Dark nights will bring me fireflies
Gazelles stride the savannah
Monkey hunts for banana
Kilimanjaro sits with his head in the clouds
Alone, yet simply majestic
Deserts, forests, savannah, swamps
With mother, each one of them camps
The rivers bring an all year spring
Flaunting their life engagement ring
The sun is banned from truancy
The earth grows her pharmacy
The stars dazzle in their own right
The pipes go puff from grandfathers
And stories pop from grandmothers
The night awakes in the moonlight
The rooster wakes all at first light
Mothers, daughter, may they prosper
Backbones, stronghold, the black woman
They set tones that don’t falter
We’ve heard the rotten tomatoes
On their path I’ll not place my toes
All the truth is not what they told
Just clips of words that can be sold
Watch me as I dance the dance
Like one possessed, in a trance
With happiness that takes no nap
As often as the sweet notes tap
The thieves that came, we called brothers
Years after, their evils run further
The history book did blackmail us
But she still kicks, our strong black horse
The truth that many hold so true
Is a wrapped lie (they have no clue)
Seek the truth, let him set you free
Our land is one that’s wild and free
Many species, land and cultures
Palm tree, baboons, lions, vultures
Eagles, rhinos, turkey and ram
Egusi soup and pounded yam
Talons and claws, paws and fingers
Oasis and falls, springs and rivers
Mountains, hills and rock pedestals
My home, beauty monumental
No matter what your believes are
Might not predict the future well
But of this future I can tell:
The sun will shine on Africa
The rains will pour upon her lands
Flowers will bud in Africa
The ground will hold under her hands
Birds will compose songs of Africa
Peacocks will boast of Africa
Flamingos will dance with her
Oceans will ride with her empire
Her sons will stand by Africa
Written by: Adetimilehin VicAdex Inioluwa
Edited by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
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