Chains of Civilization

Mama Africa dey cry oh

E don tey wey we dey feel am

Listen...

Dem come with Bible for hand, smile for face

Talk say dem wan show us better place

But the same hand wey hold the book of peace

Carry gun, carry chain, our freedom cease

Gold and diamond wey dey our soil

Our ancestors blood, sweat and toil

Dem call am civilization, progress and light

But wetin we see? Wahala and fight

Africa dey bleed, nobody dey hear our cry

Dem take our treasure, tell us lie upon lie

In the name of progress, dem break our soul

But we still dey stand, we never go fold

Africa dey bleed, but we go rise again

From the ashes and the pain, we go reign

See our kingdoms wey strong like iroko tree

Benin, Mali, Zimbabwe - we be somebody

Dem divide us with border, pit brother against brother

Steal our language, make us fight each other

Omo, the scars wey dem leave for our land

Generations still dey try understand

How the people wey preach love and God

Turn round use whip, turn us to servant, to rod

Africa dey bleed, nobody dey hear our cry

Dem take our treasure, tell us lie upon lie

In the name of progress, dem break our soul

But we still dey stand, we never go fold

Africa dey bleed, but we go rise again

From the ashes and the pain, we go reign

But hear me now, our spirit never die

We be children of the sun, we reach for the sky

Every tear wey we cry, water the seed

One day Afrika go bloom, one day we go lead

Chukwu dey see everything, justice go come

The descendants of kings, our time go run

Mama Africa, we hear you

Your children dey rise

We never go forget

We dey remember...