I listen to the words that whisper in my ear I've heard the words of anger, i know the words of fear But are whispered in the shadows, the only word of freedom Anti-apartheid is all that i hear To separate the colours and break the rainbow sign To ask the finest painter to draw a crooked line Will only slow the journey to here again another time Anti-apartheid is all that's on my mind I cannot bear to think of people cast aside I fail to see the reason why of colour you must hide And why of freedom can't you sing a song to change the rushing tide Anti-apartheid is what you must decide Anti-apartheid is what you must decide Now 50 years of science has brought us to the moon Yet of 50 years of talking of freedom coming soon Has taught us nothing but to split and segregate a room Anti-apartheid is a hope of freedom soon If men were of one colour how silly life would be A regimented army to work a factory That produces daily a gift of boredom given free Anti-apartheid is what it's meant to be