[Intro]
The past has gone
The future is yet to come
Hear this

[Chorus]
Going back to my roots, born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa, born in Africa
Going back to my roots, born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa, born in Africa

[Verse 1]
True-born African (I true!)
Cause I'm a true-born African (jah know!)
Say mi come from Nigeria, the land of oil
The land of diamond, gold and sugarcane (sugarcane!)
We plant cossawa & sweet potatoes
We have a lot of thing but no discipline (discipline!)
That's what we got from colonialism
All this was Babylon business

[Chorus]
Going back to my roots, born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa, born in Africa
Going back to my roots, born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa, born in Africa
[Verse 2]
White man never give up Africa
White man never give up the business (business!)
Why this division in Africa?
Why this division in the system?
It doesn't have no morals, no self-consciousness
Some of them went to America
Some of them to the Carribiean
Some of them [?] Atlantic

[Chorus]
Going back to my roots, born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa, born in Africa
Going back to my roots, born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa, born in Africa

[Bridge]
South Africa, Egypt, Libia, Algeria
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Rwanda
Nigeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Ghana

[Chorus]
Going back to my roots, born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa, born in Africa
Going back to my roots, born in Africa
'cause I'm born in Africa, born in Africa
[Outro]
A true-born African