Letra de Soweto '76 - '06
We're at auntie Jane's house When the first shots were fired Tandi heard her call her name, she'd gone out playin' There's about to be a riotThis is Orlando West (Orlando) It's June '76 There's guns in the streets again They got Peterson That's how you sentenced to live, yeahIn Soweto Streets that burn, a bullet flies A mood that turns, a school kid dies This is part of daily life (Soweto) In Soweto The bloodshed on these dusty roads, yeah Carried by the wind that blows through the ghettoGhetto of Soweto (yeah) Soweto (the ghetto) Ghetto of Soweto OhThis is auntie Nancy's house She's about to do Karabo's laundry now He nearly missed the train this time, she found his papers lying Down on the ground '84 in Diepkloof (in Diepkloof) Somebody saw him there They got him in chains, and taking his name And then took him to John-Voster-Square (Soweto)He's in the street, with no ID That's against the law Now he's behind the bars And they treat it like it never wasIn Soweto (the ghetto) The bloodshed on the dusty roads Carried by the wind that blows Through the ghetto (the ghetto) Ghetto of Soweto The ghetto Ghetto of Soweto OhAsola, availli Shaville, atadi Morphulo, pimville Orlando, atimbrukIt should have been a joyous day They gathered at auntie Eve's The daughter had a child that night, the first glimpse of light The baby's positiveThis is Muroka, Pimville, Dube Ain't no one safe no more From apartheid days, now caught up with AIDS You fight from the day you're bornIn Soweto From diamond mines to TBC From violent times to HIV This is every second pregnancy (Soweto)In Soweto The bloodshed on these dusty roads So many stories stay unhold In the ghetto In the ghetto (ghetto of Soweto) (The ghetto) my Soweto (Ghetto of Soweto) in the ghetto(The ghetto) oh, yeah (Ghetto of Soweto) in the ghetto of Soweto (The ghetto) (Ghetto of Soweto)To all my ladies All of Botswana Hey (hey), hey (hey), hey (hey) All of my gees Hey (hey), hey (hey), yeah (yeah) All of Botswana Hey (hey), hey (hey), hey (hey) Aitama jimbo Hey (hey), hey (hey), yeah (yeah) In the ghetto