CHORUS 
I'm not gonna give it up 
I'm not goin' 
I'm not gonna give it up 
I'm not goin' 
I will be fighting 
I've got to be fighting 
I will be fighting 
Til Africa 
And Africans are free 

I said that I been up there 
And I've seen poverty beyond compare 
I know slave drivers just don't care 
They just don't care 

CHORUS 

Africa's the richest place 
But it has the poorest race 
And to me it's just a disgrace 
Just a disgrace 

Africans don't wait too long 
We gotta fight 'cause it's not wrong 
Won't you join in and sing this song 
Sing this song 

CHORUS 

To be poor it's a hurtful pain 
Livin inna poverty it's a burning shame 
Help yourself 'cause man you're not lame 
You are not lame 

CHORUS