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Give My Heart to Africa

from Warriors of the Rainbow by Dada Nabhaniilananda

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I wrote this song for a series of fund raising concerts for Ananda Marga relief work in Africa during the famine in Ethiopia in 1984. It is dedicated to the children of the African Sahel belt who, are suffering one of the worst famines in human history.

A desert twilight,
the landscape anxious
The trap of fortune,
send me your voice upon the wind.

Your mother sleeping,
The hunger creeping,
The stars are weeping,
And all of your angels weep as well.

Sometimes I lie beneath the sky, watching the stars go by,
Sometimes I lie beneath the sky, watching the worlds being born,
And now I lie beneath the sky, watching the people awaken to

Love, what love is this I feel?
The child’s cry echoes across the world,
Give my heart to Africa,
To all the children there,
Waiting for love

children are the same everywhere,
I see their eyes shine in the dark,
I see their smiles lift up our hearts,
I feel their tears tear me apart.

Your voice is in the air ,
Stand in the sun,
Fall in the shadow,
And I never really knew who you were.

Love, what love is this I feel,
The child’s cry echoes across the world
Give my heart to Africa.
Love what love is this I feel,
the child’s cry echoes across the world.

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from Warriors of the Rainbow, released January 1, 1990
Produced by Harry Williamson

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Dada Nabhaniilananda, originally from New Zealand, is a yoga monk of Ananda Marga, The Path of Bliss. Through his music and songs he seeks to connect us with the source of love within and remind us of our connection to to all life. He had his 15 minutes of fame in 1992 when he appeared on stage with the Dalai Lama before 10,000 at the 1992 Earth Summit, in Brazil. ... more

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