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| Sara Basrai - I saw Obama become President, Idi Amin
Land of fruit and lush vegetation Waiting for the train to come Walking on the rails that my father made strong
Idi Amin told me to leave Good bye fresh oranges from trees The steam has long gone I wonder who walks on those lines now as I grieve
Why Idi didn't you like my kind? All I did was to work hard And pray and tread happily through warm, silky sand I walk silently, softly through my new land Once a great colonial power, The home of Shakespeare, on the edge of Christendom
Idi why did you send me away? They don't want me here But I will work hard again, let me pray In my prayer room in Leicester, alone with the fears of yesterday.
2008
Our journey has been long We're older now The Indian Ocean will hear our song
At the dhouws that bought us But we're older now I sigh and will make no fuss
So though I see the fruit trees We're older now I've grandchildren there to please
My grandchildren are mixed-race We're older now Life moves at a slower pace
I watched Obama become president yesterday What Idi Amin, does your ghost have to say? We're older now But I see the promise of a better world
So I will take India, Uganda, England and America And any other land And mix them within me today What Idi Amin, does your ghost have to say?
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