Central Africa
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We Flow Lyrics:
It’s 2000 years ago
The African Kingdoms grow
Prosperous, rich, and cultural
Some Europeans - with slave trade made possible
Weaken the kingdom’s throne
The Kongo Kingdom on the rise
But now it’s starting to divide
Chorus:
We flow down the Zambezi and the Congo
Yea all the trees are disappearing
As we watch those miners go
Tropical land of Central Africa
Extract the timber and copper there
But when we use the land
It ruins the land, tomorrow
The 1800s, Central Africa is forced
To divide into new European Colonies
No Kingdom boundaries
Languages or religions
Considered in these new times
Violence would soon be on the rise
While the natural resources are mined
…and leaves it desolate and barren
So we’ll never get to use it for more than that, ya know…
After the World War
Independence provided for
The colonies, these new countries violent and poor
Unstable governments
Resulting in Civil Wars
Stricken with famine and disease
100 million people between the Western Rift and the sea
Still full of tradition, despite the colonies