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Scholars and scientists now conceive that |
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Africa is the first place of mankind |
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Africans were the first builders of civilization |
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They discovered mathematics, invented writing, developed sciences |
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Engineering, medicine, religion, fine arts, and built the |
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Great Pyramids |
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An architectural achievement which still baffles modern scientists' [INTRO VOICE 2] |
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The 225th |
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Emperor [echo] direct descent from |
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Solomon and |
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The Queen of |
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Sheba [echo] |
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He is the "King of Kings, The Lion of Judah [echo]" |
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The name Haile |
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Selassie I means "Power of the Trinity" [Verse 1: Stephen Marley] |
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Educate yourselves, of |
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Africa To liberate yourself, |
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Africa Keep your heads up high |
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No more will we cry |
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Eeeeyh Our history that they stole, |
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Africa Is written in our souls, |
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Africa Oldest nation on this earth |
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Know just what you worth |
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Well well |
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Ships that sail to distant places |
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Robbed us of our rising worlds |
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History says that you've betrayed us |
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Talking of the |
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Gods you serve |
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Hear the rambling in the sky |
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Tears that our fore fathers cry |
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And today we're still in chains |
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Take the shackle from our minds |
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You're the corner stone |
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The king upon the throne |
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How beautiful are thou, |
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Africa Our nation have to bow, |
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Africa Don't you fall from grace |
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You're that secret place |
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Aye! Aye-ah-aye! [Verse 2: Wale] |
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Power to the people, |
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Motherland representa |
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I'm on trial with the man she my co-defendant |
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And I demand her attention, can you focus women? |
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I'm getting closer to the sky errytime |
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I hit it Haile |
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Selassie I, "Power of the Trinity" |
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Soul made in naija, my voice made in |
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Italy White mans world that |
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I'm livin' in, some say |
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But it was |
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Africa the continent we all came from |
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Can't nothing come between me and you |
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So before |
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I have seeds gotta understand my roots |
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Gotta understand the truth. |
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We is all king's 'round here |
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Lifes not all fair, work till we fall dead |
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Paul goin' hard 'till |
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I urn like a |
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Pall-Bearer |
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Although my body's in the |
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U.S my heart's there |
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I can never be ashamed of her, |
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I got my features and my name from her |
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Mama Africa [Verse 3: Stephen Marley] |
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The richest place on earth |
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Know just what your worth [HARMONIZING WITH MUSIC] |
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Talking about the |
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God you serve [HARMONIZING WITH MUSIC] |
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Keep your heads up high |
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No more will we cry |
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They infiltrate our homes, |
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Africa They claim it as their own, |
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Africa Now we must stand tall |
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To break down all these wall-alls |
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Well well |
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Our children must be taught, of |
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Africa The science and the art, |
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Africa Nah |
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Nah Nah Nah |
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Nah Nahhh! |
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Educate yourself, |
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Africa To liberate yourselves, |
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Africa Keep your heads up high |
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No more will we cry |
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Beautiful are thou, |
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Africa A legend have to bow, |
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Africa Oh |
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Oh! Made in |
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Africa, We share |
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Africa (We share Africa) |
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Made in Africa, |
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We share Africa (We share Africa) |
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Made in Africa, |
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We share Africa (We share Africa) |
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Made in Africa, |
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We share Africa (We share Africa) |
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Made in Africa, |
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We share Africa (We share Africa) |
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Made in Africa, |
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We share Africa (We share Africa) |
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Made in Africa, |
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We share Africa (We share Africa) |