This Is the Time (Rise of Afrika)

INTRO — LONE TALKING DRUM, HEARTBEAT SPOKEN — CALM, FIRM This is the time to rise. This is the time to lead. This is the time to stop being last and become the first. SPOKEN — BUILDING, DJEMBE ENTERS This is the time to end poverty, to break the chains of dependence, to cast off colonization— in the mind, in the economy, in the spirit. SPOKEN — INTENSE, STRINGS RISE No more waiting. No more excuses. No more accepting the bottom as our appointed place. PAUSE — DRUMS ONLY SPOKEN — WARM, HOPEFUL The season has changed. This is the time for unification. This is the time for healing. This is the time for peace. This is the time for real progress. SPOKEN — STRONG, EACH LINE PUNCHED One people. One vision. One powerful continent. SPOKEN — DEEP AND STEADY We do not climb alone. We rise together, or we do not rise at all. BUILD — BRASS AND FULL DRUMS The fire is ours. The future is ours. Pass it forward. CHOIR CHANT — CALL AND RESPONSE Lead: Afrika must rise! Choir: Afrika must rise! Lead: Afrika must lead! Choir: Afrika must lead! Lead: Afrika must unite! Choir: Afrika must unite! SPOKEN — FINAL, OVER FADING DRUMS The rise has begun. FINAL TALKING DRUM END