Sweet, sweet children

Of Africa, beautiful Africa

Breathed down from above

Living light

Danced down with Love

Dance down the Light…

Listen, hear

As the soulful bones

Of your ancestors

Drum on the living skin

Of the wild antelope

With thunderous frenzy

Dance down the Light…

Repaint the scorched landscape

Of the mighty Sudan

With the brush strokes

Of your ivory smiles

Birth your freedom, dance

Savour the gifts

Of the Great Nile

Dance down the Light…

Sweet, sweet children

Of Africa, beautiful Africa

Your dance is the key

Feel the wonder, the mystery

So DANCE!

When the flower lures the bee
To its nectar supreme
Scenting her lover
In a warm summer’s breeze
A sacrifice is made

When the sun and the moon
In splendid embrace
Birth the stars in heaven
Then both disappear
A sacrifice is made

When the flutist whispers
His sweet song of praise
Dancing the dancer
Birthing his space
A sacrifice is made

When man praises God
The force that lives him
The self’s rendered full
Of love’s excesses
This is the ultimate sacrifice

Freedom is a gift
Not locked in a fist
Just there in an open hand
Extending compassion
Love sweeping the land

Tolerance is the key…

It unlocks the clenched fist
Allowing the hand to shift
In a gesture of Peace
The Ultimate Freedom
The Ultimate Gift