The children got a letter from the master    It said: no more Xhosa, Sotho, no more Zulu.   Refusing to comply they sent an answer    That's when the policemen came to the rescue    Children were flying bullets dying    The mothers screaming and crying    The fathers were working in the cities    The evening news brought out all the publicity:       chorus: "Just a little atrocity, deep in the city"       Soweto blues    Soweto blues    Soweto blues    Soweto blues       Benikuphi ma madoda (where were the men)    abantwana beshaywa (when the children were throwing stones)    ngezimbokodo Mabedubula abantwana (when the children were being shot)    Benikhupi na (where were you?)       There was a full moon on the golden city    Looking at the door was the man without pity    Accusing everyone of conspiracy    Tightening the curfew charging people with walking    Yes, the border is where he was awaiting    Waiting for the children, frightened and running    A handful got away but all the others    Hurried their chain without any publicity       chorus: "Just a little atrocity, deep in the city"       Soweto blues    Soweto blues    Soweto blues    Soweto blues       chorus: Benikuphi ma madoda (where were the men) abantwana beshaywa (when the children were throwing stones) ngezimbokodo       Mabedubula abantwana (when the children were being shot) Benikhupi na (where were you?)       Soweto blues    Soweto blues    Soweto blues - abu yethu a mama    Soweto blues - they are killing all the children    Soweto blues - without any publicity    Soweto blues - oh, they are finishing the nation    Soweto blues - while calling it black on black    Soweto blues - but everybody knows they are behind it    Soweto Blues - without any publicity    Soweto blues - they are finishing the nation    Soweto blues - god, somebody, help!    Soweto blues - (abu yethu a mama)    Soweto blues