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AFRICA Africa! A land flowing with milk and honey. Devoured by greed and the love for money Where corruption thrives and war is a common place Where will Africa show her true real face? Africa! The Land of lions and zebras Where men are hunted down like fishes in rivers Arise Africa! For your children are suffering Cursed with a black skin Does this means I am nothing? Africa today is like Africa yesterday Good men like Nkrumah were never allowed to stay Africa! I shed tears of blood for your children A thousand years from now And they still know not their brethren Africa! A land blessed with so many cultures Where children are labeled witches Killed And eaten by vultures Africa! When will you move at a faster pace? So that you can take us all to that promised place Africa! The home of voodoo and magic Where technology is forgotten Because nobody wants it Africa! A land abandoned by youths and scholars Where farmers leave their hoes in search of collars Africa! A land of so many opportunities With fertile soil and rock but still limited possibilities Africa! A land filled with gold and oil Where we languish in poverty Because we do not benefit from the soil Africa! Where money is stolen from the people by the leaders Where sadness is read in the newspapers by readers Black ogres feeding fat on flesh and blood Human beings desecrated without fear of God When will Africa show her true real face? And lift the curse of Ham on the entire black race Africa! A land that tries to copy democracy But the only thing that is done is outright hypocrisy Africa! the key to your redemption is not only violence But we must bring the evil doers to their knees Before we sentence them to silence Bang! Bang! Bang! Machine gun fire none stop Come on Africa I shall lift your spirit up Africa! One day the messiah will come He will rid us off these thieves and the very scum Then your glory will shine like a big red sun That is when I say Africa our work is done By Olusegun Akanbi
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