Blaq Pearl
South Africa
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Blaq Pearl
Empowering South African songstress Blaq Pearl takes us on a journey of identity.
BIOGRAPHY
Blaq Pearl has performed with her band at Jazzathon and various city concerts particularly in Mitche... More >
Khoi San Style Rise
Ek is n Khoi, n SanStap saam die maan met wild in my handEn n dans- wat jou sit in n transMy voorgeslag kon reen maak,Stories vertel was woelag!Tog fasionable het krale gemaak en gedraWas multi coloured, universalGeguide, deur die sterre en die maanTekens gelos op klippe en op landMedisyne gekry natuurlik-uit die aardeEers goed saam gelieweMet verskille, maar tesame Proud van hul taal, jaToe kom skepe van BataviaMense van ander lande intro dinge van ander landePlus tale van ander lande!! Nou alles mixed tesame!!At times I feel stuck in this place called the Cape FlatsMy mental’s enchained, engraved in these streetsWhere people roam, constantly dragging our feet,No one to believe in what we are selling,Yet we keep on buying and buying these lies and artificial livingTeach us to teach and learn our nations lessonsMotivate us with our own experienceSo we can Feel again, Breath again, Believe &Rise like never before…For, we’re a people with history,Roots, deeply rooted, we need to search for itNot just any story, prescribed and printed with liesStories known and alive, with truth in itSo true, we can feel the life in it,See the light in the sense it makes,The time to awake is not tomorrow, its todayWhere I can be taught & see the lightGuiding my way, toward, the path where my ancestors wait…To fill me and Bless me, so I can clearly see,My truth at last…Rise!
