you only got one mama you only got one pa you only got one life to live no matter who you are you can go the whole world over every city has its dawn but everybody liveth has one place where he was born and mine is kenya so warm and wild and free you ll always stay with me here in my heart my land is kenya right from your highlands to the sea you ll always stay with me here in my heart here in my heart you only got one childhood and the memories that spring when you see your house the tree you climbed and all those precious things the faces of the friends i had the images that flow when i close my eyes in the land i love the land i was born my land is kenya so warm and wild and free you ll always stay with me here in my heart my land is kenya right from your highlands to the sea you ll always stay with me here in my heart here in my heart