Was I supposed to be a South African?
But I'm black, my skin is the same as yours My colour is the same as yours My genes are African, nothing but African When your leaders were beaten by whites I was there to shelter them I was patient with them I offered them food, shelter, Most of all, I offered them protection
I might be a South African
I can't speak Zulu, cause I'm Zimbabwean I can't speak Zulu, cause I'm Congolese I don't know what an elbow is in Zulu As much as you don't know it in my language Since when was Zulu the only African language? Yes...............I'm not from South Africa I was not born here, but I'm a "muntu" You beat me... you kill me! But I'm not beating your father, mother, brother or sister who works at my country in the mines I'm not calling them makwerekwere though they can't speak my language. You kill nigerians... But they didn't kill your bafana bafana in Nigeria... What a shame!!!! You kill Mozambicans... You forget that the wife of Nelson Mandela, Gragra, is from Mozambic I might be dark in complexion I might have the south afican looks I might have the South African body structure Now I am scared to walk down the steets while the world's becoming a big village I'm scared of walking down the street to stay safe Whites wanted me to be like that centuries ago Now you, my black brother is acting white Why should you Black South Africans do this? What makes you think that you're better than me? Who told you that I'm responsible for your unemployment? You are working in shops belonging to foreigners and in the mean time you're chasing them away and killing them... You don't know what you want Who told you that I'm less human If I need to go back to Zimbabwe, Nigeria, DR Congo........let all South Africans throughout Africa's countries and overseas go back to Mzansi Afrika Let all the Tswana's go back to Botswana Let all the Sotho's go back to Lesotho Let all the Ndebele's go back to Kwandebele Yes............let all the Afrikaans's go back to Netherlands Is this not ignorance? Your unemployment is your responsibility Use your intellect Get up and work Let education empower you Seek humanity Before 1994 you blamed whites Now you are blaming me Who are you going to blame after chasing me away? Who are you going to blame after killing me? For what it's worth....................... I'm sorry I was not born here I'm sorry I can't speak Zulu I'm sorry for being too dark for your South Africa I'm sorry for protecting your leaders while they were in Exile. Yes.....................what you call Exile is my country I'm sorry for offering my skills for you to call me makwerekwere For what it's worth... speak out for the whole world to know: I'm sorry for cleaning the toilets you don't want to clean I'm sorry for doing your garden I'm sorry for repairing your shoes I'm sorry for protecting your belongs and yourself while you are sleeping(security) I'm sorry for waching your cars(car wach) I'm sorry for serving you in restaurants(waiters) I'm sorry for cutting your hair Those are what you call employement Shame on you guys...Shame on you South Afrca! And most of all.......I'm sorry for building South African infrastructure ONE COMMON WORD: "MUNTU" in zulu, "MUNTU" in Tshiluba(DR Congo), "MUNTU" in all afican languages. Please my brothers let there be peace and prosperity amongst black African people. GOD BLESS AFRICA!
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