Afrikaans

I hear the gunfire, see the blood run, feel the rage
 I see a black man, see a coloured man, in a cage
 The sweat of miners, digging diamonds, digging graves
 To feed the bossman, to feed his family, to feed his slaves
 Men are cursing, women praying, for release
 But when a white man killsone of "them" no one sees
 From Capetown, to Pretoria, to Johannesburg there is a crying
 Of people dying, that can be heard
 I hear the gunfire, see the blood run, smell the fear
 You lock your minds up, shut the curtains, you close your ears
 Forget the black man, neglect his baby, ignore his hell
 We need apartheid to keep the animal in his cell
 You sweep the pavement, shine the buildings, display the maid
 You say "republic", I say blind man, it's a cage
 God makes the color, but the color doesn't make you God
 And in the judgement, He will remember the ones you robbed
 Without the Lord's love, this injustice will prevail
 Until Jesus is the only Master, we'll never break the bars of jail