[Verse 1]
Passport dreams in my pocket
Names and flags in my phone
Different colors on our jackets
Same rhythm in our bones
You say hola
I say “hey
Girl”
Ni hao lights up my screen
From the streets of Dublin laughin’
To Joburg in my dreams
[Pre-Chorus]
We don’t need permission
Just a common vision
Hands up
Hearts up
Feel the borders fade
[Chorus]
One world
One beat
We’re dancin’
Different tongues
Same anthem (oh-oh)
From Tokyo nights to Galway rain
We move the same
We move the same
Mi gente
My love
We’re shining
Ubuntu
We keep rising (hey!)
From every side of the rising sun
We stand as one
We stand as one
[Verse 2]
Kon’nichiwa in the morning
Dia dhuit in the rain
Braids and freckles on the dance floor
All laughing through the same refrain
Beijing sky in my browser
Cape Town glow on your face
Tiny screen but it feels like
We’re sharing the same place
[Pre-Chorus]
We don’t need translation
Just a syncopation
Hands up
Hearts up
Hear the walls erase
[Chorus]
One world
One beat
We’re dancin’
Different tongues
Same anthem (oh-oh)
From Tokyo nights to Galway rain
We move the same
We move the same
Mi gente
My love
We’re shining
Ubuntu
We keep rising (hey!)
From every side of the rising sun
We stand as one
We stand as one
[Bridge]
Ni hao
Hola
How you feelin’? (how you feelin’?)
Kon’nichiwa
Dia dhuit this evenin’
Sawa sawa
We keep believin’
Many words
One meanin’ (one meanin’)
[Chorus]
One world
One beat
We’re dancin’
Different tongues
Same anthem (oh-oh)
From Tokyo nights to Galway rain
We move the same
We move the same
Mi gente
My love
We’re shining
Ubuntu
We keep rising (hey!)
From every side of the rising sun
We stand as one
We stand as one