Key: Ab major
Verse 1
G
F#
Africa, the motherland,
F#
G
I and I a seek a repatriation,
G
F#
Lord
F#
G
Babylon system the whole
G
C
Africa's a sea said the motherland callin'
F#
G
I and I the soldier givin' out a warning
F
G
De m never teach high to love,
dem only teach high to hate
Everyday dem get up and a run the rat race
Or even hold back the arse when
it can't show the gate
You no see say
Rasta picnic, dem start communicate
F
G
Great is great,
G
F#
G
And a time fi black man
F#
G
dem repatri ate
F#
G
Fi move mountain, yes we a fi have faith
Britain and
United
F#
States
G
F#
You no see say the motherland call it
F
G
F#
Babylon system, the whole a it fallin'
G
F#
Africa just hear say the motherland callin'
C
F#
givin' out a warnin'
language and the culture
Take away the gold and all the silver
F#
G
Kill me mother and rape me sister
What are we livin' for in the future?
F
G
And the robot and also dem computer
And the destruction of the superpower
We take a look down in a
South
Africa
Where people was kill like fly and mosquito
F
G
De m put hands on heart
F#
King
Mandela
motherland calling
F#
G
Babylon system the whole a it falling
F#
G
Africa's no see save the
motherland calling
F#
G
Iron eye the soldier giving out a warning
F
G
Because dem tease me bout dem scissors
and dem tease me bout the comb
Africans you know it's time to go home
Dem say still acid dead no
man can get the throne
Dem take weh from
Africa and bring weh jam down
Weh dem take out the food
and bring in the gun
Crack, coke and all dem opium
F#
G
Like dem wanton weh oil
F#
G
F#
Afrikaans, the children a cry
F#
G
Afrikaans, come sing the song
With
Burubantan, you no see say the
motherland callin'
F#
G
Babylon system,
G
F#
Afrikaans no see say the motherland callin'
F#
G
Dem never teach I to love,
a run the rat race
How you go hold back the arse
when it can't show the gate
You no see say
Rasta
Picnic, dem start communicate
And no time fi black man dem reparteeate
we have faith
Dedicate to
Britain and
United
States
motherland callin'
motherland callin'
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG F# C F
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