The past has gone The future is yet to come Hear this Going back to my roots Born in Africa 'Cause I'm born in Africa Born in Africa Going back to my roots Born in Africa 'Cause I'm born in Africa Born in Africa True born african A true 'Cause I'm a true born african Jah know Say mi come from nigeria the land of oil The land of diamond, gold and sugarcane Sugarcane We plant cassava and sweet potatoes We have a lot of things, but no discipline Discipline That's what we got from colonialism All this was babylon business Going back to my roots Born in Africa 'Cause I'm born in Africa Born in Africa Going back to my roots Born in Africa 'Cause I'm born in Africa Born in Africa White man never give up Africa White man never give the business Business Why this division in Africa Why this division in the system It doesn't have no moral, no self conscious Some of them went to America Some of them to the Caribean Some of them died over the Atlantic Going back to my roots Born in Africa 'Cause I'm born in Africa Born in Africa Going back to my roots Born in Africa 'Cause I'm born in Africa Born in Africa South Africa, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Zimbabwe, Mozambique Angola, Rwanda, Nigeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Ghana Going back to my roots Born in Africa 'Cause I'm born in Africa Born in Africa Going back to my roots Born in Africa 'Cause I'm born in Africa Born in Africa A true born African