Sing a song of lamentation
Mourn the muddied Rainbow Nation
Far from dreamed-of integration
Still a land of degradation
Voiceless cries for sanitation
Desperate lives of deprivation
Longing eyes on education
Helpless watch in consternation
Hopeless look for dedication
Deeply live with condemnation
There can be no vindication
Yet I seek for inspiration
Find there is an invitation
