Copper sun sinking low
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Scatterlings and fugitives
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Hooded eyes and weary brows
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Seek refuge in the night
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They are the scatterlings of Africa
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Each uprooted one
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On the road to Phelamanga
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Beneath the copper sun
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And I love the scatterlings of Africa
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Each and every one
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In their hearts a burning hunger
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Beneath the copper sun
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Broken wall, bicycle wheel
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African sun forging steel, singing
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Magic machine cannot match
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Human being human being
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African idea
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African idea
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--make the future clear
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--make the future clear
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They are the scatterlings of Africa
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Each uprooted one
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On the road to Phelamanga
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Beneath the copper sun
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And for the scatterlings of Africa
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The journey has begun
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Future find their hungry eyes
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Beneath the copper sun
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Ancient bones from Olduvai
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Echoes of the very first cry
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"Who made me, here and why? --
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Beneath this copper sun."
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My very first beginnings
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Beneath the copper sky
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Lie deeply buried
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In the dust of Olduvai
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And we are scatterlings of Africa
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Both you and I
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We are on the road to Phelamanga
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Beneath a copper sky
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And we are scatterlings of Africa
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On a journey to the stars
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Far below we leave forever
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Dreams of what we were
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Hawu beke Mama-ye! Mama-ye!
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In the beginning
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Beneath the copper sky
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Ancient bones
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In the dust of Olduvai
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Who made us, here, and why
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Remember!
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Scatterlings of Africa
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Johnny Clegg & Savuka |