Tag: Black President

  • Black President by Brenda Fassie

    httpv://youtu.be/ERnAy7Exzzw
    BRENDA FASSIE 於1989 年發表歌曲 (黑人總統), 以歌頌曼德拉一生的貢獻。雖然歌曲最後被南非禁播, 但一度相當流行。

    BRENDA FASSIE’s 1989 song “Black President”, a tribute to Mandela, was hugely popular even though it was banned in South Africa.

     

    Lyrics
    The year 1963
    The people’s president
    Was taken away by security men
    All dressed in a uniform
    The brutality, brutality
    Oh, no, my black president
    Him and his comrades
    Were sentenced to isolation
    For many painful years
    For many painful years
    Many painful years
    Of hard labour
    They broke ropes
    But the spirit was never broken
    Never broken
    Oh, no, my, my black president

    Hmm maa (3x)
    Mama
    Hmm maa (3x)
    Mama

    Hmm maa (3x)
    Madiba
    Hmm maa (3x)
    Madiba
    Ahh, nyu ye uyee huu

    He broke ropes
    But his spirit was never broken
    Never broken
    Oh oh oh, my president

    Now in 1990
    The people’s president
    Came out from jail
    Raised up his hand and said
    ‘Viva, viva, my people’
    He walked the long road
    Back, back to freedom
    Back, back to freedom
    Freedom for my black president

    Let us rejoice for our president
    Let us sing for our president
    Let us pray for our president
    Let us sing, let us dance
    For Madiba give us freedom
    We thank you Lord
    For listening to our prayers
    Night and day
    Oh oh oh, my president

    Madiba

    Zulu /Xhosa lyrics

    My president
    I will die for my president
    I will sing for my president

    I will stand and say
    Viva, viva, viva, viva, viva, viva