Lodestar
Verse 1
70s and the 80s
Most of our fathers left
Our mothers left behind
To raise us with their families
Church and communities
As our support systems
God had to be the father
And jesus could save us
Mummy had to work
She had to find a nanny
We grew up
Filled with hopes and dreams
After hearing the good news
Nothing is impossible
If we just believe
(and man we believed)
Turned around
The same preacher
Is raping my sister
Confused and led astray
We had hope
Chorus
And today
Is our day
We’re going all over
To make way
For our dreams
We’re starting today
Verse 2
Biko left we felt stronger
A new day in mzantsi was dawning
We needed a lodestar
Nelson mandela as humbled as ever
Retired all the officers
Who frequently required a dom-pass
Now freedom was realised
And we started believing again
Madiba had a dream and it was realised
We keep getting fake prophets
With fake prophecy
Jesus ain’t walking
Let’s start the long walk to our freedom
… to free our minds
I get letting go of tradition
But letting go of my tradition
To take your tradition
I don’t get
Like the merchants of venice
We have been sold our own wealth
Africa Africa
Mother to all nations
I then heard voices calling out
The kings of the south
They say Africa wasn’t colonised
(shackle our hands and feet, but never our minds)
Tell me then, why is it that our women’s wombs
Bare so much demise
iI am a child to a mother (Africa)
Who’s been raped
And left to die
Bridge
I’d like to see Africa
Unite
Rising together
Above all else
There is a dream that we all
Must make known
Don’t look to the sky
God will come from the inside of you
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