I was walking round in Paris Near the (inaudible) Zanzibar Said the woman at the front door "Do you know the place you are? This place is from the fancy I don't think you fit the scene You're just an American Black boy I'm a French African Queen" And she

As long as you're a black man, you're an African So don't care where you come from No mind your nationality You've got the identity of an African Don't care where you come from You have got the identity of an African 'Cause if you come from Clarendon

African idea Make the future clear And we are the scatterlings of Africa Copper sun sinking low Scatterlings and fugitives Hooded eyes and weary brows Seek refuge in the night They are the scatterlings of Africa Each uprooted one

Everything black, I don't want black I want everything black, I ain't need black Some white some black, I ain't mean black I want everything black Once I finish this, witnesses will convey just what I mean I'm African-American, I'm African You hate me

She gone with the man in the long black coat Crickets are chirpin' the water is high There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry Window wide open African trees Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze Not a word of goodbye not even a note

Want no more shedding of blood For dis nation to move forward (Freedom) free Africa (Ethiopia) Africans with African pride (Somalia) Fighting to attain our rights What make we can't all unite Put each man difference aside Why can't we just come together

Y ahí vamo' a ver Cómo es gozar Con el bembé Y ahí llego yo Llego yo y ahí vamo´ a ver Vamo' a ver cómo es gozar Es gozar con el bembé El bembé africano es

As long as you're a black man, you're an African So don't care where you come from No mind your nationality You've got the identity of an African Don't care where you come from You have got the identity of an African 'Cause if you come from Clarendon

I need you (I need you) like never before (Like never before) African woman your the one I adore Woman I need you (I need you) like never before (Like never before) Ah ah!!! Cutie, absolutely Just the way she carries herself that's the beauty And when

African shadow man (Oh, shadow man) A shadow man Tell me the future if you can, tell it to me There's magic in your hands An African, an African But these days I'm running through the dark Like a blind man, what's happened to me? Oh, touch my life and