'the colour of saying'
Sung at Rock against Racism benefit - Black & White Minstrel Show!- prior to collapse of Apartheid:
THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN (song)
he's an Afrikaner bwana
caught in quite a frightful plight
apartheid poses problems
even to the ultra-right
'cos he can't always have it all his own sweet way
it's not easy being white in South Africa today
O what use are his krugerands
and diamonds or uranium
there's so little else of value
to be mined in that thick cranium
sooner or later there's a price you have to pay
it's not easy being white in South Africa today
though wall-to-wall security
enclose the chosen few
it's a nightmare just to think about
what those damned blacks might do
he knows it's safer leaving now but he still wants to stay
it's not easy being white in South Africa today
(then fade out to chorus of 'Nelson Mandela, he's a tricky fella', 'Victory to the ANC'....)
