[Intro -
Woii yoy! Selassie I...
For the fallen... but never forgotten...
Light it up for dem!
From Gold Coast dust to Ghana flag a wave, yeah,
Kwame Nkrumah teach we how fi be brave.
Say "Forward ever, backward never" - hear di call,
Black Star a shine fi one and all.
Julius Nyerere, Mwalimu with di Ujamaa plan,
Teachin' love and unity fi di African man.
And outta Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser stand tall,
Voice fi di continent, he answer di call.
Through fire and wire dem walk, oh Lord,
Barefoot through di storm with justice as sword,
So I and I today can live free...
21 gun salute fi our heroes and sheroes!
Boom! Boom! We beat di drum, let di fire blaze!
For di blood and di sweat and di truth dem told,
Dem names a liveth, more precious dan gold!
21 gun salute fi our heroes and sheroes!
When Babylon say no, dem still say yes!
We stand pon dem shoulders, we carry di light,
21 gun salute... fi di heroes and sheroes tonight!
Nelson Mandela, Robben Island, 27 years inna chain,
Turn di prison walls to freedom rain.
No revenge inna heart, only love inna soul,
Lion of Azania, make di people whole.
Steve Biko! Black man, you are on your own!
Dem kill di body but dem can't kill di throne.
Marcus Garvey sail di Black Star Line,
Say Black is beautiful, Black is divine!
Cross di Atlantic, same struggle, same fight,
Martin Luther Jr., preach freedom inna night.
"I have a dream" - let di mountain hear it!
And Sister Rosa Parks, sit down so we could stand pon it!
One seat! One woman! Shake di empire throne,
One little no, make di whole world known.
From Soweto to Selma, from Accra to di Cape,
One drum, one blood, one escape!
Call: Oh freedom fighters!
Response: We remember! (We remember!)
Call: Oh chain-breakers, truth-shakers!
Response: We remember! (We remember!)
For di market woman, di youth dem wey bleed,
For di names we know and di ones we need.
Every soul wey refuse fi kneel to oppressor...
21 GUN SALUTE FI OUR HEROES AND SHEROES!
BOOM! BOOM! Let di heavens hear we plea!
For di blood, for di tears, for di seeds that you sow,
You plant di tree and now di tree a grow!
21 GUN SALUTE FI OUR HEROES AND SHEROES!
Jah justice rolling like a river so cold!
We stand pon dem shoulders, we never let go,
21 gun salute... fi our heroes and sheroes!
Chanting: Nkrumah... Mandela... Biko... Garvey...
Nyerere... Nasser... King... Rosa...
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!... Respect forever...
Give thanks fi di sacrifice... I and I continue di journey...