Cry For Zambia (Remix)

(Gentle, echoing guitar chords)

Oh, Zambia

Can you hear the weeping in the streets?

Can you hear the heavy hearts of the people?

We walk the dusty roads with empty hands

Searching for a future in this barren land

The sun beats down upon our weary backs

While we follow shadows on these broken tracks

We work the soil but the harvest fails to grow

The cost of living rises while the spirits go low

We look to the leaders, we look to the gate

But we are left standing here, bowing to our fate

We, the people of Zambia, we cry out in pain

We have suffered so long, waiting for the rain

We are tired of the hunger, we are tired of the plight

We are calling for a change, for the dawn of the light

Oh, we, the people of Zambia, we cry out in pain

We have suffered so long, waiting for the rain

We are calling for Mundubile, we are calling for Makebi

We want a better way, we want to be free

The promises were spoken like a soothing song

But the melody was broken, it was all so wrong

Our children sit in silence, staring at the wall

Waiting for a leader who will hear the call

There is no medicine, there is no hope in sight

Just the long, cold darkness of a political night

We are not asking for much, just a chance to breathe

To plant the seeds of justice that we can all believe

We, the people of Zambia, we cry out in pain

We have suffered so long, waiting for the rain

We are tired of the hunger, we are tired of the plight

We are calling for a change, for the dawn of the light

Oh, we, the people of Zambia, we cry out in pain

We have suffered so long, waiting for the rain

We are calling for Mundubile, we are calling for Makebi

We want a better way, we want to be free

Listen to the voices rising from the ground

Can you feel the tremble? Can you hear the sound?

It is not a whisper, it is a desperate plea

For a change in the nation, for a better decree

We are human, we are worthy, we deserve a better day

Clear the path of corruption, clear the clouds away

We, the people of Zambia, we cry out in pain

We have suffered so long, waiting for the rain

We are tired of the hunger, we are tired of the plight

We are calling for a change, for the dawn of the light

Oh, we, the people of Zambia, we cry out in pain

We have suffered so long, waiting for the rain

We are calling for Mundubile, we are calling for Makebi

We want a better way, we want to be free

Zambia, my home, can you heal again?

Zambia, my home, will you let the change begin?

We are crying for you

We are waiting for you

Change is all we need

(Fade out with soft guitar and distant drum beat)