The past has gone 
The future is yet [bad word] 
Hear this 

Going back to my root 
Born in Africa 
'cause I'm born in Africa 
Born in Africa 

Going back to my root 
Born in Africa 
'cause I'm born in Africa 
Born in Africa

 [bad word] born Africa I [bad word] 
Cause I was born in Africa 
Jah know 
Say [bad word] from Nigeria land of oil 
Land of diamond gold sugarcane 
We plant cossawa & sweet potations 
We have a lot of thing but no discipline discipline 
That is we got from colonialism 
All this was Babylon business 

Going back to my root 
Born in Africa 
'cause I'm born in Africa 
Born in Africa

Going back to my root 
Born in Africa 
'cause I'm born in Africa 
Born in Africa

White man never give up Africa 
White man never give up the business business 
Why this division in Africa 
Why this division in the system 
It doesn't have no moral no self? conches? 
Some of them went to America 
Some of them went to the Carribien 
Some of them died other Atlantic 

Going back to my root 
Born in Africa 
'cause I'm born in Africa 
Born in Africa

Going back to my root 
Born in Africa 
'cause I'm born in Africa 
Born in Africa

South Africa Egypt 
Livia Algeria 
Zimbabwe Mozambique 
Angola Rwand 
Nigeria Morocco 
Tunisia Ghana

Going back to my root 
Born in Africa 
'cause I'm born in Africa 
Born in Africa

Going back to my root 
Born in Africa 
'cause I'm born in Africa 
Born in Africa