Thembi

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 (they lie beneath)

I see them in the mountains and in the streams (they lie beneath)

And now the ancestors are strong in me (they lie beneath)

I see them in the shadows and in my dreams (they lie beneath)

For my small years

Lord I thank you (and I thank you)

For my small years

Lord I thank you (oh I thank you)

For my small years

Lord I thank you

And I thank you (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