Kikongo Rising

Intro

Blessings and honor to Akoth Salome

The Oracle of Aquarius

Salute to Odede King Chiel

Orudi the high priest of Ethiopia who named the King

Magero Asa Rateng the Scribe of Ondeto

Mabira the mathematician

The light has come

Verse 1

(Male Voice)

Fire

Ondeto

Ultimate spirit

Creator of the whole sun

He came with Father Olo

He came with Mother Alo

Directly from the throne

The trinity is here

Power

One man led the Mau Mau

Dedan Kimathi stood on his right side

Fighting for the soil

The king was the head

The master of the plan

Chorus

(Male and Female)

Ondeto is the sun

Ondeto is the sun

The light has come for the children

The light has come

Legio Maria is the way

Yie kuon chier

The resurrection is real

The awakening is now

Return to glory

Return to glory

Return to glory

Verse 2

(Female Voice)

Rise

Kikongo rising

Stepmother Akoth is building the walls

The center for the black soul

The original ancestor waits

Olo is calling us home

Kikongo

Kikongo

Pilgrimage of the holy

All Africans unite

One blood

One spirit

One land

The chains are falling down

Chorus

(Male and Female)

Ondeto is the sun

Ondeto is the sun

The light has come for the children

The light has come

Legio Maria is the way

Yie kuon chier

The resurrection is real

The awakening is now

Return to glory

Return to glory

Return to glory

Bridge

(Male Voice)

The mathematician Mabira counts the stars

The high priest Orudi sees the name

Odede King Chiel guards the gate

(Female Voice)

The Oracle speaks in the wind

Akoth Salome shows the path

Kikongo is the rock

Kikongo is the rock

Kikongo is the rock

Chorus

(Male and Female)

Ondeto is the sun

Ondeto is the sun

The light has come for the children

The light has come

Legio Maria is the way

Yie kuon chier

The resurrection is real

The awakening is now

Return to glory

Return to glory

Return to glory

Tribute Outro

(Male Voice - Magero Asa Rateng)

I am the scribe

I write the truth of the lion

The history is carved in gold

Ondeto is the alpha

The omega of our freedom

We go to Kikongo

The pilgrimage is set

Black people rise

Your light is here

I testify

I record the miracles

Glory to the Father Olo

Glory to the Mother Alo

The sun never sets on Ondeto

Instrumental Outro

Drum Roll