THE PRIDE OF AFRICA
You fought a good fight,
You braved the storms.
When we did not believe
You did believe.
We got scared when the going tough,
Yet you stood tall, dogged and brave.
You beat the Serbians in a 90 minute play
Sent an entire nation into raptures all day.
All did sing your praise that day
The Black Stars, a people’s most recent craze.
You stumbled on an Australian stone
At you, your nation felt like throwing stones.
You fell on a German sword
But the Lord was neither Australian nor Serbian,
On that day, He was very Ghanaian.
Red
Yellow
Green
With a black star in the middle
Those, His very colours.
You beat the U.S.A.
And awoke a sleepy nation,
The pride of Africa
Your claim to fame.
A true African star
In a group of eight.
You went past 16
You made the one-eight
You went one better,
You took a step further
You brilliantly made the quarters.
A semi-final
Oh we couldn’t wait.
You gave us so much belief
We chose the semis your least berth.
Come Friday the second of July 2010
History did beckon,
We knew you would march in
To take seats in the hall of fame.
You stretched all tendons
Overworked the muscles
Sent the brain into overtime.
Yes!!!! You did fall
Yet, you made a nation proud
You brought pride to an entire continent.
At the eleventh hour,
You did fumble
But out of our hearts you’ll never tumble.
The world did doubt you
A few of us did too.
Yet you stood atop the mountain
Waving the Ghanaian flag for all to see.
You stood tall
You made all of Africa proud.
You brought joy to Africa,
You set a continent alight
I couldn’t be more proudly African.
You painted us all in beautiful delight
You united a continent
You gave us belief.
Your laurels we look on in disbelief
Your fighting spirit has given us renewed belief.
In the black star of Africa
I do believe
I see Africa slowly rising
Like the leaves of the baobab tree.
Well done oh gallant stars
When shame threatened Africa
You did not cower and hide
Neither did you flail in despair
Rather, you refused to succumb.
When Africa called, you rose to the occasion
You never shamed us,
You showed the world how Africa fights.
In spite of all you’ve done,
The rest of the world still doubts you
Yet silently, the Black Stars of Ghana’s
What they continually mumble.
Africa never doubts
We will always rally behind you
We are more than proud of you
You’re Africa’s pride.
You played your hearts out
In that spectacular stadium.
You fought like gladiators
In ancient Rome’s coliseum.
You left your beating hearts on the pitch that day
You bled Africa for over two hours that day
Through football,
You united a continent.
You’ve given me renewed belief in African unity.
I envision a united Africa come someday,
I still dream of a United States of Africa
To this very day.
Forever gallant
Forever soldiers
Eternally heroes,
You’ll forever remain Africa’s heroes.
Reach for the stars
Unfurl your wings
Hold sway like a mighty wind.
Do not rest
Aspire to higher heights
For it is only in death
Shall Africa bid you rest.
Ayekoo Black stars of Ghana
The Pride of Africa.
Charlie I still haven't recovered from the Suarez heartbreak! Ba I know say e go be. Nice note. I'm sure the black stars will appreciate it too much!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tribute to our gallant heroes. They made all of Africa proud. Nice one, bro.
ReplyDeleteWonderful piece to a gallant team. Hope this hits the news papers and maybe on the star's website if they have any.
ReplyDeletedavid, just let it go bro, let it go. i know it hurts but u've gotta let it go. i see the stars shining brighter than before. this is only the beginning. come the time of thier next conquest, we'll be in the stadium witnessing history unfold. believe that bro....
ReplyDeleteSaintangelo, thank you bro, the black stars have really done africa and Ghana proud. they deserve at pats on their backs not unnecessary criticism. hope to catch you here same time tomorrow. this is our new spot. tell a friend to tell a friend, come and let your voice be heard. gud evening bro....
ReplyDeleteArmah, i will try and get it there but i wont be holding my breath, those newspaper editors seem to have minds of their own. sar's website? i'll check if they have one but i doubt it. hail the gallant stars bro, they did us real proud...we're doing the stx afffordable housing deal and the gnpc-exxon mobil oil saga...dnt miss this.gud evening bro...
ReplyDeleteat least we did roar
ReplyDeleteto put enemies on tour
we have made our mark
hope others will track
i say kudos to the stars.ppl in ghana are too quick to judge.next time the national team selection is being made,all those who claim to know better shd go and try out to make the squad.i hav nothing against criticism,i hav a problem with criticism that's not constructive and hypocrisy.are we only supportive when things go our way?cant we be supportive when a team falls on difficult times too?did any of us envision a quarter final berth for the national team?gh should learn to be appreciative.those guys are heroes in my book.
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