I Return Lyrics

Intro
Mama yeah mama yeah yo when we were taken away from Africa
They said that we would never return but through the indomitable spirit
Of the ancestors and the powers of the most I Rastafari
Chorus
I return to the land of no return
Yes I return yes I return
To the land of no return yes I return yes I return
To the land of no return
Yes I return yes I return
To the land of no return yes I return

Verse1
I am my ancestors my ancestors are I
Their spirit live inna I n I it can never die
Now I have turned their sadness and turned it into joy
I can say to my ancestors wipe those tears from your eye

Chorus
I return to the land of no return
Yes I return yes I return
To the land of no return yes I return yes I return
To the land of no return
Yes I return yes I return
To the land of no return yes I return

Verse2
Mama say eh son a you dat
Welcome my son yes you come back
Say you left inna chain and padlock
Come back inna plane with pilot
Mama know say mi woulda make contact
Mama know say mi deh pon the right track
See the ancestor"s pon the hill top
Them a laugh and chat
Chorus
I return to the land of no return
Yes I return yes I return
To the land of no return yes I return yes I return
To the land of no return
Yes I return yes I return
To the land of no return yes I return

Verse3
So where do I come from in Africa well I guess I come from the west
But people a travel inna Africa long before any jumbo jets
Scientists say they can pinpoint where you come from with a DNA test
Identify part of your family but what about all of the rest
Cause your mother coulda come from Ghana
And your father come from Botswana
Great granny coulda come from Gambia
Grandfather come from Rwanda
Ithipoia, Kenya, Uganda
All we really can do is just wonder
So any country we touch inna Africa we say hallelujah
Chorus
I return to the land of no return
I n I return I n I return
To the land of no return I n I return I n I return
To the land of no return
I n I return yes I n I return
To the land of no return I n I return

Bridge
What a day what a day what a day what a day
They could not keep us away
Them a say them a say them a say them a say
You"ll never come back no way
What a day what a day what a day what a day
Every night we hope and we pray
Give thanks and praise every night and day
That we can say that

Chorus
I return to the land of no return
Yes I return yes I return
To the land of no return yes I return yes I return
To the land of no return
Yes I return yes I return
To the land of no return yes I return