[Intro: JSomething]
Stuck, take a look at ourselves
We were created, created to be something great
Not hating, brothers and sisters join hands celebrating
What we have in common as humans
[Chorus: Thabsie]
I wish for a better world
Where people are smiling everywhere
Where there’s no more pain and suffering
Children happy as can be
No more wars, just peace and loving
No more wars, just peace and loving
Loving, yeah
[Verse 1: Reason]
My name is Asim from foreign lands
I’m a Somalian to be specific if I can
I left the dreaded land of oppression and I ran
I was looking for a heaven but in hell is where I am
I don’t understand when we got to be this bad
They be tearing up my store after shooting me in my head
All in the name of bread but now my vision is dead
I just wanna go back home instead
[Verse 2: ProVerb]
It’s bloodshed cause sons and daughters of Africa are slaughtered and massacred
I can’t just sit back like I was sort of a passenger
And who the hell are you calling a foreigner after all
Forget the statues, it’s the borders that have to fall
My name is Abdul, brother what have I done to you
My country is at war when I thought that I could run to you
History said that I’ve spread nothing but love to you
Not a tyre around your neck or put a gun to yo
[Chorus: Thabsie]
I wish for a better world
Where people are smiling everywhere
Where there’s no more pain and suffering
Children happy as can be
No more wars, just peace and loving
No more wars, just peace and loving
Loving, yeah
[Verse 3: Chad Saaiman]
We call it freedom, but we’re still locked within the chains
Of each others weakness
Oh I pray for better days, where we treat our equals
Even if from foreign lands
How can there be evil, without no end circumstance
[Verse 4: Nadia Nakai]
Great depression from oppression
I’m Tendai, taken like a possession
My brother’s coming, they’re attacking
Displaced aggression, misinformation is what’s messing with our progression
Uh, let’s create a new Africa
For our brothers and sisters that’s coming after ya
Uh, and no I’m not an exception
Clear the dust from the mirror
And look at your own reflection
[Verse 5: Shugasmakx]
Bese tshela mina wena ubonani
Is’lwane esi nga shis’indlu iphethe umama no mntwana
Kanjani broer wam, kumele ngikhale kuban’
Ma kunzima, kumele ubuze siso phanda si sum
IMkhonto ehlatini, ang’zange ngiyi bone ka so
Back in Tanzania they were welcomed like door-to-door
They call me Issa, I’m your brother for sure
Show me the same love you would a European at your door
[Chorus: Thabsie]
I wish for a better world
Where people are smiling everywhere
Where there’s no more pain and suffering
Children happy as can be
No more wars, just peace and loving
No more wars, just peace and loving
Loving, yeah
[Verse 6: Brickz]
Ngithi woah!
Kanti kwenzenjani nga bantsundu
Ngithi nyoso!
Lento e si iyenzani ku bafethwu ene ku wrongo
Biza abantu amagweregwere
Belesela nge ferefere
Kumele siphile sonke
Ngithi no!
Phakamisa isandla emoyeni
Sicele ukuMdala ukuthi a yehle uk’sulaka
Ngoba ikasi iwozo
Siphila nabo ndlavini, abo guluva abo qholova
Ngicela nathi si yehlise uk’sulaka maan
[Verse 7: Twyza]
You got to take a different approach on this verse
I know that it hurts
Intervention is needed so that hope will emerge to build a future
But we’re moulding a curse
We really need to be moving forward as a people
Mara nou re reverse
Dig deep in our hearts, not a hole for a hearse
God’s people is ours, stop promoting the worst
What would you do if you were segregated
Alienated, degraded, assassinated, hated and uncompensated
[Spoken Word - Interlude 1: Psyfo]
So after everything that you have seen in the papers and social networks
How are you just fine with just living your life, you know?
As musicians and as artists this is our little contribution
[Spoken Word - Interlude 2: DJ Speedsta]
Art is what we do
This is how we portray our message
Use your platform to make a difference
My name is DJ Speedsta and I hope you got that
[Chorus: Thabsie]
I wish for a better world
Where people are smiling everywhere
Where there’s no more pain and suffering
Children happy as can be
No more wars, just peace and loving
No more wars, just peace and loving
Loving, yeah
[Verse 8: Kwesta]
My brother Asim went to the same school as me
We used to sit around and talk about how great Abdullah is
His sister Tendai loved jewellery
Abdul leaving, the two of them needed tutoring
And Issa came through for them
It was cool man around that year
But it all ended with that Goodyear around our necks
Cause we were different but the same, a family bro
So please pray for our mother, Africa
