Africa (Goin' Back Home)
(专辑: The World's Greatest Entertainer - 1988)
When I
left to go Africa people said... Don't come back with no with craft on your head I
just left the
comment blank and kept my cool Because they only said what they was taught in school Brainwashed education Of our nation Publicized in its prime To be behind the
time Adequate excuse And all verbal abuse Our history is a
mystery So what's the
use? Sala mali cume, mali cume salaam Sala mali cume, mali cume salaam Sala mali cume, mali cume salaam Now I
took me a
trip to Africa A
seven hour flight from America I
got off the
plane and what did I
see But some brothers and sisters who look like me Warm greetings, hello, hi's Alot of mosquitos and a
whole lot of flys Young ones try to persuade you to buy To feed their families so no one dies Of hunger, shelter, clothes and starvation In the
ghetto it's the
same situation Over big water so far I
roam To find my way back home To find my way back home To find my way back home Now I
woke up at two in the
afternoon In the
middle of December which felt like June I
got on the
bus, then all of us, caught a
boat As we listened to the
jams we wrote As the
boat stayed afloat and we was close to shore I
seem an Island one I
felt I
seem before I
was gonna ask the
guide, but I
forgot his name So I
said, "It ain't nuthing, all Islands are the
same!" Shame, who's the
blame for that inside shame Then I
found out Goree Island was the
name Aim was to proceed with the
mystery Of the
hidden, forbidden history Goree Island was the
last place the
slaves was brought Before taken to America, sold and bought And I
could feel it in the
air when my feet touched land To be the
first rap group to rock Africans Our distant brothers, great, great grandmothers To one another, it's you I
salute Because a
man without history is like a
tree without Roots So I
say now... Now I
took me a
trip to Africa A
seven hour flight from America I
got off the
plane and what did I
see But some brothers and sisters who look like me Warm greetings, hello, hi's Alot of mosquitos and a
whole lot of flys Young ones try to persuade you to buy To feed their families so no one dies Of hunger, shelter, clothes and starvation In the
ghetto it's the
same situation Over big water so far I
roam To find my way back home To find my way back home To find my way back home Salaam alaikum, alaikum salaam...