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Backstory:

A nation of people cries, praying to restore the laughter of our children of Africa, our homeland, Africa.  Lyrics by Clare Steffen, Beat by Ummbrella, and Vocals & Music Production by May OnMars (Zimbabwe), as a part of the Round The Globe project.

Lyrics:

                                                  
V1

Mankind sprouted from our soil

History began here

Culture melts, remaining loyal

To the biosphere



V2

From the seedlings of time

Our people survived

Transplanted, like a climbing vine

We adapted and thrived



Chorus

Velvet skin of every color

Diversity in all its beauty

Colonialism, a painful blur

Torn between heart and duty

New tribes had to rise

Politics of before and after

A nation of people cries

Praying to restore the laughter

Of our children of Africa

Our homeland, Africa



V3

We speak in many tongues

But share a common bond

Souvenirs of the past are among

Memories far beyond



Bridge

Enslavement of our people

Africa is free



Chorus

Velvet skin of every color

Diversity in all its beauty

Colonialism, a painful blur

Torn between heart and duty

New tribes had to rise

Politics of before and after

A nation of people cries

Praying to restore the laughter

Of our children of Africa

Our homeland, Africa



Outro

We are free people,

Africa, Africa