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Lucky Dube - House of Exile
2007.06.16. 15:55
1. House Of Exile
2. It's Not Easy
3. Hold On
4. Up With Hope (Down With Dope)
5. Reap What You Sow
6. Can't Blame You
7. Mickey Mouse Freedom
8. Crazy World
9. Group Areas Act
10. Running, Falling
House Of Exile 
Freedom fighter standing on a mountain
In a foreign country
Trying to send a message
To his people, back in the ghetto
He had a home one time
Love of a girl
But he left that behind
Oh yes I can hear him clearly
as he whispers in the air
His voice came out loud and clear
All he asked for was a prayer
and as he turns to walk away he said
Chorus:
I'm still here in the house of exile
For the love of the nation.
Sun went down on the mountain
Birds flew back to their hiding places
Leaving him standing there like a telephone pole
In the still of the night
You and I dream
Dreaming of Romeo & Juliet
All he dreams about is the freedom of the nation
When every man will be equal
In the eyes of the law
As he closes his eyes
For the last time he said again
Chorus:
I'm still here in the house of exile
For the love of the nation
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It's Not Easy
I remember the day
I called mama on the telephone
I told her mama I'm getting married
I could hear her voice
on the other side of the telephone
she was smiling
and she asked me a question
that I proudly answered
She said son
Did you take time to know her
I said mama she's the best
But today it hurts me so
To go back to mama and say
mama I'm getting divorced
Oh I'm getting divorced
This choice I made
didn't work out the way I thought it would (x2)
it hurts me so mama
mama said to me
Chorus:
It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you'll make it (x3)
You'll be happy again
I remember in church
When the preacher read the scriptures
You looked so beautiful and so innocent
I did not know that behind that beauty
Lies the true colours that will
destroy me in the near future
This choice I made
didn't work out the way I thought it would be (x2)
Now I'm hurting
I remember when I held you
By the hand
preacherman read the scriptures
Putting words in your mouth
Maybe what the preacherman said
was not something that was with you
Now I know what they mean when they say
Beautiful woman is another man's plaything
Oh Lord I'm hurting now
this choice I made
didn't work out the way I thought it would
Mama said to me
Chorus:
It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you'll make it (x3)
You'll be happy again
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Hold On
I knew exactly
What you were going through
It's just that I didn't
have the right
To discuss your problems
I saw you struggling
For our education
I saw you struggling
to get us clothes to wear mama
This man you got married to
is dead alive
Over the years I asked myself
Many questions
Is he my real dad or
Was I adopted mama
I know it's difficult for you mama
But hold on I am a little grown up now
Oh Ho
Chorus:
Hold on just a little bit longer now (x4)
You were a laughing stock
In the community
The press didn't rest
Makin' news out of you mama
Now is the time to show them
that he who laughs last laughs
the best, that's the way it is (x2)
Chorus:
Hold on just a little bit longer now (x4)
I know it's not easy for you mama
but your tears will turn to laughter
now that I'm a grown up mama
Chorus:
Hold on just a little bit longer now (x4)
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Up With Hope (Down With Dope)
I have known this preacherman
For a long time, he was a good man
I have known this judge
For a long time, he was a good man
I have known this teacher
For a long time, he was a good man too.
But because of the drugs
They've been taking secretly
Them are in loony houses today.
We cannot stand aside and look
While the nation is going down
the drain (x2)
Chorus:
Up with hope, down with dope (x3)
We cannot stand aside and look
While the nation is going down
the drain. We really really cannot
stand aside and look while the
nation is going down the drain
Oh Yo
I am telling you now
Cocaine, no good for you
Liquor, no good for you
You go sniffing them glue
No good for you
They give it to you and
say it's the sense of knowledge
But I've been around
For a while
I cannot stand aside
And look while the nation
Is going down the drain (x2)
Oh yo yo yo
Chorus:
Up with hope, down with dope (x3)
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Reap What You Sow
We hear you crying
So bitterly
Trying to get people to help you ye ye
But nobody will
Your son was brutalizing people
every time. But you said nothing
Now it's the time to pay the price
It's time to pay ye ye ye ye
Chorus:
You gonna reap just what you sow (x4)
Coming back home
With stolen things
Instead of telling him
How wrong he was
You told him how clever he was
People coming out o f burning houses
It's your son
Driving stolen cars every time
It's your son, But you said nothing
But now he's turning against you
Chorus:
You gonna reap just what you sow (x4)
Everybody knows
No jail can keep him
'Cause you rubbing shoulders
with the law
But now it's time to pay
the price wo...woh
Chorus:
You gonna reap just what you sow (x4)
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Can't Blame You
Trying so hard not to cry
Since they say a man ain't supposed to cry
But these tears keep running from my eyes
I remember the day I came to the city.
