Free the African people!
Free the African continent!
Free the African people!
Free the African continent!
Africa.. is the black man's home..
Africa.. where we come from..
We were captured, oh were captured,
And put on ships, oh yes.
And we suffered, oh Lord we suffered,
The slashes of the whip, oh yes.
I wanna know.. I wanna know,
When were going back home..
We got to go to Africa, yeah.
Africa.. is the black man's home..
Africa.. where we come from..
All the pains, all the pains,
That black man had to bear,
(sufferation) oh yeah. (tribulation)
How they suffered, oh Lord they suffer,
Right trough these years, up to now.
I wanna know.. I wanna know,
When were going back home, oh yeah.
Oh, Africa.. which is the black man's home.. yeah.
Africa.. oh Lord. Where we come from..
This why I say:
Free the African people!
Free the African continent!
Free the African people, Lord!
Free the African continent!
All the pains, all the pains,
That black man had to bear,
(sufferation) had to bear.. (tribulation)
How they suffered, how they suffered,
Right trough these years, oh yeah.
I wanna know.. (I want to tell you) I wanna know,
When were going, were going back home, oh yeah.
To Africa.. where we come from.. (got to go there)
Free the African continent!
Free the African people!
Free the African continent!
Africa.. is the black man's home..
Africa.. where we come from..
We were captured, oh were captured,
And put on ships, oh yes.
And we suffered, oh Lord we suffered,
The slashes of the whip, oh yes.
I wanna know.. I wanna know,
When were going back home..
We got to go to Africa, yeah.
Africa.. is the black man's home..
Africa.. where we come from..
All the pains, all the pains,
That black man had to bear,
(sufferation) oh yeah. (tribulation)
How they suffered, oh Lord they suffer,
Right trough these years, up to now.
I wanna know.. I wanna know,
When were going back home, oh yeah.
Oh, Africa.. which is the black man's home.. yeah.
Africa.. oh Lord. Where we come from..
This why I say:
Free the African people!
Free the African continent!
Free the African people, Lord!
Free the African continent!
All the pains, all the pains,
That black man had to bear,
(sufferation) had to bear.. (tribulation)
How they suffered, how they suffered,
Right trough these years, oh yeah.
I wanna know.. (I want to tell you) I wanna know,
When were going, were going back home, oh yeah.
To Africa.. where we come from.. (got to go there)