THE HEART OF AFRICA

I am a real giant

A very big elephant

My big trunk blows his music

All across the Atlantic

Into the pacific

I defend my integrity

Stamping my authority

Among my people

But not to make them tremble

I looked back into my history

Searching through my memory

Then I said gone are the days

When still work in my weak ways

When I couldn’t stand the day light

Because I was shy

Hiding in the dark

Running to the back

Then a force came from a far to kill my fear

From a place that is not near

Perhaps from nowhere

Or may be from inside me

But it came to drag me

From the back stage

 Into my rightful place

Then a voice spoke to me

Why are you so weak?

When your strength is at the peak

Then I stood up on my feet

And took my rightful seat

 Like a leader in a big feast

Calling my brothers

Bringing them together

Fostering our unity

Not minding our cultural diversity

Expressing my sincerity

And my genuine capability

To be a leader

And be my brother’s keeper

Giving them shelter and bringing peace

To the community where there is no peace

I dropped my garment of pride

And go into a slave drive

 Taking us to our glory

So we can have a new story

I need not your compliment

Because I know I’m the soul of a continent

And don’t take for an America

Because I am the heart of Africa.