I so I wanna be somebody /
Ah ! I left my home so far away /
In a search for something new /
Ah ! The rugged road I walk it seems l Seems to have no end /
Ah ! Even though I try so hard/
They're still trying to keep me down /
Ah! Sufferation is all I see /
And it's all that I know /
So put your hand in mine, African brother/
There ain't no mountain we cannot climb, I so I.../
Now that I know I feel it in my soul /
African boy- Oh this solid rock I stand/
African boy-Trying to be somebody /
African boy - I 'm black and I 'm proud /
African boy - I 'm a third world man /
Ah ! We're different colors but we're one /
Don't you understand /
I can smell the future in the air /
It s blowing everywhere /
Darkness instead of light /
Nothing seems to be right /
So put your hand in mine, African brother/
There ain't no mountain we cannot climb, I so I.../
Now that I know I feel it in my soul /
Some people talk about black /
Some people talk about white /
But the only color I know /
Is sweet sweet love /
I share it with my mother /
And I share it with my sisters /
I share it with my father /
And I share it with my friends /
See, you can't judge a man by the color of his skin /
Nor you can judge a book by the color of its cover/
Black me black and that s the natural fact /
Black me black and me no look back /
African boy...