Africa the Beautiful

Yeah!
So I know one day
Mama Africa shall stretch forth her hands
And bring her children from out of Babylon
Through the divine nature of repatriation
You overstand, yeah

So I got to send my love, my respect, my honour goes out to Mama Africa
The cradle of civilization, where all life began
For one to create so many colours, so many creeds
It's got to be beautiful
Yeah!

So I know who I am
And where I stand
I know where I'm from
Africa the beautiful
We love Mama Africa, she beautiful
Hey, ah!

And I know
Jah got a plan for every African
So Rasta Man a stand strong
Fi Africa the beautiful
We love Mama Africa, she beautiful
Hey, ah!

First place weh we touch down ah Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Shashemene land, Angola
Kenya, Senegal, say fi come over
From Cameroon, Nigeria, back down to Ghana

I don't love the way the West a treat you Mama
But to you, I send my blessings and my honour
For those who pillage your villages, hotta lava (ooh)
Big up all of my brothers and sisters, Congo to Botswana
From Uganda to Gambia, South Africa
So many children Mama she deliver

Through all the pain and all the stress, she never wither (ooh)
Ah, so mi know seh that she ah the life giver
Tell every youth in every crevice, every corner
Every hemisphere, every border
Say Emperor Selassie ah we father (ooh)
And Africa, she ah we mama

So I know who I am
And where I stand
I know where I'm from
Africa the beautiful
We love Mama Africa, she beautiful
Hey, ah!

And I know
Jah got a plan for every African
So Rasta Man a stand Strong
Fi Africa the Beautiful
We love Mama Africa, she beautiful
Hey, ah!

It's a land so lush and a land so green
With so many kings and beautiful queens
If you take the time out and see (ooh)
You will know seh you ah royalty
Don't be ungrateful, my youth
Take up the phone Mama call and see ask her

Are you feeling fine?
'Cause you always be on ah we mind
Some of your son them doing time (ooh)
'Cause it hard, and them doing crime (ooh)
But we know seh freedom is a must

One day everything will be due in time
When we go bring back the Black Star Liner
Nothing could ah be finer
Oonu nah gonna pillage mama village, and take way the island diamond this time, yeah
From Zimbabwe down to the Niger (ooh)
The youth them a freedom fighter
Fighter for freedom, freedom we fight for
Oonu put up oonu lighter

Stand up and fight for my rights, yeah
Bob Marley the writer
Gwaan live it up but we nah give it up
One day, we day be much brighter
Take it to another heights, yeah (ooh)
Mi nuh see nobody more mightier
Than Father God who bless Africa
So mi tell them ah more life, yeah

'Cause who I am
And where I stand
I know where I'm from
Africa the beautiful
We love Mama Africa, she beautiful
Hey, ah!

And I know
Jah got a plan for every African
So Rasta Man a stand Strong
Fi Africa the beautiful
Bingi love Mama Africa, she beautiful
Hey, ah!

Jah!
Rastafari bless
The whole African diaspora, yuh see mi?
East, West, North side, South Side
Africa the beautiful
Burundi, Nigeria, Morocco
All descendants of Africa
Yeah