Likkle Africa Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Jamaica
You are my likkle Africa

[Verse 2]
Woii, yeah, yeah, yeah
[D]
Likkle Africa, I'm a third class citizen
[A]Puppa rid[D]in' inna Babylon
across di Schengen
Babylon by bus and by my
side there's no friend
[F#m]We a go right [G]through 'til di end, w[Em]ell
Me [D]haffi work hard and move
right 'round di clock
Me haffi push down di rat,
but me nah see no jack
Likkle Africa too small,
it nuh deh pon di maps [F#m]so
[G]That's why dem nah
[F#m]tek no ch[Em]at, well
Fifty [D]cent inna the pocket
cyaan' buy dem no meal
Inna this yah rat race there
is no poor man deal
Fi dem head, heart soon bad and
there's no poor man pill
Just [G]understand how me [Em]feel
So we [F#m]haffi witness a new rising sun,
come to [Em]us, yeah (the rising sun)
Is the [F#m]prophecy of Marcus Garvey, [Em]teaching us,
wey, yeah (teaching us)
It's the [F#m]lion of Judah once again
walking 'pon [Em]this land
Whoa, [G]yeah, [Em]yeah (ooh)
I say, [F#m]oh, Go[A]d is a[F#m]
[Asus4]living ma[G]n (o[D]h)
[G]Only [D]Jah

[Verse 3]
can set my [G]Africa [F#m]free[Em]
[G]My [Em]likkle Africa free[D]
[G]My [D]lik[F#m]kle Africa free[Em][G]
Only [D]Jah can set [G]my [F#m]Africa [Em]free
My likkle Africa [D]free
[G]My [F#m]likkle Africa free[Em]

[Interlude 1]
[D]

[Verse 4]
[D]Likkle Africa,
rice and peas and callaloo ting
We gonna [A]fulfill [D]our destiny
a walk away free
My people face mark
up from a silent slavery
We [G]earn the right to live,
but locked [Em]in di poverty
[D]Likkle Africa di story's
neva been told
Someone [A]tell mi [D]seh di truth
has been looted and sold
For a case a long gun and
a five pound of gold
Plus dah [G]image [D]of mi [A]Christ
look too [Em]pretty and bold
So as [F#m]long

[Verse 5]
as di gun dem will restore
[Em]di orda- a- a (orda- a- a)
As [F#m]long as a man will die,
just to trying cross [Em]di borda- a (borda- a)
As [F#m]long as those tears,
will sick out mi [Em]Fada- a- a (Fada- a- a)
As long as we [F#m]will not
find no [A]peace
Likkle A[G]frica shall [Em]cry
Only [D]Jah

[Verse 6]
can set my [G]Africa [D]fre[F#m]e[Em]
[G]My [F#m]likkle Africa free[D]
[G]My [D]lik[F#m]kle Africa fre[Em]e[G]
Only [D]Jah can set my [G]Africa [F#m]free[Em]
[G]My likkle Africa fre[D]e
[G]My [F#m]likkle Africa free[Em]

[Verse 7]
[Em]
There will be a [G]brand new [Bm]day
Oh, [Em]my likkle Af[F#m]rica[G]
[A]My [G]likkle Africa
Woii, yeah, [A]yeah, yeah
Yeah, [G]yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 8]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[G]
Only [D]Jah can set [G]my [F#m]Africa [Em]free
[G]My likkle Africa [D]free
My [F#m]likkle Africa [Em]free[G]
Only [D]Jah can set my [G]Africa [F#m]free[Em]
[G]My [A]likkle Africa [D]free
[G]My [D]lik[F#m]kle Africa free[Em]

[Verse 9]
[Em]
Only [G]Jah [D]can set my Africa
free (A[Em]frica[G]free)
[D]My likkle Africa free (A[D]frica free)
Only Jah can set my Africa
free (Africa free)
[D]My [D]lik[Bm]kle [D]Africa
free (A[D]frica free)
Only Jah can set my Africa
free (Africa free)
[D]My [D]likkle Africa
free (A[D]frica free)
Only Jah can set my Africa
free (A[D]frica free)
My likkle Africa free (Africa free)