Thembi Songtext
von Hot Water

Thembi my African mother
Took care of me like no other
Instilled in me from youth
The desire for honesty and truth

And now the ancestors are strong in me
I see them in the mountains and in the streams
And now the ancestors are strong in me
I see them in the shadows and in my dreams

And Thembi my African mother
Took care of me like no other
Instilled in me from youth
The desire for honesty and truth

And Thembi my African mother
Took care of me like no other
Instilled in me from youth
The desire for honesty and truth


And now the ancestors are strong in me (they lie beneath)
I see them in the mountains and in the streams (they lie beneath)
And now the ancestors are strong in me (they lie beneath)
I see them in the shadows and in my dreams (they lie beneath)

For my small years
Lord I thank you (and I thank you)
For my small years
Lord I thank you (oh I thank you)
For my small years
Lord I thank you
And I thank you (I thank you)
For you give and you give and you give

And Thembi my African mother
Took care of me like no other
Instilled in me from youth
The desire for honesty and truth
And I thank you