Flag Flown High

[Intro - Cocoa Tea & Shabba Ranks]
So was it in the beginning
Ni ni ni ni ning
And so shall it be in the end
Lord woy, na na na na na
In the beginning God created everything
Jah, Rastafari
And everything was created in Africa!
Lord woy, na na na na na
Repatriate black man
Jah, Rastafari
Repatriation!
Na nai, na na na na na
Africa! We coming home we coming home

[Chorus ft.Shabba]
Holy Mount Zion I'm coming home to you (never refuse the black one)
Holy Mount Zion I’m coming home to you (every black a' infant to the mother land)

[Verse 1 ft.Shabba]
I face a lot of trials and tribulation
But through all of that I man still stand strong (stand up strong stand up strong)
Giving thanks and praise to the almighty One
And looking forward to reach Mount Zion

[Chorus ft. Shabba]
And I man say Zion I'm coming home to you (mama Africa we cry)
Holy Mount Zion I’m coming home to you

[Verse 2 - Shabba]
And I tell every black man
Africa is a flag flowing high inna mi head and inna mi heart
Like the father going to Britain carrying the cross
Flag flow high inna mi head and inna mi heart
Africa di whole a' me it is not half

[Chorus ft.Shabba]
That's why I say Zion I'm coming home to you (unu better head back home)

[Verse 3 ft.Shabba]
Teach the yutes dem right but nuh teach them wrong (never, never)
Jah call upon the yutes 'cause di yutes are strong (have to be strong)
Look to Africa dat a' fi yuh mama land
And down a' Africa a' where yuh find Mount Zion

[Chorus]
And I man say Zion I’m coming home to you
Say holy Mount Zion I’m coming home to you

[Verse 4 - Shabba]
Africa di motherland
Africa nuh refuse no black man
Every black man deal wid repatriation
But you nuh listen
Nuh watch di [?]
[?] express man created condition
Yuh nuh no say Africa a' where I come from
Is there I come from and is there I belong
So I’m callin' all black man
Redemption song unu better sing it everyone
It inna mi head it inna mi heart
Mi can't stop that
It tickle fi mi brain and it pressure fi mi heart
Mi tell mi history teacher say she [?]
'cause Africa is lifeline, di rod and di staff
Oh mama Africa!

[Chorus]
I man say Zion I’m coming home to you
The Bingi man him say Zion
I'm coming home to you

[Verse 4]
They said I don't have no rights inna Babylon
Because I don't know how the West was won
Neither I can't change their plan
The West is controlled by the Ku Klux Klan

[Chorus ft.Shabba]
Rastaman, Zion, I'm coming home to you (mount Zion I, haffi I and I)
Rasta say Zion, I'm coming home to you (one more time)
Holy Mount Zion, I'm coming home to you (I'm going home to you)

[Outro - Shabba]
Africa is a flag flowing high inna mi head and inna mi heart
Like di father going through tribulation carrying the cross
Flag flowing high inna mi head and inna mi heart
Africa di whole a me it's just not half
I say so many rivers I've crossed
I know mi cross because mi care 'bout mi past
It tickle mi brain and it weaken mi heart
If mi reminisce mi [?]
I teach di yute the roots so he can be smart
Di teacher [?] tell me I was a slave

KETTE DRUM RIDDIM - 1995