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Bob Marley - Africa Unite



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Africa, Unite  
'Cause we're moving right out of Babylon Isaiah 48:20 - Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
Jeremiah 50:8 - Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.
And we're going to our father's land Jeremiah 7:7 - Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
How good and how pleasant it would be
Before God and man, yeah
To see the unification of all Africans, yeah
Psalm 133:1 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
As it's been said already let it be done, yeah
We are the children of the Rastaman
We are the children of the Higher Man

So Africa, Unite 'cause the children wanna
come home
Africa, Unite 'cause we're moving right
out of Babylon
And we're grooving to our father's land

How good and how pleasant it would be
Before God and Man
To see the unification of all Rastaman, yeah

As it's been said already let it be done
 
I tell you who we are under the sun Ecclesiastes 9:13 - This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
We are the children of the Rastaman
We are the children of the Higher Man

So, Africa, Unite, Africa, Unite
Unite for the benefit of your people
Unite for it's later than you think
Unite for the benefit of your children
Unite for it's later than you think

Africa awaits its creators, Africa awaiting
its creators
 
Africa, you're my forefather cornerstone Psalm 118:22 - The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Matthew 21:42 - Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Mark 12:10 - And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
Luke 20:17 - And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
Acts 4:11 - This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
1 Peter 2:7 - Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
Unite for the Africans abroad, unite for
the Africans a yard
Africa, Unite
 



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