African Emigrants (The Story of Us)

sixty thousand years before
heading for the unknown shore
African emigrants
left their mother continent
searching for treasure land
just around the next bend

African emigrant
where will your journey end
African emigrant
hoping for treasure land
just around the next bend

fifty thousand years before
on their quest to explore
african emigrants
crossed the Asian continent
heading East evermore
reached the Australian shore

African emigrant
where will your journey end
African emigrant
hoping for treasure land
just around the next bend

fourty thousand years before
searching for the western shore
african emigrants
found European continent
paving way through ice and snow
looking for a place to go

African emigrant
where will your journey end
African emigrant
hoping for treasure land
just around the next bend

sixteen thousand years before
on their march leading north
african emigrants
found another continent
crossing plains, walking so far
sprawled across America

African emigrant
where will your journey end
African emigrant
hoping for treasure land
just around the next bend

Fifty years have now gone by
leaving earth towards the sky
african emigrants
reached the moon’s desert lands
always looking for new place
first step towards the endless space

African emigrant
will this journey ever end
African emigrant
hoping for treasure land
just around the next bend