Chords for Stephen Marley - Made In Africa ft. Wale, The Cast of Fela

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_ _ _ that Africa is the [G] birthplace of mankind.
_ [F] Africans were the first [Am] builders of civilization.
_ They discovered [G] mathematics, _ [F] invented writing, _ [Dm] developed sciences, _ engineering, medicine,
religion, _ fine arts, [G] and built great pyramids, [Em]
an architectural achievement which still battles
modern [Am] science.
_ _ The _ [G] 225th emperor _ [F] _ _
[Am] erected a cent from Solomon and the queen of Sheba.
_ [G] He _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ is the king of kings, the lion _ of Judah.
_ [G] _ _ _ The name [Em]
Haile Selassie _ means power _ [Am] of the
king. _ _ _ _ _
[G] Educate _ yourself [F] _ _ _
[Am] Africa, _ _ _ _ to [G] _ liberate _ [F] yourself _ Africa, [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ keep your heads up high,
_ [D] no more [Em] will we _ _ cry. _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ Our history [G] that they stole, [F] _ _
[Am] Africa, _ _ _ _ _ is written [G] in our [F] souls, _
Africa, [Dm] _ _ _ _ oldest nation on this earth, _ know [Em] just what you were. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, well, [Am] _ ships that sail to distant [G] places, robbed [F] us of our rights and [Am] words,
history says that you've [G] betrayed us, talking [F] of the gods you've [Am] served, hear the rumbling in the
[G] sky, _ tears are [F] taught for fathers [Am] cry, and today we're still in [G] chains, deadly [F] shackled from our
[Dm] minds.
_ _ _ You're the _ _ _ cornerstone, the king [Em] upon the throne. _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ How beautiful [G] art thou, [F] _ _
[Am] Africa, _ _ _ _ _ our [G] nation after all, [F] _ _
Africa,
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ don't you fall from grace, _ you're that [Em] sacred place. Oh, _ _
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_ [Am] power to the people, motherland _ [G] representer, I'm on trial [F] with the man, she my co [Am]-defendant,
and I demand her attention, can you focus [G] woman, I'm getting closer [Am] to the sky, every time I hit
it, Haile Selassie, power of the trinity, [G] soul maiden, my [F] fights made in Italy, [Am] white man's
world that I'm living in, some [G] say, but it was [F] Africa, the continent we all [Dm] came from,
can't nothing come between me and you, so before I have seeds, gotta [Dm] understand my roots,
[Em] gotta understand the truth, we is all kings around here, life's not all fair,
work to be flawed, [Am] dear lord, going hard to earn like a poor [G] girl, although my [F] body's in the US,
[Am] my heart's there, I can never be ashamed of her, I [G] got my features and my name [F] from her, mama.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ The richest place on earth, _ know just [Em] what your _ worth, _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ they just isn't [G] sure, talking [F] about the God [Am] you serve,
still to say that it'll do, [G] _ say that [F] all I did [Am] was,
_ still to think I'd be pleased, [G] _ say that [F] all I did was,
[Dm] high, _ _ _ _ keep your heads up high, _ _ no more [Em] will we cry,
in the _ _ _ _ _ _ Africa, _ _ where [Am] you are,
_ the _
_ [G] infiltrator _ [F] owns _ Africa,
[Am] _ _ _ _ and claim [G] it as their own, [F] _ _
Africa,
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ now we must stand tall, to break down [Em] all these _ walls, _
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where we [Am] are, _ _ our children [G] must be taught [F] of _
[Am] Africa, _ _ _ _ _ _
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Beautiful [G] of _ _ [F] _ [Am] Africa, _ _ _ a _ _ legend [G] of the world, _ [F] _ _ _
[Dm] Africa _ _ _ _ _ _
_ He _ lived in _ [Em] Africa, _ he _ was a sheikh _ _ _ _ _
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lived [Am] in Africa, _ _ _ _
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