RHYTHM SAFARI

TOUGH ENOUGH

LOMHLABA UNZIMA, LOMHLABA

(This world is a harsh place, this world.)

 

Picture the end of a cycle

here’s the fire from heaven

There’s a tired planet closing down

no more news at eleven

somewhere the last of a species has died

somewhere a child is born

when I hold you, I tremble inside

can we ride out the storm?

Are you tough enough - can you take the strain

Are you tough enough - to walk in the burning rain

Are you tough enough - can you take the change

Are you tough enough - baby just say !

 

CHORUS:

Into the heart of the human dream

into a strange new world

remember me under the Tree of Man

where I first heard your words

gonna make it through, I can feel it !

 

What we need is a miracle

what we need is some time

what we need is an angel of Mercy in this life

Are you tough enough - can you take the heat

Are you tough enough - to walk in the burning street

Are you tough enough - can you take the change

Are you tough enough - baby just say !

 

CHORUS:

 

There’s your mama & your papa

waving good-bye in the cold moonlight

in their eyes the confusion of a world gone by

and you hold me tightly as we step out

into the morning light

and I know you are thinking

that for something to be born

something has to die

 

CHORUS:

 

VELE VELE WE MAMA KUNJALO

(It is true, it is obvious, mama, it is just as you say)