Ageing
Hard wood upon soft wood
Twirling sparks a sudden riot
Of mother and babies
Mirrors reflecting ageing arrogance
Lately we appear to be young
Know everything.
Lately we appear to be middle aged
And suspect everything
Lately we appear to be Old
And believe everything.
Man falls into his anecdotage
Candle cost more than bread
To prolong youth
Is a grace less old age.
I used to sow wild oats
But now I grow
Friends flattering on my look
How beautiful you are.
How young you are.
I am getting old
Nothing fools flight of stairs.
Africa
On the planet earth
Between living oceans
There lies Africa
Africa birth place of human kind.
Africa living land
Africa ezwe lethu
Africa land of riches
Africa land of beauty
Africa land of sunshine
Africa harbour the remains of generations
Africa land of heroes and heroines
Africa land of sovereigns
Africa place of origin
Place of the warriors
That Hintsa and Sekhukhune led.
Place of patriots
That Cetshwayo and mphephy took the battle.
Africa place of soldiers that Moshoeshoe and
Ngungunyane taught never to dishonour
The cause of freedom
Africa living land
Africa alive with possibilities
Africa ezwelethu.
Prayer
Our president
Our president who art in parliament
Hallowed be thy government
Thy constitution comes
Thy will be done in rural areas
As it is done in urban areas
Give us each day
Our RDP and Masakhane
And forgive us
For our impatience
As we forgive the Boers
For apartheid
And lead us not into corruption
But deliver us from Unemployment
Homelessness and crime-
For thy is democracy,
Reconciliation
And
Africa renaissance
Forever and ever
Amen.
Soweto
Monument to the greed and rapacity
Of tyrannical apartheid system
Soweto tells a poignant story of events
Soweto uprising
Emotions were boiled over in a froth of violence.
Soweto portrays the prevailing Passion.
Soweto portray the prevailing compassion
Soweto the domain of the youth
Youngsters were dynamically mobilised
Soweto biggest victim of oppression
Soweto barometer of Mzantsi’s political Climate,
Significant remembrance of turbulent history…
Acceptance
Thank you god for what I am
Thank you god for what you offered me.
No matter how little it might be.
For the tax I pay it means I am employed
For the mess to clean after funeral it means
I have been supported by friends.
Thank you God
For the clothes that fit a little to snug
It means I have enough to eat.
For my shadow that watches me works
It means I am out in the sunshine
For windows that need cleaning, gutters
That need fixing it means I have home
Thank you god
For huge electricity bill
It means I am warm
For the lady behind me in church
Who sings off key it means I can hear
For pile of laundry and ironing
It means I have clothes to wear
For arching at the end of the day
It means I have been capable of working hard.
Money
I was born poor
But rich in mind
Money is not there anything to life
But make most of it.
Sixth sense without it
You cannot make use of other five
No money, no life
No money, no work
I say get money. Money talks
No matter by what means
In order to live within your means
Gone are the days
Lately money can buy love
Suddenly money can bring respect
No money, no life
No money, no food
I am poor
I want to be rich
Rich is better.
Setso sa rona
Pele eya pele, sekwele Basotho
Kgabang ma afrika amatle kgabang
Lona ma apara kobo a matle
Bana ba pepuweng ka yona thari ya tshepe
Ipaboleng ka makgabane re hopoleng
Mehleng ya boholoholo, mehleng ya
Bonkgono le bontatemoholo.
I kgantsheng Ka bonono le botjhaba.
I kgantsheng ka Mokgibo le ona mokorotlo.
Le ka lebala Jwang modidietsane
Tswela ka ntle o bone, o bone botle ba afrika
Banana ba kgiba, bashemane ba hobela
Mabele a tla polwa mme a silwe
Hare teneng tshea le thethana tsa rona
Rese lebaleng moo retswang
Hobane ha rena tseba mo o reyang.
Sontaha ka madungwadungwane re kopane
Ka moya o le mong. Moya wa ho keteka
Mekete ya badimo, re hoopla ba borona
Base basa phele nameng, madikotwaneng
Pitseng tse kgolo ke eng? Ha ese maqebelekwane
Moqombothi ke mantletsetletse le kwae
Ya badimo. Kgabang ma afrika kgabang
Setso ke ntho ya rona re e tswaletswe.
Aluta continua
After years of struggling
Years of oppression
Nothing is unchangeable
Struggle continues
Where to go is what to do
As long as there is hatred
Fact remains within us
Racism never-ending battle
Sexist never-ending battle
Favouritism never-ending battle
Ignorance is not bliss
This is more than war…
Freedom
Empty word
We are free to explore hatred
We are free to showcase different Crime forms
We are free to kill one another
We are free for hunger,
Roaming the streets,
Poverty stricken millions
Struggle continues
Violence is relative
This is more than struggle
We are born to suffer
Man abuse his wife
Man bit his wife
Hatred is walking within families
Humanity is no longer ethical
Children’s of blood detest one another
Danger and struggle are daily stalkers
Struggle continues……..
