Africa...

Africamotherdaughtersisterloverfriend

 

Hey my friends, my brothers

Don't throw down your hats

And don't hang down your heads in shame

Because you know you've only got yourselves to blame

Because she was given you as a gift

A special gift to look after

In this wicked world

Check out the wickedness

Now take good care of her and all her children

 

The future is bright

The future is Africa

Sunshine, trees, clean air and water

 

I planted a tree

From the seed that dropped out

From the fruit that I plucked

From the tree that I love

 

My name is change

(Shelter from the rain)

Not small change

(Shelter from the sun)

Not big change

(Jah almighty)

But radical change

(The Most High God)

I come to rearrange

 

I planted a tree

From the seed that dropped out

From the fruit that I plucked

From the tree that I love

 

(Shelter from the rain)

Neutron manager

(Shelter from the sun)

Electron scavenger

(Allah)

Proton deliverer

(Lu Jah)

Mud Engineer

(Most High God)

Thy will be done

 

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