they came before columbus
afrikans in the amerikas
just like the statue of olmec
they wrote the books about meditation
they taught me about ancestral reveration

it is the fire down below
that ignites this great afrikan nation
we have to re store,re build,re unite
and strengthen our ancestral ties
to re store our pride in this great
afrikan civilization

my people iam talking about the fire down below
the war chants of the zulus
the spirits of steven biko
the spirits of ken sara wiwa
the writting of wolly soyenka

it is the fire down below
we gonna do it this time
it will be blow for blow
it is time to build and grow

lets re build, re construct,reclaim
and rejoyce, the afrikan community
which is broken apart,
we dont need bandaid sollutions
what we need
is to come up with real conclusions
lets ignite the fire down below.