Mamelodi Memories Lyrics
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I fell in love
With the beauty of
Mother nature's gift to great south africa
But it struck me when
I saw those black men
Live township life in mamelodi east pretoria
Remains of an unfair system it was not supposed to last
Black page in the book of stories of the white man's past
We dutch white punks
Built up our gear
Hey we made a difference rock rock rock a black high school
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Mamelodi melodies
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (dong ba li)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (dong ba li)
Mamelodi melodies (dong ba li dong ba)
We drove into another world and I
Could only stare at clouds from burning trash filling the air
And I felt like
A silly tourist on
A cheap trip into other people's daily misery
But I met cool blacks and whites telling me they really try
To fight against their prejudice look each other in the eye
We utch white punks
Built up our gear
Hey we made a difference rock rock rock a black high school
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Mamelodi melodies
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (dong ba li)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (dong ba li)
Mamelodi melodies (dong ba li dong ba)
One for the shine that glows on your face
Two for the melenin that and origins trace
Three for the color of all melodies face
Trinity for all my equal people takes over the space
Cause siyaphanda siyakhanda sihloksa amakhanda
Ngoba sthanda sanda ngukfakeli sandla
Manje ngiyawanda phakathi kwabo ubani ozong thanda
Angsiza amandla sibe inkosi nabo ngok thanda
Ngoba sithule tu vele mele skhulume toe (dong ba li)
Ksele kuwe ukuthi uzbone uzkhulule ku
Lula vula amasango sicu
Le mbhube kuze kube kude qhude biza ilanga sibemunye (dong ba li)
Sebenze kabunye ngoba thina sithunwe
Kunye angakusho akzokwenza kune
Hlanyisa umoya futhi sizokwenzu thuke
Thuka ngenjabulo uzbone uphuka khula sula (dong ba li dong ba li)
Loko okzok hlula phuma (dong ba li)
Sibe ilabantu bamanje sibonisane kukanje (dong ba li dong ba li)
Ngama langa langa phantsi manzi (dong ba li dong ba li)
Sthelele sibe ila abantu bezimbhali khali mali
Masngahlali sthathis' skhali (dong ba li)
Singalali sisvikele kwez ngacaci kamiliko yamelodi mamelodi
(Dong ba li dong ba li)
Do you let us shine like what
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Mamelodi melodies
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (dong ba li)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (dong ba li)
Mamelodi melodies (dong ba li dong ba)
Ek sal nooit vergeet die fantastiese tijd (dong ba li dong ba li)
Mamelodi melodies (dong ba li dong ba)
En ik sal onthou hou hulle saam aan more bou (dong ba li dong ba li)
Mamelodi melodies (dong ba li dong ba)