African Traditions · Pidgin / English
Who We Be?
A Pan-African anthem on cultural identity — a call to remember language, ancestry, and heritage in a world of imported shadows.
Lyrics
Africa…
Why you forget your own story?
Why you dey chase another man shadow?
The drum wey your ancestors beat still dey call your name
Eh-ehhhh… ehhhh…
Africa remember…
Eh-ehhhh… ehhhh…
Africa remember…
We know Hollywood line by line
But grandmama stories fade from mind
We sabi foreign dance online
Forget village drum and moonlight time
We know designer from overseas
But shame dey catch us for native steeze
We fit sing every foreign rhyme
But mother tongue don hide with time
Na wetin happen to who we be?
Why we run from identity?
Why we leave wetin make us strong?
Why we dey feel say home dey wrong?
Africa remember
Africa remember
No forget your name
No forget your story
Who tell us say local no good?
Who tell us shame dey neighborhood?
Who tell us village life na pain?
Who teach us to deny our name?
Who we be? Tell me who we be?
Children of the drum and history
Why we hide our own identity?
Africa rise, remember your story
Remember! We remember!
Stand tall! We stand tall!
Africa! No fall!
Africa! No fall!
We dey wear another people pride
Hide our own and push am aside
Speak another accent with joy
Forget the wisdom wey ancestors deploy
Grandmama proverb no dey trend again
Village moonlight stories dey feel like pain
We dey laugh our roots to entertain
Yet dey search for peace we no maintain
Onye chefuru ebe o si bia
O gaghị ama ebe ọ na-aga
One wey forget where e come from
Fit lose road before journey done
Awa ni itan
We have a story
Awa ni agbara
We carry glory
Kufre obot mfo
Do not forget home
Kufre usung mfo
Remember where you belong
Why we shame wetin make us whole?
Why we hide the beauty in our soul?
Why we trade gold for imitation?
Why we silence our own foundation?
Who we be? Tell me who we be?
Children of the drum and history
Why we hide our own identity?
Africa rise, remember your story
Remember! We remember!
Stand tall! We stand tall!
Africa! No fall!
Africa! No fall!
But wait…
Time don change
Dem dey dance our rhythm overseas
Wear African cloth and love our steeze
Dem dey sample drum for global sound
Yet we still dey hide wetin we found
Our stories rich like river flow
Our wisdom deep like roots below
From pyramids to kingdoms strong
Africa spirit still lives on
The talking drum still calls your name
The fire of the ancestors still remains
No let another voice define your soul
You are the story — remember your role
Rise again! Rise again!
Africa rise again!
Stand again! Stand again!
Africa stand again!
From Lagos to Nairobi
From Accra to Kigali
From Dakar to Cape Town
Africa no go down
We are children of kings and queens
Builders of dreams and ancient streams
The world dey watch what we create
Africa no be second-rate
Who we be? Tell me who we be?
Children of the drum and history
Why we hide our own identity?
Africa rise, remember your story
Remember! We remember!
Stand tall! We stand tall!
Africa! No fall!
Africa! No fall!
Afrika amka!
Africa wake up!
Siyakhumbula!
We remember!
Mu tuna asalinmu!
Let us remember our roots!
Africa rise!
Africa shine!
Africa remember your name!
The village square still remembers
The ancestors still remember
The language still remembers
Will you remember?
A tree without roots cannot stand
Africa… remember who you are
Eh-ehhhh… ehhhh…
Africa remember…
Eh-ehhhh… ehhhh…
Remember your name…
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