Thembi - Hot Water

Thembi my African mother

Took care of me like no other

Instilled in me from youth;

The desire for honesty and truth

And now the ancestors are strong in me

I see them in the mountains and in the streams

And now the ancestors are strong in me

I see them in the shadows and in my dreams

And Thembi my African mother

Took care of me like no other

Instilled in me from youth;

The desire for honesty and truth

And Thembi my African mother

Took care of me like no other

Instilled in me from youth;

The desire for honesty and truth

And now the ancestors are strong in me

I see them in the mountains and in the streams

And now the ancestors are strong in me

I see them in the shadows and in my dreams

For my small years — Lord I thank you

For my small years — Lord I thank you

For my small years — Lord I thank you

And I thank you — for you give and you give and you give

And Thembi my African mother

Took care of me like no other

Instilled in me from youth;

The desire for honesty and truth

And I thank you