| Song | No Rope As Long As Time |
| Artist | Latin Quarter |
| Album | Modern Times |
| 作曲 : Skaith | |
| Old Afrikaner farmer on the terrace of his home | |
| Sits gently in his rocking chair, gazing at this land he owns. | |
| There he sees his memories and there his past | |
| There he smiles his grim smile, strokes his gun, swears he'll make it last. | |
| Someone brings the whisky, someone serves the meal | |
| Like the someone in the township, in the mine and in the fields. | |
| Someone at the graveyard, someone with their tears | |
| Someone who can't forget the freedom lost these 100 years. | |
| Old man, you can boost about the gun that's by your bed | |
| Old man, you can tell me how you're good for all your kaffirs yet | |
| And your guns can fire, and your prisons fill | |
| And you've yards of rope for hanging still | |
| But your guns can shoot and never hit the sky | |
| And there's no rope as long as time. | |
| Mandela in the prison, Biko in the ground | |
| Sharpeville and Soweto voices silenced till the end of time. | |
| Freedom don't come easy, don't come bloodless, don't come fast | |
| But in the hearts of the countless people | |
| No pass law's gonna stop us pass. | |
| Sometimes he'll talk of reasons, economy and cause | |
| Sometimes he'll even talk of changes | |
| Though he clasps the gun and talks of laws. | |
| But power ain't this old man's gift | |
| And freedom's no reform | |
| The old man made the history and the history's made of wars. |
| zuò qǔ : Skaith | |
| Old Afrikaner farmer on the terrace of his home | |
| Sits gently in his rocking chair, gazing at this land he owns. | |
| There he sees his memories and there his past | |
| There he smiles his grim smile, strokes his gun, swears he' ll make it last. | |
| Someone brings the whisky, someone serves the meal | |
| Like the someone in the township, in the mine and in the fields. | |
| Someone at the graveyard, someone with their tears | |
| Someone who can' t forget the freedom lost these 100 years. | |
| Old man, you can boost about the gun that' s by your bed | |
| Old man, you can tell me how you' re good for all your kaffirs yet | |
| And your guns can fire, and your prisons fill | |
| And you' ve yards of rope for hanging still | |
| But your guns can shoot and never hit the sky | |
| And there' s no rope as long as time. | |
| Mandela in the prison, Biko in the ground | |
| Sharpeville and Soweto voices silenced till the end of time. | |
| Freedom don' t come easy, don' t come bloodless, don' t come fast | |
| But in the hearts of the countless people | |
| No pass law' s gonna stop us pass. | |
| Sometimes he' ll talk of reasons, economy and cause | |
| Sometimes he' ll even talk of changes | |
| Though he clasps the gun and talks of laws. | |
| But power ain' t this old man' s gift | |
| And freedom' s no reform | |
| The old man made the history and the history' s made of wars. |