the year 1963 the people s president was taken away by security men all dressed in a uniform the brutality brutality oh no my my black president him and his comrades were sentenced to isolation for many painful years for many painful years many painful years of hard labor they broke rocks but the spirit was never broken never broken oh no my my black president hmm maa hmm maa hmm ma mama hmm maa hmm maa hmm ma mama hmm maa hmm maa hmm ma madiba hmm maa hmm maa hmm ma madiba ahh uyem yem they broke rocks but the spirit was never broken never broken oh my black president let us rejoice for our president let us sing for our president let us pray for our president let us sing let us dance for madiba madiba s freedom now in 1990 the people s president came out from jail raised up his hand and said viva viva my people he walked the long road back back to freedom back to freedom freedom for my black president let us rejoice for our president let us sing for our president let us pray for our president let us sing let us dance for madiba madiba s freedom we thank you lord for listening to our prayers oh my president i will die for my president i will sing for my president i will stand and say viva viva viva viva viva viva my president