Sons of Adwa

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[Intro]
[low choir chanting]
Adwa
Adwa
Earth is shaking
Drums of morning
Spears awakened

[Verse 1]
Dust that rises
Steps of fathers
Mountain watches
Fire gathers

Names like thunder
Echo skyward
Heartbeats marching
Forward
Onward

[Chorus]
Sons of Adwa
Stand together (hey!)
From the highlands to the sea
We are lions
Bound by honor
Chain our bodies
Never our dreams
Lift that banner
Red and golden
Let the broken world believe
Sons of Adwa
Hearts unbroken
Africa rising
We are free

[Verse 2]
Mothers praying
Under acacia
Old songs burning
Warm in our blood

Steel against us
We were many
Hands and voices
One river flood

[Chorus]
Sons of Adwa
Stand together (hey!)
From the highlands to the sea
We are lions
Bound by honor
Chain our bodies
Never our dreams
Lift that banner
Red and golden
Let the broken world believe
Sons of Adwa
Hearts unbroken
Africa rising
We are free

[Bridge]
Call the fallen by their names
They are stars that never fade
From their courage
We were made
From their courage
We were made (oh-oh)

[Chorus]
Sons of Adwa
Stand together (hey!)
From the highlands to the sea
We are lions
Bound by honor
Chain our bodies
Never our dreams
Lift that banner
Red and golden
Let the broken world believe
Sons of Adwa
Hearts unbroken
Africa rising
We are free

[Outro]
[choir call-and-response]
Adwa!
We remember
Adwa!
We still breathe
Adwa!
One Africa
Adwa!
We are free