born to africa the cradle of mankind motherland the beautiful home to river nile pyramids of kings and queens great kilimanjaro kalahari to the south sahara to the north warriors and gods and pharaohs slaves turned heroes they're all children of africa africa mother beautiful africa the land of my birth my dark brown skin kissed by the sun my spiral hair crowning my head my lips so full i'm proudly a child of africa god blessed africa somalians ethopians i've never seen such beauty ma**ai of kenya xhosas of south africa ashanti people of ghana shaka zulu my king mandela my hero cleopatra sade fela kuti salif keta and makeba they're all children of africa africa mother beautiful africa the land of my birth my dark brown skin kissed by the sun my spiral hair crowning my head my lips so full i'm proudly a child of africa from the valleys to the hills savannah to the wild i sing songs of my ancestors from the mighty waterfalls the sun lives on my land i'm a child of africa africa mother beautiful africa the land of my birth my dark brown skin kissed by the sun my spiral hair crowning my head my lips so full i'm proudly i'm a child of africa