Blu, EXILE, Aloe Blacc, Gappy Ranks - African Dream lyrics
Aloe Blacc [Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III]
[Blu, EXILE, Aloe Blacc, Gappy Ranks - African Dream lyrics]
Hmm, ayy, ayy, hmm
I'm going home when my time come
Same place weh di River Nile run
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 tat to represent
Where my family is
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
Heaven is 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 home when my time come
Same place weh di River Nile run
Green grass, blue skies and sun
Heart a beat like an African drum
Oh Africa, mother Africa
Home of civilization
A cradle of mankind, a birthplace of creation
Generated from stories
Integrated through generations
Told by the ancients
You can't say it's none greatest
Africa, the reign of Egypt
Range of my people
Disperse through the Earth surface before
You could purchase vehicles
They greet you on the coast in the boat
You can't believe it, yo, it floats?
And you niggas make weapons outta stone?
Fuck, you built my homes out the stone too
And a statue of me 'cause I
Wanna be a king too, shoot
We could be buddies
We could trade agriculture and
Riches from different shores
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 they see a diamond
They wanna slave us for a piece of Africa
Hmm, ayy, ayy, hmm
I'm going home when my time come
Same place weh di River Nile run
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
He would catch a lion, kill it
And put his head on a stick
Just to prove to everyone how
Strong he really is you can say he lives on
The most nurturing continent
The fruit's and vegetables, long rivers
Tall mountains
Zebras, cheetahs, elephants, panthers
Gorillas
The vast deserts, hot summers, cold winters
Man, the sister brought me back to my genes
African Eve had to teach the mother
Of agriculture a couple things
Like we could speak English, European
Chinese and my continent is 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 heads and long dreads
All said they were 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 home when my time come
Same place weh di River Nile run
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
I'm going home when my time come
Same place weh di River Nile run
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 tat to represent
Where my family is
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
Heaven is 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 home when my time come
Same place weh di River Nile run
Green grass, blue skies and sun
Heart a beat like an African drum
Oh Africa, mother Africa
Home of civilization
A cradle of mankind, a birthplace of creation
Generated from stories
Integrated through generations
Told by the ancients
You can't say it's none greatest
Africa, the reign of Egypt
Range of my people
Disperse through the Earth surface before
You could purchase vehicles
They greet you on the coast in the boat
You can't believe it, yo, it floats?
And you niggas make weapons outta stone?
Fuck, you built my homes out the stone too
And a statue of me 'cause I
Wanna be a king too, shoot
We could be buddies
We could trade agriculture and
Riches from different shores
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 they see a diamond
They wanna slave us for a piece of Africa
Hmm, ayy, ayy, hmm
I'm going home when my time come
Same place weh di River Nile run
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
He would catch a lion, kill it
And put his head on a stick
Just to prove to everyone how
Strong he really is you can say he lives on
The most nurturing continent
The fruit's and vegetables, long rivers
Tall mountains
Zebras, cheetahs, elephants, panthers
Gorillas
The vast deserts, hot summers, cold winters
Man, the sister brought me back to my genes
African Eve had to teach the mother
Of agriculture a couple things
Like we could speak English, European
Chinese and my continent is 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 heads and long dreads
All said they were 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 home when my time come
Same place weh di River Nile run
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