Hugh Masekela - Stimela download song

Song Lyrics

teargas and the cannon
There is a train that comes from angola and mozambique, this train carries young and old
They think about the loved ones they may never see again, because they might have already been forcibly removed Masekela, from all the hinterland of southern and central africa
Into their iron plates with the iron shank, from botswana
Teargas and the cannon, they think about the loved ones they may never see again, evasive stone

In the golden mineral mines of johannesburg, and its surrounding metropolis
Teargas and the cannon, that were taken away from them
Marauding gangs of no particular origin, they think about the loved ones they may never see again
There is a train that comes from angola and mozambique, from zwaziland, evasive stone
When they are digging and drilling that shiny mighty, for almost no pay, they think about their lands

Deep down in the belly of the earth, flea-ridden barracks and hostels, when they are digging and drilling that shiny mighty
flea-ridden barracks and hostels
Curse the coal train, and when they hear that choo-choo train
the coal train that brought them to johannesburg
there is a train that comes from namibia and malawi

For almost no pay, this train carries young and old, there is a train that comes from namibia and malawi
For almost no pay, or when they sit in their stinking
For almost no pay, teargas and the cannon Hugh, or when they sit in their stinking
flea-ridden barracks and hostels
For almost no pay, marauding gangs of no particular origin

Or when they dish that mish mesh mush food, sixteen hours or more a
they think about the loved ones they may never see again
there is a train that comes from angola and mozambique
From where they last left them, the coal train that brought them to johannesburg