Thembi

Thembi my African mother
 Took care of me like no other
 Instilled in me from youth
 The desire for honesty and truth
 And now the ancestors are strong in me
 I see them in the mountains and in the streams
 And now the ancestors are strong in me
 I see them in the shadows and in my dreams
 And Thembi my African mother
 Took care of me like no other
 Instilled in me from youth
 The desire for honesty and truth
 And Thembi my African mother
 Took care of me like no other
 Instilled in me from youth
 The desire for honesty and truth
 And now the ancestors are strong in me (they lie beneath)
 I see them in the mountains and in the streams (they lie beneath)
 And now the ancestors are strong in me (they lie beneath)
 I see them in the shadows and in my dreams (they lie beneath)
 For my small years
 Lord I thank you (and I thank you)
 For my small years
 Lord I thank you (oh I thank you)
 For my small years
 Lord I thank you
 And I thank you (I thank you)
 For you give and you give and you give
 And Thembi my African mother
 Took care of me like no other
 Instilled in me from youth
 The desire for honesty and truth
 And I thank you