AXUM
This one ya named Axum (Axumite)
Glorious Axum (Axumite)
This one ya named Axum (Axumite)
Never could you die
Never could you fade and never you divide
Oh Oh Axum
Oldest capital in Tigray region
Home to the hosts and legion
Teff we did ah trade inna the season
Yodit guilty of treason
Economic dominance inna the region
Ark of the Covenant reason
Ezana separate from the heathen
Still unbeaten
We worked so hard on the obelisk I
33 meters high
Underground counter work mystify
King of Kings from the time of Za Haqalai
Sheba where she grow and she reside
Menliek born, Menilek die
St. Mary of Zion was built by Janhoi
This one ya named Axum (Axumite)
Glorious Axum (Axumite)
This one ya named Axum (Axumite)
Never could you die
Never could you fade and never you divide
Oh Oh Axum
Before the Romans wrote
It was the beginning of the Silk Road
Where we did honor and we did hold
Chapel of the Tablet and the Tablets of the Law
It was the city where the Emperors were crowned
A pilgrim's holy destination
Where the bath of Sheba was filled with milk of goat
And we still celebrate the festival Timket
This one ya named Axum (Axumite)
Glorious Axum (Axumite)
This one ya named Axum (Axumite)
Never could you die
Never could you fade and never you divide
Oh Oh Axum
Oldest capital in Tigray region
Home to hosts and legion
Teff we did ah trade inna the season
Yodit guilty of treason
Economic dominance inna the region
Ark of the Covenant reason
Ezana separate from the heathen
Still unbeaten
Oh Oh Axum (Axumite)
Glorious Axum (Axumite)
This one ya named Axum (Axumite)
Never could you die
Never could you fade and never you divide
Oh Oh Axum
gondar
Tell you seh Gondar Gondar
Gondar Gondar
Camelot of Africa
Gondar Gondar
Abune Bet and Fasilides
Iyasus Palace and the Hall of Dawit
Mentewab Castle Ras Mikael Palace
Debre Berhane Zara Yaqob established it
Magdala to Gondar Fasilides he moved it
Negus Tewodros Solomonic lineage
A buffalo he led the Emperor to Angereb
A Bahatawi said build and so he did
Tell you seh Gondar Gondar
Gondar Gondar
Camelot of Africa
Gondar Gondar
Ancient living in a modern time
Fire devastating but the shifta fight
United against the enemy
They had to run and hide
Tell you seh Gondar Gondar
Gondar Gondar
Camelot of Africa
Gondar Gondar
Anything they do yeah
Anything they try
Look into my face
Look into my eye
Look into my heaven
Yeah look into my mind
Original knight round the round table I
Ancient custom and ancient rite
Katama Makkababya
Baeda Maryam Adababay
Wember Ber Fit Ber
Tazkaro Ber Azaj Tequre Ber
Adenager Ber
Qwali Ber
Elfign Ber
Inqoye Ber
Ras Ber
Tell you seh Gondar Gondar
Gondar Gondar
Camelot of Africa
Gondar Gondar
Abune Bet and Fasilides
Iyasus Palace and the Hall of Dawit
Mentewab Castle Ras Mikael Palace
Debre Berhane Zara Yaqob established it
Magdala to Gondar Fasilides he moved it
Negus Tewodros Solomonic lineage
A buffalo he led the Emperor to Angereb
A Bahatawi said build and so he did
addis ababa
Addis Ababa
New flower
You new flower
Is Addis Ababa
Built by His Majesty
Emperor Menilek number 2
And his wife Empress Taitu
From Ankober to Entoto
Capital of Shewa it did go
But there was no wood
No water
Addis Ababa
New flower
You new flower
Is Addis Ababa
Until they found that mineral spring
Down in the Valley of Filwoha
Where the royal and nobility love to be
Everyone start come around
Menilek built up the palace grounds
Plenty eucalyptus trees
So green
Addis Ababa
New flower
You new flower
Is Addis Ababa
It was His Majesty
Emperor Haile I Selassie I the First
Re-established Jah kingdom
Headquarters of the OAU
And the African Union
Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches too
Addis Ababa
New flower
You new flower
Is Addis Ababa
SEMIEN MOUNTAIN
Inna the Semien Mountain
Semien Mountain
Semien Mountain
Where the air is clean
Air is clean
Mountain
Inna the Semien Mountain
Semien Mountain
From the roof of Africa
Africa
Ras Dashen the highest
In Ethiopia
Kidus Yared
And the Mount of Biuat
North of Gondar
