Africa
i came to change you but instead you changed me
and i confess i came to frame you in a photograph
but you showed me why
and you turned this heart around
and i see your smile how it can be
so much brighter than me
and your silent eyes they scream
of hunger and meaning and eternal dreaming
africa
Africa
we smiled at you from behind the glass
and without reserve and whiter than snow
you smiled back at us
and you showed me who
and you turned this mind around
and i see your hands reach out to god
so much higher than ours
and your silent eyes they scream
of hunger and meaning and eternal dreaming
africa
Afrika mimi naku penda