Abo Mjongeni bavaya nge Mercedes 

Mna noCarolina siyakorobha 

Asikhalazi! Sityisa aboo mamisa 

Mna noCarolina siyasebenza 

Bagqithile nabooMatiba 

Ngoku bekusithiwa uzasisindisa 

Kanti walile naye uThat Umbeke 

Phofu mna noCarolina besimbona… 

Nabomadam basithathela phantsi, bathethela phezulu 

Siyababona 

Nama-owu ethu awas'khathalelanga, asphathel' ingculaza 

Siyababona 

Bagqithile nabooMahatma, ngoku bekusithiwa uzasisindisa 

Kanti walile naye uMa Mariya, phofu mna noCarolina 

Siyamxolela… 

Bamb' isandla sam, sibhabhe emafini 

Mna noCarolina siyanicela 

Yekan' ukuzicingela, mamela umaDlamini 

Mna noCarolina, siyanimema 

Bagqithile nabooVerwoerd, ngoku bekusithiwa uzasihlukumeza 

Kanti walile nay' uPik Botha, phofu mna noCarolina 

Besimbona… 



(The Mjongeni’s are driving around in Mercedes 

Me and Carolina we scrub the floors 

We’re not complaining 

We’re feeding the small mouths 

Me and Carolina we are working 

Gone by are the Matiba’s 

When we’d hoped that they would save us 

And failed has That Umbeke 

Although we saw him coming 

And the madams they take us so low by speaking so high 

But we see through them 

And our boyfriends, they don’t care about us 

They bring us AIDS 

We see through them 

Gone by have the Mahatma’s 

When it was hoped they would save us 

And failed has Mother Mary 

Me and Carolina saw it coming 

Hold my hand and may we fly in the clouds 

Me and Carolina ask you to stop being so selfish 

Listen 

Me and Carolina we invite you 

Gone by have the Verwoerd’s 

When it was said that they would destroy us 

And failed has Pik Botha 

But me and Carolina, we saw it coming)