From the recordings These Are My Better Days and Oceans Apart EP
Lyricist: Anthony Martin
Songwriter: Leon Campbell
Rhythm: Sly & Robbie (Live Band)
Lyrics
What a big question for you and me
When will Africa unite
Children scattered abroad over land and sea
When will Africa unite
I shout aloud
and cry from a broken voice
They keep on attacking the door
Me see all sort of conflict
mashing we up
When peace is the answer
they show no love
but together we stand
with all of the above
Some cheap, some cheeky
never get enough
jealousy exposure
getting us down
like one to another
we have to calm down
tolerate let love surround
Big big question for you and me
When will Africa unite
Children scattered abroad
over land and see
When will Africa unite
Yeah we need one continent
One flow
One kind of currency
made from gold
One chain link
east, west, north and south
interway rail system
from here to Cairo
Africa nah need not a head
nah a loan
Free up every border
a no tribal zone
and make sure you tell WHO
black man don't need vaccine
oh no
Big big question for you and me
When will Africa unite
Children scattered abroad
over land and see
When will Africa unite
Big big question for you and me
When will Africa unite
Children scattered abroad
over land and see
When will Africa unite
I shout aloud
and cry from a broken voice
They keep on attacking the door
Me see all sort of conflict
mashing we up
When peace is the answer
they show no love
but together we stand
with all of the above
Some cheap, some cheeky
never get enough
jealousy exposure
getting us down
like one to another
we have to calm down
tolerate let love surround
Big big question for you and me
When will Africa unite
Children scattered abroad
over land and see
When will Africa unite
What a big question for you and me
When will Africa unite
Children scattered abroad over land and sea
When will Africa unite
I shout aloud
and cry from a broken voice