1966 – Bob Marley and The Wailers – Africa Unite (1979)

 

Escrita por Marley, foi gravada entre janeiro e fevereiro de 1979, no Tuff Gong Recording Studio, em Kingston, Jamaica e lançada em 2 de outubro de 1979, no disco Survival, o décimo primeiro da banda. Foi produzida por Bob Marley and The Wailers e Alex Sadkin. Bob Marley proclama nessa música uma solidariedade Pan-African. Bob Marley cantou, tocou guitarra base, violão e percussão. Aston Barrett tocou baixo, guitarra base e percussão. Carlton Davis tocou bateria e percussão. Tyrone Downie tocou teclado, percussão e fez backing vocals. Alvin Patterson tocou percussão. Junior Marvin tocou guitarra. Earl Lindo tocou teclado. Al Anderson tocou guitarra solo. Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths e Judy Mowatt fizeram backing vocals. Headley Bennett tocou sax alto. Ronaldo Robinson, Luther François e Melba Liston tocaram trombone. Junior Chin, Jackie Willacy e Micky Hanson tocaram trompete. Lee Jaffe tocou gaita.

A letra:

Africa unite
'Cause we're moving right out of Babylon
And we're going to our Father's land, yeah

How good and how pleasant it would be
Before God and man, yeah
To see the unification of all Africans, yeah
As it's been said already, let it be done, yeah
We are the children of the Rastaman
We are the children of the Iyaman

So, Africa unite
'Cause the children wanna come home (Africa unite), yeah, yeah
Africa unite
'Cause we're moving right out of Babylon
And we're grooving to our Father's land, yeah

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
We are the children of the Rastaman
We are the children of the Iyaman

So, Africa unite
Afri- Africa unite, yeah
Unite for the benefit of your people (Africa unite)
Unite for it's later than you think (Africa unite)
Unite for the benefit of my children (Africa unite)
Unite for it's later than you think (Africa unite)

Africa awaits its creators (Africa unite)
Africa awaiting its Creator (Africa unite)
Africa, you're my forefather cornerstone (Africa unite)
Unite for the Africans abroad (Africa unite)
Unite...

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