African children you just keep on growing Your brothers sisters have set the foundation It's up to you now to do the rest Know who you are as a people one people Jah people know who we are as a people One people Jah people United by our African ancestors We are united now in the conditions in which we live We are united now in the knowledge Africa cannot be free until all means for full human development are available to all Africans African children just keep on growing Eat what your mother give to you 'cause it will make you big and strong And don't you screw don't you screw like no real baddy boo Him who play with the gun one day the trigger he'll pull it I say Now that violence covers the whole wide world And tears that are shed are like the sea of this world We've often talked about it No longer can we joke about it Time to let Jah be the guide for every African Now I don't want you with no slave mentality Can't you see little ones that is just oppressor ideology Cast all thoughts of revenge from your mind This little struggle that we're fighting in Is the liberation of all Africans Whoa whoa whoa Jah know we'll win Saying the truth it is never a sin Just show love mankind must win Must win must win through the day