Kumnandi kwelakith'izwe
Kwelakith'izwe
Kumnandi kwelakith'izwe
Kwelingwafela inkonyana
Limpopo to Cape Town let me ride on your wind
On your sky's golden crown with your sea's deep blue hymn
Speak a Zulu or a Sotho or a white man's tongue
Give me eyes for your bird's view above your burning sun
Mzansi Afrika
Mzansi Afrika
You will always be the song inside of me
Lintaba Zakithi
Imifula nemifudlana
Emathafeni kwaceda'mhlophe
In your gardens or your highlands let me sleep in your shade
Or drifting with your diamonds in your hills so unafraid
Cause you're the smile of a beggar but the sound of a lion's roar
I know I said bye forever but you left wide your door
Mzansi Afrika
Mzansi Afrika
You will always be the song inside of me
Mzansi Afrika
Mzansi Afrika
You will always be the song inside of me
Steve Biko and Neil Aggett all the sons in your dirt
Buried beneath the blanket of a mother's final words
Sown into the colors of the skin you made your own
Of my sisters and my brothers the ones who call you home
Mzansi Afrika
Mzansi Afrika
You will always be the song inside of me
Mzansi Afrika
Mzansi Afrika
You will always be the song inside of me
I'll swallow a seed from your yellowwood tree
I'll barter my field for a day in your weeds
You will always be the song inside of me
I'll drink it straight from your wild wild coast
Carry the weight of your dark day's yoke
You will always be the song inside of me
You will always be the song inside of me