Baba Brinkman - I'm A African 2.0 lyrics
[Baba Brinkman - I'm A African 2.0 lyrics]
I’m a African, I’m a African
And I know what’s happenin’
I’m a African, I’m a African
Archaeologists know what’s happenin’
You a African? You a African?
Do you know what’s happenin’?
I’m a African, I’m a African
Geneticists know what’s happenin’
No I wasn’t born in Ghana
But Africa is my mama
‘Cause that’s where my mama
Got her mitochondria
You can try to fight if you wanna
But it’s not gonna change me
‘Cause it’s plain to see
Africans are my people
And if it’s not plain to see
Then your eyes deceive you
I’m talkin’ primeval the DNA in my veins
Tells a story that reasonable
People find believable
But it might even blow your transistors
Africa is the home of our
Most recent common ancestors
Which means human beings are
All brothers and sisters
So check the massive evidence of Homo erectus
And Australopithecus afarensis in
The fossil record and then try to tell me
That we’re not all connected
The fossil record has gaps
But no contradictions
And it complements the evidence
In your chromosomes so I came to let you
Know about your ancestral home
I’m a African, I’m a African
And I know what’s happenin’
I’m a African, I’m a African
Archaeologists know what’s happenin’
You a African? You a African?
Do you know what’s happenin’?
I’m a African, I’m a African
Geneticists know what’s happenin’
Yeah, it’s plain to see, you can’t change me
‘Cause, I’ma be a Homo sapien for life
Yeah, it’s plain to see, you can’t change me
‘Cause, I’ma be a Homo sapien for life
Yeah, the red is for the blood in my
Arm – it runs in the veins
Of all my cousins from the same African mom
And the black is for the melanin
Which I guess I lost
A mutation with benefit's that
Offset the costs at least in the North
After massive glaciation
My family passed through
Some adaptive radiations
We started as Africans
And then became Eurasians
And then one final migration
Made us Canadians
But it’s back to my origin
‘cause I understand for every colour of man
Africa is the motherland
So I’m comin’ back, that’s my right of return
I’m only speakin’ the facts
Which I invite you to learn
We came from Africa first
Charles Darwin predicted it
‘Cause that’s where modern chimps
And gorillas live
So the green is for the envy
In the eyes of intelligent design
Advocates and scientific illiterates
I’m a African, I’m a African
And I know what’s happenin’
I’m a African, I’m a African
Archaeologists know what’s happenin’
You a African? You a African?
Do you know what’s happenin’?
I’m a African, I’m a African
Geneticists know what’s happenin’
Yeah, C-A-N-A-D-A asia, U-K, U-S-A
Oz, Tazmania, and Ukraine
No, it ain’t ‘bout where you stay
It’s ‘bout the motherland
M-O-N-G-O-L-IA saudi Arabia and Kuwait
Sweden, Denmark, and Norway
No, it ain’t ‘bout where you stay
It’s ‘bout the motherland
And I know what’s happenin’
I’m a African, I’m a African
Archaeologists know what’s happenin’
You a African? You a African?
Do you know what’s happenin’?
I’m a African, I’m a African
Geneticists know what’s happenin’
No I wasn’t born in Ghana
But Africa is my mama
‘Cause that’s where my mama
Got her mitochondria
You can try to fight if you wanna
But it’s not gonna change me
‘Cause it’s plain to see
Africans are my people
And if it’s not plain to see
Then your eyes deceive you
I’m talkin’ primeval the DNA in my veins
Tells a story that reasonable
People find believable
But it might even blow your transistors
Africa is the home of our
Most recent common ancestors
Which means human beings are
All brothers and sisters
So check the massive evidence of Homo erectus
And Australopithecus afarensis in
The fossil record and then try to tell me
That we’re not all connected
The fossil record has gaps
But no contradictions
And it complements the evidence
In your chromosomes so I came to let you
Know about your ancestral home
I’m a African, I’m a African
And I know what’s happenin’
I’m a African, I’m a African
Archaeologists know what’s happenin’
You a African? You a African?
Do you know what’s happenin’?
I’m a African, I’m a African
Geneticists know what’s happenin’
Yeah, it’s plain to see, you can’t change me
‘Cause, I’ma be a Homo sapien for life
Yeah, it’s plain to see, you can’t change me
‘Cause, I’ma be a Homo sapien for life
Yeah, the red is for the blood in my
Arm – it runs in the veins
Of all my cousins from the same African mom
And the black is for the melanin
Which I guess I lost
A mutation with benefit's that
Offset the costs at least in the North
After massive glaciation
My family passed through
Some adaptive radiations
We started as Africans
And then became Eurasians
And then one final migration
Made us Canadians
But it’s back to my origin
‘cause I understand for every colour of man
Africa is the motherland
So I’m comin’ back, that’s my right of return
I’m only speakin’ the facts
Which I invite you to learn
We came from Africa first
Charles Darwin predicted it
‘Cause that’s where modern chimps
And gorillas live
So the green is for the envy
In the eyes of intelligent design
Advocates and scientific illiterates
I’m a African, I’m a African
And I know what’s happenin’
I’m a African, I’m a African
Archaeologists know what’s happenin’
You a African? You a African?
Do you know what’s happenin’?
I’m a African, I’m a African
Geneticists know what’s happenin’
Yeah, C-A-N-A-D-A asia, U-K, U-S-A
Oz, Tazmania, and Ukraine
No, it ain’t ‘bout where you stay
It’s ‘bout the motherland
M-O-N-G-O-L-IA saudi Arabia and Kuwait
Sweden, Denmark, and Norway
No, it ain’t ‘bout where you stay
It’s ‘bout the motherland