Garvey

garvey garvey rise agen
teck wi from dis evil den
garvey garvey rescue wi
from disyah ideology
marcus garvey risin from earth
like moses pick from birth
com children say it loud
mek dem know wi still black an' proud

i'm black and i'm proud

afrikan leaders just wait
garvey action wi can duplicate
black pride im did preach
to de young we must teach
put garvey in wi reality
mek wi check im philosophy
talkin bout our history
dat begin before slavery
com children say it loud
mek dem know wi still black an' proud

from egypt to timbucktu
from morrocco to south afrika too
we walk proud over de lan'
out of afrika it all began
garvey taught race first
afrikan slavery was not a curse
we can accomplish w'at we will
great afrika was great we are still
com children say it loud
mek dem know wi still black an' proud

i'm black and i'm proud

if u don't know where u commin from
u wont know where u are goin
a people without a knowledge of their past
is like a tree without roots
afrika for afrikans
those at home an' those abroad
if you have no confidence in yourself
u are twice defeated in de race of life
but with confidence u have won
even before u have started

com children say it loud
mek dem know wi still black an' proud

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