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Zimbabwe Lyrics


Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny,
And in this judgement there is no partiality.
So arm in arms, with arms, we'll fight this little struggle,
'Cause that's the only way we can overcome our little trouble.Brother, you're right, you're right,
You're right, you're right, you're so right!
We gon' fight (we gon' fight), we'll have to fight (we gon' fight),
We gonna fight (we gon' fight), fight for our rights!Natty Dread it in-a (Zimbabwe);
Set it up in (Zimbabwe);
Mash it up-a in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe);
Africans a-liberate (Zimbabwe), yeah.No more internal power struggle;
We come together to overcome the little trouble.
Soon we'll find out who is the real revolutionary,
'Cause I don't want my people to be contrary.And, brother, you're right, you're right,
You're right, you're right, you're so right!
We'll 'ave to fight (we gon' fight), we gonna fight (we gon' fight)
We'll 'ave to fight (we gon' fight), fighting for our rights!Mash it up in-a (Zimbabwe);
Natty trash it in-a (Zimbabwe);
Africans a-liberate Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe);

I'n'I a-liberate Zimbabwe.(Brother, you're right,) you're right,
You're right, you're right, you're so right!
We gon' fight (we gon' fight), we'll 'ave to fight (we gon' fight),
We gonna fight (we gon' fight), fighting for our rights!To divide and rule could only tear us apart;
In everyman chest, mm - there beats a heart.
So soon we'll find out who is the real revolutionaries;
And I don't want my people to be tricked by mercenaries.Brother, you're right, you're right,
You're right, you're right, you're so right!
We'll 'ave to fight (we gon' fight), we gonna fight (we gon' fight),
We'll 'ave to fight (we gon' fight), fighting for our rights!Natty trash it in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe);
Mash it up in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe);
Set it up in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe);
Africans a-liberate Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe);
Africans a-liberate Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe);
Natty dub it in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe).Set it up in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe);
Africans a-liberate Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe);
Every man got a right to decide his own destiny.

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Once referred to as the Bob Dylan of Zimbabwe, a social activist and founder of chimurenga music, Thomas Tafirenyika "Mukayana" Mapfumo is also often referred to as "the Lion of Zimbabwe". For almost 30 years he and his Blacks Unlimited band have musically supported his people, the Shona, in their struggle for social and economic justice and for the preservation of their culture. Mapfumo dubbed his music chimurenga after the Shona word meaning "struggle", a concept he and his people are familiar with. The artist became associated with politics and social justice when his music spoke of his people's difficulties during Rhodesia's quest for independence from Britain. He took part in the creation of a new nation as Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, a transition that was marked by the 1980 election of President Robert Mugabe. Chimurenga blends traditional Shona music with Western instruments and features social and political messages about colonialism, poverty, government corruption, and the loss of the Shona culture. Mapfumo introduced the mbira, a traditional Shona instrument used in religious ceremonies, to music that had a more Western popular flavor. Some of his songs have been banned by both the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean regimes under which he has lived, and he has endured jail and self-imposed political exile in his fight for justice.

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