[Verse 1]
Keep this for protection
Deep in your heart
It's the Kalahari blowing
Under a southern star

There's a new day coming
I feel it in my bones
Africa Rising
From blood on the stones

I feel the wind in my sails
I know I can fly
I'm going to break these chains
Under a blood red sky

[Chorus]
I said "Hey la"
I said "Helele"
I said "Hey la"
I said "Hala"

(Isoka lapha wena ukhatizwe)

[Verse 2]
Good young people
Born to bad times
Where the prophjets have failed
And the river runs dry
There's a new day coming
Across the divide
Africa Rising
Against yesterday's tide
I see the young are strong
And their dreams are proud
Their hearts are on fire
Where silence once stood

[Chorus]
I said "Hey la"
I said "Helele"
I said "Hey la"
I said "Hala"

Suka lapha wena weqath'izwe
Baleka wena weqath'izwe
Suka lapha wena weqath'izwe
Baleka wena weqath'izwe
Sesikhatele

[Verse 3]
African moon
Keep on rising
Shine on to the sea of Japan
Millions in the darkness waiting
From Kowloon to Amsterdam

Very soon I must be leaving
I hear your mother call my name
Passing through the midnight hour
I feel no pain
[Chorus]
I said "Hey la"
I said "Helele"
I said "Hey la"
I said "Hala"