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Just Imagine
(with apologies to John Lennon)
Sung to the tune of Imagine
Just imagine there’s no fuel
It’s easy if you try
We will all be walking
From Lusaka to Lilayi
Just imagine all the people
Footing round today…
Just imagine there’s no cement
It’s easy if you try
We will all be living
Beneath the open sky
Just imagine all the people
Living in the rain…
Just imagine there’s no ‘shima
It isn’t hard to do
No stew or relish to eat,
And no kapenta too
Just imagine all the people
With nothing to chew …
Just imagine no Mosi lager
I
wonder if you can
Nothing to quench our thirst on
In the hot Zambian sun
Just Imagine all the people
Sitting at the
bar …
Just imagine
no malasha
It’s easy,
can’t you see
Nothing to
cook our food on,
We’ve chopped
down every tree
Just Imagine all the people
With no way to
cook …
Just imagine
there’s no ZESCO
Especially at
night
Nothing to
power the TV
And even no
light
Just imagine
all the people
Sitting in the
dark …
You may say I’m a dreamer
By writing you
this song
I hope one day
you can prove
That I really
have been wrong.
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November
2005