Once there was a battle there In Zaire, in Zaire Hundred thousand people there In Zaire, in Zaire All those people gathered there In Zaire, in Zaire To see the rumble in the jungle i-i-i-in... In Zaire Came a man called Elijah In Zaire, in Zaire With him came the superstar In Zaire, in Zaire All those people came from far In Zaire, in Zaire To see the rumble in the jungle i-i-i-in... In Zaire And who was the victor of the night?
Elijah Mohammed's bog, Ali won the fi-i-i-ight In Zaire All those people chanted there In Zaire, in Zaire Seven rounds of torture there In Zaire, in Zaire One more round and Ali's there In Zaire, in Zaire There was a great excitement everywhe-e-e-er... In Zaire The lightning struck twice in the night First in the ring and then after the fi-i-i-ight In Zaire In Zaire, in Zaire...