Color Purple movie - African Homeland lyrics
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NETTIE<br>
DEAR CELIE, DEAR CELIE, DEAR CELIE,<br>
CELIE<br>
Nettie!<br>
NETTIE<br>
DEAR CELIE, OH, I LOVE YOU.<br>
YEARS GO BY AND STILL YOU'RE WITH ME.<br>
ALL WE SHARE IS ONE BIG SKY.<br>
I PRAY FOR YOUR REPLY.<br>
I TEACH YOUR CHILDREN A-B-Cs<br>
FOR A MISSIONARY FAMILY.<br>
THESE BABIES SENT BY GOD ARE YOURS,<br>
NETTIE & CELIE<br>
ADAM AND OLIVIA - ALIVE, ALIVE!<br>
NETTIE<br>
I VIBRATED LIKE A BELL<br>
WHEN I SAW THE AFRICAN COAST.<br>
AND I KNEELED DOWN AND THANKED GOD.<br>
CELIE<br>
THANK GOD<br>
NETTIE & CELIE<br>
THANK GOD<br>
NETTIE<br>
FOR LETTING US SEE THE LAND<br>
WHERE OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS DIED.<br>
AFRICAN HOMELAND, HOMELAND.<br>
NETTIE & CELIE<br>
LAND OF MY PEOPLE, PEOPLE,<br>
ALL<br>
PEOPLE!<br>
NETTIE<br>
We are going to be working with a tribe called the Olinka.<br>
CHIEF<br>
LINGA<br>
VILLAGERS<br>
LINGA<br>
CHIEF<br>
OBA<br>
VILLAGERS<br>
OBA<br>
CHIEF<br>
BATUWANGA<br>
MEN<br>
ADA DOON DA YAY<br>
CHIEF<br>
LINGA<br>
VILLAGERS<br>
LINGA<br>
CHIEF<br>
OBA<br>
VILLAGERS<br>
OBA<br>
CHIEF<br>
BATUWANGA<br>
MEN<br>
ADA DOON DA YAY<br>
CHIEF & VILLAGERS<br>
LINGA<br>
NETTIE<br>
LINGA<br>
CHIEF & VILLAGERS<br>
OBA<br>
NETTIE<br>
OBA<br>
CHIEF & VILLAGERS<br>
BATUWANGA<br>
15<br>
CHIEF, VILLAGERS, CELIE & KIDS<br>
LINGA<br>
NETTIE<br>
WE ARE<br>
CHIEF, VILLAGERS, CELIE & KIDS<br>
OBA<br>
NETTIE<br>
HAPPY<br>
NETTIE<br>
AT THE CENTER<br>
OF THE UNIVERSE.<br>
CHIEF, VILLAGERS, CELIE & KIDS<br>
LINGA<br>
NETTIE<br>
WE ARE<br>
CHIEF, VILLAGERS, CELIE & KIDS<br>
OBA<br>
NETTIE<br>
HAPPY<br>
NETTIE<br>
AT THE CENTER<br>
OF THE UNIVERSE.<br>
CHIEF & VILLAGERS<br>
OH DEE DEE OO DAY OO DAY OO DADOO DAY DOO DA DAY<br>
OH DEE DEE OO DAY OO DAY OO DADOO DAY DOO DA DAY<br>
OH YOO DOH DOO DAY AY AY<br>
WOMEN<br>
OH YO OON DADAY<br>
CHIEF & VILLAGERS<br>
OH YOO DOH DOO DAY AY AY<br>
OH YOO DOH DOO DAY AY AY<br>
WOMEN<br>
OH YO OON DADAY<br>
CHIEF & VILLAGERS<br>
OH YOO DOH DOO DAY AY AY<br>
CHIEF & VILLAGERS<br>
OH DEE DEE OO DAY OO DAY OO DADU DAY DOO DA DAY<br>
OH YOO DOH DOO DAY AY AY<br>
WOMEN<br>
OH YO OON DADAY<br>
CHIEF & VILLAGERS<br>
OH YOO DOH DOO DAY AY AY<br>
OH YOO DOH DOO DAY AY AY<br>
WOMEN<br>
EELEEYAH OODAY<br>
CHIEF & VILLAGERS<br>
OH YOO DOH DOO DAY AY AY<br>
NETTIE<br>
IT WAS LIKE BLACK SEEING BLACK<br>
FOR THE FIRST TIME.<br>
SHINY BLUE BLACK PEOPLE LOOKING REAL FINE<br>
IN BRILLIANT BLUE ROBES<br>
THAT FLY ON THE WINDS<br>
LIKE A BEAUTIFUL QUILT<br>
