Hugh Masekela Happy Mama song lyrics

It's been a forty years and a day

Since they came to take her away

She got twenty years in jail

For riding the freedom train

In the end she had to leave SA

Into exile in LA

When she saw her mama again

These are the only words she could say

Mama Moya jamula

Mama Moya jamula

Mama Moya jamula

Onmo kefike Kaya

Onmo kekuye Kaya

But maa Muya jamula

Mama Muya jamula

Mama thought she'd never see her again

Many exiles never returned

Nobody knew where her baby had gone

But it wasnt long before freedom

And when Mandela came out of jail

There was her daughter walking next to the man

When she ran into her mother's arms

These are the only words she could say

Mama Moya jamula

Onmo kefike Kaya. . .

Mama Moya jamula...

Onmo kefike Kaya...