the fire
Feeding the fire
“Good luck growing up” by Anton A Richter
2011-11-09 Photos are permanentpermanent memories
of the past that we cherish
the past that is written as your legacy
“Deurmekaar kitaar” by Lila Bruk
2011-11-09 You are the mince to my vetkoek*The iPod to my Facebook
You are the colour in my Steri Stumpie
The biltong to my Castle dumpie
“We could run” by Wynand Steyn
2011-11-09 My winter is contagiousStirring wild tempest
which rages
Oh! Now that the freeze is over …
"Is that a day" by Peter Ramoilwa Mathunya
2011-11-09 Is that a day that I missed you so much,Is that a daythat I kissed you for the last time,
Is that a day that I pushed you away,
Baby you are the only one that I need to be in my heart
"Where do I stand in your heart" by Diego Dumalisile
2011-11-09 ‘Cause you’ve been gone so long, my heart’s not strong for long, if I can’t breathe I’m gone, and to the moon like Armstrong, I’ll fly out and be a man, I won’t quit you’ll understand, the day passes I get a tan, I’m so hot like click bang, my time’s up like eminem, I’ll let you burn and blow ash, so tip-toe like caven nash ...
"You must be kiddin' me" by Alfie J
2011-11-09 Baby I'm still crazy about youI don't want you running away
I worship and adore you
With me you've gonna stay
So what do you say
"You never know" by Xolane Mbenenge
2011-11-09 You never know, haha, you never know, yeah (x2), you never know, you may become a world-famous lyricist, pushin' a one man mind I'm a pessimist, the one with limitless mileage different typ of mind state, this dude is precious, call me Sanlam, I'm thinking ahead of you, I'm like a debate attack, I'll let you know you’re bluffing!
"Underground addiction" by Underground Addiction
2011-11-09 What the hell? Oh girl, how many times will you blow me away?I pace across this dance floor and see you there putting up a show,
Succeeding at your business show
I’m your geek at how your booty bounces; how you move it so effortlessly.
I see you sliding down and you’ve got me thinking about it,
Closing my eyes and OH! How I want your hands to do what they want.
"There's a hole in my heart" by Jo-anne Dirks
2011-11-09 Sometimes I'm at home thinking if I should call you.Sometimes my heart beats every minute I see you
I don't know why this is happening to me. Oh oh
how I love you
"Beautiful God" by Nanzile Masuku
2011-11-09 Drifting by day after daydead man walking, talking, breathing
Not living.
Empty searching
Someone, something, anything
to fill me up
"Doen dit nie" deur Marais Dekker
2011-11-09Ons vang ons weer op daardie plek [al't jy my laas belowe]
Ek wag dat ons kan saam praat [hier op warm kole]
Almal besef nou eers ons soek [net vir kinders skole]
As jy ore om mee te hoor het [maak dit oop en hoor 'it:]
“Let go” by Ilze du Plooy
2011-11-09 I may not know the pathI may not see the way
I may not follow the footsteps
Before me each day
“Puppet master” by Genre Pretorius
2011-11-09 You’ve been a puppet master for yearsLuring people into your death trap
You would simply pull on their strings
And they would all come running
“Shame” by G Johnson
2011-11-09 It's such a shame to see your loaded gunsIt's such a shame to hear the mothers’ screams
It's such a shame you play your runs
It's such a shame you kill the children's dreams
“Stranded without hope” deur JP Jansen van Vuuren
2011-11-09 My heart is stronger than yoursBigger than yours
pumps up more blood than yours
harder than yours
feeling more emotion than yours
feeling it more than yours!
“Room full of strangers” by Michelle Kok
2011-11-09Don't be so quiet
Come here let’s start a riot
This vibe is unquenchable
This fun is unquestionable
“Beautiful stranger” by Megan Conjana
2011-11-09 I saw him walk down the streetThe street of my ghetto
Uhmmm
And my eyes followed him
And his heart came to me
He just walks down the street of my ghetto