I’ve been wondering ‘bout the world we live in now
All we do is fight for truth not yet been found
Who’s wrong or right now,
Bring it to the light somehow
In Africa
Looking ‘round the world now,
Truth is hidden here somehow
In Africa
Hey hey, come on
Hey my mother all alone
Hey my sister go on home
You will never be alone
In Africa
Koko
Ey Ngicel’ukhuphule i-volume lapho
Ey Truth and reconciliation with our minds is a thing now
Is the colour of my skin finally the flight in my wing now
Queens stand up or are you still growing our kids now
Kings stand up or are you sweating in our gardens
Bow down to those uniforms as they try to be uniform to hope on paper
Held back by structure
Funny we were the help that built this architecture
Now we’re scattered like left overs
Mntanakithi siyahlupheka
Ukuphila ukubona, niyavuma? (Siyavuma)
Sizophumelela ngempela it is true now
Although there is complexity and conflicts in view now
Let’s make this land brand new now
Remember what is true now
We are beautiful man, it’s the love for this land
If we were made of bones and sand we gotta understand
That we were made in his image and it’s His plan
Hey hey, come on
Hey my mother all alone
Hey my sister go on home
You will never be alone
In Africa
Just a beautiful jazzy rap album with buttery smooth flows versed with huge talent. It's not only lovely to the ears, but the lyrics are profound and empowering about the struggles that she faces. zhangtastic
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell