Thembi

Thembi my African mother
Took care of me like no other
Instilled in me from youth;
The desire for honesty and truth
And now the ancestors are strong in me
I see them in the mountains and in the streams
And now the ancestors are strong in me
I see them in the shadows and in my dreams
And Thembi my African mother
Took care of me like no other
Instilled in me from youth;
The desire for honesty and truth
And Thembi my African mother
Took care of me like no other
Instilled in me from youth;
The desire for honesty and truth
And now the ancestors are strong in me
I see them in the mountains and in the streams
And now the ancestors are strong in me
I see them in the shadows and in my dreams
For my small years — Lord I thank you
For my small years — Lord I thank you
For my small years — Lord I thank you
And I thank you — for you give and you give and you give
And Thembi my African mother
Took care of me like no other
Instilled in me from youth;
The desire for honesty and truth
And I thank you