Our obsession with sorting the world into little labelled boxes leaves us with fundamental limitations, as the world does not work in absolutes. Black and white do not exist but rather infinite shades of grey. And as such, nothing is ever as simple and clear-cut as it might initially seem

A sea of faces staring up

Nervous in their calm

Questioning the answer as a

Twisting of the arm

A circus in the third world

Trying to survive

Prosperity has been foretold

And therefore we will strive

Fees must fall and with it all the rest

Stand togethеr in this unifying protest

Join together for thе future of us all

Chants now echo in the streets and the soul

Oh, the hope we saw, as we rose above our fears

We witnessed the birthing of the nation

We've been dreaming of for all these years

Rubber bullets and pepper gas are flying everywhere

Rocks like bombs descending from the air

Dust is rising, staining Zuma’s hideaway uphill

Lungs and eyes are burning, in the night you still hear sirens wailing

Victory to the youth that is rising, in power to behold

A triumph resounds in the tale of the ones whose story must be told

A sea of voices rising up

Joining as a whole

Questions answered finally

Rejoicing as one soul

After twenty-two long years

We have overcome

Standing smiling ear to ear

“Finally our work is done!”

”But you see, we've only just begun”

Now you think it's the end of the fighting

We’ve barely just begun

Your privileged ears are unable to hear the cries of an African son

Brothers turn on each other, our victory short-lived

Trapped again in the curse we had to lift

Fingers pick the scabs upon a scar that had to heal

Hands now tired of holding tight

But not sure what to feel

Join us! Our force is stronger

United! We believe in a union

But a victory can never be as sweet as to see your enemy fail

Join us! For they thirst for nothing but power

They are driven by nothing but a selfish greed

Now in humility we ask, a small donation please

Join us! Our enemy's right here before us

There's no motion without the proper leaders to show us the way

The VC will surely pay

Choose your side in this famous battle

Where none of the sides are right

We're making history, but we no longer see the reason why we fight

So many voices crying out, so little progress to show

We will have to be happy in adversity

If we can't learn to care a little less

It is clear to see, we'll never have equality

If we can't learn to love a little more

At least more than we love ourselves

Oh, you know it's so

Don’t be surprised

We need to acknowledge that the only way to freedom is through mutual compromise