Africa (Afrohouse) The Strange Sound

I close my eyes and I can feel the sun
The red earth calling like I never left
I hear the drums before the day begun
My grandmother's voice still warm upon my breath
The river knew my name before I did
The baobab tree saw everything I am
I carry home inside me like a gift
From every woman who came before this land
Something in my blood won't let me rest
Something in my bones keeps pulling west
Back to where the morning first began
Back to where I'm more than who I am
Africa I feel you in my soul
Africa, Africa You never let me go
I was born from your soil
I was made from your rain
Every road leads me back
To your heart again
I see the women dancing in the dust
Their colours bright against the evening sky
I smell the fire and the rain I trust
The sound of home in every lullaby
My mother's mother sang these songs alone
Across the water carrying the light
I am the echo of a distant home
I am the daughter of the African night
Something in my blood won't let me rest
Something in my bones keeps pulling west
Back to where the morning first began
Back to where I'm more than who I am
Africa, Africa I feel you in my soul
Africa, Africa You never let me go
I was born from your soil
I was made from your rain
Every road leads me back
To your heart again
I never walked your red earth roads
I never touched your ancient stone
But I carry everything you are
In every place I call my home
They took the body cross the sea
But never took the soul from me
The drums were always in my chest
Africa you gave me everything
I am the daughter of the sun
I am the child of the drum
I am coming home I was never gone
Mama Africa, I hear you
Mama Africa, I feel you
Mama Africa, I'm coming
Mama Africa, I'm home
The sun goes down the same everywhere
But only one sky feels like mine
I am the seed you planted in the air
Africa — I am your sign