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Intro:
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Woh nah, na, na, nah, na, nigh
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Woh deh, deh, woh
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Greetings, is like the first good mankind
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On hurt hurt ever pray to is the sun, woh, deh, deh
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Den di evil priest, come wid a god name atom
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Atom mean one god and one god only
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Rastaman discover that is three in one one in three
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Blessed be on to thee only trinity for iver, for iver
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And iver more, woh, deh, deh, lord, woh
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Chorus:
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We-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, we are Africans
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We-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, free Africans
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We-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, we are Africans
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We-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, free Africans
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Verse 1:
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Down the jungle, the quite jungle
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The lion sleeps tonight
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Farracan led the million man march
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Di lion dance tonight
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Africans in America
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Dem cal dem Afro-American
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But the inhabitants dem fi understand
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Sey America a capture land
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Europe land is fi European
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And is there white man belong
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Now the Indians who own di land
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Naw lives on reservation, but !
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Chorus:
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We-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, woh na, na ,na ,na, nigh
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We are Africans, woh lord
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Fr-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, woh, na, na, na, na, nigh
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Free Africans
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We-e-e-e-e-e-e, woh, na, na, na, na, nigh
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We are Africans, lordy, lord
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Fr-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, woh, na, na, na, nigh
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Free Africans
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Verse 2:
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O.J. Simpson one ting mi deh warn yuh
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Sey fi stick to yuh owner kind, woh
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Yuh switch from yuh kind
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And yuh nearly serve time
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Could a mix up in a babylon
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If yuh guilty you know the story
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But yuh bless by selassi hands
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Now yuh bust di case
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Put a smile pon yuh face
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And join repartriation
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Rodney King, look how bad dem beat him
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Pon public television
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Full time we get it straight
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Dem nuh like we race
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Mek we pack up and leave dis place, cause
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Chorus
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Verse 3:
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Marcus Garvey & Malcolm & Martin Luther
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A true black man, woh
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Anybol, and selassi I Mandela dem a Ethiopion
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Down di jungle di quite jungle
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Di lion sleep tonight, woh
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Farracon led the million man march
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Di lion dance tonight
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Chorus:
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We-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, we are Africans
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Fr-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, free Africans
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We-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, so go deh, na, na, na, nigh
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We are Africans, we all are
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We-e-e-e are Africans
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Africans
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Beenie Man |