AFRICA
   They say men and women bled to give you life   Many of whom are forgotten with each passing year   Yet still, you smile and love despite the growing strife   It’s fine, I wouldn’t tell... if you shed a tear     How many of your children remember your fight   How many see the hole they create every time they run   Far away from you with all their souls might   Leaving you to the mercies of those who watch you burn     For every call you make for them to come home   They go further still, denying their ancestry   They traverse the world, sailing from Greece to Rome   Avoiding your borders with purposeful artistry     The few of us who make you smile   The very few who stay true to origin   Driven by greed, soon become guile   Separated from you by a very broad margin     It hurts, I know it hurts so bad   Each time I write I hear you weep   Begging to smile again and not stay sad   Hoping your love, we will one day... keep     Africa, mother like no other   Africa, hear today the crie...