The Negro's dance

(Awuah-Mainoo Gabriel)

Calling our sleeping heroes and sojourners to come home for us to build a great African empire!

Please note: This text is protected by copyright and may not be copied or used for other purposes - even in parts or in revised form - without the expressed permission by Premium Lyrics.

Select your license (10 out of 10 licenses still left)

$ 25.00 incl. VAT

License group 1: non-commercial use

$ 50.00 incl. VAT

License group 2: commercial use with limited right of reproduction

$ 100.00 incl. VAT

License group 3: commercial use with unlimited right of reproduction

Here you find more information about our Licensing models.

Add to cart Wishlist

Strumming near de Mississippi Where de waves have given some chords Jamming near de Nile Where de fishes Had already made demma dance Up, up Africa! It’s time to dance! Now you da love ma rhythm Le him nod nod his head A black man song― a gentle twist You da love de chords Le him tap tap his lap A black man song ―a mellifluous jazz. Tell tell Mugabe I got a song, A song for him, a song for us A song of freedom. Wake wake Mandela Le him know we mocking apartheid A song for us, a song for his people. Singing loud beyond the ocean; “Sojourners come home; Africa is got a song Don’t be late Coz soon de song na fade” Now who da love ma song Le him shake, shake his boom, Babe I got your hands, Step step Twist twist round in turns and turn. Dem men with long trousers Fold ya trousers and unfold ya utmost joy Get the maid, And with ma song get her paid, I got this song, a song for my people.

Any opinions that may be interpreted within the lyrics on this site will be those of the individual author, and do not necessarily represent those of Premium Lyrics.

More search results

What more Lord

By Awuah-Mainoo Gabriel

Putting that perilous task upon yourself...the willingness to die for Christ.

View lyric

I've known home

By Awuah-Mainoo Gabriel

An African child singing through a horrible perspective of the gory and inhuman actions he has seen during the days of slavery, which he has come to accept the fact that despite whatever be the case whether good or bad; things must be gladly embraced on the land of birth. This boy depicts the heroic attitude of Africans.

View lyric

Not The Best

By Ari Wilde

This song is about constantly fighting with someone who tries to bring you down because they are unsatisfied with their life

View lyric

FLESHLEAF

By Matt Duffie

Straight up: This is a song about my favourite band and how they have inspired me throughout the years.

View lyric

Gum on the Sidewalk

By Joshua Lyons

Discarded like trash, but refusing to let go.

View lyric

Torn apart

By Elizabeth Lopez

It's a song that will mean different things to who listens to it, I wrote it about out connections to our emotions and people.

View lyric

Stranded

By Taimoor Havok

This song is about feeling lost and alone but still having a tiny ray of hope because you believe in yourself. It is also about a relationship that's hanging by a thread and is about to end but there is still hope.

View lyric