MY COUNTRY / MY LAND

South Africa is a country in pain

With the Black Knights in charge, insane
And mostly working for self-gain
With very little for the people to gain

Here the white man brought civilisation

That ended up in stagnation
Not standing up to the expectation
Of giving everybody an occupation

The evolutionary government is worse

In every aspect proving to be a curse
While draining the purse
Instead of writing a new verse

Since minerals were discovered in the ground

There was no peace to be found
For the people who fought on the battle ground
Were deceived in every round

A way must be instigated soon

To distribute the mineral wealth in tune
With the needs of everybody in the commune
Instead of going to the overseas tycoon

The State should run it for the people

Who should not be treated like "sheeple"
Banks and all other assets should be the steeple
That guides, upholds and protects the laypeople

On the top it was about black and white

And separatism that is not right
But deep down a materialistic plight
That turned everything into a fight

Ill-informed people went blind

Pushed by politicians from behind
That sold out their own kind
With corporate paybacks in mind

Can all this be set right

Without another fight?
Who will be our White Knight
That will restore the light?

There never was, or will be, such a man

But if we all stand together, WE CAN                                               

EDGEBA

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