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As I get of that scrappy looking bus	A
I look around still the same old barren veld	B
Thorny bushes sandy gravel malnourished grass	C
I used to walk these places I remember	D
Nothing has changed still the same old places	E
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Across the distance I can see the bushes	E
Behind them I used to squat and relieve myself	F
Above them I see the roof tops	G
They are the convenience stores I used to patronize	H
I have to get there I know I have to	B
To see if there are faces I remember	D
The old faces I used to know	I
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I walk down the familiar dusty path	J
Memories of good days and bad days engulf my imagination	K
This is home to me this is where I belong	L
I can't wait to see my momma	M
My children my wife the distance feels too far	N
I can feel tears of happiness swell in my eyes	H
This is the time I wish I could fly	O
To the happiest moment of my life	P
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Step by step I walk the distance	Q
I see people that I know they don't remember me	R
Most of cause can't believe it's me	R
I just bow my heard in respect I walk on	S
I reach the shopping center where	T
I used to hang out with my folks	U
Half of them consumed by AIDS and poverty	R
I avoid stopping by I don't want to take away	V
The energy for my happy moment	B
I tread on inside my heart throbs searching for freedom	W
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This place hasn't changed a little bit I am thinking	X
Nothing new has been built	B
Still the old buildings getting older	D
And the poor people getting poorer	D
This is my home where my heart dies to be	R
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Across the valley stands my school	Y
My Alma mater where my children go	I
It was blue when I left can't tell what color it is now	Z
Maybe a pale shade of blue beat up	A2
Four years of sun rain and wind	B
I wander that s where I built my dreams	B2
And I have chased after them ever since	C2
I also think of my brothers long gone	D2
With whom I shared dreams and a conviction to break out	B
Shingi Andrew Charles Albert Gordy and Johnny	R
My heart aches for them	E2
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But I walk on past the grass thatched huts	F2
I have seen them since time immemorial	G2
Smoke still trickles from the blackening grass roof tops	G
At least there still is life I am thinking	X
Children dot in and out of those dark rooms playfully	R
At least they still make them I tell myself	F
Our kind will live on we will survive	H2
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As I emerge from this last village	I2
I see my homestead peeping through those	J2
Large wild blackberry trees	K2
They are still standing I am amazed	B
They been standing there since I was born	L2
Fear creeps in as I see the homes I know	I
I know who used to live in them	E2
It's a different place for the heart's been broken	K
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Indeed it's the same place I was a few years back	M2
It's the same place missing so many of the people I knew	B
Many so close to my heart I want to cry for them	E2
My hands are empty no big bags no suitcases	N2
I clutch to my three teddy bears	O2
They are for my three girls that is as heavy as can be	R
For my boys it s my heart that I hold for them	E2
For I want them to be men more than I have been	P2
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Like the biblical prodigal son I stumble	G2
But I won t fall I soldier on no one is expecting me	R
That's where my joy is I hold back my tears	O2
Because I am gonna see so much flow	I
Tears of joy tears of happiness	A
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I cross that small stream Chinyani	P2
Still flowing some clear water	D
It's been a long time since I took my first swim	Q2
In the ponds upstream the same ponds we fished	B
Those tiny fish we roasted as we herded cattle	G2
I used to wait for my wife then my school age sweetheart	B
We never dreamt then that we would be a family	R
Sitting on those soggy banks	R2
I would throw stones in the water watching those	J2
Circular waves grow until they fade	B
I can't remember what went through my mind	B
But I know I would carry her books	S2
Rock with her to within a hundred feet of her house	T2
For her mother gave 'a don't mess with me stare'	D
That was love so innocent but so great	B
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As I get close to my village	I2
People walk about they stop to watch	U2
Probably wondering who the hell I am	V2
However they go about their business	A
I drift closer to my homestead	B
I see my mother stop and watch	U2
She attempts to walk away and go on with her business	A
But she stops again that s my mum'	V2
She wouldn't miss me in a thousand years	W2
The one that dislocated her hip as she gave birth no	P2
I see her call my sister who looks	S2
My son runs stops and looks	S2
Then another of my sons then my nieces everybody	R
I keep walking towards them it s been four years	W2
I know they just can't believe it's me	R
I have grown bigger of cause McDonald's and Quesadillas	W2
Thousands of them I have munched	B
My hair is long but nicely tucked at the back	M2
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Then my wife comes that's my sweet heart	B
They all stand there wondering	X
He never called they seem to be saying	X
The group has grown to more than ten	P2
I know every one of them everyone is grown	P2
But from that distance I can name all of them	V2
They love me so much I know that as soon as they realize	W2
They are gonna break their legs trying to outrun one another	D
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I keep my cool I keep walking	X
I slow down I am crying I am so happy	R
Suddenly my mother takes off running towards me	R
I know she is crying already she gave me those tears too	B
My father my father is back I know she is saying	X
Everybody else just stands there	D
They think the old lady's gone crazy	R
She keeps running stumbling almost falling	X
I wouldn't imagine my mom running that good she has a slight limp	X2
I take off on a sprint opening my arms like I am gonna fly	O
Then only does everyone run after her	D
They overtake her but she doesn't stop	Y2
I brace for a knock down when	P2
That whirlwind gets in contact with me	R
I am so happy I can't run no more	D
I go down on my knees as every one of them dives for me	R
They knock me down as they pile up on me	R
I am laughing my lungs out	B
I stand up shrugging everyone off	Z2
To catch my mother before she falls	W2
I hug her as she goes down to her knees	W2
Saying her prayers aloud	B
You are back daddy you are back she says	W2
As streams of tears run down that wrinkled face	W2
My children cling on me like I could bolt away	V
I surprised you ha I say	V
That s the day in my dreams just a dream	V2

Seke Bharu

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