Africa Minha (feat. Bonga)

My Africa, motherland
May the saints protect this place
Land of the palanca and gonguenha
My Africa
And you who come from afar
Let our star guide you
Come taste this marrabenta
My Africa
Come taste this marrabenta
My Africa
Come taste this marrabenta
My Africa

Land of Shaka Zulu, Gungunhana, Samora, Nelson Mandela
Of gold, oil, and yellow stones
Where fever is cured with food in the pot
And joy is sadness that inherited ghettos and slums
Time passes, memories leave scars
500 years that never blew out candles
I've traveled the world but there's no place like her
They are tears of blood that you don't see on TV
Children of afrobeat and samba that comes from semba
From kizomba to funaná, from morna to marrabenta
In Europe or America, it doesn't matter, we invent
Because the black, without euro or dollar, sustains
I'm from the 80s, my mother from the 60s
Independent, before the war of the 70s
And before whiskey-cola, I drank holy water
There are already mixed-race Chinese, not even Buddha can handle us
(My Africa)

My Africa, motherland
May the saints protect this place
Land of the palanca and gonguenha
My Africa
And you who come from afar
Let our star guide you
Come taste this marrabenta
My Africa
Come taste this marrabenta
My Africa
Come taste this marrabenta
My Africa

Land of green, blue, yellow, black, and red
I learned to honor history in the name of comrades
Where little is shared because the people are hosts
And music is joy even with little money
Raised with yellow flour and coconut water
Lion out of the jungle, heir of Mia Couto
Respect the cocuana, or you'll get a chamboco
In the land of machamba, mussungo turns into Samboco
My Africa

I have faith that there will be change
In the future, a hope
You have the value of wealth
In the smile of a child
Joy and nature
Princess of capulana
Believe in change
Our soul is African

My Africa, motherland
May the saints protect this place
Land of the palanca and gonguenha
My Africa
And you who come from afar
Let our star guide you
Come taste this marrabenta
My Africa

My Africa
My Africa
Come taste this marrabenta
My Africa

My Africa
My Africa
Come taste this marrabenta
My Africa