I Am Africa

[ELDER MCKINLEY]
I am Africa
I am Africa
With the strength of the cheetah
My native voice will ring
[ELDERS]
We are Africa
We are the heartbeat of Africa
[ELDER SCHRADER]
With the rhino
[ELDER THOMAS]
The meerkat
[ELDER CHURCH]
The noble lion king
[ELDERS]
We are Africa
We are the winds of the Serengeti
We are the sweat of the jungle man
We are the tears of Nelson Mandela
We are the lost boys of the Sudan
[ELDER CUNNINGHAM]
I am Africa
Just like Bono, I am Africa
I flew in here
And became one with this land
[ELDERS]
Ha na heya, za ba neyba
[ELDER CUNNINGHAM]
I'm not a follower anymore
No, now I'm frickin' Africa
With my Zulu spear
I run barefoot through the sand
I am Africa
[ELDERS]
Ha na heya, za ba ney
We are Africa (We are Africa)
We are the one, the only Africa (The one and only Africa)
And the life we live is
Primitive and proud (Let us smile and laughrica)
We are Africa
We are deepest, darkest Africa (So deep and dark Africa)
We are the fields and fertile forests
Well endowed
We are Africa (We are Africa)
[ELDER MCKINLEY]
We are the sunrise on the Savannah
[ELDER ZELDER]
A monkey with a banana
[ELDER CHURCH]
A tribal woman who doesn't wear a bra
[ELDERS]
Africans are African
But we are Africa