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WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE, AFRICA?
Where are the people, who should have been building you
They’ve been taken to build the Americas
Generations of builders are gone, is this true
Yes, they’ve been building the rest of the world you know
While the building of Africa
Should have been going on
The men and women builders
Suddenly, they are all gone
Where are the cities, where are the streets
Where are the places where everyone meets
Where are the buildings, tell me my son
While you should have been building, what have you done
Where are the structures that should have been here
I demand an answer! I want to hear
Where is the science and industry
You should have advanced, where can they be
Where are the monuments showing your fame
Where is your history glorified
Why don’t I see them, it’s truly a shame
I think you’ve been living a lie
But I did build the cities, the states and the streets
The places I built are where everyone meets
The buildings I built hold the world’s greatest treasures
I built the places where all go for pleasure
My strength was used to build all that you see
I labored around the whole planet for free!
Where are the people that should have been building you
They have been busily building the world
They did not forsake you land of my fathers
They tried to stay, but were stolen away
They did not forsake you, land of my mothers
They were forced to build elsewhere, the Megacaust way
Britain, France, Portugal, Holland and Spain
Europeans ruthlessley stole me from you
Diamonds, gold, ivory, silver and platinum
Yes, they also stole you from me, this is true
Britain, France, Portugal, Holland and Spain
Europeans mercilessly gained stolen profits from me
They also took everything they could from the land
Stolen profits from you too, as can plainly be seen
Now they look at you as if all of this time
You were not advancing and should be ashamed
25 generations were not there to build you
It’s them who are clearly to blame
Now they look at me as if all of this time
I was not advancing and should be ashamed
25 generations, freedom and future stolen
It’s them who are clearly to blame
Let’s look for a moment at where you would be
If we had been there to build you
Over 400 years of human progress
Africa would have been renewed
Already you had great places of learning
Science, government and history
If 25 generations were there building upon each other
How much more advanced would you be
Religions like Islam and Christianity
Were created there and passed through the ages
We surely would have continued to cultivate our cultures
As time turned history’s pages
Astronomy, philosophy that man uses now
Were created and developed by us while in you
If 400 years of knowledge were added, not subtracted
We’d be saying how mighty you grew
And those 400 years, 25 generations
And all of the promise inside
Would not have enriched Europeans and the Americas
In Africa, the people and countries would’ve thrived
And this wicked scenario that we now have
Is not what you would see
Not a third world continent, but first world countries
Is surely what Africa would be
You wonder where Europe and the Americas would be
How much slower they would have grown
If Africa had kept it’s people and power
And they only could use their own
Where are your people, who should have been building you
They’ve been taken to build the Americas
Generations of builders are gone, is this true
Yes, they’ve been building the rest of the world you know
But God has a way of correcting the wrongs
Done by man and the future is bright
New generations are born stronger than ever
Who will build you with all of their might
Where are the people who should have been building you
They stand on the edge of tomorrow, to this end
They’ll build Africa and more, with greatness and power
You’ll be respected by the rest of the world again
Copyright 2003 by J. Ben Walid
