Nina Simone - Thulasizwe/I Shall Be Released lyrics

Traditional

THULASIZWE UNGABOKHALA

U JEHOVA WAKHO UZOKUNQOBELA

INKULULEKO, INKULULEKO

U JEHOVA WAKHO UZOKUNQOBELA

They say everything can be replaced

Yet every distance is not near

So I remember every face

Of every man who put me here

I see the light come shining

From the west unto the east

Any day now any day now

I shall be released

They say every man needs protection

They say every man must fall

Yet I swear I see my reflection

Some place too high above this wall

Now yonder standing me in this lonely crowd

A man who swears he's not to blame

ALl day long I hear his voice shouting so loud

Crying out that he was framed

I see the light come shining

From the west unto the east

Any day now any day now

I shall be released