I Long to Return

Obani (Obani labantu bo)
Abakhathaz'umoya wami
Obani lababantu mama
Obani labantu bo
Abakhathaz'umoya wami
Abakhathaz'umoya wami bo (Obani labantu bo)
Abakhathaz'umoya wami
Obani labantu bo
Abakhathaz'umoya wami

I dream I was in a womb
Sitting on a cushion, soft and warm
Sheltered from the hailstones
Beating down on the raw wounds of my life
Of my life

The womb is pierced
I am covered in blood
And I'm full of scars and scabs
And I step out into this harsh
Lonely, prison world
And from my solitary cell
I will cry out

Who cursed me to be here?
I long to return (Long to return)
To the cozy womb (Cozy womb)
For it to become (Oh become)
My sudden tomb us (A sudden tomb)

I long to return (Long to return)
To the cozy womb (Cozy womb)
For it to become (Oh become)
My sudden tomb us (A sudden tomb)

And I'm full of scars and scabs
I step out into this harsh
Lonely, prison world
And from my solitary cell
I believe
I long to return to the cozy womb

Ngobani lababantu weh babo
Abakhathaz'umoya wami

Foreign it is for it to bear me again
Like a baby
Tender and smooth
With no knowledge of how
To live, breathe and feel

Who cares?
To be here (Ngobani lababantu mama yeh yeh)
Who cares?
To be here (Abakhathaz'umoya wami mama)
Who cares?
To be here
Who cares? (Ngobani lababantu)
To be here (Abakhathaz'umoya wami)

Who cares? (Obani lababantu)
To be here (Abakhathaz'umoya wami)
Who cares? (Obani lababantu)
To be here (Abakhathaz'umoya wami)
Who cares? (Obani lababantu)
To be here (Abakhathaz'umoya wami)
Who cares? (Obani lababantu)
To be here (Abakhathaz'umoya wami)
Who cares? (Obani lababantu)
To be here (Abakhathaz'umoya wami)
Who cares? (Obani lababantu)
To be here (Abakhathaz'umoya wami)