Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Joan Baez
Canonical path: /baez-joan/asimbonanga
Related lyric paths: 6
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Asimbonanga
Read Asimbonanga lyrics by Joan Baez on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Asimbonanga
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Chorus: a Si M'bonanga
a Si M'bonanga U Mandela Thina
Lapha Ekhona
Lapha Ehleli Khona
Oh the Sea Is Cold and the Sky Is Grey
Look Across the Island Into the Bay
We Are All Islands Till Comes the Day
We Cross the Buning Water
Chorus
A Seagull Wings Across the Sea
Borken Silence Is What I Dream
Who Has the Words to Close the Distance
Between You and Me
Chorus
Steven Biko
A Si M'bonanga
A Si M'bonanga Umfowethu Thina
Lapha Ekhona
La Wa Fela Khona
Vicoria Mxenge
A Si M'bonanga
A Si M'bonanga U Tate Wetha Thina
Lapha Ekhona
La Wa Fela Khona
Neil Aggett
A Si M'bonanga
A Si M'bonanga Umfowethu Thina
Lapha Ekhona
La Wa Fela Khona
Hawu Ngithi Heyiwena
Heyi Wena
Heyi Wena Hawe
Si You Fika Nini
La Siya Knona
La Siya Knona
Translation
Chorus: We Haven't Seen
We Haven't Seen Mandela
Where He Is
Where He Is Sitting (Confined)
Oh the Sea Is Cold and the Sky Is Grey
Look Across the Island Into the Bay
We Are All Islands Till Comes the Day
We Cross the Buning Water
Chorus
A Seagull Wings Across the Sea
Borken Silence Is What I Dream
Who Has the Words to Close the Distance
Between You and Me
Chorus
Steven Biko
We Haven't Seen
We Haven't Seen Our Brother
Where He Is
Where He Died
Victoria Mxenge
We Haven't Seen
We Haven't Seen Our Sister
Where She Is
Where She Died
Neil Aggett
We Haven't Seen
We Haven't Seen Our Brother
Where He Is
Where He Died
I Say to You
Hey You
Hey You and You
Where Are We Going to Reach Our Goal/destiny
Where Are We Going
Where Are We Going
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Joan Baez performs "Asimbonanga", and this lyric page sits inside the Joan Baez catalog on LyroVerse.
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