As you cry out loud in the voice of the late legendary Bra Hugh Masekela
I wanna be there when the people start to turn it around
When they triumph over poverty
I wanna be there when the people win the battle against AIDS
I wanna lend a hand
I wanna be there for the alcoholic
I wanna be there for the drug addict
I wanna be there for the victims of violence and abuse
I wanna lend a hand
Send me

You were so loud that even the dead could hear you
You were so loud that you were able to touch the hearts
Of the ancestors in the mountains of Venda
In the bushes of Limpopo they heard you
While you were roaming through the streets of Soweto
You were able to restore the hope that was long lost
Send me

As I got hold of that ballot paper that night
Even to this day I can still feel the joy that was in me
My time was 18 hours and something minutes at the night
You remember the day Mr President, it was 8th of May 2019
Your smile on that ballot paper
Gave me hope for the future
You gave me hope that everything would be okay again
And when I did that X next to your face
I sent you

I sent you to be there for my brothers and sisters
Who have no hope for tomorrow
I sent you to be there for that bulled kid
I sent you to be there
For that one girl who is facing pregnancy on her own
I sent you to be there for that girl who is
The victim of rape because of your gender
I sent you to be there for that boy who doesn’t know his father
Just because he was not man enough to stay

I sent you to be there for that mother and those kids
Who have to deal with the drunkard father every night
I sent you to be there
For that one young man who is facing the family responsibilities
At the age of 21
I sent you to be there
For that single mother who is raising her kids by means of a grant
I sent you to be there
For our innocent brothers and sisters
Who abandoned their educations at varsity and turned into comrades
I sent you to rebuild the spirit of learning and teaching in our communities
I have sent you
Sikuthumile
As you said
Thuma mina

The past is now in the past
There’s no turning back
The days of apartheid are long gone
They have been laid to rest
As you said it
Now it’s a new dawn
Indeed let it rise and shine
We have your back
You will never be alone
We know what we want
And you know your abilities
Thuma mina

We won’t let those words lie on your shoulders alone
We will always be there by your side
We are a nation
We are one
There are many needs out there
Baba we sent you
To be the father to the fatherless
To be a husband to the widows
Baba let it be so
Make a change
A change that we have been pleading for
You are our only hope

Baba we have sent you
We sent you to be an example
We sent you to be our great leader
We sent you to fight against corruption
To stop crimes and rape in our communities
Baba all we are asking for
Is a home for the homeless
Jobs for the jobless
Food for the poor

Baba we have sent you
To make the change for the nation
Where we will stand as one
And sing Nkosi Sikelel’iAfrica

Baba we sent you
To fight for what is right
To fight for what is ours
To build a better South Africa
The one that has never been built before

Babe be our voice
Baba speak for us
Sikuthumile
As you said
Thuma mina