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What some examples of lyrics from Africa?

"Pata Pata" (Miriam Makeba, 1967)

* "Pata pata, pata pata, lo lo lo (lo lo lo)

Pata pata, pata pata, lo lo lo (lo lo lo)

Pata pata, pata pata, lo lo lo (lo lo lo)

Pata pata, pata pata, lo lo lo (lo lo lo)"

"Oye Como Va" (Tito Puente, 1963)

* "Oye como va

Mi ritmo

Bueno pa' gozar

Mulata"

"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (The Proclaimers, 1988)

* "There's a train leaving on schedule

At noon today my love is going,

I feel like my life is ending now

Don't let me go on my own"

"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (The Tokens, 1961)

* "Wimoweh

Wimoweh

Wimoweh

Wimoweh"

"Despacito" (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee, 2017)

* "Despacito, vamos a hacerlo despacio.

Despacito, quiero respirar tu aliento.

Despacito, comienza despacio..."

"One Love" (Bob Marley & The Wailers, 1977)

* "One love, one heart

Let’s get together and feel all right

Hear the children crying

One love, let’s give them hope

Let’s give them shelter from rain from pain"

"Africa" (Toto, 1982)

* "I hear the drums echoing tonight

But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation

She's coming in, twelve thirty flight

The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation"

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" (Bonnie Tyler, 1983)

* "Turn around

Bright eyes

Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you near

To know that I exist

And I

Know everything that I have, it is yours

There is nothing for me"

"Sukiyaki (Ue Wo Muite Arukou)" (Kyu Sakamoto, 1963)

* "Ue wo muite arukō.

Ue wo mite arukō.

Namida watasō..."

"What a Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong, 1967)

* "I see trees of green, red roses too; I see them bloom for me and you, and I think to myself what a wonderful world."

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