Africa

Titre d'AKON

Date de sortie : 2007

Auteur-Compositeur : Alioune Badara THIAM

Album : African Westside - The Official Mixtape (2007) 

Note : ★★★★★

AFRICA

Yo, in case you ain't know, I go by my name of Akon... and I'm from (Africa! Africa!)

Home of the Gorée Islands - I'm from Senegal, West-side (Africa! Africa!)

So I'ma share with you where I'm from and how I was comin' up (Africa ! Africa!)

So what you know about the struggles that my people went through so you can live the way you live now

So what you know about seeing that brand new mother givin away her newborn child

So what you know about Mr. Amadou Diallo, a Senegalese, cops shot down

So what you know about how people love to percieve us when we come into a brand new town

So what you know about the Goree Island, where all the slaves were shipped from

So what you know about being born in America to avoid immigration

Still from the ghetto ooohh of Senegal (Africa! Africa!)

Comin' frim the ghetto ooohh of Senegal (Africa! Africa!)

Comin' from the ghetto ooohh of Senegal (Africa! Africa!)

Yes, I'm comin' from the ghetto ooohh of Senegal (Africa! Africa!)

So what you know about Thieboudienne, Yassa, Tcherey and Maafey, my favorite foods

So what you know about niggas throwin rocks, bustin' shots at a military invadin my hood

So what you know about kids with automatic machines waiting for the war to get on that side

So what you know about how God comes first in our lives, everything that we do is for Allah

So what you know about that Holy place called Touba where Prophets were born

So what you know about comin here, gettin money and investing it back home

Right in the ghetto oooo of Senegal (Africa! Africa!)

Give it to the ghetto ooo of Senegal (Africa! Africa!)

Take it to the ghetto oooo of Senegal (Africa! Africa!)

Send it right to the ghetto oooo of Senegal (Africa! Africa!)

Now see that's just a little piece of how it is (Africa! Africa!)

See, but we can come together and make it 'lot better back home (Af-ree-caa! Africa!)

So don't complain about how they treating you here,

take your millions of dollars there, back to (Africa! Africa!)

We own that land, we own those diamonds, (Africa! Africa!)

We kings man, we don't take orders, we give em.

Think about it.

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