Yoh... Mayo...
Listen to the children cry
Eish... I've iye iye iye iye eeeeeeeeeeeee yyyyyyuueeee iiiii
Bombs are falling on the dusty street
Children running, no shoes on their feet
Papa say make we hide inside
But there is no place left to hide
I hear the sound, rat-tat-tat in the night
Omo, tell me when we go see the light?
Lekeni inkondo, please stop the fight
We begging for peace, mutende in our land
Make we hold each other hand in hand
No more gunshots, no more tears
Save the children from all of these fears
Mayo! We want to live, we want to play
Let the sunshine wash the war away
Ifwe we are tired of the running now
To rebuild the broken walls, teach us how
Little sister is crying, she lost her way
No school, no tomorrow, only today
The copper is shining but the soil is red
Too many brothers and sisters are dead
We begging for peace, mutende in our land
Make we hold each other hand in hand
No more gunshots, no more tears
Save the children from all of these fears
Mayo! We want to live, we want to play
Let the sunshine wash the war away
No more war...
Mutende... peace...
Lekeni inkondo...
Yoh... let the children play