[Verse]
There where I came from, there are stories to weep over
Mournful songs that tell of homesickness for a distant land
There where I came from, there's a spirit in the people's soul
A tree the size of the world's heart
There where I came from, black women had mulatto children
The full moon lights the darkness of all Cape Verde
[Chorus]
There whеre I came from, therе's a secret history kept by time
A perfume, a mystery imprinted on the skin
There where I came from, the full moon soothes the torment
Of the chains people once brought from Africa
[Post-Chorus]
Fastened to their ankles and their wrists, lashed on their bodies
Fastened to their ankles and their wrists, lashed on their bodies
[Chorus]
There where I came from, there's a secret history kept by time
A perfume, a mystery imprinted on the skin
There where I came from, the full moon soothes the torment
Of the chains people once brought from Africa
[Post-Chorus]
Fastened to their ankles and their wrists, lashed on their bodies
Fastened to their ankles and their wrists, lashed on their bodies
[Outro]
There where I came from, where I've never gone back to
There where I came from, where I've never gone back to