Today, I am free
Today, I enjoy the benefit of freedom
Today, I can vote for whoever I want

I am free
I have rights to be or not to be whoever I do or do not want to be

I am free
This freedom was not free nothing for mahala
I am free
I am free from hate
I am free from bondage of the past
I am free from oppression

I refuse
I refuse racism
I refuse xenophobia
I refuse corruption and bribery
I refuse self-hate
I refuse drugs
It was not free, I have paid the price

Let me not be overcharged
I am me, I am the hope
I am the beacon of light
The future leader, the born-free
I am the product of freedom fighters
I am the product of blood that was splashed on African soil
I am the product of new South Africa

Freedom was not free
Let us not be overcharged by corruption
Freedom was not free
Let service delivery be not a challenge we paid for
They were denied opportunities so I may have plenty
Like so many fish in the ocean
Let me not be overcharged
Freedom was not free
They were killed so that I may live
They sacrificed more so I could sacrifice less