South Africa was a nation of despotism
A home of favouritism
A family friend of nepotism
Opened doors for racism
Closed doors for egalitarianism
That was before peace
Somewhere referred to as unwanted seeds
And the winds of tyranny blowing our nation like mere reeds
There was no peace even through deeds
As the black minds failed to renounce,
Before the whites could denounce
That was before peace
That was before the rise of freedom
That was before the fall of apartheid
That was before the maturity of democracy
That was before the ending of autocracy
That was before peace
Black voices were big friends of deaf ears
As they were referred to as meddlers
Black people were referred to as law-breakers
As they were freedom fighters
That was before peace