Real Africans Poem by Theyuz Banda

We give our contribution to the rest of the world
We offer human qualities that others may not have
We bring our faith on the future
When others no longer believe in it
We believe in life that does not end
After centuries of slavery
The faith helps us to survive

In the freed walls of our city
We shall be the law of the new brotherhood
And we shall wear life's triumphs
The colour of equality we shall have
We are the exact measure of human perfect dignity
Peace we enforce in each and every activity
Love is what we love, hate we hate

We rise from the land of Africans
We run where the drums roll
As son can be generated
But you cannot generate a child's heart
You can drive a horse to a river
But you cannot make it to drink
Your advice is welcome, but the judgement is mine

We are fed up with beautiful words
Even to nausea, with words of sympathy
The songs you sing, the speeches you speak
What we want is the facts
Freeman, for too long you have been trodden under foot
Speak out for the truth.