Apart We Stand (Children of the Rainbow Nation)

David G Harrington

From Lyricist in South Africa.

Currently we have unrest in SA
The Streets are not a safe place
Fire and bullets are common place
Every journey must be carefully planned

Zuma is in jail for contempt of court
not His many crimes
But He is a hero
To many who no longer have hope
In a Justice system that grinds slowly
Politicians who seek profit not the building of a nation

Apartheid may be in the grave
But this is not how free people behave

V1

I don’t understand
Hatred has gripped
This torn Land
Hurt runs deep inside
No healing
Just a plaster of disguise

V2
Fatherless Nation
Kids raised in hate
Must try to unlearn their ways
Before it is too late

CHORUS

Children of the Rainbow Nation
Apart we stand
When all the hope is gone from you
How can we stay in this barren land (2)

V3
Embracing destruction
They stripped the land
Of all of the bounties
They promised to put in our hands

Bridge

We have been through it all
The peace and the war
The persecution of our hopes
We’ve seen it all

Cry Beloved Country
Oh Beautiful place
Torn apart by Greed
Torn apart by Class and Race

Chorus Repeat