Madiba
[Mandela: Tribute]
Amandla Awethu
You slipped quietly away from this world
Taking the sun with you
The moon beam your tailgate
You slipped quietly away from this world
Leaving us in total darkness
Drowning in rivers of tears
You slipped quietly away from this world
For your day had come
Your work was done
Though nothing could have prepared us for the pain in our hearts
You were gentle giant whose tenacity crushed the evil that was apartheid
Where many are blinded by greed for power and the plunder of our nation’s resources
You yearned for a world where all people were equal
You reminded us that poverty was man made
You had been an exemplary leader
An epitome of democracy and the rule of law
An emblem of peace and reconciliation
It is your words that helped erase the memories of a street littered by the dead
It is your words that silenced the sounds ringing in my ears of bullets in Soweto
Because of you I can embrace all the colors of the rainbow
You slipped quietly away from this world
Free at last
At last you are free
Travel in majesty
Farewell
Travel in Power
Amandla Awethu
Amandla Awethu
Amandla Awethu