STITCHED TOGETHER BY FRIENDS.<br>
CELIE<br>
YOU COULD PUT EVERYTHING I KNEW<br>
IN A THIMBLE.<br>
WHAT WE'RE TAUGHT TO BE<br>
DON'T RESEMBLE<br>
THE KINGS AND QUEENS<br>
WHO FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS<br>
RULED MAGNIFICENT CITIES<br>
WASHED AWAY BY TEARS.<br>
THE CHIEF<br>
Ah too bah yah!<br>
The hunt drums begin.<br>
THE CHIEF<br>
Ah too bah yahhhh!<br>
WOMEN, CELIE & NETTIE<br>
EE YEA AHN YA<br>
EE YEA AHN YA<br>
EE YEA AHN YA<br>
EE YEA AHN YA OH<br>
OLINKA CHILDREN NETTIE<br>
HEY NYAH MAH KO WEEM BAY Dear Celie, I've been teaching the Olinka<br>
OH KO CHEE YAM WAY to read. But some of the women<br>
AH YO YAH YO . . . EEE! have become very suspicious of me<br>
DWEE YUM DOO WAY because girls have never been<br>
DAH SEE MA DOE YA YA taught to read here. Girls have never<br>
OH BO JAH MA MA been taught anything at all.<br>
AH YO YAH YO . . . EEEE! I don't understand everything they're<br>
DWEE YUM DOO WAY saying, but what it sounds like to me is -<br>
AFRICAN WIVES<br>
WHAT THIS MESS YOU BEEN PREACHIN'?<br>
WHY YOU TRYIN' TO CHANGE US?<br>
NETTIE<br>
They think I should be married.<br>
AFRICAN WIVES (nodding in agreement)<br>
WHOOP!<br>
GIRL AIN'T NOTHING WITH NO MAN.<br>
WHY YOU MAKIN' A BIG FUSS?<br>
WHOOP!<br>
NEED A HUSBAND AND CHILDREN<br>
OR YOU'RE GONNA BE NOTHING.<br>
NETTIE<br>
I AM NOBODY'S MOTHER<br>
BUT I AM SOMEBODY.<br>
AFRICAN WIVES<br>
GIRLS DON'T NEED EDUCATION.<br>
NETTIE<br>
SOUND LIKE THE WHITE FOLKS BACK HOME.<br>
AFRICAN WIVES<br>
BEST BE KNOWING YOUR STATION.<br>
NETTIE & CELIE<br>
BUT NOT MY OLIVIA!<br>
AFRICAN WIVES<br>
HMMMMMMM<br>
AFRICAN WARRIOR<br>
MATENGA!<br>
16<br>
NETTIE<br>
Our village was destroyed by the white soldiers, so now we have walked with so<br>
many other refugees to a tent camp across the border. I don't know how I will mail<br>
this letter.<br>
WE WALK AWAY FROM THIS RAVAGED LAND<br>
WITH COURAGE DEEP IN OUR HEARTS<br>
TO FACE THE UNKNOWN<br>
NETTIE & OLINKA<br>
TOGETHER.<br>
NETTIE<br>
WE'LL FIND A PLACE WHERE WE CAN BE,<br>
WHERE SPIRIT RISE AND SOUL IS FREE.<br>
OH, PEOPLE,<br>
OLINKA<br>
OON DAY UNNDALA!<br>
NETTIE<br>
MY PEOPLE<br>
OLINKA<br>
OON DAY UNNDALA!<br>
NETTIE<br>
I have faith that God will let us see each other again before we die. And you must<br>
have faith too, Celie. I only hope when that day comes, we are not too old to<br>
recognize each other. Your sister,<br>
ALL MEN<br>
WE WALK AWAY<br>
WE WALK AWAY AHUMMMMMM, HUMMMMMM, HUMMMMMM<br>
CELIE<br>
Nettie.<br>
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