See the nation through the people's eyes,
See tears that flow like rivers from the skies
Where it seems there are only borderlines
Where others turn and sigh,
You shall rise...
Uh heeeeeeeey heeey oh
(Eh mmmmmh mh mh)
There's disaster in your past
Boundaries in your path
What you desire will lift you higher
You don't have to be extraordinary just forgiving
Of those who never heard your cries
You shall rise...
You shall rise...
And look towards the skies
Where others fail you'll prevail in time
You shall rise...
Awu indoda yam
Hayi bayibulele bo
Hayi indoda yam
Hayi ababanda bam
Ukubu izi ingane zabo zodlala zibuzuswa
Ingane ezindane zabo zodlala zibuziswa
You may never know if you lay low lay low
(Eh mmmmmh mh mh)
You may never know if you lay low lay low
(Eh mmmmmh mh mh)
You may never know if you lay low lay low
(Eh mmmmmh mh mh)
You may never know if you lay low lay low
(Eh mmmmmh mh mh)
(Uh heeeeeeeey heeey oh)
You shall rise... (Uh heeeeeeeey heeey oh)
(Eh mmmmmh mh mh)
You shall rise... (Uh heeeeeeeey heeey oh)
(Eh mmmmmh mh mh)
You shall rise...
Sooner or later we must try... living.