African Dream - Blu & Exile/Gappy Ranks.mp3

[00:09.402] Hmm, ayy, ayy, hmm
[00:11.592] I'm going home when my time come
[00:13.827] Same place weh di River Nile on
[00:16.742] Green grass, blue skies and sun
[00:19.604] Heart a beat like an African drum
[00:21.828] Ayo, I'm African, although I was born in Los Angeles
[00:24.437] I gotta get a tat to represent with my family
[00:26.957] Get, it's black skin, black bones, black man
[00:29.380] From the black planet, black sand, black lamb
[00:32.155] Back then I woulda been on a ship eating fish
[00:34.745] Taking weekend trips in the sea to see if I could meet the French
[00:37.721] Speaking tongues over drums, dancing and singing songs
[00:40.511] You could see the long, all mother brothers we call
[00:42.725] Organ, African, I'm back again
[00:45.391] Like I never left, never did, heaven is Africa
[00:49.030] I have to show my kids just how old the culture is
[00:51.729] From California, but I wanna live in Africa
[00:53.847] Oh, Africa, oh, Africa
[00:58.472] Oh, Africa, my motherland
[01:03.340] Ayy, hmm
[01:04.213] I'm going home when my time come
[01:06.446] Same place weh di River Nile on
[01:09.568] Green grass, blue skies and sun
[01:12.245] Heart a beat like an African drum
[01:14.571] Africa, mother Africa, home of civilization
[01:16.962] A cradle, a man kind of birth place of creation
[01:19.627] Generated from stories, integrated through generations
[01:22.114] Told by the ancients, you can't say it's none greatest
[01:24.899] Africa, the reign of Egypt, range of my people
[01:27.531] Disperse through the Earth surface before you could purchase vehicles
[01:30.301] They greet you on the coast in the boat
[01:31.957] You can't believe it, yo, it floats?
[01:33.557] And you niggas make weapons outta stone?
[01:35.465] ****, you built my homes out the stone too
[01:37.263] And a statue of me 'cause I wanna be a king to, shoot
[01:40.314] We could be buddies, we could trade agriculture and riches from different shores
[01:43.762] But if you ever cross me, then we would go to war
[01:46.211] You know the Lord Savior Creator
[01:48.210] He made His humble specially when the Romans tried to take over the jungles
[01:51.183] So we stopped in the Middle East, we still can't get no peace
[01:53.794] Soon as they see a dime and they wanna slave us for a piece of Africa
[01:56.676] Hmm, ayy, ayy, hmm
[01:57.142] I'm going home when my time come
[01:59.192] Same place weh di River Nile on
[02:02.260] Green grass, blue skies and sun
[02:05.034] Heart a beat like an African drum
[02:06.824] They call me the homo habilis 'cause I created the habitat
[02:09.710] Before the great homo erectus invaded half the map
[02:12.610] He would catch a lion, kill it, and put his head on a stick
[02:15.352] Just to prove to everyone how strong he really is
[02:17.596] You can say he lives on the most nurturing continent
[02:20.225] The fruits and vegetables, long rivers, tall mountains
[02:22.776] Zebras, cheetahs, elephants, panthers, gorillas
[02:25.586] The vast deserts, hot summers, cold winters
[02:28.367] Man, the sister brought me back to my genes, African Eve had to teach the mother of agriculture a couple things
[02:33.463] Like we could speak English, European, Chinese
[02:35.929] And my continent is the second largest you ever seen
[02:38.681] Red, black, yellow and green
[02:40.446] Land man, sun in the trees, the first kings, the first human beings
[02:43.777] The first everything, afros, cornrows, bald heads and long dreads
[02:47.525] All said they were all bred in Africa
[02:49.450] Oh, Africa, oh, Africa
[02:54.322] Oh, Africa, my motherland
[02:59.570] Oh, Africa, oh, Africa
[03:04.775] Oh, Africa, we plan to stand
[03:08.713] Hmm, ayy, ayy, hmm
[03:09.813] I'm going home when my time come
[03:13.656] Same place weh di River Nile on
[03:16.102] Green grass, blue skies and sun
[03:18.814] Heart a beat like an African drum
[03:21.561] Heart a beat, heart a beat
[03:23.955] Heart a beat like an African drum
[03:26.803] Heart a beat, heart a beat
[03:29.126] Heart a beat like an African drum
[03:31.621] Oh, Africa, oh, Africa
[03:36.669] Oh, Africa, my motherland
[03:41.762] Oh, Africa, oh, Africa
[03:47.094] Oh, Africa, we plan to stand