This Was Our Home Lyrics

Age of discovery age of the sea
To lands unknown and beyond the realm
For king and country they ventured far
The armed are mighty for glory
For king and country building an empire
Terra incognita a savage land

From day one they killed us with fire and plague
Took us for slaves and pushed us out
Five hundred years assimilation
Annihilation of culture
Five hundred years of genocide
Pillaged lands, cross and hand, genocide

This was our home
Taken from us
Took our lives away

Bible and faith they chastise they rape
Our history forgotten assimilate
We must survive we must not die
Hold on to what is most sacred
We must survive this apartheid
For once this was our home and native land

This was our home
Taken from us
Took our lives away