We Are Africans

We are Africans we are dancing people we know the steps of every dance across the globe we follow the beat as it dictates the pace The foreigners see us and burst into scoff but we know it is only the sad and souless that resist the sounds of the beat. we dance in the sanctuary Eledumare bequeaths us with long life We dance in the market "aje" makes our wares abode We dance in our home disasters distance themselves from us. o We are Africans we are singing people we know the song for every moment we sing from the depth of our hearts the foreigners call us noising but we know and revel in the joy that only singing could bring. we sing in the noon the sky bless us with the rain we sing in the dark the moon lights up our way we sing in our journey safely we reach our destination