Africa's Inside Me

Africa's inside me, taking back her child She's giving me my pride and setting me free Africa's inside me, taking back her child She's giving me my pride and setting me free Universal, as I stroll down my street Africas's a bolling over flowing inside of me I used to sport a curl made by Jerry, a Jerry curl But as time pa*sed it didn't last, after my curl I never combed my doo I used to sport a cap but the naps kept shining through, shining My sister got a brand new perm My boys say she looks pretty fine body real firm Folds at her job loves her new touch up I can tell her white boss gets a kick when she's all done up My sister loves her blackness But the U.S. said that the perm is the attractiveness But Africa keeps coming stronger, we found out It ain't a perm, it's a temporary Africa's inside me taking back her child She's giving me my pride and setting me free Africa's inside me taking back her child She's giving me my pride and setting me free