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

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It is now conceived that Africa is the [G] birthplace of mankind.
[F] Africans were the [Am] first builders of civilization.
They [G] discovered mathematics, [F] invented writing, [Dm] developed sciences, engineering, medicine,
religion, fine arts, [Em] myth, great pyramids, an architectural instrument which still baffles [Am] modern science.
The [G] 225th [F] emperor [Am] erected a descent from Solomon and the queen of Sheba.
[G] He [F] _ _
[Dm] _ is the king of kings, the lion of Judah.
[G] _ [Em] The name Haile Selassie means power [Am] of the king.
_ _ [G] Educate [F] yourselves of [Am] Africa.
_ _ _ [G] Deliberate [F] yourself, [Dm] Africa.
_ Keep your heads up high.
No [Em] more will we cry. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ Our history [G] that they [F] stole, [Am] Africa, _ is [G] written in our [F] souls.
[Dm] Africa, _ oldest nation on this earth, know [Em] just what you were.
_ _ _ Well, [Am] well, ships that sailed to [G] distant places [F] robbed us of our [Am] rights and words.
History says that you've [G] betrayed us.
[F] Talking of the gods you [Am] served, hear the rumbling in [G] the sky.
Tears [F] are torn for [Am] fathers' cry.
And today we're still [G] in chains.
[F] Take the shackle from [Dm] our minds.
You're the cornerstone, the king [Em] upon the throne. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ Oh, [G] beautiful land [F] of [Am] Africa, _ our [G] nation is [F] about [Dm] Africa.
_ Don't you fall from grace.
You're [Em] that sacred place. _ _ _ _
[Am] I would say to people, motherland, [G] represent her.
I'm on [F] trial with the man.
She my [Am] co-defendant.
And I demand her attention.
Keep your [G] focus, woman.
I'm getting [Am] closer to the sky.
Every time I hit it, highly scholastic.
Power of the [G] trinity, soul maidenage of my fights made in [Am] Italy.
White man's world that I'm living in.
[G] Some say that it was [F] Africa, the continent we [Dm] all came from.
Can't nothing come between me and you.
So before I have seeds, got to understand my [Em] roots.
Got to understand the truth.
We is all kings around here.
Life's not all fair.
Words can be [Am] far dear.
Lord, going hard till I earn like a [G] poor bird.
Although my body's in the [Am] U.S.,. my heart's there. I can never be ashamed of her. [G] I got my features and my [F] name from her, Mama [Dm] Africa. _ The richest place on earth. Know [Em] just what your worth. _ Glory, glory, [Am] he said, oh, my. Stip, tip, stayday, tip, [G] tip, tip. Stip, [F] tip, stayday, tip, tip, [Am] tip. Stip, tip, stayday, tip, tip, [G] tip. Talking [F] about the God you [Am] serve. Stip, tip, stayday, tip, tip, [G] tip. Stayday, dayday, [Am] dayday, dayday. Stip, tip, stayday, tip, tip, [G] tip. Said [F] I know nothing [Dm] but I. Keep your heads up high. No [Em] more will we cry. We are the Africa. [Am] White girl. _ The [G] infiltrator [F] owns [Am] Africa. _ They [G] claim it as their [F] own [Dm] Africa. _ Now we must stand tall. To break [Em] down all these walls. _ _ _ [Am] Well, well. Our children [G] must be taught [Am] of Africa. _ The [G] science and the [F] arts of [Dm] Africa. _ _ _ _ Let [Em] Africa be our teacher. _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] Educate yourselves, [Am] Africa. To [G] liberate [F] yourselves, [Dm] Africa. _ Keep your heads up high. No [Em] more will we cry. _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] Beautiful Africa. _ [Am] _ _ _ A [G] legend of the bow. [F] _ [Dm] Africa. _ _ _ Africa. _ _ [Em] _ In Africa. The _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _
[Am] many Africa. _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ [Am] Maybe Africa. _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ [Am] Maybe Africa. _ _ [D] _ [F] I'm [Am] living Africa _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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