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