Dm                         C            G
See the nation through the people's eyes,
Dm                       C               G
See tears that flow like rivers from the skies
Dm                            C          G
Where it seems there are only borderlines
Dm                    C
Where others turn and sigh,
 G
You shall rise...

Dm            C   G
Uh heeeeeeeey heeey oh
             (Eh mmmmmh mh mh)

Dm                        C
There's disaster in your past
G                   Dm
Boundaries in your path
           C          G             Dm
What you desire will lift you higher
                          C        G
You don't have to be extraordinary just forgiving
Dm                       C
Of those who never heard your cries
G                Dm  C
You shall rise...
G                Dm
You shall rise...
     C               G     Dm
And look towards the skies
      C           G                  Dm    C
Where others fail you'll prevail in time
G
You shall rise...

Dm
Awu indoda yam
C               G
Hayi bayibulele bo
Dm
Hayi indoda yam
C             G
Hayi ababanda bam
Dm                     C           G
Ukubu izi ingane zabo zodlala zibuzuswa
Dm                     C         G
Ingane ezindane zabo zodlala zibuziswa

Dm              C          G
You may never know if you lay low lay low
              (Eh mmmmmh mh mh)
Dm              C          G
You may never know if you lay low lay low
              (Eh mmmmmh mh mh)
Dm              C          G
You may never know if you lay low lay low
              (Eh mmmmmh mh mh)
Dm              C          G
You may never know if you lay low lay low
              (Eh mmmmmh mh mh)

Dm            C
(Uh heeeeeeeey heeey oh)
G                  Dm            C
You shall rise... (Uh heeeeeeeey heeey oh)
                                (Eh mmmmmh mh mh)
G                  Dm            C
You shall rise... (Uh heeeeeeeey heeey oh)
                                (Eh mmmmmh mh mh)
G
You shall rise...

Dm                      C   G          Dm
Sooner or later we must try...   living.