[INTRO: Akon Talking]
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Yo. Incase you ain´t know
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I go by the name of Akon...
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And I´m from (Africa! Africa!)
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Home of the Goree Islands
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I´m from Senegal, West-side (Africa! Africa!)
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So I´ma share with you where I´m from
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And how I was comin´ up (Africa! Africa!)
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[Verse 1]
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So what you know about
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The struggles that my people went through
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So you can live the way you live now
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So what you know about
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Seeing that brand new mother givin away
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Her newborn child
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So what you know about
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Mr.Amadou diallo, the Senegalese cop shot down
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So what you know about
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How people love to percieve us
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When we come into a brand new town
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So what you know about
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The Goree Islands
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Where all the slaves were shipped from
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So what you know about
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Being born in America to avoid immigration
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[Chorus]
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Still from the ghetto ooohh of Senegal
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(Africa!Africa!)
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Comin´ from the ghetto ooohh of Senegal
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(Africa! Africa!)
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Comin´ from the ghetto ooohh of Senegal
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(Africa! Africa!)
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Yes, I´m comin´ from the ghetto ooohh of Senegal
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(Africa! Africa!)
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[Verse 2]
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So what you know about
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Tchebou djen,Yassa
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Tcherey and Maafey, my favourite foods
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So what you know about
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Niggas throwin rocks
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Bustin´ shots at the military invadin my hood
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So what you know about
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Kids with automatic machines
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Waiting for the war to get on that side
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So what you know about
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How God comes first in our lives
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Everything that we do is for Allah
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So what you know about
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That Holy place called
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Touba where Prophets were born
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So what you know about
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Comin here, gettin money
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And investing it back home
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[Chorus]
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Right in the ghetto oooo of Senagal
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(Africa! Africa!)
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Give it to the ghetto oooo of Senegal
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(Africa! Africa!)
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Take it to the ghetto oooo of Senegal
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(Africa! Africa!)
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Send it right to the ghetto ooo of Senegal
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(Africa! Africa!)
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[OUTRO: Akon Talking]
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Now see that´s just a little piece of how it is
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(Africa! Africa!)
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See, but we can come together
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And make it ´lot better back home
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(Af-ree-caa! Africa!)
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So don´t complain about how they treat me here
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Take your millions of dollars there, back to
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(Africa! Africa!)
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We own that land, we owned those diamonds
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(Africa! Africa!)
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We kings man, we dont take orders, we give em
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Think about it
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Senegal (Album Ver. - Explicit)
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Akon |