Africa Is The Future
Yes I ‘n I, nice to see I sight
A wha do dem man
Still makin’ joke bout Africa
A big mistake you make de
Ca you dont know sir
Africa is de future come down
A hear me tell you say dat de children hafi go to school
Ca’ ina di future all o’ dem hafi have that tool yeah
Chorus:
Ooh wo wow wow woi (Yes I)
Africa ’s the future but I see de dem nah know (uno hear me now)
(come folow me sing)
Ooh yeah yeah yeah yeah (dont you know) (revolution talk)
(Say) Mamaland are the future, dem are de fool dem nah know
(uno hear me now) (come follow me sing) x1
See dem are make a joke bout de African dem say we are stupid
In all what dem say dem nah consider what dem did
let alone the killing and the stealing and all dem greed
fi overstand de dynamic we story you hafi read
Your stupid remarks and jokes is not at all what we need
a hungry mouth and belly dem, we hafi feed
Rastafari send a message woman and man hafi heed
cyan go on like this, ca we progress dem impede
Chorus:
A pure consciousness me a deal with, lyrically
A who dem laugh last me see dat dem a go laugh longer
yes I man de getting stronger go de
It is the roots and culture
A hear me tell you say dat de children hafi go to school
and be no fool yeah
Uno couldn’t have survived in no way dis ya tribulation
and if you analyse it only complication
frustration resulting from dem occupation
cyan take it no more dis ya domination
Some o’ de difference between is only education
and if we live right and learn we nearing liberation
academical and practical qualification
ca’ if we do with ‘nough interest and dedication
some o’ de time coming, we reach we destination
Rastafari deyah are de inspiration
Chorus: Ooh wo wow wow woi
It’s the original, yeah man socialworker,
De bouta you don’t know
Seen from Berlin to Cape Town city and vice versa,
Hey a consciousness me are deal with listen
Chorus: Ooh yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yes I, don’t you know, eh he ey yeah hey
Come mek me talk about me lovely country
where muma just wash dem dirty laundry
nuff Africans are cross de boundry
people hungry bad man are angry x2
Azania are de country where I was born
where gangster use knife and police use gun
where Mandela run tings and Sobukhwe is gone
where politics lie so fire hafi burn
I want to pull the trigger and ghetto youth run
muma feel pain and pupa lick rum
that’s why me lyrics pon de bass and me lyrics pon de drum
political leaders hafi stop fi talk dung yow
Come mek me talk … (yow) x2
Many are called I am the chosen one
wholipa ghetto youth hafi bring as one
economically black people still cry
dong a country where ‘s rivers run dry
So fire na go cease I and I na go please
babylon dat is de one de blood and the cheese
can’t get no breese hafi bow to your knees
militant like de bees yes we vital like the trees
we praise the Most High we no bow to no sky yow
now de truth from August to July
Come mek me talk about … x2