Afrikaans

I hear the gunfire, see the blood run, feel the rage

I see a black man, see a coloured man, in a cage

The sweat of miners, digging diamonds, digging graves

To feed the bossman, to feed his family, to feed his slaves

Men are cursing, women praying, for release

But when a white man killsone of them no one sees

From Capetown, to Pretoria, to Johannesburg there is a crying

Of people dying, that can be heard

I hear the gunfire, see the blood run, smell the fear

You lock your minds up, shut the curtains, you close your ears

Forget the black man, neglect his baby, ignore his hell

We need apartheid to keep the animal in his cell

You sweep the pavement, shine the buildings, display the maid

You say republic, I say blind man, it's a cage

God makes the color, but the color doesn't make you God

And in the judgement, He will remember the ones you robbed

Without the Lord's love, this injustice will prevail

Until Jesus is the only Master, we'll never break the bars of jail