Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh

You keep pushing the blame on our colonial fathers

You say they came and they took all we had possessed

They have to take the abuse that they have caused

Our present state with their intruding history

Use our goodness and nourishment in the name of missionary

(Ah)

Lied to us, blind us, they slaved us, misplaced us

Strengthen us, hardened us then they replaced us

(Placed us)

Now we got to learn from pain

(Pain)

(Ah, ah, ah)

Now it's up to us to gain some recognition

If we stop blaming we could get a better condition

(I will)

Wake up, world

Wake up, world

Wake up and stop sleeping

(Wake up and stop sleeping)

Wake up Africa

Wake up and stop blaming

(Wake up and stop blaming)

Open your eyes

Eye, eye

(Your eyes)

(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)

Stand up and rise

Road block, oh, life penalty

So, why do we want to remain where we started?

(Started, started, started)

And how long do we want to stop yourselves from thinking?

(Thinking, thinking)

(Thinking, ha-ha)

(Ah, ah, ah)

We should learn from experience

That what we are here for this existence

But now it is time to use the same hatred to suppress our own brothers

(Yeah, yeah-yeah)

It's so comfortable to say racism is the cause

(It's not the cause)

This time it's our same body chasing and biting us

Knowledge is selfishness that they gave to ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

This is what we use

(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

To abuse others

Wake up world

Wake up and stop sleeping

(I said wake up and stop sleeping, yeah-yeah)

Wake up Africa

(I said wake up Africa)

Wake up and stop blaming

(I said wake up and stop blaming)

Open your eyes

(So open up)

Your eyes

(Your eyes)

(So open up, whoa-oh-oh)

Stand up and rise

(Stand up)

Road block, oh, life penalty

(And rise)

Those who have ears

Let them hear

(Hear, hear)

(Listen up)

Brothers who aren't brainwashed take the ruins and rest

(Rest, rest)

Pick them up

(Pick them up, pick them up)

And stick them back together ah ya

(Stick them back together ah ya)

This is the only way we can change this African weather

(Change this African weather)

Lied to us, blind us, they slaved us, misplaced us

Strengthen us, hardened us then they replaced us

(Placed us)

Now we got to learn from pain

(Whoa-oh-oh-ooh, whoa-oh-oh-oh)

Wake up world

(World)

Wake up and stop sleeping

(I said wake up and stop sleeping)

Wake up Africa

(Stop knocking on your door)

Wake up and stop blaming

(Wake up uh-ah-ah)

Open your eyes

(Open your eyes)

Your eyes

(Your eyes, oh yeah)

Stand up and rise

(Rise)

Road block, road block

(Rise)

You got to wake up, please

(Wake up world, wake up and stop sleeping)

You got to

(Wake up Africa)

Got to see the truth, oh, oh

(Wake up and stop blaming)

Where, oh, oh

(Open your eyes)

Open up will you, once you open up

(Your eyes)

Once you open up

Stand up and rise

Road block

(Rise)

Road block, oh, life penalty, wake up

(Wake up, wake up)