Eve Was Black

Eve was Black, haven't you heard?

The Mother of All was dark and good

Eve was Black, didn't you know?

Is that why you hate my Black skin so?

Is that why you hate my Black skin so?

Does it remind you of what you lost?

Do you hate or do you lust?

Do you despise or do you yearn?

To return, to return, to return

Back to the Motherland

Back to the garden

Back to your Black skin

Back to the innocence

Back to the shine you lost

When you enslaved your kin

Why do you try to touch my hair?

Do you hope to find a blessing there?

Why do you try to keep me down?

Do you hope to sow this barren ground

With my Black blood? Black magic blood

With my Black blood, Black magic blood

Do I remind you of what you lost?

Do you hate or do you lust?

Do you despise or do you yearn?

To return, to return, to return

Back to the Motherland

Back to the garden

Back to your Black skin

Back to the innocence

Back to the shine you lost

When you enslaved your kin

What do you hope for as you tie the rope?

What do you hope for as you hoist me up?

What do you hope for as you watch me swing?

Will the Witness Tree salvation bring?

Do I remind you of what you lost?

Do you hate or do you lust?

Do you despise or do you yearn?

To return, to return, to return

Back to the Motherland

Back to the garden

Back to your Black skin

Back to the innocence

Back to the shine you lost

When you enslaved your kin

Oh, my sister, oh, my brother

Oh, my mother, oh, my father

Oh, my cousin, all my pale kin

Can't wash this sin, can't wash this sin

Can't wash this sin with my Black blood

With my Black blood

Can't wash this sin

Back to the garden

Back to your Black skin

Back to the innocence

De L'Afrique aux Amériques

Une famille, une famille

De L'Europe à L'Australie

Une famille, une famille

De Les Indes jusqu'à L'Asie

Une famille, une famille

De ton coeur à mon esprit

Une famille, une famille