I Was a Desert

I Was a Desert - Girls in Trouble/MC Zulu

I was a desert

Until I learned to make the sky

Rain down on me

And I was a barren field

Until I planted myself with borrowed seed

You you're a strong one

They say you brown lead and mess with your teeth

But even a strong one gets lonely at night

When he can't sleep

All night long I did my kan to mek

From calling out your name

Don't you know the voice of the one

Who brought you tea in the early dawn

I watch you sleeping

Like a lion at night

So gently your breath

When you awaken

Your shouting would startle the birds from their nest

You did not know

You did not see