(intro 4x) ( F G# G )

                       C
Don't care where you come from
F		C
As long as you're a black man
	     G
You're an African

                C
No mind your nationality
F		C		G
You have got the identity of an African

			F
'Cause if you come from Clarendon
G			F
And if you come from Portland
G			F
And if you come from Westmoreland
             G
You're an African
                       C
Don't care where you come from
F		C
As long as you're a black man
	     G
You're an African
		C
No mind your nationality
F		C		G
You've got the identity of an African

                      F
'Cause if you come Trinidad
G			F
And if you come from Nassau
G			F
And if you come from Cuba
             G
You're an African
                        C
Don't care where you come from
F		C
As long as you're a black man
	     G
You're an African

                  C
No mind your complexion
F		C
There is no rejection
              G
You're an African
                        F
'Cause if your plexion high, high, high
G		F
If your complexion low, low, low
G		F
And if your plexion in between
            G
You're an African
                       C
Don't care where you come from
F		C
As long as you're a black man
	     G
You're an African

              C
No mind denomination
F		C
That is only segregation
	G
You're an African
                         F
'Cause if you go to the Catholic
G			F
And if you go to the Methodist
G			F
And if you go to the Church of Gods
            G
You're an African
                       C
Don't care where you come from
F		C
As long as you're a black man
	     G
You're an African

                 C
No mind your nationality
F		C		G
You have got the identity of an African

			F
'Cause if you come from Brixton
G			F
And if you come from Weesday
G			F
And if you come from Wingstead
G			F
And if you come from France
G			F
And if you come from Brooklyn
G			F
And if you come from Queens
G			F
And if you come from Manhattan
G			F
And if you come from Canada
G			F
And if you come from Miami
G			F
And if you come from Switzerland
G			F
And if you come from Germany
G			F
And if you come from Russia
G
And if you come from Taiwan