Africa

[Verse 1: Phonte]

I hear the drums echoing tonight

But she hears only whispers

Of some quiet conversation

She's coming in 12:30 flight

The moonlit wings reflect the stars

That guide me towards salvation

I stopped an old man along the way

Hoping to find some long forgotten words

Or ancient melodies

He turned to me as if to say

"Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you!"

[Hook]

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

I bless the rains down in Africa

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had, ooh, ooh!

[Verse 2: Phonte]

The wild dogs cry out in the night

As they grow restless longing

For some solitary company

I know that I must do whats right

Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus

Above the Serengeti

I seek to cure what's DEEP inside

Frightened of, this thing that I've become

[Hook]

[Synthesized keyboard break]

"Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you!"

[Hook]

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

I bless the rains down in Africa

I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rains)

I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rains)

I bless the rains down in Africa

I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rains)

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had, ooh, ooh

Ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-bum

Ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-bum

Ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-bum

Ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-bum

(She's waiting for you) And I can't wait, to see you baby

(She's waiting for you) I'm, coming home to you

(She's waiting for you) Oh, I got to see her, I got to see her

(She's waiting for you) Cause I'm coming home to you, Bay

(She's waiting for you) Oh, when I just can't wait to see you, yeah

(She's waiting for you) And I can't wait to see you there

(She's waiting for you) Right there WAITING for you

(She's waiting for you) Oh, I want to see you, oh!

(She's waiting for you) Whatchu doing to me

(She's waiting for you) Really wanna see you, baby

(She's waiting for you) Come a little closer *chuckles*

(She's waiting for you) Don't say goodbye

Woo!

Um, God bless the rains down in Africa

God bless the rains down in Africa

God bless the rains down in Africa

God bless the rains down in Africa

God bless the rains down in Africa

["Lord blessing the rains, down, in Africa"

Repeats along with the last line as both line repeats until the end of the song]