Once there was a battle there 
In Zai - In Zaire
A hundred thousand people there
In Za - In Zaire
All these people gathered there
In Za - In Zaire
To see the rumble in the jungle there….
In Zaire 

Came a man called Elijah
In Za - In Zaire
With him came the superstar 
In Za - In Zaire
All those people came from far
In Za - In Zaire
To see the rumble in the jungle there….
In Zaire 

And who was the victim in the night
Elijah Mohammed’s boy Ali won the fight

All those people chanted there
In Za - In Zaire
Seven rounds of fortune there
In Za - In Zaire
One more round an Ali’s there
In Za - In Zaire 
There was great excitement everywhere 
In Zaire

The lightning struck twice in the night 
First in the ring and then after the fight 

In Za - In Zaire
In Za - In Zaire 
In Za - In Zaire
In Za - In Zaire 
In Za - In Zaire 
In Za - In Zaire
In Za - In Zaire
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