Ondeto's Awakening roots by ras kongo

Verse 1

(Male Voice)

The sun

Bold burning fire

Climbing up the mountain peak

He led the forest men through the heavy rain

Stronger than any steel blade

Ondeto

The lion

The king

Verse 2

(Female Voice)

Akoth

Laying the heavy stones

Building up the walls of Kikongo

Every block is a prayer for the lost souls

Gathering the children from the north

Gathering the children from the south

Kikongo

Home

Original

Chorus

(Male and Female Harmony)

Ondeto is the light

Ondeto is the light

Ondeto is the light

Father Oloo and Mother Aloo

One spirit in the sky

The trinity is rising now

The trinity is rising now

Post-Chorus

Oh Maria

Legio Maria

A-A-Africa

The glory has come back home

Verse 3

(Male Voice)

Kimathi

Standing at his right hand

Fighting for the sacred green land

He never bowed down to the foreign crown

Ondeto broke the heavy iron locks

Ondeto spoke and the earth shook

Freedom

Now

He rose

Verse 4

(Female Voice)

Yie kuon chier

The bread of life returns

The final awakening for the black star

No more weeping in the mud and dust

No more sleeping while the sun burns

No more hiding in the thick brush

Wakened

Washed

Pure

Chorus

(Male and Female Harmony)

Ondeto is the light

Ondeto is the light

Ondeto is the light

Father Oloo and Mother Aloo

One spirit in the sky

The trinity is rising now

The trinity is rising now

Bridge

(Male Voice)

Walk to Kikongo

(Female Voice)

Find your way back to Oloo

(Male Voice)

Walk to Kikongo

(Female Voice)

Find your way back to Aloo

(Both)

The pilgrimage is here

The pilgrimage is here

The pilgrimage is here

Ancestors are calling out your name

Chorus

(Male and Female Harmony)

Ondeto is the light

Ondeto is the light

Ondeto is the light

Father Oloo and Mother Aloo

One spirit in the sky

The trinity is rising now

The trinity is rising now

Outro

Return to glory

Return to the sun

Kikongo is waiting

The light has come

Ondeto

Ondeto

Ondeto

Instrumental