Roots Reggae Anthem (Remastered)

🦕 ONE AFRICA RISING [INTRO — Dub Space / Whisper] (Wind + distant nyahbinghi drums… bass note holds… melodica cries) (whisper, drenched in echo) They drew lines on our skin… But the blood beneath… run one… (3 horn stabs… then drop) [HOOK (soft, early tease)] One Africa… rising… One Africa… rising… [VERSE 1] Dem come with map and ink, and a cold-cut plan, Put a price on the Mother like she just dirt and sand, Berlin 1884–85, dem sit down and decide, Split one heartbeat into pieces—call it “border” and “pride.” Cut Ashanti from Zulu, cut highland from the plain, Cut one family name into a hundred kinds of pain, But blood never stop at fence, and the soil never lie, What dem steal with a meeting—still burn in we eye. [PRE-CHORUS] Ooooh… Africa remember, From the mountain to the delta to the sea, One drum been beating in the dark, yeah— And that drum beat set we free. [CHORUS — BIG / Choir + Horns] ONE AFRICA — RISING FROM THE FIRE! Green for the land, gold for the sun, red for the strength we desire, ONE AFRICA — dem borders a lie, From Adwa to Accra—watch the lion rise! (DUB ECHO DROP) …riiiise… riiise… riiise… [VERSE 2 — ADWA] March first, 1896—Adwa turn sacred ground, War drum talk, and the whole world hear that sound, Menelik stand firm when the threat come near, And Taytu on the ridge say: “We nah live in fear.” Italy march with steel, but the lions hold the line, Prayer in the chest, and the spirit feel divine, And the tricolor fold when the brave dem step, Green-gold-red wave like a promise we kept. Adwa tell every colony: you have the right to stand, You cyan chain a people who still know dem name, From Ethiopia heights, the message travel far: A free mind turn iron bars into dust inna yard. [PRE-CHORUS 2] Ooooh… and the world bear witness, To a truth conquerors hate to know: Africa was never theirs to own— And liberation seed must grow. [CHORUS — REPRISE] ONE AFRICA — RISING FROM THE FIRE! Green for the land, gold for the sun, red for the strength we desire, ONE AFRICA — dem borders a lie, From Adwa to Accra—watch the lion rise! (DUB DROP — bass + drums only) One people… one blood… one Africa… (echo wash) [BRIDGE — STRIPPED / MOST EMOTIONAL] (just bass heartbeat + melodica… voice close, raw) Dem give we flag but keep the debt, Dem change we tongue—now we can’t forget, Master language heavy on the mouth when we talk, But grandma song still guide we when we walk. Garvey say remember—back to we origin, Selassie symbol—sovereignty within, Nkrumah cry unite—before Africa fall, Sankara shout own it—stand proud and tall, Lumumba pay the price—true freedom cost, How many more must fade before we stop being lost? (Choir enters, soft) Africa… Africa… We were one before the ships came, We still one when the ships are gone, We will be one, we will be one, Till the morning… till the morning come… [FINAL CHORUS — BIGGEST / LIFT] ONE AFRICA — RISING FROM THE FIRE! Green for the land, gold for the sun, red for the strength we desire, ONE AFRICA — dem borders a lie, From Adwa to Accra—WATCH THE LION RISE! (half-step lift feel / extra energy) ONE AFRICA — your children calling you, Green-gold-red—yeah we know what we been through, ONE AFRICA — the liberation song, We always been together—yeah, we always been one! [OUTRO — DUB DISSOLVE] (melodica returns… drums fade to heartbeat… bass last note) (choir hum) Africa… Africa… we come home… (childlike whisper, echo) They drew lines on our skin… But the blood beneath… run one… (silence)