Step Over Them by Rassie Ai

Step Over Them by Rassie Ai (from the album Return to Life). The song is a song of encouragement and inspiration to the struggling masses of Zimbabwe home and abroad. It seeks to encourage Zimbabweans at home and abroad to “step over’ their challenges and maintain a positive outlook. Speaking to Zimbabweans of all ethnicities and social backgrounds. (see below for live performance of Step Over Them being performed at Stormont Buildings (National Assembly of Northern Ireland) on Commonwealth Day, a poignant platform for the expression of African values and concerns)

Step Over Them – Lyrics

We till the land, plant the seed, watch over dem, African Kings come we claim we throne again

Step over dem

Com we step over them, I see the enemies attack, jump over them

Nah tek no prisoners, so we no handover dem

I no have nothin’ ah hide neither prove fi dem – hey.

Mek we step over them, I see the enemies attack, jump over them

Nah tek no prisoners, so we no handover dem

I no have nothin’ ah hide, nothin’ ah hide.

I originate in distance places, through time and space to a village me ah trace back to Zimba

I do no ina rat race in this land of waste, choo mi case is to go back to Zimba (I do not partake in the rat race in this land of waste, my case is to go back to Zim)

Anywhere you deh so better proud you a Zimba, Shona or Ndebele better know you a Zimba (Whatever tribe you are from be proud to be Zimbabwean, know who you are)

Vanhu veZimbabwe tisu tine simba, same one Zimbabwe build Matombo Dzimba (People of Zimbabwe we have the strength, we built the House of Stone)

Munhu nemunhu ane kumusha inga, kune vekuBikita kune vekuBinga (Every person has a spiritual home, some are from Bikita some from Binga)

Ask who ah revolute ah Congo ah Zimba, ask who ah revolute ah Zambia Zimba (Ask who helped the revolution in Congo, ask who helped the revolution in Zambia)

Do no bring no pill do no bring no syringe ya, Shona or Ndebele better know you a Zimba

Show me your hand and clench your five finger, if you a Zimba do no bother linger (regardless of political affiliation, clenched fist or open palm)

Com, com, com, com we step over them, I see the enemies attack, jump over them

Nah tek no prisoners, so we no handover dem

I no have nothin’ ah hide neither prove fi dem – hey.

Mek we step over them, I see the enemies attack, jump over them

Nah tek no prisoners, so we no handover dem

I no have nothin’ ah hide, nothin’ ah hide.

I know some African , wey can speak more than five lingua Dat is when you find out you ah reason with a Zimba (I know some Africans who speak more than five languages, that’s how you know a Zimbabwean)

If you think ah peace and safety, things serene ya Still ah reminisce Rhodesia, dis ah Zimba (Things have not always been peaceful and serene, do not linger on the past, this now Zimbabwe)

Ghonarezhou to Matopo dat ah Zimba (Ghonarezhou to Matopo is Zimbabwe)

Amhlope Makorokoto dat ah Zimba (Congratulations in Ndebele or Shona, it’s still Zimbabwean)

Zambezi dung ah Limpopo dat ah Zimba (Zambezi to Limpopo it’s Zimbabwe)

Watch babylon wid dem dutty grubby finger Want tek a little piece out Munhumutapa (Those who hate us want to destroy our ancient Kingdom piece by piece)

Zimbabwe step out and we start to wrath ya Babylon mi ah com, better clear da path ya (Zimbabweans step out and harness our anger/outrage)

Mi ah gash dem so bad dem can’t heal with plaster( Clear the path, we are on the way, the battle wounds inflicted will not be healed by plasters!)

Com, com we step over them, I see the enemies attack, jump over them

Nah tek no prisoners, so we no handover dem

I no have nothin’ ah hide neither prove fi dem – hey.

Mek we step over them, I see the enemies attack, jump over them

Nah tek no prisoners, so we no handover dem

I no have nothin’ ah hide, nothin’ ah hide.

‘Member blood of men, women and children never stop from spill (Remember the blood of men, women and children never stops spilling)

Babylon your biggest export is kill, babylon your first resort is kill Babylon your UN report is kill,(Evil nations export death, their first resort is death, the UN reports are full of death)

An eye fi an eye me say limb fi a limb till you stop boost war upon mi little children (It will be an eye for an eye, limb for a limb until you stop killing our youth)

An eye fi an eye, fire burning, ready fi a spark babylon come say a ting (An eye for an eye, fire burning, all it needs is a spark, make your move!)

Com, we step over them, I see the enemies attack, jump over them

Nah tek no prisoners, so we no handover dem

I no have nothin’ ah hide neither prove fi dem – hey.

Mek we step over them, I see the enemies attack, jump over them

Nah tek no prisoners, so we no handover dem

I no have nothin’ ah hide, nothin’ ah hide.

We till the land plant the seed watch over dem

Dem same one send police patrol again

Just get release African parole again

African Kings come we claim we throne again (repeat)

This has been a submission by Takura Donald Makoni aka Rassie Ai.
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