My Africa
from The Brian Woodbury Songbook by Brian Woodbury
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sung by Joe Moe
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C H O R U S
It is my Africa too
And it is my Africa
For the mother of the human race is Africa
It is my Africa too
It is my Africa too
Yes, it is my Africa
'Cause the one who taught the world to sing
was Mother Africa
It is my Africa too
V E R S E 1
Back in Africa,
Long before recorded history,
An animal we call the human race was born.
And starting there,
And going forth on land and sea,
It spread around,
From the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Horn.
With navigation (Africa)
Using astronomy (Africa)
With irrigation (Africa)
And agriculture (Africa)
Singing polyphony (Africa)
Speaking the Mother Tongue (Africa)
Making a city state (Africa)
And civilization
CHORUS
V E R S E 2
They used to call Africa a dark,
benighted continent,
Forcing her to slave and suffer in despair.
But the story of her glory
And her tragedy,
so long denied,
is reawakening a heritage we share.
Take back the Nile (Africa)
Take Cleopatra (Africa)
Take back the ivory (Africa)
Save the great creatures (Africa)
Bring back the grasslands (Africa)
Take the Sahara (Africa)
Take back the diamonds and silver and freedom (Africa)
Nelson Mandela
CHORUS
It is my Africa too
And it is my Africa
For the mother of the human race is Africa
It is my Africa too
It is my Africa too
Yes, it is my Africa
'Cause the one who taught the world to sing
was Mother Africa
It is my Africa too
V E R S E 1
Back in Africa,
Long before recorded history,
An animal we call the human race was born.
And starting there,
And going forth on land and sea,
It spread around,
From the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Horn.
With navigation (Africa)
Using astronomy (Africa)
With irrigation (Africa)
And agriculture (Africa)
Singing polyphony (Africa)
Speaking the Mother Tongue (Africa)
Making a city state (Africa)
And civilization
CHORUS
V E R S E 2
They used to call Africa a dark,
benighted continent,
Forcing her to slave and suffer in despair.
But the story of her glory
And her tragedy,
so long denied,
is reawakening a heritage we share.
Take back the Nile (Africa)
Take Cleopatra (Africa)
Take back the ivory (Africa)
Save the great creatures (Africa)
Bring back the grasslands (Africa)
Take the Sahara (Africa)
Take back the diamonds and silver and freedom (Africa)
Nelson Mandela
CHORUS
credits
from The Brian Woodbury Songbook,
released December 1, 2000
vocal: Joe Moe; bass Chris Wood; percussion: Jon Feinberg; accordion: Guy Klucevsek; guitar: Marc Muller; harmonium: Elma Mayer; trombone: Dan Levine; background vocals: Stephanie Courtney, Lee Arvinger, Carmen Borgia, Deb Heitt, Brian Woodbury, Elma Mayer, Lynne Hutton, Alex Hutton
vocal: Joe Moe; bass Chris Wood; percussion: Jon Feinberg; accordion: Guy Klucevsek; guitar: Marc Muller; harmonium: Elma Mayer; trombone: Dan Levine; background vocals: Stephanie Courtney, Lee Arvinger, Carmen Borgia, Deb Heitt, Brian Woodbury, Elma Mayer, Lynne Hutton, Alex Hutton
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Brian Woodbury Los Angeles, California
Brian Woodbury is a Los Angeles composer, lyricist and bandleader who writes musicals, post-modern jazz compositions, quirky pop, country songs and music for children's TV.
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