My Africa, my home br As I cast back my mind br To days before I left br Before you left me impotent br Before the wars broke br Before thieves and looters br Who parade themselves br As politicians br Took over your affairs br Before morale and hopes br were lost, and both old br And young, left your shores br To 'I dont know where' br When I think of what br This modernisation has br done to you, I weep; br Men, thinking, br and inventing br everyday, br New and more br sophisticated kind of br weapons, br For the destruction of the br Fellow man. br It is almost three decades br now, and I still think of you br Like yesterday.