Let Us Be Happy

For the laughter
For the table
For the people still here

Let us be happy, happy today
We sent the trouble down the road
Let us be happy, happy today
Siyajabula, we made a way

Thank you for the mother with the early hands
Thank you for the father doing all he can

Cousins in the kitchen and the pots all full
Laughter doing what the years can't dull
Uncle tells the story that we know by heart
And we let him, that's the sweetest part

We don't ask for a spotless life
Just one more song and one more night

Let us be happy, happy today
We sent the trouble down the road
Let us be happy, happy today
Siyajabula, we made a way

Happy! (today)
Thankful! (today)

For the bread on the table
For the roof in the rain
For the love that remained

I know the month was long and the money was thin
But we still found laughter sneaking in

String the little lights across the yard
Life was never easy but we loved it hard
The children fall asleep on auntie's lap
And joy climbs up the stairs

Turn the speaker toward the street
Let the neighbours feel the beat

Somebody cheer for the ones who tried
Somebody cheer for the ones who tried
We are still standing on the winning side

There's a photograph beside the kettle's steam
Set four plates tonight and one stays clean
Not because nothing went wrong
We are happy because we made it
And we made it with a song

Siyajabula, today
We sent the trouble down the road
Siyajabula, today
Siyajabula, today
We sent the trouble down the road
Siyajabula, today

Set the fifth place, someone's home
Siyajabula, today
Siyajabula, today
Siyajabula, today
Siyajabula... today