►Get our new album now: ►Stream “Africa“ here: THE VIDEO Shot by Kent Shelley (King Digital Marketing) Directed by Kent Shelley & Simply Three Edited and colored by Zack Clark THE SONG Written by David Paich & Jeff Porcaro Engineered, recorded, produced, and performed by Simply Three Mixed by Ed Boyer Mastered by Nathan James LYRICS I hear the drums echoing tonight But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation She’s coming in twelve-thirty flight Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation I stopped an old man along the way Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies He turned to me as if to say: “Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you“ It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do I bless the rains down in Africa Gonna take some time to do the things we never had The wild dogs cry out in the
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