South of Axum
Where the snow forever falls
Inna the Semien Mountain
Semien Mountain
Semien Mountain
Where the air is clean
Air is clean
Mountain
Inna the Semien
Inna the Semien Mountain
Semien Mountain
From the roof of Africa
Africa
In the land of the Beta Israel
Straight from the province of Dembiya
From the Zemene Mesefint
Haile Maryam Mount Hai
I arsenal upon Mount Hai
I treasury upon Mount Hai
Ibex upon Mount Hai
Inna the Semien
Inna the Semien
Inna the Semien Mountain
Semien Mountain
Where the air is clean
Air is clean
Mountain
Inna the Semien
Inna the Semien Mountain
Semien Mountain
From the roof of Africa
The roof of Africa
Africa
Ethiopian highland
Inaccessible to most
Villages line it
Invaders come out
And if you never see it
The geladas and wolves
Ibex Caracal
Inna the Rift Valley style
Inna the Semien
Inna the Semien
Inna the Semien Mountain
Semien Mountain
Where the air is clean
Air is clean
Mountain
Inna the Semien
Inna the Semien Mountain
Semien Mountain
From the roof of Africa
Africa
LALIBELA
Lalibela Lalibela
Rock cut Bayta Lalibela
Bella Lalibela Bella Lali
Lalibela Lalibela
Rock hewn Bayta Lalibela
Bella Lalibela Bella Lali
Inna the Semien Wollo Zone
Semien Wollo Zone
Region Amhara
Lasta Woreda
Semien Wollo Zone
Semien Wollo Zone
Bugna Woreda
Lasta Woreda
Gebre Maskal Lalibela
Member of the Zagwe Dynastaya
Ruled Ethiopia in those dayas
King of Kings known as Roha yea
Swarm of bees surround his head ah
And his mother knew he would be greater
He took a trod to I-rusalem
And returned with the angels again
Lalibela Lalibela
Rock cut Bayta Lalibela
Bella Lalibela Bella Lali
Lalibela Lalibela
Rock hewn Bayta Lalibela
Bella Lalibela Bella Lali
Over by River Jordan
Was the capital of I-tiopia
Lebna Dengel was watching over
When the Portuguese came with dem obeah
According to Futuh al Habasa
Ahmad Gragn burned down one out ya
But I and I we don't really feel so
Ten miles out the city they were led to
Lalibela Lalibela
Rock cut Bayta Lalibela
Bella Lalibela Bella Lali
Lalibela Lalibela
Rock hewn Bayta Lalibela
Bella Lalibela Bella Lali
Bayta Medhane Alem
Bayta Maryam
Bayta Golgotha Mikael
Bayta Meskel
Bayta Denagel
Bayta Giyorgis
Bayta Amanuel
Harar
Harar
City of 100 shrines devoted to saints
Those of coffee, skies and rain
Those who fix what is broken and return what is lost
Oh Oh Harar
City of mystics
Gated labyrinth
Oh Oh Harar
City of magic
Ancient labyrinth
Gated labyrinth
City of mystics
City of magic
For centuries
Many have been drawn down there
I feel it in a memory
So many treasures there down there
Down there
Fine art and leather
Outpost of every Scripture
Inna every kind of weather
Oh Oh Harar
City of mystics
Gated labyrinth
Oh Oh Harar
City of magic
Ancient labyrinth
Gated labyrinth
City of mystics
City of magic
Spirits of Kings and Saints
In the East where the green hills remain
Yes Jah inna 99 names
Oh Jah temples 99 same
To the ground turban wrapped up and fling
From the center of the Earth Mount Hakim
5 Gates in the distance
No, I cannot resist
Oh Oh Harar
City of mystics
Gated labyrinth
Oh Oh Harar
City of magic
Ancient labyrinth
Gated labyrinth
City of mystics
City of magic
I and I will be defending it
So we can walk peacefully
Commercial center inna Africa
Your walls speak poetry
Moon drenched nights
Sun soaked homes
Colorful markets
Far away from Rome
Moon drenched nights
Sun soaked homes
Colorful markets
So we roll
Roll
tana
Lake Tana
Water is so still
Lake Tana
High up on the western hill
Over there there is a rock
Where Maryam rest
And right upon the rock
Is Yekuno Amlak
And so Frumentius
Upon the island of Cherqos
Along with Negus Zara Yaqob
Dawit and Fasilides, Za Dengel
Lake Tana
Water is so still
Lake Tana
High up on the western hill
So from Jerusalem
The Ark was taken
800 hundred years hidden
Oh not a problem, not a problem
And so we went again
Storing the crown manuscripts
From tanqwa boat, reed papyrus
Oh less than zero risk, kyrie eleison
Lake Tana
Water is so still
Lake Tana
High up on the western hill