Mandela Story

Mandela free
Mi glad seh Mandela free
Mi glad seh Mandela free
Mi seh dat Mandela free
Lord have mercy

Mandela story
Di Mandela story
A what we glad to see
Glad to see Mr. Mandela free
Lord have mercy
Mandela story
Di Mandela story
Hey, what we glad to see
Glad to see Mr. Mandela free
Lord have mercy

I did a tell a Mr. Bush inna America
Long, long time me did a tell Margaret Thatcher
Mi tell Gorbachev from way 'round a Russia
Mi tell all di East and West Germany leader
Long, long time me did a tell Mr. Botha
Now is Mr. de Klerk which is his successor
I said it would be longer but it couldn't be forever
'Cause Daniel God surely woulda deliver

Mandela story
Di Mandela story
Hey, what we glad to see
Glad to see Mr. Mandela free
Lord have mercy
Mandela story
Di Mandela story
Hey, what we glad to see
Glad to see Mr. Mandela free
Lord have mercy

Beca' dem lock up Mandela from the '60s
Di whole a di '70s and right through di '80s
But right yah now is just di beginning of di '90s
It look like di world, it full a nuff changes
Beca' me see dem tear down di Berlin Wall
A so di Apartheid system must fall
Equality and justice, dat must stand for all
We got to know ourselves before our back against di wall
Beca' like how dem tear down di Wall of Jericho
A just so di Apartheid system it haffi go

Story
Di Mandela story
Hey, what we glad to see
Glad to see Mr. Mandela free
Lord have mercy
Mandela story
Di Mandela story
Hey, what we glad to see
Glad to see Mr. Mandela free
Lord have mercy

I waan you listen me and listen mi proud and people
You see dem let out Mr. Mandela from prison
It's now benevolence dat was inevitable
Because if dem hold him, it would cause more trouble
It's just we now must not sit down comfortable
Because it is just di beginning of di struggle
We haffi have a determination dat is unbeatable
And a so di Apartheid system going to be dismantled

Mandela story
Di Mandela story
Hey, what we glad to see
Glad to see Mr. Mandela free
Lord have mercy
Mandela story
Di Mandela story
Lord, what we glad to see
Glad to see Mr. Mandela free
Lord have mercy

We never need no guns nor ammunition
We never need no nuclear weapon
Words sound and power, positive vibrations
Send Apartheid system to its destruction
Everyday we have demonstration
Although that took di life of few man
No, we never get plenty help from politician
All dem do is have dem limited sanction
But what we need is African unification
And is so we going to get di liberation

Mandela story
Di Mandela story
Hey, what we want to see
We want to see di whole a South Africa free
Lord have mercy
Mandela story
Di Mandela story