Africa Must Wake Up Lyrics - Distant Relatives - Damian "junior Gong" Marley

Morning to you man 

Morning to you love 

Hey, I say I say 

Africa must wake up 

The sleeping sons of Jacob 

For what tomorrow may bring 

May a better day come 

Yesterday we were Kings 

Can you tell me young ones 

Who are we today, yeah now 

Africa must wake up 

The sleeping sons of Jacob 

For what tomorrow may bring 

May a better day come 

Yesterday we were Kings 

Can you tell me young ones 

Who are we today, yeah now 

The black oasis 

Ancient Africa the sacred 

Awaken the sleeping giant 

Science, Art is your creation 

I dreamt that we could visit Old Kemet 

Your history is too complex and rigid 

For some western critics 

They want the whole subject diminished 

But Africa's the origin of all the world's religions 

We praised bridges that carried us over 

The battle front of Sudanic soldiers 

The task put before us 

Ya hear me out 

Africa must wake up 

The sleeping sons of Jacob 

For what tomorrow may bring 

May a better day come 

Yesterday we were Kings 

Can you tell me young ones 

Who are we today, yeah now 

Africa must wake up 

The sleeping sons of Jacob 

For what tomorrow may bring 

May a better day come 

Yesterday we were Kings 

Can you tell me young ones 

Who are we today, yeah now 

Who are we today? 

The slums, diseases, AIDS 

We need all that to fade 

We cannot be afraid 

So who are we today? 

We are the morning after 

The make shift youth 

The slave ship captured 

Our diaspora, is the final chapter 

The ancestral lineage built pyramids 

Americas first immigrant 

The Kings sons and daughters from Nile waters 

The first architect, the first philosophers, astronomers 

The first prophets and doctors was us 

Now can we all pray 

Each in his own way 

Teaching and learning 

And we can work it out 

We'll have a warm bed 

We'll have some warm bread 

And shelter from the storm dread 

And we can work it out 

Mother Nature feeds all 

In famine and drought 

Tell those selfish in ways 

Not to share us out 

What's a tree without root 

Lion without tooth 

A lie without truth 

You hear me out 

Africa must wake up 

The sleeping sons of Jacob 

For what tomorrow may bring 

May a better day come 

Yesterday we were Kings 

Can you tell me young ones 

Who are we today 

Ye lord 

Well Africa must wake up 

The sleeping sons of Jacob 

For what tomorrow may bring 

May some more love come 

Yesterday we were Kings 

I'll tell you young blood 

This world is yours today 

Dadyahow daali waayey, nabada diideen 

Oo ninkii doortay dinta, waadinka dillee 

Oo dal markii ladhiso, waadinka dunshee 

Oo daacad ninkii damcay, waadinka dooxee 

Dadyahow daali waayey, nabada diideen 

Oo ninkii doortay dinta, waadinka dillee 

Oo dal markii ladhiso, waadinka dunshee 

Oo daacad ninkii damcay, waadinka dooxee