I found my love in America,
And I made her my nana,
I'm just a young man from Africa,
Working hard for my nana,
I found my love in America,
And I made her my nana,
I'm just a young man from Africa,
Working hard for my dollar.
All I owned was a bag of dreams,
Put it on my back and I hit the streets,
I said "One day I'm a be a king and build a castle for my queen".
I've been looking,
I've been longing,
I've been searching for this girl,
I'll be looking,
I'll be running,
I'll be flying all around the world.
I found my love in America,
And I made her my nana,
I'm just a young man from Africa,
Working hard for my dollar.
And that shook up the Big Apple tree,
Marley made the whole nation scream,
I said there might be a place for me,
So I had to face the Atlantic sea.
I've been looking,
I've been longing,
I've been searching for this girl,
I'll be looking,
I'll be running,
I'll be flying all around the world.
I found my love in America,
And I made her my nana,
I'm just a young man from Africa,
Working hard for my dollar.
Nobody gonna take her away,
Nobody gonna take her away,
Nobody gonna take her away,
My beautiful nana,
Nobody gonna take her from me,
Nobody gonna take her from me,
Nobody gonna take her from me,
My beautiful nana.
A crazy hard could, could never stop,
Well my heart is crazy about you girl,
And you caught my heart like a falling star,
Nobody gonna take her away,
Nobody gonna take her away from me.
I found my love in America,
And I made her my nana,
I'm just a young man from Africa,
Working hard for my dollar.
Nobody gonna take her away,
Nobody gonna take her away,
Nobody gonna take her away,
My beautiful nana,
Nobody gonna take her from me,
Nobody gonna take her from me,
Nobody gonna take her from me,
My beautiful nana.
My beautiful nana,
Na na na, na na na,
Na na na na na na na,
Nobody gonna take you,
Nobody gonna take you.
Oh baby!