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we crave democracy [t-tle]

[verse 1]

you gave birth to despair – apartheid
a throw-away child, [system abandoned us] i had no fight
we bore the burden, [of a pariah community] like things despised
the weight of inhumanity, [inferiority] you never recognised
colours of our rainbow nation [different races] blurred your lines [didn’t recognize one nation]
the weight of oppression, shackled into our confines [activists incarcerated]

[chorus]

now still we crave … democracy; [still struggling despite democracy and one man one vote]

now still we crave … a better life

now still we crave democracy;

[verse 2]

there shall be equality for all, not this lunacy [still too much crime, corruption]
politics of, a grave inhumanity [many still dest-tute as money wasted]
so lives lie ruined this our destiny;
still there’s madness in the street [still protests bedevil the new 20 year old democracy]
some deja vu we place our feet; [seems like the old days of activism against apartheid]
bloodied in those of our ancestors [we carry their pain]
who say open the doors
to a life of prosperity …
not inhumanity, not inhumanity [all people need a better life]

[chorus]

now we still crave democracy

now still we crave …. a better life ..

now still we crave democracy

[verse 3]

a life of equality, not this fallacy
a people’s greed and opulence
the politics of ent-tlement does it make sense? [politicians lining their pockets]
hungry children on pavements crying; [children suffer due to self-enrichment – we need to think of the future]
and our mothers, fathers dying….
so where on earth will it end …
and who will defend ….

our rights, our fight, our plight

[chorus]

now still we crave democracy

now still we crave .. a better life

now still we crave democracy
not this our destiny

[verse 4]

a brother with a shotgun to his head [youth turning to crime]
he lies on a lonely road, yet another dead [gangsterism rife]
a nation ponders, families left to ruin [families destroyed by gangsterism]
try as we might, battles we can’t win [authorities seem to battle to uphold the law]
too many lives lived in fear [we are free but not free on the streets]
for some too much to bear [people going abroad for greener pastures]
a country lies battered and bruised
yet another child’s dignity abused [child abuse still a problem]

[chorus]

now still we crave … democracy;

now still we crave … a better life

[verse 5]

now still we crave democracy
we need to rid of this legacy
now shacks have grown [poverty in informal settlements]
where many still sit forlorn; [people need jobs]
one wipes his brow, as if poverty his fate
he had hopes but destiny’s date
keeps reminding him of his fate [nowhere to turn to]
and now a nation sees the past [reminder of the past for the present generation]
in their future, they say will last

[chorus]

now still we crave … democracy;

now still we crave … a better life

now still we crave democracy

[verse 6]

not this autocracy
vulnerable lies a political heartland of malice [politicians don’t care about the under privileged]
now they claim the ills of a poisoned chalice [they inherited the system they say]
a landscape now lies riven
hope the vestiges of dignity won’t disappear into oblivion [need to pull back the frontiers of poverty and disenfranchis-m-nt]
the anger hate and prejudice [lots of racism still today]
still lies buried in crumpled fists [poor are taking to the streets to protest their dismay/grievances]
and now issues of the past [still haunted by apartheid]
still haunt us .. they last, they last [where will it end?]

[chorus]
now still we crave … democracy;

now still we crave …

a better life

(then repeat and and fade last verse)

credits:
lyrics: mark carrels

- mactheblack

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