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They think us happy
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Azanian Love Song 47 They think us happy Thoughts of a mine dancer They think us happy because we hide our anguish in song stamp our shackled feet until red drips from the cracks They smile and we smile, we only smile because they smile and they think us happy Let us remove our masks of artificial merriment reveal the wrinkles of our quiet anger wash the clay from our bodies and let them see the scars Perhaps they know, perhaps not but dammit they must be told we have had enough! ...