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Great Kings of Afrika Lyrics by Mutabaruka

The Ultimate Collection

1990

Afrika had great kings and queens
You should know
Search your history
It will show
If you know not from whence you came
You are doomed to live in shame
Great kings of Afrika
Rulers all aroun'
They were mighty brave and strong
Tore every barriers down
(In a Afrika) Yes aight
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
(In a Afrika) Yes aight
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
Now let no one fool you
Great was Shaka the Zulu
The British army did not see
Such a fierce warrior as he
(In a Afrika) Yes aight
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
(In a Afrika) Yes aight
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
Afonso of the Kongo region
Adopted for his people the Christian religion
Never bowing to what was payed
United his people against the slave trade
(In a Afrika) Yes aight
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
(In a Afrika) Yes aight
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
Akhenaten the first man
To tell that the God was one
Carved the theology that the men could see
That the almighty was no mystery
(In a Afrika) Yes aight
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
(In a Afrika) Oh yes
(In a Afrika)
(In a Afrika) Yes aight
Hey hey hey
Calling Africans now, come
Hey (boom boom boom boom)
Wanna tell you don’t walk, run
Got to rule your own kingdom, yes
See Shaka Zulu ‘pon the corner
Him [?] on the area
When the wicked dem a lick shot
Him the sense to lick it back
(In a Afrika) Yes aight
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
(In a Afrika) Yeah yeah
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
Now the king of kings Haile Selassie
Was invaded by the facist Mussolini
If the world had listened to this little man
WWII might have never began
(In a Afrika) Yes aight
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
(In a Afrika) Yes aight
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
Yes, Afrika had great kings and queens
You should know
Search your history
It will show
If you know not from whence you came
You are doomed to live in shame
Yes aight
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
(In a Afrika) Ooh yeah
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
Hannibal yes he was bold
Took his army of elephants through the cold
Through the Alps his army came
Confounding enemies, putting them to shame
(In a Afrika) Yes aight
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
(In a Afrika) Africa Africa Africa
(In a Afrika) Woah woah yeah
Yes aight (I and I, yes)
Woah woah yeah (I and I are ruling)
(In a Afrika) Yes aight (I and I is cooling)
Woah woah yeah (do you get my meaning?)
Shaka (boom boom boom boom)
Shaka (boom boom boom boom)
(In a Afrika)
Shaka (boom boom boom boom)
(In a Afrika)
Shaka (boom boom boom boom)
Credits
Mutabaruka

Mutabaruka

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"Great Kings of Afrika" appears on "The Ultimate Collection" in 1990.

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