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Artist: Edelweis
Canonical path: /edelweis/africa
Related lyric paths: 6
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Africa
Read Africa lyrics by Edelweis on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Africa
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Estoy buscando mi apellido africano
Apellido atrapado en un barco de esclavos
Nombre que escapó de la historia
Santo y sena que se quedó en la memoria
Apellido que pasó el mar
Sangre navegable que se pudo salvar
Del abismo y la cadena, de una enorme condena
De un látigo criminal
Debes ver, conocer, dónde están las raíces
Para comprender y apreciar
Una herencia ancestral que no sé por qué
Desapareció del registro oficial
Pero no de la gente y su día a día
Cuando el alma se agranda y te mira
Apellido africano y esclavo, mandinga y nocturno
Regresa al caribe
Puedo ver y reconocer
Nuestro nombre en el cuero del tambor aquel
Hasta lo puedo escuchar afinado, igual que golpeado, maltratado
Alguna vez adorado
Ancestro extraviado
Escapado cimarrón de este pueblo fundador
Defensor hasta la muerte de una suerte
Que en vida no le tocó
Resistir, aguantar, perdonar sin olvidar
Más que nada sobrevivir y seguir
Adelante renacer y volver
Con fuertes raíces resucitar y existir
Con mi apellido africano
Con la fuerza del pasado en las manos
Asaltar y tomar
El futuro escondido renegado
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