Far Away Lyrics

We have come so far

We cannot turn back

We are marching on till victory dawns

We have come so far

We cannot turn back

We are marching on till victory dawns

Living with the people of hope and love

Groping about in the land of sunshine

Watching the African children trying

To drink from a river that keeps flowing away

As the earth is drenched with the blood of our children

What a price to pay for our silver and gold

And the watchmen we thought our brothers would be

Instead have been the wolves that have been tearing us up

For the lands far away

For a people laden with sin

For the lands far away

For a people laden with sin

We are not gonna die

At the mountain top

We are inheriting the land

We are not gonna die

At the mountain top

We are inheriting the land

Content with the semblance of liberty

We folded our arms and stopped the fight

Because we thought that a bite with a smile

Was better than a bite with a growl

Well, I see the hand of Almighty Jah

Stirring up the hearts of my African people

To reclaim our identity, our dignity

And to rebuild the ruins of Africa

Not for the lands far away

Not for a people laden with sin

Not for the lands far away

Not for a people laden with sin

Not for the lands far away

Not for a people laden with sin

Not for the lands far away

Not for a people laden with sin

Come here we sit around the bonfire of brotherhood

As we escort the long night into dawn

First it was the exodus then them walked out of Babylon

Pretty much the same today, we are the exodus

Walking out of Babylon triumphantly, defiantly

There is no, no more stopping we

From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia

My scattered people will bring my offering

No need anymore to be ashamed

For the proud will be no more

Jah people unite till the day victory dawns

Jah people unite Africa keep, keep marching on

Jah people unite till the day victory dawns

Jah people unite Africa keep, keep marching on

Jah people unite till the day Victory dawns