People working for less than a dollar a day
And there's no answer to the hunger
And the poverty never seems to go away
They're asking how much longer?
Let the children go to school
Let there be no reason
They can't get an education
I see the beautiful minds coming
From miles and miles like butterflies
Let's feed the thirst in their eyes
Time is ticking, ticking, ticking
ticking away
Hear the call for a through-ball
Yes! A luta continua
There's no time to delay
The Africa we dream of
Only 8 Goals away
Africa E! Africa E!
Africa O! Africa O!
Africa E! Africa E!
Africa O! Africa O!
If we teach a girl to read
A future generation rejoices, rejoices
rejoices, rejoices
Put a microphone in the hands of our sisters
Hear their voices
know their choices
We have the power at this very hour
To decide we're losing no child under five
That they will grow and live to see their eighties
And live to see their babies' babies
Time is ticking, ticking, ticking away
Hear the call for a through-ball
call for a through-ball
Yes! A luta continua
There's no time to delay
The Africa we dream of
Only 8 Goals away
Africa E!
Africa O!
Africa E!
Africa O!
She puts his hand on her stomach
His other hand is on the heart, card in his pocket
Their doctor, knows she'll make it
As for the baby that both parents created
Sitting at the gateway
They are new parents-to-be
Its a good, good day
We've made such major steps
In the right direction
We took the road less traveled by
We've pulled hard on the reigns of major sickness
No, we won't bear the burden of the sadness
Time is ticking, ticking, tiking ticking away
Hear the call for a through-ball
Call for a through ball
Yes! A luta continua
There's no time to delay
The Africa we dream of
Only 8 Goals away.
8 goals away
Africa E!
Africa O!
Africa E! Africa E!
Africa O!Africa O!
(music instrumet playing)
Smoke from factories
Killing rivers and trees
The water's not drinkable
The situation's unthinkable
We must have somewhere to go
when we need to go
Overcrowded spaces
Like a maximum sentence
What we need is opportunity
A world in unity
A level playing field
See where we went wrong
Take a look at the replay
It's time for fair play
Time is ticking, ticking, it's ticking away
Hear the call for a through-ball
Call for a through ball
Yes! A luta continua
There's no time to delay
The Africa we dream of
Only 8 Goals away
Africa E! E!
Africa O! O!
Africa E! E!
Africa O! O!
Africa E! Africa E!
Africa O! Africa O!
Africa E! Africa E!
Africa O! Africa O!
(children playing soccer)