This Is Africa by Ab Syl Lyrics

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's voice-note

INTRO

It's been a long time coming
Slave trade ,colonization was so damn cunning
Tears of the Blackman , don't amount to nothing
They came with guns , but our forefathers fought so stunning
They came to induce
Agreement , persuasion and force, when we refused
Thousands perished in the ocean , such a bad news
Just because you got the power, all the cared about is capture and oppress
Oh yes, this history , let's bring it back , let's address

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This is Africa , this is Africa, rising , rising , rising, rising, rising
This is Africa , mama Africa , rising, rising , rising, rising, rising

VERSE 1
This is Africa , take you to Ghana
Red , yellow , green, with a blackstar, thats my motherland
Peace , tolerance , hospitality on the other hand
I can take you to the north and let you feel the heat
We can go down to the south and let you feel the breeze
I can introduce you to rich culture, customs , very lovely make you happy
Or take you through the forts, castles , slave camps
Where our people waited in chains for slave ships , it was crazy
We can go to Kumasi , eat fufu , pay tribute to the king of the great Ashanti

This is Africa , I can take you straight to Kenya
I can take you on a trip to Nairobi , spend some shilling
Chant Swahili , hi kila Mtu ( hi everybody )

This is Africa, I can move you through Egypt , walk around Cairo , show you some beautiful art, ancient civilization like the pyramid of Giza , rich culture , history stretching longer than the Nile river , Africa

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This is Africa , this is Africa, rising , rising , rising, rising , rising
This is Africa, mama Africa , rising, rising , rising, rising, rising

VERSE 2

This is Africa ,relax and let me take you to the southern end ,to the republic of South Africa
Take a trip straight to the city of Johanessberg
We can bring back some old memories at the apartheid museum
Or try something African in Pappas at Nelson Mandela square
We can pay homage to the great Shaka Zulu at his tombstone in kwazulu
This is Africa , All started in Africa ,feel free enjoy the trip as we take a sharp navigation back to West Africa, Nigeria , so many amazing places to be, one of which is Lagos Island , a whole lot to learn and see at the freedom park. We were deprived of our rights but the melanin is too much, we were never deprived of being black, stay on track , you feeling thirsty? I know places in Abuja that we can sip the best palm wine. Easy to broadcast the wars and hunger , but they never broadcast our beautiful skyline
This is Africa , we can climb up a bit higher to the city of Addis Ababa, have a foresight , cure myopia. Feel at home You're in Ethiopia. Let's go to the north, to the town of Lalibela, witness the ancient rock-cut monuments dating back to the 12th century

This is Africa , welcome to Angola , Burkina , Morocco, Tanzania , Madagascar , Zimbabwe , Uganda, Eritrea
The land is so good, the land is so blessed , from north, south, east to the west , fortified with what is takes to to do the rest , pay taxes , utilized resources . Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, no more human slavery, rest in pits to anyone who dares , Rest In Peace to our forbears like Lumumba, Nkrumah , Kenyatta, Sankara , Madiba , Selasie, Nyerere, Samora
God bless your souls, God bless your souls, for your selflessness , dedication and your bigger goals
God bless your souls, God bless your souls, for your selflessness , dedication and your bigger goals
Africa!

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This is Africa , this is Africa, rising , rising , rising, rising, rising
This is Africa, mama Africa , rising, rising , rising, rising, rising