My children were crying
My wife was scared
She's gonna lose me
To the girls in the city
To make her feel alright
I said it's impossible
But I was wrong
Chorus:
Can't blame you when you're going
This is something you've got to do
You've got to go ho ho.
You've been keeping me here
all these years as your private lover
Letters came from home
But I never answered
'Till today when I got this letter
From my little daughter saying
"Missing you daddy." It's time to go
Chorus:
Can't blame you when you're going
This is something you've got to do
You've got to go ho ho.
See me now, see me no more
I heard that whistle blow
I knew it's time to go
Sitting here in this train
Going so fast past the trees
I'm thinking of words to apologize
'Cause sorry ain't enough
Chorus:
Can't blame you when you're going
This is something you've got to do
You've got to go ho ho.
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Mickey Mouse Freedom
Put his coat on his shoulder
and slowly he walked away
Behind him he could hear
Those innocent voices
Crying out so bitterly
saying
We did not start the war
But we fighting now
We did not start the fire
But we burning now
They were told many years ago
that their country is free
But they didn't understand
That it's not real
They never knew it was a
Chorus:
Mickey mouse freedom yeah
Mickey mouse independence
Me come inna you country
That is said to be free (x2)
Me sight corruption. Me sight starvation
Walking like a millionaire
'cause you think your country is free
One thing you don't know
is that your country is being
remote controlled
Chorus:
Mickey mouse freedom yeah
Mickey mouse independence
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Crazy World
So far so good we still living today
But we don't know what tomorrow brings
In this crazy world
People dying like flies every day
You read about it in the news
But you don't believe it
You'll only know about it
When the man in the long black coat
Knocks on your door
'Cause you`re his next victim
As you are living in this
Chorus:
Living in, living in this crazy world (4)
Leaders starting wars every time they want
Some for their rights, some for fun and their own glory
letting people die for the wrong that they do
Oh it's painful
Come on now little boy
Say your prayers before you go to sleep
Little boy went down on his knees
And he said "Oh Lord
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
And if I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take."
'Cause he`s living in this crazy world Oh Lord
Chorus:
Living in, living in this crazy world (4)
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Group Areas Act
Chorus:
If I'm dreaming don't wake me up
If it's a lie don't tell me the truth
'Cause what the truth
will do, it's gonna hurt my heart
Being in the darkness for so long now
Mr President, did I hear you well
Last night on TV
You said: The group areas act is going
Apartheid is going (x2)
Ina me eye me sight the future so bright
I mean I my eyes I see the future so bright
When the blackie manna coming together
With the whitey manna (x2)
Whitey manna coming together with the blackman
Chorus:
If I'm dreaming don't wake me up
If it's a lie don't tell me the truth
Gazing at my crystal ball
I see the future so bright
The fighting's gonna stop now
We'll forgive and forget
I know Mr President
You can't please everyone
But everybody liked it
When you said
Group areas act is going
Apartheid is going (x2)
Chorus:
If I'm dreaming don't wake me up
If it's a lie don't tell me the truth
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Running, Falling
Something somewhere
Is calling out your name
in the middle of the night
Your eyes go wide
I see your legs are shaking
You don't believe it's happening
Oppressorman ye
Don't tell me you are scared now
It's not the end of your life
But it's the end of your kingdom
It's not the end of your life
But it's the end of your shitty kingdom
Chorus:
Oppressor man you running
Your kingdom is falling (x3)
Yo Yo Yo Yo
You run for your gun
To your surprise it's empty
'Cause we had those bullets
For breakfast
Jah children did ye ye ye
Teargas won't make me cry anymore
Your handcuffs won't hurt my arms
anymore
It's not the end of your life
But it's the end of your kingdom
It's not the end of your life
But it's the end of your shitty kingdom
Chorus:
Oppressor man you running
Your kingdom is falling (x3)
I won't do to you
What you did to my people
Four hundred years ago (x2)
Turning them to slaves
Making them your prisoners
You can run but you can't hide
Your time has come now now now
Chorus:
Oppressor man you running
Your kingdom is falling (x3)
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