When The System Has Fallen Lyrics - Johnny Clegg & Savuka

Sweat in the heat for days on end 

Waiting for you to come again 

To hear the words spill from your lips 

"the system has fallen" 

Mass action on the radio 

Like a great river ebbs and flows 

Carrying us to the final close 

When the system has fallen 

I know that you are tired and weary 

Seen too much to believe any more 

But we have to keep moving down that long road 

If we want to reach that far shore. 

Chorus: 

We're on our way home to find our freedom 

And I'm on my way home to find you my friend 

Where we can stand in the light of the people 

And breathe life into the land again. 

Siyathemba, siyathemba kuwena nkosi 

Sizo fika ema khaya 

[we are still hoping and we still believe 

We wil reach our final destination] 

Hey! you! if you dance in the shadows 

The shadows will cover you 

And paralyse all the hope in your eyes 

That you'll need to bring you shining through 

Could you believe that I am your brother? 

Could you believe that I am your friend? 

And although I don't speak the language you speak 

We could be closer than you have ever dreamt. 

Chorus.... 

Ngizobeka phansi uku zondana kwami 

[i will put down my hatred] 

Ngizobeka phansi izenzo zegazi 

[i will lay down my acts of revenge] 

Ngizoxolelana nezitha zami wemadoda 

[i will forgive my enemies] 

Sizofika emakhaya 

[and will reach our homes] 

I'm on my way, on my way, on my way 

To find you my friend.