Bikes and broken bakkies br Abandoned by a stream br Renaissance and rebirth br In the blood of a bad dream br I still believe in Africa br How she will rise again br br Living with the virus br And determined to endure br She learns to use the remedy br While science finds the cure br City life spills endlessly br Upon the open plain br I will believe in Africa br And she will rise again br br Bandits shoot the tyres br Desk jockeys steal the grain br The cream is scooped up from the top br The well holds tears of rain br Still Africa has never lost br Her morning sunshine face br And all the sins of history br Prepare to be erased br br I stood so still on Otse Hill br As the birds passed by br And watched the distant lightning br Paint the Transvaal sky br The rain stops at the border br One night it will cross over br To meet the morning sun br br And from the ash of cruelties br Her new rainbow will come.