Miriam Makeba - Soweto Blues Lyrics
The children got a letter from the masterIt said, no more Xhosa, Sotho, no more ZuluRefusing to comply they sent an answerThat's when the policemen came to the rescueChildren were dying, bullets flyingThe mothers screaming and cryingThe fathers were working in the citiesThe evening news brought out all the publicityJust a little atrocity, deep in the citySoweto blues, soweto bluesSoweto blues, soweto bluesBenikuphi ma madoda(Where were the men?)Abantwana beshaywa(When the children were throwing stones)Ngezimbokodo mabedubula abantwana(When the children were being shot)Benikhupi na(Where were you?)There was a full moon on the golden cityLooking at the door was the man without pityAccusing everyone of conspiracyTightening the curfew, charging people with walkingYes, the border is where he was awaitingWaiting for the children, frightened and runningA handful got away but all the othersHurried their chain without any publicityJust a little atrocity, deep in the citySoweto blues, soweto bluesSoweto blues, soweto bluesBenikuphi ma madoda(Where were the men?)Abantwana beshaywa(When the children were throwing stones)Ngezimbokodo mabedubula abantwana(When the children were being shot)Benikhupi na(Where were you?)Soweto blues, soweto bluesSoweto blues, abu yethu a mamaSoweto blues, they are killing all the childrenSoweto blues, without any publicitySoweto blues, oh, they are finishing the nationSoweto blues, while calling it black on blackSoweto blues but everybody knows they are behind itSoweto blues, without any publicitySoweto blues, they are finishing the nationSoweto blues, god, somebody, helpSoweto blues(Abu yethu a mama)Soweto blues