Vukuzenzele
Waiting game is over, is about time
Is about time you make use of yourself
Brain is there to think beyond
Eyes are there to ocean of grief
Mind can be mute, heart is talkative
Let your hands to do the talking’s
Let your hands be your breadwinner
None other than you is there for you
None other than you will be there for you
Vukuzenzele, tsoha o i ketsetse
Mokoduwa i tsose, mphe mphe eya Lapisa
Motho o kgonwa ke sa hae
Bridge can be build where there’s river
Where there’s river there is a flow
It’s about time, to step up your game
Capital not automation
Who makes the Rich richer?
What makes the poor Poorer?
Vukuzenzele
Respect
REINFORCE CULTURE OF RESPECT
RESPECT IS HUMAN RIGHT
RESPECT IS CULTURE
IT”S YOUR DUTY IT”S YOUR HUMAN RIGHT
REGARDLESS OF MY RACE. DON”T LET
MY DARK SKIN BRING ABOUT DARKNESS
NEITHER MY AGE NOR MY STATUS
RESPECT MY HERITAGE IS INHERENT
MY BELIEFS ARE INALIENABLE
NO MORE PREJUDICES
MUCH MORE LOVE
RESPECT, ROOT OF DISCIPLINE
DISCIPLINE ENDEVAOURS DIGNITY
RESPECT IS INDIVISIBLE.
RESPECT IS UNIVERSAL
SONG CRY
SING HOW SHALL I SING
NKOSI SIKELELE
AMONG ENDLESS SHUFFLING INTO DEATH
STARVATION WAGES, NO SUN, NO WARMTH
SING HOW SHALL I SING
MORENA BOLOKA SETJHABA SA HESO
AMONG SHADOWS OF GUN FALLING ACROSS THE PATH
LIFE CONTAINING THE SEED OF DEARTH
I AM FREE
AFTER CENTURIES OF SLAVERY, I AM FREE
FREEDOM FLAG IS RAISED OVER THE COUNTRY
FREEDOM FLAG UNFURL IN SCATTERED MEETINGS
FREEDOM FLAG UNFURL ON SCATTERED GREEN
PASTURES. FREEDOM FLAG UNFURL FOR ALL
I AM BORN FREE, FREEBEE YOUNG AFRICAN
I WALK AT MY OWN PACE. LIKE I OWN THE PLACE
SINGING SONGS UNKNOWN TO ME
AS FREEDOM FINALLY WALKS THE LAND
I WALK FREE. I WALK TALL. I WALK IN PEACE
I AM FREE FOR MY RESPONSIBILITIES, NOT HATRED
I AM FREE TO RESPECT, IS MY HUMAN RIGHT
I AM FREE TO EXPRESS MY DESIRE, BUT NOT CRITICISM
I AM FREE TO LIVE, BUT NOT TO BE TAKEN BY HIV&AIDS
FINALLY FREE FOR FRONTIERS OF FREEDOM
WORDS
WORDS ARE NOT BORN IN VAIN
BUT DEEPLY WITHIN HEART
WORDS MIRROR OF FEELINGS
WORDS MIRROR OF SOUL
EXPLODING IN BRAIN
DISLODGING CONSCIENCE
WORDS CAN BRING ABOUT HATRED
WORDS CAN BRING ABOUT LOVE
LENTSWE HASE MONWANWA, HA LE KGUTLE
AFRICAN NEW YEAR
AFRICAN NEW YEAR
SELEMO SA BASOTHO
NEW BEGINNING MPHAHLALATSANE
BIRTH OF NEW LIGHT,
NEW LIGHT PRECEEDING GOOD HARVEST
SINGING SONGS OF NOW
DANCE DANCES OF NOW
AFRICAN NEW YEAR
BIRTH OF SPIRIT,
AFRICAN SON HAS BORN
SUN YIELDING DIVINE ESSENCE
DAWN OF VACUNATION PERIOD
CELEBRATING GOD TENDER
DIVINING ALL LIFE FORMS
AFRICAN NEW YEAR
AQUARIAN AGE OF WOMENS
MAIDENS, FLOWERS OF NATION
MAIDENS, SYMBOLS OF NATION
UNIFYING FABRIGS IN MY CULTURE
UNIFLYING FABRICS IN MY BELIEFS
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Jinang Dangkat
Amazing, this is great work.
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