Fatboy Slim - Free South Africa (The Remix) lyrics

A-F-R-I-C-A Angola Soweto Zimbabwe Tanzania Zambia Mozambique And Botswana So let us speak about the motherland (Free free free Free free free Free free free Nelson Mandela) (3x) (Africa Africa) (4x) [Verse One] I know this girl whose name is Lola She lives in a country called Angola Her president's name is Dos Santos And a man named Savimbi's playin him too close She says, "Hey brother, my country's in a war, we are Fighting rebels backed by Pretoria" Upon hearin' this I was pretty upset You know what? I went and told the Stet And the Stet said Yo, is Lola's last name Falana? (No) Well, my cousin lives in Botswana (Are they in war too?) Is a heel on a shoe? My man, they know apartheid like I know you The president is Masire, the capital Gaborone Where the fight for freedom is a (universal tone) So are you with it? (I'm in beyond a shadow of doubt) So let's spell it on, spell it on, spell it on out A-F-R-I-C-A Angola Soweto Zimbabwe Tanzania Zambia Mozambique And Botswana So let us speak about the motherland Speak about the motherland (about the motherland) Speak about the motherland (about the motherland) (South Africa no free, neither will we) (Free free free) Free! Free! Free South Africa! (Free free free) Free! Free! Free South Africa! (Free free free...) Free! Free! Free South Africa! (...Nelson Mandela) (2x) [Verse Two] I've seen a TV report and I watched the whole week That-that-that Samora Machel of Mozambique Was k**ed in a crash that couldn't be explained Yo Dee, I wanna break Yo brother, refrain Kenneth Kaunda's in Zambia (I'm in America) SWAPO's in Namibia (Nyerere's in Tanzania) Mugabe's in Harare, Jesse just came back From the homeland, the green and the black So let's spell it out A-F-R-I-C-A Angola Soweto Zimbabwe Tanzania Zambia Mozambique And Botswana So let us speak about the motherland Speak about the motherland (about the motherland) Speak about the motherland (about the motherland) (South Africa no free, neither will we) [ The extended version of A.F.R.I.C.A. continues as follows: [Verse Three] Apartheid, it's nothin' less than conspicious Anti-black and pro-ridiculous Feel it in ya heart, cause it's so for real But in the mind it develops and becomes the deal As the struggle survives South Africans rely On us and U-N-I-T-Y Thinkin' back as a slave bonded on those chains The thoughts of bein' free was never the same Some committed suicide, cause times was harsh And the ones who survived, they got brainwashed From lightin' and thunder hails the storm We can never forget, cause the struggle lives on Release the chains, or history will burst Mandela, Mugabe, he's first freedom's power This here is Africa's hour, the unforgotten people in our A-F-R-I-C-A Angola Soweto Zimbabwe Tanzania Zambia Mozambique And Botswana So let us speak about the motherland [Verse Four] Those are our brothers and sisters across the sea I'm speakin' for the Stet, and we make a plea To fight apartheid, everybody To fight against the wicked and help Mugabe To fight apartheid and a**ist Nyerere Support the MK and the ANC We wanna see Nelson and Winnie free You don't know - you need to study And when you do, we're sure you'll agree They need help, but so do we Them with their government, us with mentality