AFRICA MUST WAKE UP
DISTANT RELATIVES
Featuring K’Naan
[JR.GONG INTRO]
Morning to you Man,
Morning to you Love…
Hey
I say
I said
[JR. GONG CHORUS 1]
Africa must wake up
The sleeping sons of Jacob
For what tomorrow may bring…
May a better day come
Yesterday we were Kings
Can you tell the young ones
Who are we today?
Yeah now, (x2)
[NAS VERSE 1]
The Black Oasis
Ancient, Africa the sacred
Awaken
The sleeping giant
Science, Art is your creation
I dreamt that we could visit Old Kemet
Your history is too complex and rigid
For some western critics
They want the whole subject diminished
But Africa’s the origin of all the world’s religions
We praise bridges that carried us over
The battlefronts of Sudanic soldiers
The task put before us
[JR. GONG CHORUS 2]
You hear me out
Africa must wake up
You sleeping sons of Jacob
For what tomorrow may bring…
May a better day come
Yesterday we were Kings
Can you tell the young ones
Who are we today?
Yeah now, (x2)
[NAS VERSE 2]
Who are we today?
The slums, deceases, AIDS
We need that all to fade
We cannot be afraid
So who are we today?
We are the morning after
The make shift youth
The slave ship captured
Our Diaspora
Is the final chapter
The ancestral lineage
Built pyramids
America’s first emigrant
The King’s son and daughters
From Nile waters
The first architect
The first philosophers
Astronomers
The first prophets and the doctors
Was us
[JR GONG BRIDGE]
Now can we all pray
Each in his own way
Teaching and learning
And we can work it out
We’ll have a warm bed
We’ll have some warm bread
And shelter from the storm Dread
And we can work it out
Mother Nature feeds all
In famine and drought
Tell those selfish in ways
Not to share us out
What’s a tree without root
Lion without tooth
A lie without truth
You hear me out
[JR. GONG CHORUS 3]
Africa must wake up
You sleeping sons of Jacob
For what tomorrow may bring…
May a better day come
Yesterday we were Kings
Can you tell the young ones
Who are we today?
Yeah lord,
Well Africa must wake up
You sleeping sons of Jacob
For what tomorrow may bring…
May some more love come
Yesterday we were Kings
I tell you young blood
This world is yours today
(Translation) Oh ye people, restless in the refusal of peace,
and when a man chooses religion, aren't you the ones to kill him?
And when a country is built, aren't you the ones to tear it down?
And when one attempts to tell the truth, aren't you the ones to cut him down?
[JR. GONG CHORUS 4]
I say
Well Africa must wake up
The sleeping sons of Jacob
For what tomorrow may bring…
May a better day come
Yesterday we were Kings
Can you tell the young ones
Who are we today?
Yeah now,
Well Africa must wake up
The sleeping sons of Jacob
For what tomorrow may bring…
May a better day come
Yesterday we were Kings
Can you tell the young ones
Who are we today?
Who are we today?
Morning to you
Morning to you Man
Morning to you Love…
Road to zion에서 재미 좀 본(?) Nas와 Damian Marley
앨범을 내기에 이르렀다. Reggae-Hiphop Fusion.
Real Reggae와 Real Hiphop이 뭉쳐 나온 Real Music.
앨범 완성도는? 내 생각엔 최상- 레알이다.
Track_ 1. As We Enter
2. Tribes at War (feat. K'nnan)
3. Strong Will Continue
4. Leaders (feat. Stephen Marley)
5. Friends
6. Count Your Blessings
7. Disapear
8. Land of Promise (feat. Denns Brown)
9. In His Own Words (feat. Stephen Marley)
10. Nah Mean
11. Patience
12. My Generation (feat. Joss Stone & Lil Wayne)
13. Africa Must Wake Up (feat. K'naan)
홈페이지:
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As We Enter
- Nas & Damian Marley
[Damian Marley] As we enter Come now we take you on the biggest adventure
[Nas] Must be dementia, that you ever thought You could touch our credentials, what's the initials?
[Damian Marley] You be Jamrock the lyrical official Send out the order, laws and the rituals
[Nas] Burn candles, say prayers, paint murals It is truth we big news, we hood heroes
[Damian Marley] Break past the anchor, we come to conquer Man a badman, we no play Willy Wonka
[Nas] And I got the guns
[Damian Marley] I got the ganja
[Nas] And we could blaze it up on your block if you want to Or haze it up stash box in a Hummer Or you could run up and get done up
[Damian Marley] Or get something that you want none of Unlimited amount you collect from us Direct from us, street intellectuals
[Nas] And I'm shrewd about decimals And my man'll speak Patois And I can speak rap star Y'all feel me even if it's in Swahili Or body Ghani
[Damian Marley] Masuri Sana Switch up the language and move to Ghana
[Nas] Salute and honor, real revolution rhymers
[Damian Marley] Rhythm piranhas
[Nas] Like true Obamas, unfold the drama
[Nas] Word is out, hysteria you heard about Nas and Jr. Gong gonna turn it out Body the verse until they scream "murder" out The kings is back, time to return the crown Who want it? Tuck your chain, we're due coming Renegades that'll peel you back like new hundreds Bet your jewels on it, you don't want to lose on it Either move on or move on it
[Damian Marley] Queens to Kingston Gunshot we use and govern the kingdom Rise of the Winston, I can see the fear up in your eyes Realize you can die any instant
[Damian Marley] And I can hear the sound of a voice When you must lose your life like mice in the kitchen
[Nas] Snitching, I can see him pissing on hisself And he's wetting up his thighs and he trying to resist it
[Damian Marley] Switching, I can smell him digging up shit like a fly Come around and be persistent
[Nas] That's how you end up in a hitlist
[Damian Marley] Ain't no bad man business
[Nas] No evidence
[Damian Marley] Crime scene, fingerprint-less
[Nas] Flow effortless
[Damian Marley] Casual like the weekends
[Nas] No pressure when
[Damian Marley] We're comfy and decent
[Nas] We set this off beasting
[Damian Marley] Hunting season
[Nas] And, frankly speaking... Word is out, hysteria you heard about Nas and Jr. Gong gonna turn it out Body the verse until they scream "murder" out The kings is back, time to return the crown Who want it? Tuck your chain, we're due coming Renegades that'll peel you back like new hundreds Bet your jewels on it, you don't want to lose on it Either move on or move on it Word is out, hysteria you heard about Nas and Jr. Gong gonna turn it out Body the verse until they scream "murder" out The kings is back, time to return the crown Who want it? Tuck your chain, we're due coming Renegades that'll peel you back like new hundreds Bet your jewels on it, you don't want to lose on it Either move on or move on it