Tunaomba Saidia

She cannot remember the day she left Uganda And if you had asked her, her eyes would drift right past her From her home she'd come so far She had hope within her heart Her brother, he'd been taken And a soldier they had made him And when they protested, her father he was arrested In that land you have no choice In that land you have no voice And he said "Wapi kuchukuliwa yetu? Sisi kitu kibaya?" Is it too much to wish for a life that could be peaceful? Tunaomba saidia So they told him they would kill him If he did not do what they tell him And his family in danger put their lives in the hands of a stranger In a boat that traveled far Heading for Australia They were picked up by the navy Out where the ocean is wavy To an island were directed Where they were separated Like a prisoner of war Like a common criminal And they say "Wapi kuchukuliwa yetu? Sisi kitu kibaya?" Is it too much to wish for a life that could be peaceful? Tunaomba saidia How was this better than their homeland? And why did no one seem to care? So full of problems, full of violence There was so many people there Like this one time, she was taken By a guard who stripped her naked And when she protested Her father, he was arrested In this place you have no choice In this place you have no voice And she said "Wapi kuchukuliwa yetu? Sisi kitu kibaya?" Is it too much to wish for a life that could be peaceful? Tunaomba saidia For a year now they'd been waiting In their hearts they'd been hoping, praying For a chance to be together And escape this life of torture And hear the words they'd travelled far to hear Welcome to Australia And we say "Wapi kuchukuliwa yetu? Sisi kitu kibaya?" Is it too much to wish for a life that could be peaceful? Tunaomba saidia Tunaomba saidia