Bra Fie

[Intro: Kwame Nkrumah]

I made it quite clear

That from now on – today

We must change our attitudes, our minds

We must realise that from now on

We are no more a colonial but a free and independent people

We are prepared to pick it up

And make it a nation that will be respected by every other nation in the world

Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!

That new African is ready to fight his own battles

And show that after all, the black man is capable of managing his own affairs

We are going to demonstrate to the world

That we are going to create our own African personality and identity

Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent

[Verse 1: Fuse ODG]

Take the shackles off my feet

Make I go, make I go

It's a battle with the beast

Take your shield, help me go

Kwame Nkrumah takeover

New Africa, makeover

Let's bow our heads and pray oh lord

Our father help us fight the war

[Chorus: Fuse ODG]

Bra fie ooo, bra fie

Bra fie na yɛ twɛn woo

Bra fie ooo, bra fie

Bra fie na yɛ twɛn woo

[Verse 2: Fuse ODG]

Oh yes, thank you

I'm a human being in Africa

But a black man in America

African in England

Don't forget where you are from

Ghana down to Suriname

Taken from our motherland

Don't forget your mother tongue

Please don't shoot me, we are one

[Chorus: Fuse ODG]

Bra fie ooo, bra fie

Bra fie na yɛ twɛn woo

Bra fie ooo, bra fie

Bra fie na yɛ twɛn woo

Bra fie ooo, bra fie

Bra fie na yɛ twɛn woo

Bra fie ooo, bra fie

Bra fie na yɛ twɛn woo

[Verse 3: Damian Marley]

Now have a look through history's binoculars

And please don't tell me you've forgotten us

Your last children living anonymous

In a very strange land where dem carried us

And it must be a natural phenomenon

How we still can remember where we're coming from

Even tru the brainwashing curriculum

Up through the ages and milleniums

Last 400 years has been fabulous

We been working as slaves, living ravenous

But to overdo ya stay can be hazardous

Now a time fi go home thanks for having us

Please make a ya promise o promised land

And welcome me home any time I land

And make I feel like I belong with us

Until that day, no giving up

[Outro: Kwame Nkrumah]

Ghana is free forever