Said, I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
I will be fighting;
I've got to be fighting;
I will be fighting;
Till Africa and Africans are free!

I said that I been up there,
And I've seen poverty beyond compare.
I know slave drivers just don't care,
They just don't care, no, no, no!

Well, I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
Said, I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
I'll be fighting;
I've got to be fighting;
I will be fighting;
Till Africa and Africans are free!

Africa's the richest place,
But it has the poorest race.
And to me it's just a disgrace,
Just a disgrace!

That is why, I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
Said, I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
I'll be fighting;
I've got to be fighting;
I will be fighting;
Till Africa and Africans are free!

(..)

And I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
Said, I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
I will be fighting;
And I've got to be fighting;
I will be fighting;
Till Africa and Africans are free!

Africans don't wait too long,
We gotta fight 'cause it's not wrong.
Won't you join in and sing this song,
Sing this song!

'Cause I say, I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
I will be fighting;
And I've got to be fighting;
I will be fighting;
Till Africa and Africans are free!

To be poor it's a hurtful pain,
Livin' inna poverty it's a burning shame.
Help yourself 'cause man you're not lame,
You are not lame!

No, no, no and I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
Said, I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
Said I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
Said I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
And I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
Said I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
And I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
Said I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..
Said I'm not gonna give it up!
I'm not goin'..