Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Homeless (Official Music Video)

HOMELESS – (WITH LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO) Released 1986 by Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. HOMELESS was the first of many hits for Ladysmith as it launched their careers within the international market. The song was on Paul Simon’s collaborative, politically controversial yet his most successful album Graceland. HOMELESS like any other Ladysmith Black Mambazo songs before and after the Graceland album expressed depth and meaning about the harsh reality of migrant labor, poverty, heavy hearts, family separation, politics, cultural heritage, and broken dreams however homeless is a tale of so much more. The song also speaks about winning: “Yitho omanqoba (ih hih ih hih ih), Yitho omanqoba esanqoba lonke ilizwi (ih hih ih hih ih), Yitho omanqoba (ih hih ih hih ih) esanqoba phakathi e England....” Meaning that they are winners, they have won all over the world, they won right inside of have managed to win over the hearts of people all over the world especially in England as their “Arrival” meant that they managed to escape the apartheid’s rules and limitations around social and economic exclusion because of the color of their skin. Somebody sing – Hello, hello, hello to uBab Joseph as he sleeps on the midnight lake watching over us like moonlight. “ © 20 21 Gallo Record Company Follow Gallo: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: Distribution by Africori: #LadysmithBlackMambazo #Homeless