The Other Side-Lucky Dube

[ti:The Other Side] [ar:Lucky Dube] [al:The Best Of Lucky Dube] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Other Side - Lucky Dube [00:47.66]His name is jackson [00:49.57] [00:51.25]He lives in jamaica [00:53.20] [00:54.78]Every morning he comes down to the docks [00:58.33] [00:58.86]To watch the ships come and go [01:01.13] [01:02.97]He's been here too long [01:05.14] [01:06.98]Mental slavery has not touched him one bit [01:13.74] [01:14.52]He still knows his history he knows where he comes from [01:20.92] [01:22.58]That is why he believes the ocean can give him answers [01:28.02] [01:30.03]About the very very far home [01:32.63] [01:34.71]That he's never been to [01:36.65] [01:38.47]All his life he says [01:41.52] [01:42.21]I wish I was home [01:44.26] [01:46.18]I wish I was in Africa [01:48.37] [01:49.67]I wish I was home [01:52.65] [01:54.15]I wish I was in Africa [01:56.28] [01:57.86]I have seen his world [01:59.65] [02:00.20]I've seen the other world I have nothing to say [02:04.56] [02:05.80]I put my coat on my shoulders [02:08.96] [02:09.58]As I walked away I heard myself sing [02:13.54] [02:14.58]The grass is greener on the other side [02:20.33] [02:22.29]Till you get there and see it for yourself [02:27.37] [02:29.32]The grass is greener on the other side [02:36.05] [02:38.04]Till you get there and see it for yourself [02:43.22] [02:45.36]The grass is greener on the other side [02:51.38] [02:53.71]Till you get there and see it for yourself [02:58.50] [03:40.48]His name is themba [03:42.74] [03:44.23]He lives in soweto [03:46.34] [03:47.92]Every morning he goes to the airport [03:50.92] [03:51.60]To watch the planes come and go [03:54.50] [03:55.71]He has changed his African name to a western one [04:01.54] [04:03.66]Cause he doesn't know how it hurts to have a name [04:08.78] [04:09.39]You can't be proud of he hopes that one day [04:13.97] [04:15.66]One of these birds of the sky can take him away [04:21.31] [04:23.41]To a very very far land [04:25.95] [04:27.64]Running away from the very roots [04:30.64] [04:31.43]That so many black people in the world [04:34.69] [04:35.37]Are wanting to come back to [04:38.11] [04:39.29]A place they call home [04:41.55] [04:43.26]They wish they were home [04:45.19] [04:47.15]They wish they were in Africa [04:48.87] [04:51.05]They wish they were home [04:53.03] [04:55.05]They wish they were in Africa [04:57.45] [04:59.03]I live in his world I've seen the other world [05:03.19] [05:03.70]I got nothing to say [05:05.34] [05:06.91]I put my coat on my shoulders [05:09.57] [05:10.48]As I walked away I heard myself sing [05:14.44] [05:15.33]The grass is greener on the other side [05:21.02] [05:23.21]Till you get there and see it for yourself [05:28.41] [05:30.63]The grass is greener on the other side [05:36.67] [05:38.93]Till you get there and see it for yourself [05:43.79] [05:46.44]The grass is greener on the other side [05:52.17] [05:54.73]Till you get there and see it for yourself