[Refrain]
Hey, we’ve been here before
All the world’s up in flames
That don’t fix anything
Must be some other way
So much blood on the floor
Now we can’t hide the stain
That won’t fix anything
Must be some other way
[Bridge]
Brothers, why are we fighting each other?
My sisters, why we let the men take our power?
That’s what they want (That’s what they want)
That’s what they want (That’s what they want)
That’s what they want (That’s what they want)
That’s what they want (That’s what they want)
Our leaders conquer and thеy divide us
Our preachers tеach the world of our colonizers
That’s what they want (That’s what they want)
That’s what they want (That’s what they want)
That’s what they want (That’s what they want)
That’s what they want (That’s what they want)
[Chorus]
Let’s be stronger than our fathers
Free ourselves and please our mothers
Can’t you see we can’t be governed
If we choose love, if we choose love?
[Refrain]
Hey, we’ve been here before
All the world’s up in flames
That don’t fix anything
Must be some other way
So much blood on the floor
Now we can’t hide the stain
That won’t fix anything
Must be some other way
[Verse]
Had a beautiful dream that I woke up and all the bombs in the world had been loaded
An unusual twist to our fate because none of them had any order demoted
It was almost the end of the world as we know it, the moment had never been closer
When we came out of hiding and crying, we decided it was time to start loving each other
[Chorus]
Let’s be stronger than our fathers
Free ourselves and please our mothers
Can’t you see we can’t be governed
If we choose love, if we choose love
If we choose love, if we choose love? (Love, love)
We… choose love
Choose Love was produced by Angélique Kidjo & Jean Hébrail & Eli Wolf.
Angélique Kidjo & Shungudzo released Choose Love on Fri Jun 18 2021.