Seven Lifes

In my journey through the world, over land and over sea

I see different cultures and different people's ways

I was born where the sun never sets and never rises

I was born where the heat is like a second skin

Children crying on the streets, automobiles are making noise

The land is growing dry and weak, spirits dying low

The forefathers are calling me: never tire, never weaken

The pride in me is bursting loose, I'm an African boy

On the farm, my father called me down behind a tree

He said, "Prostrate at my feet and say a few prayers"

Then he told me all the stories of my brave ancestors

Said, "Look into my eyes, son, you were born to be great"

So in the twilight I went home behind my father with a hoe

Listening to the songs of birds, whispers of the night I was singing

"Seven goats, seven beads, seven cowries, seven nuts, seven lives that's what I've got, I'm an African boy (Over)

Over sea, over land, over mountains and in the wild, I'll be brave, and I'll be strong, I'm an African boy"

In the evening, mother called me down into her hut

She said, "Lay upon my bosom and say a few prayers"

Then she told me to go forward, never looking back

"The spirits are with you, and you will never fail"

So I go into the world, into the deeps, into the wild

In the marketplace, I danced the sound of bata, dancing

Seven jumps, seven wriggles, seven cowries, seven nuts, seven lives that's what I've got, I'm an African boy (Over)

Over sea, over land, over mountains and in the wild, I'll be brave, and I'll be strong, I'm an African boy

Seven goats, seven beads

Seven cowries, seven nuts

Seven lifes that's what I've got, I'm an African boy, over

Over sea, over land, over mountains and in the wild

I'll be brave, and I'll be strong, I'm an African boy

Said I can feel it deep in my soul

Its African boy

I can feel it deep in my soul I was born to be great

I can see it deep in my soul this African boy

I can feel it deep in my soul, the future will ignite

Seven goats, seven beads (Seven jumps, seven wriggles)

Seven cowries, seven nuts

Seven lifes that's what I've got (I want to walk dancing)

Over sea, over land, over mountains and in the wild

I'll be brave, and I'll be strong

Seven jumps, seven wriggles, seven cowries, seven nuts, seven lives that's what I've got, I'm an African boy

Over sea, over land, over mountains and in the wild, I'll be brave, and I'll be strong, I'm an African boy

A lo n lo le o (Seven goats, seven beads, seven cowries, seven nuts, seven lives that's what I've got, I'm an African boy) O ti ya

Ile ya o (Over sea, over land, over mountains and in the wild, I'll be brave, and I'll be strong, I'm an African boy), ni kookan, ni kookan , ni kookan la n love o