(Yalla!)
Fifteen years, kalas... fifteen years.
Hear the cry of the people!
(Ayee!)
Today we mark fifteen years of endless war
Innocent blood on the floor, we cannot take no more
You loot the public funds while the children cry
Human rights in the dirt, another brother fly
No trial, just detention in the dark, oh why?
(Kalas!)
Our people displaced, three million running far
Look at the broken state, look at who we are.
Fifteen years of tears, and you say it is sweet?
Kumanyoko economy, no food on the street!
Civil servants working, but no pay at the end of the day
Happy Independence, that is what you say?
(Ah, see this one!)
Happy Independence to the empty plate!
Happy Independence to the captured state!
No rule of law, the constitution is dead
Dictatorship and fear is the daily bread
The bourgeoisie taking everything we own
While the true sons of the soil are left alone
Fifteen years of promises, nothing delivered
The promise of the nation has been splintered.
(Ayee!)
Fifteen years of tears, and you say it is sweet?
Kumanyoko economy, no food on the street!
Civil servants working, but no pay at the end of the day
Happy Independence, that is what you say?
(Kalas!)
Happy Independence to the empty plate!
Happy Independence to the captured state!
Kalas... enough is enough.
Fifteen years of pain.
God bless South Sudan.
(Yalla, we rise!)