Viva Mandela

Eh friends
Twenty years ago your voices
Carried across the water to inspire us in our prison cell far away
Tonight we can stand before you free

For many years
They tried to bring me down
A king without a crown
You wore it proud
And never shed a tear
When hardship came around
When our struggle was in town
And filled with doubt

Said you stood your ground and you made a vow
To turn this thing around
When they took a product tried to tear it down
You lead us through the fight
Now we way too far just to give them love
If we're we living we choose to die
So we pray to God and walk through the fire
And well they're marching and screaming now
How they screaming now

Viva viva viva Madiba
How they're screaming now
Viva viva viva Mandela
Mandela Yem-Yem Rolihlahla
Siyazidla ngawe
Siyaziqenya ngawe
Father of the nation
Sentenced to isolation

Said you stood your ground and you made a vow
To turn this thing around
When they took a product tried to tear it down
You lead us through the fight
Now we're way too far just to give him love
If we're not living we choose to die
So we pray to God and walk through the fire
And well they're marching and screaming now
How they screaming now

Viva viva viva Madiba
Viva viva viva Mandela
Viva viva viva Madiba
Viva viva viva Mandela