Africa my Beginning
They came from the west
Sailing to the east
With hatred and disease flowing
From their flesh
And a burden to harden our lives
They claimed to be friends
When they found us friendly
And when foreigner met foreigner
They fought for the reign
Exploiters of Africa
Africa my beginning
And Africa my ending
They asked Mugabe
Unataka nini hapa
Wewe mwenyewe
He said binadamu zote
Ni ndugu zake za Africa
Nimefika nirudishie
Nchi zazimbabwe
Mimi ni mwenyewe
In Africa my beginning
And Africa my ending
Suckers of my country
They laid their sponges
Flat on its soil and absorbed its resources
To fill their coffers
Agostinho had spoken in the language of poets
That they went away in multitudes
And forgot their hearts behind
But late is never a bad start in
Africa my beginning
And Africa my ending
No easy way to freedom
Ten lonely years black hopeful men
Food being their wish
Courage their pay
Until Africa was respected
For a leader had emerged
From the bush to Maputo
Viva frelimo
Africa my beginning
And Africa my ending
I remember ja toivo
Namibia is not lost
Nujoma is not idle he’d be coward if he was
You might as well know Germany
In no more in
Africa my beginning
And Africa my ending
Azania here I come from apartheid in tatters
in the land of sorrowfrom that marathon bondage
the sharpville massacrethe flames of Soweto
I was thereI will die there
In Africa my beginning
And Africa my ending
Lets do something
Mbopha
