MOTHER AFRICA?

Is Mother Africa really her name
Or is she the father from whence we came
But if she were he would we know her today
Or just like all others would he have strayed
Would he have deserted us long ago
Just because the nature in black men says so
For if she was the father from whence we came
Would he have had the decency to atleast leave his name

      Or has America corrupted my mind?

Would we have been torn from him or he from us
Deserted in the Congo alone in the dusk
If she was him would we suckle from his breast still
Or would he have gave us up free of will
Or would he have fought 'til death like a man
Conquoring all! Defending his land!
Or would he have left us this will that's stone set
Leaving fatherless children and black women no respect

      Or has America diseased my mind?

If Afric is mother is father to be found
Or was he a stanger who once came around
And sired children he did not stay to know
For once dawn came he then had to go
Setting this tradition which seemed around from the start
When a sister is with-child the brother departs
Or was Africa a man whose search for us was delayed
And we assumed he was mother for we never knew a father who stayed

      Or has America poisoned my mind?