Soweto

amandla! amandla!
freedom to the dead
how cruel.....
your only freedom is when they choose to free you
from your earthly sufferings
to the dead and wounded
we have no words that can convey our grief
no words to condemn the vilest scums on earth
who take your lives at will
they act in self defence
so they tell their kith and kin
who bewail the loss of one of their kind
murder they scream
but it is self defence
when defenceless children are shot like game
arise! arise!
arise from your enforced living death
you slaves
smash your chains
smash your oppressors.