| Kabaka P yeah
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| Accurate!
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| Skibbylibeng yeh
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| Woo na na now
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| This one is going out to every African
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| From the motherland
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| Africans arise
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| And be strong, yeh
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| Keep hope alive
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| And be the eye in the storm, yeh
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| Africans arise
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| And be strong, yeh
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| Keep hope alive
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| And be the eye in the storm, yeh
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| I beg you please excuse me
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| If you’re not an African child
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| Stop diggin' up we African soil
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| Crimes weh dem do to we, we have it pon file
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| Them kill of Ghaddafi fi we African oil
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| Conflict diamonds, ebola, syphillis
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| Missionaries but we don’t know what dem mission is
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| Politicians giving fo’fo’s to the little kids
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| Still the possibilities limitless
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| Africans arise
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| And be strong, yeh
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| Keep hope alive
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| And be the eye in the storm, yeh
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| Africans arise
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| And be strong, yeh
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| Keep hope alive
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| And be the eye in the storm, yeh
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| Huh
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| Mama Africa she wear the pain of the world on her shoulders
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| And she never complain
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| And even through the modernisation effort
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| She still keeps her ancient traditions the same
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| The metropolitan cities bright and beautiful
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| But be mindful not destroy the landscape cah
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| No matter your religion
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| Or national division
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| Cyaa out this ya burning flame
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| Africans arise
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| And be strong, yeh
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| Keep hope alive
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| And be the eye in the storm, yeh
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| Africans arise
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| And be strong, yeh
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| Keep hope alive (hope alive)
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| And be the eye in the storm, yeh
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| Akon!
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| Me see the ghetto every time I pass by (pass by)
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| These little youth dying and they don’t know why (ay)
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| Them holding on to the piece of the pie
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| Because let it take men then light it on fire
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| Oh
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| Cause I will bleed and will fight you for it (yeah)
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| And I won’t neglect my (no)
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| And I respect me from morning (yeah)
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| And if you is a soldier you know this
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| Cause I my life
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| Just to get through the night (to get through the night)
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| I barely survived (barely survived)
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| Just tryin to do it right (do it right)
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| Africans arise (uh yeh)
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| And be strong, yeh (oh)
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| Keep hope alive (hope alive)
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| And be the eye in the storm, yeh (yeah)
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| Africans arise (uh yeah)
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| And be strong, yeh (oh)
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| Keep hope alive (keep hope alive)
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| And be the eye in the storm, yeh (uh yeah)
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| Africans arise (oh)
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| And be strong, yeh
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| Keep hope alive (keep hope alive)
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| And be the eye in the storm, yeh (yeah)
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| Africans arise (uh, rise)
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| And be strong, yeh (oo)
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| Keep hope alive (ah)
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| And be the eye in the storm, yeh (yeah) |