16 Million Sticks of Dynamite

For the chance to learn in plain English Be afforded equal opportunity to accomplish For a father to dream better for his son, how I wish For a people to destroy another’s culture, how selfish When the world summarily defeated Nazi Germany Blinded by a new world order to the suffering of so many Post WWII, evil scientists still propagated falsification Manipulated evolution to justify oppression? Raised on air filled with teargas and gunshots The land soaking with exploited labour’s sweat; The tears of exasperation and the blood of molestation We never lost our belief in Mandela’s religion Generational poverty tightening its vicious circle The enemy breeding an army of youth trained to kill 16 million sticks of dynamite liberated a nation Literally paving the way for the ’94 Elections ************************************************************** Born in the ‘80s, I was spared the torment of the birth of democratic South Africa. But so many suffered unspeakable evils to make our freedom possible, on (Youth Day) 16 June, 1976.