Blu & Exile

African Dream (feat. Gappy Ranks & Aloe Blacc)
Hmm, ayy, ayy, hmm I'm going on when my time come Same place weh di River Nile on Green grass, blue skies and sun Heart a beat like an African drum Ayo, I'm African, although I was born in Los Angeles I gotta get a tap to represent with my family Get, it's black skin, black bones, black man From the black planet, black sand, black lamb Back then I woulda been on a ship eating fish Taking weekend trips in the sea to see if I could meet the French Speaking tongues over drums, dancing and singing songs You could see the long, all mother brothers we call Organ, African, I'm back again Like I never left, never did having this Africa, I have to show my kids just how old the culture is From California, but I wanna live in Africa Oh, Africa, oh, Africa Oh, Africa, my motherland Ayy, hmm, I'm going on when my time come Same place weh di River Nile on Green grass, blue skies and sun Heart a beat like an African drum Songtexte Africa, mother Africa, home of civilization A cradle, a man kind of birth place of creation Generate it from stories, inner grade it through generations Told by the inches, you can't say it's non-greatest Africa, the rain of eager, range all my people Disperse, see the Earth surface before you could purchase vehicles They reach you on the coast in the boat You can't believe it, yo, with flows And you niggas make weapons out the stone Fuck, it built my homes out the stone too And a statue of me 'cause I wanna be a king to show We could be buddies, we could trade outgo, culture and riches from different shows But if you ever cross me, then we would go to war You know the Lord Savior Creator He made His humble specially when the Romans tried to take over the jungles So we stopped in the Middle East, we still can't get no peace Soon as AC dominate when they slaved us to a piece of Africa Hmm, ayy, ayy, hmm, I'm going on when my time come Same place weh di River Nile on Green grass, blue skies and sun Heart a beat like an African drum They call me the homo habilis 'cause I created the habitat Before the great homo erectus invaded half the map Plea, we catching lines, Chile, put his head on a stick Just to prove to everyone how strong you really is You can say it lives on the most nurturing continent The fruits and vegetables, long rivers, tall mountains Zebras, cheetahs, elephants, panthers, gorillas The fast dazzles, hot summers, cold winters Man, the sister brought me back to my genes, African eave Have to teach the mother of agriculture a couple things Like we could speak English, European, Chinese And my continent, it's the second largest you ever seen Red, black, yellow and green Land man, sun in the trees, the first kings, the first human beings The first everything, Afros, cornrows, bald hairs and long dreads Offset then we're all bred in Africa Oh, Africa, oh, Africa Oh, Africa, my motherland Oh, Africa, oh, Africa Oh, Africa, we plan to stand Hmm, ayy, ayy, hmm, I'm going on when my time come Same place weh di River Nile on Green grass, blue skies and sun Heart a beat like an African drum Heart a beat, heart a beat Heart a beat like an African drum Heart a beat, heart a beat Heart a beat like an African drum Oh, Africa, oh, Africa Oh, Africa, my motherland Oh, Africa, oh, Africa Oh, Africa, we plan to stand Aus Songtexte Mania