See the nation through the people's eyes, See tears that flow like rivers from the skies. Where it seems there are only borderlines Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise x2 There's disaster in your past Boundaries in your path What do you desire will lift you higher? You don't have to be extraordinary, just forgiving. And those who never heard your cries, You shall rise x2 And look toward the skies. Where others fail, you prevail in time. You shall rise. Awu indoda yam Hayi bayibulele bo Hayi indoda yam Hayi ababanda bam Ukubu izi ingane zabo zodlala zibuzuswa Ingane ezindane zabo zodlala zibuziswa (You may never know, If you lay low, lay low) x4 You shall rise x3 Sooner or later we must try... Living (You may never know, If you lay low, lay low) x4 See the nation through the people's eyes, See tears that flow like rivers from the skies. Where it seems there are only borderlines Where others turn and sigh, You shall rise x4 (You may never know, If you lay low, lay low) 4x Sooner or later we must try... Living