Glory of Kikongo roots

Intro

Blessings and honor to Akoth Salome the Oracle of Aquarius

Salute to Odede King Chiel

Respect to Orudi the High Priest of Ethiopia

Who identified and named the Holy One

Magero Asa Rateng the Scribe

Mabira the mathematician

Jah

Chorus

Ondeto is the sun

Ondeto is the sun

Shining over Kikongo

Lifting up the spirits high

Father Olo

Mother Alo

All Mighty in the trinity

Ondeto is the sun

Post-Chorus

Fire burning

Fire burning

Awake

Awake

Verse 1

(Female Lead)

Look to the sky

Golden rays

Power of the Father Olo

Beauty of Mother Alo

He was the head of the Mau Mau

Leading the brave

Leading the strong

Right hand was Dedan Kimathi

Fighting for the land

Blood on the soil

Peace in the soul

Ondeto

The one

Chorus

Ondeto is the sun

Ondeto is the sun

Shining over Kikongo

Lifting up the spirits high

Father Olo

Mother Alo

All Mighty in the trinity

Ondeto is the sun

Post-Chorus

Fire burning

Fire burning

Awake

Awake

Verse 2

(Male Lead)

Religion Maria

Established by his hand

He died

He rose

Yie kuon chier

The final awakening

Black people rise

Return to glory

Our light is here

No more chains

No more sorrow

Just the truth

Now

Chorus

Ondeto is the sun

Ondeto is the sun

Shining over Kikongo

Lifting up the spirits high

Father Olo

Mother Alo

All Mighty in the trinity

Ondeto is the sun

Bridge

(Male and Female)

Akoth is building

Building Kikongo

The center of our souls

Pilgrimage for the nation

The original ancestor waits

Olo calls us home

Africa

United

One blood

One goal

Verse 3

(Female Lead)

Step by step

To the holy ground

Akoth the stepmother

She knows the way

The Oracle

The Queen

The gate is open

Walk inside

Ancestors

Waiting

Glory

Chorus

Ondeto is the sun

Ondeto is the sun

Shining over Kikongo

Lifting up the spirits high

Father Olo

Mother Alo

All Mighty in the trinity

Ondeto is the sun

Outro

(Spoken Word over heavy rhythm)

This is Magero Asa Rateng the Scribe

Recording the works of the Holy One

The ink never dries on the truth

The mathematician Mabira has counted the days

The light has arrived in Africa

The return is complete

All praise to the Trinity

Jah Rastafari

Ondeto

Ondeto

Ondeto

Instrumental Outro