Child of Africa
To your roots your connected
Like an ancient tree that grows taller and stronger
Connected strongly to its roots
For your voice is shaped by your ancestorsAs the God's
Beat the African drums
The calling of the reminder
To never loss your identity
The call, for you to answer
For your return to your rootsLike a bird may fly and travel
Places and see the world
A bird never forgets to fly back to its originated nestCHILD OF AFRICA
Listen to the drums of the God's
The drums that beat, like your heart beat
The drums that awaken, motivating your spirit
Listen to the drums of AFRICA
Calling your nameCHILD OF AFRICA
Return to your birth land
Return to your mother land
Return to the soil/grounds of your ancestorsThe God's are calling your name
African child answer the call
For God's are calling for your return
The urban isn't your right
Africa is your homeWalk the lands of AFRICA
Barefoot, as your connect to your roots
Let your foot prints, be the mark of your culture as an African child
Print your steps were your ancestors once walked tooCelebrate by dancing your traditional dances
Sing the songs once sang by your great God's
Drink the African beer, once drank by our great ancestors
Praise your clan names
CHILD OF AFRICA, REMEMBER WHO YOU ARECHILD OF AFRICA
Days of birth are celebrated
As your birth was recognized by the God's
That beat the same they beat when
Celebrating your first cries as an African ChildThe milk once feed from your mother's breast
Was the feeding of self acknowledge
As the belly cot that was once connected
From a mother to a child, she'ed buried buried
Under the moist Sands of Africa, connecting you to your God'sCHILD OF AFRICA
The God's are beating their drums
Calling you for your returnGO, GO BACK HOME
CHILD OF AFRICA
Return home to your birth place
To your people, to your cultureTHE DRUMS OF THE GOD'S
Keeps beating their drumsCALLING FOR YOUR RETURN
ANSWER IT CHILD OF AFRICA
NEVER FORGET YOUR ROOTS
CHILD OF AFRICA
THE DRUMS OF THE GOD'S
YOU ARE READING
AFRICA MY PRIDE ( THE DRUMS OF THE GOD'S)
PoesieI want to express my inner African culture And my Traditional ways The drums of the God's Tells the journey to self discovery As I am the the child of Africa I must always remember my roots AFRICA MY PRIDE