Africa World Wide

Roots natty, roots natty congo
Roots natty, roots natty dread
Roots natty, roots natty congo

Our foreparents were born in Africa
And we are born in Jamaica
But everyday some people a talk
Like they are born in Africa

Roots natty congo
Tell you, natty dread is a bongo
Tell you, natty dread is a congo
Said-a, what a roots natty bongo

Mi just say, mi mama an' mi papa, say, dem born in a Africa
Mi mama an' mi papa, say, dem born in a Africa
Born in a Jamdown
But now we born in a Jamdown
For, we are African descendant, I would tell you
Said dat, we are African descendant, I would say
Said, our ancestors was born in Africa
And so they brought us there as slave an' so mi a go to dig your grave

My mother was a true born African
Tell dem dat, mi papa was a true born African
For, we are African, for, we are African
For, we are African down in Jamaica
Down in a Babylon, down in a England
Down in a, in a Europe
Woah, an' African in a Canada
So mi said dat African is in America
Woah, I tell you, African is in a China
Tell you 'bout the sound a call-a Africa
African, dem spread out

Woah, African in a China
Woah, an' African in a India
So mi said dat African is in a Syria
Mi said dat African is in a Asia
Woah, an' African is in a England
African is in a New Zealand
African in a Canada
Tell you 'bout the sound a little ways
I would tell you 'bout di African

Mi mother was a born true born African
Mi papa born as a true born African
That's why mi got to sing my song about dis African
Beca' mi mama was a true born African
Mi say, mi papa was a true born African
So dem brought us here as slave an' so we have fi dig we grave
Tell you 'bout the sound a call-a Africa

An' African in a Canada
Woah, an' African in a England
Mi said dat African in a Europe
Woah, dat dem time dem reach, dem reach 'way a Canada