Shackles of Apartheid

I look all round me and I’m engulfed by shame I see people chanting freedom But they have nothing tangible to show they are free Because their freedom’s trail is unknown to them Shackles of apartheid still tight on their wrist Check the net and go through the list See the names that exist in our midst Because the apartheid segregation policy still exist Kaffir used to humiliate black men And Negros to disgrace a black men In our minds we think freedom Yet our attitude shows how tight the shackles of apartheid are Our history is colorful Decorated with blood of heroes and heroines Who fought for the emancipation of non racial society In black and white names of black and whites are recorded They are recorded for the benefit of everyone in the land To remind us the importance of unity To embrace miscellaneous colors molded us to a rainbow nation Who can turn a blind eye on the colorful history of South Africa Who can claim an individual victory to the journey traveled From apartheid era to become a nonracial society We broke free from the shackles of apartheid Why then adorn ourselves with shackles of shame Every time you call your brother with derogatory word The shackles of apartheid shine like a diamond necklace And the artisan smile, for you pursue his evil art of segregation Africa is my home and Africans are my brothers.