F - F# - G
(4x)
C
Don't care where you come from,
F C G
as
long as you're a black man, you're an African.
C
No mind your nationality,
F
C
G
you have got the identity of an
African.
F - G F
1. 'Cause if you come from Clarendon,
and if you come from Portland,
G F G
and
if you come from Westmoreland, you're an African.
C
So don't care where you come from,
F C G
as
long as you're a black man, you're an African.
C
No mind your nationality,
F C G
you have got the identity of an
African.
F
- G F
2. 'Cause if you come Trinidad',
and you if you come from Nassau,
G F
G
and if you come from
Cuba, you're an African.
C
So don't care where you come from,
F C G
as long as you're a black man, you're
an African.
C
No mind
your complexion
F
C G
there is no rejection, you're an
African.
F G
+ 'Cause if your plexion high, high, high,
F G
if
your complexion low, low, low,
F G
and
if your plexion in between, you're an African.
C
So don't care where you come from,
F C G
as long as you're a black man, you’re
an African.
C
No mind denomination,
F
C G
that is only segregation, you're
an African.
F - G F
3. 'Cause if you go to the Catholic
and if you go to the Methodist,
G F G
and
if you go to the Church of God, you're an African.
C
So don't care where you come from,
F C G
as long as you're a black man, you're
an African.
C
No mind
your nationality
F
C
G
you have got the identity of an
African.
F
- G F
4. 'Cause if you come from Brixton,
and if you come from Weesday,
G F
- G
F
and
if you come from Wingstead, and if you come from France,
G F - G F
and
if you come from Brooklyn, and if
you come from Queens,
G F - G F
and
if you come from Manhattan, and if
you come from Canada....
(Peter Tosh)