Mandela Free

Nelson Mandela!
Godfather and dada for all black struggle, man
Free at last
Free at last
Free at last, I'm telling you

How unuh feeling?
To know say that Mandela get freedom
Black people, tell me how unuh feeling
Fi know say that dem let loose God's son
If unuh feel good

It's just hip hip hooray, Mandela is free
Hip hip hooray, the greatest thing eyes could see
Hip hip hooray, he big inna we history
Hip hip hooray, black people is free
A 27 years dem have him under lock and key
Like them waan fi hide the roots and reality
Them waan fi shackle his mind and damage his memory
And make him forget how him used to lead we
Go go and tell the world that him is the daddy

It's just hip hip hooray, Mandela is free
Hip hip hooray, the greatest thing eyes could see
Hip hip hooray, yes we getting liberated
Hip hip hooray, dem haffi come and join with dem
Freddie Mandela a no joke, me a run
Him no flash lightning neither show sun
Me can tell you it's the mighty thumb
That command black people make them stand siddung
27 Years them have him down there, lock him down
If it did touch 28, we woulda pick up we gun

It's just hip hip hooray, Mandela is free
Hip hip hooray, the greatest thing eyes could see
How unuh feeling?
To know say that Mandela get freedom
Black people, tell me how unuh feeling
To know say that Mandela get freedom
Now listen!

Because, black a my hand, black will I be
And me no corrupt and a grudge nobody
Me glad fi say that Nelson Mandela is free
If it's England, me nah jam
Because England is where the long nose man come
If it's America, me nah tan
Because America a fi di red Indian
Tell dem Africa is where I man belong
Africa is the land of the black nation

How unuh feeling?
To know say that Mandela get freedom
Black people!
It's just hip hip hooray, Mandela is free
Hip hip hooray, the greatest thing eyes could see
Hip hip hooray, keep it in memory
Hip hip hooray, big up inna we history

A 27 years dem have him under lock and key
27 Years of preeing, now Jah deliver we
We glad fi see say that dem set the daddy free
So all dem a talk, dem can't talk to we

Hip hip hooray, Mandela is free
Hip hip hooray, the greatest thing eyes could see
Hip hip hooray, it big inna black people
How unuh feeling?
To know say that Mandela get freedom
Black people!

Me say that nuff black man dem try fi we get we freedom
But as I say, them rise up, them lick them down
Martin Luther King try, but them shot him down
And them kill Malcolm X under the gun
Marcus Garvey fight hard, but will never get the run

Hip hip hooray, Mandela is free
Hip hip hooray, the greatest thing eyes could see
Me know say Johnny B agree with me
Di one Ninja Man and Colonel Josey, you no hear me?
Winston Williams and Barry G
Me want all the black skin fi sing with me
How unuh feeling?
To know say that Mandela get freedom