[Intro]
C G D G
Ziya-po ya-ya, pa-pa-ya-pa!
C G D G
Ti-da-lee, na po-po pu-du-loo! Ste-na-peh na-na po po-ro po!
[Chorus]
G D Em
Africa unite:
C D Em
'cause we're moving right out of Babylon,
C D Em
And we're going to our father's land, yea-ea.
[Verse 1]
G D Em C
How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man, yea-eah!
G D Em C
To see the unification of all Africans, yeah!
G D Em C
As it's been said a'ready, let it be done, yeah!
G D Em C
We are the children of the rastaman;
G D Em C
We are the children of the iyaman
[Chorus]
G D Em
So-o, Africa unite:
C D
'cause the children wanna come home
G D Em
Africa unite:
C D Em
'cause we're moving right out of Babylon, yea,
C D Em
And we're grooving to our father's land, yea-ea
[Verse 2]
G D Em C
How good and how pleasant it would be before God and man
G D Em C
To see the unification of all rastaman, yeah
G D Em C
As it's been said a'ready, let it be done!
G D Em C
I tell you who we are under the sun:
G D Em C
We are the children of the rastaman;
G D Em C
We are the children of the iyaman
[Outro]
G D Em
So-o: Africa unite,
C D Em
Afri - Africa unite, yeah!
C D Em
Unite for the benefit of your people!
C D Em
Unite for it's later than you think!
C D Em
Unite for the benefit of my children!
C D Em
Unite for it's later than you think!
C D Em
Africa awaits its creators!
C D Em
Africa awaiting its creator!
C D Em
Africa, you're my forefather cornerstone!
C D Em
Unite for the Africans abroad!
C D Em
Unite for the Africans a yard!
