Lyrics:

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 there (in Zaire)

Came a man called Elijan (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 there (in Zaire)

And who was the victor in the night?
Elijah Mohammed's boy Ali won the fight

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 great excitement everywhere (in Zaire)

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

In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire
In Zaire, in Zaire