Idris Elba - 6. Mi Mandela lyrics

Playing Mr. Mandela, yeah, yeah So I flew down into Johan'burg, in my favourite jeans Thinking 'bout his life, while I was learning all my scenes, And then I sailed onto the island, stepped into his cell, Night time came, can I really spend the night in jail, To be Mandela-ah -ah To be Mandela, Said to be Mandela-ah -ah, To be Mandela. So I drove up to the village, I had to touch the soil, All the while, this news to me would make my bold boil, All the families showed me love, the people wished me well, The whole town wondering how Mandel could be played by a strung up bell, To be Mandela- ah -ah, To be Mandela, To be Mandela- yeah-yeah To be Mandela All I'm try to do is, Try to move, try to talk like him Mr. Mandela, Mr. Mandela yeah I remember was Mandela's birthday Yeah and erm, We was on set and we all had to send a video to Mr. Mandela Then it was my turn Looked into the camera and said something like Mr. Mandela, you don't understand It such an honour and a privilege to be here on the set playing you On your birthday, Happy Birthday. CUT. Very good, you know the crew was almost in tears Anyway they took the iPad down to Mandela He's very ill And he watched all the videos, from all the different crew members And when I came up, He listened to it, He watched it And he goes "Who's that?" [Laughter] And they were like ughhhh thats Idris He' playing Mandela