Nathan's Birthday Riddim

Verse 1

Twenty-eight years since the Beaufort-West sun rose

Sand and Karoo dust on your young toes

From a little boy running down those gravel roads

To a man now carrying heavy loads

But the light in your eyes it never goes

Pre-Chorus

Oh Nathan oh Nathan

The desert taught you how to stand

Oh Nathan oh Nathan

Roots so deep in this red land

Chorus

Happy birthday happy birthday

Twenty-eight today the sky is wide

Happy birthday happy birthday

From the Karoo to the other side

Verse 2

Mama's prayers and Papa's hands

Built you strong on these dry lands

Schoolyard laughter summer rain

Hard times washed away the pain

Now you carry your own name

Pre-Chorus

Oh Nathan oh Nathan

The desert taught you how to stand

Oh Nathan oh Nathan

Roots so deep in this red land

Chorus

Happy birthday happy birthday

Twenty-eight today the sky is wide

Happy birthday happy birthday

From the Karoo to the other side

Bridge

Rastaman vibration in your soul

Beaufort-West forever in your bones

Jah bless the journey Jah bless the road

Twenty-eight years a story told

Chorus

Happy birthday happy birthday

Twenty-eight today the sky is wide

Happy birthday happy birthday

From the Karoo to the other side