Kna'an - The African Way lyrics

[Verse 1] I take it home I take [?] Don't think about it, just take it from my rule, it's done I am sick about it I feel like I am surviving alone I got a record and I am not afraid of cops at all I am like a Ja-Rule poster, cuz I am off the wall Yo, basically the revolution is here K'Naan and Mwafrika, there's no solution and fair Yeap, I'm taking it back like clothes that don't fit That you purchased in a happy-make-home and old sh** I'm so sick my rhyme book throws a fit I need a vaccination just so I can spit my own sh** Hard to be, when I release these rhymes out of me I am so ridiculous, I got to compose this I am sorta a reporter strapped to a little recorder The warder having a order not to let me in, in order For me not to cause a slaughter Lyrically, I am flowing water Take it easy on me s**ers Harra** more n***as then a sleazy undercover But seriously, I remember when I was 7 When rap came mysteriously and made me feel 11 It understood me, and made my ghetto heaven I understood it as the new poor people's weapon But now it tap a** like a chick with one bu*t cheek Dusty foot philosopher came to change things, trust me From Ethiopia, Tanzania, Somalia Heathrow airport and customs in Laguardia Uganda, Kenya, my people, up in Ghana Kingston, Jamaica, big up, because you know it's time for the African way [Chorus] It's the African way [5x] What more can I say It's the African way [5x] Live from Revolution radio, welcome East Africa's illest Mwafrika [Mwafrika Rap Verse] Na watu wamengara ma mini na nini Kushinda wakizifuruta chini na chini Utashindwa maana yao kuzivaa ni nini Vumbi wakati wa jua matope wakati wa mvua Potholes huwa ni lazima kawaida kwa njia Nairobi city mji wa Mathree fiti fiti Boardi zimejazwa graffiti Ndani speaker biggi biggie za kulipua hiyo muziki Na AK47 ndio utacheki kwa mikono ya polisi Wala kutafoutisha na wezi si kitu rahisi Wote wanataka pesa yako Na ukikataa wataichukua toka kwa mfuko wako Bling bling nazo huwanga kwa mashing za ma MC Na hata nazo kushine kwa MIC bado hawawezi Na ikiwa sauti yangu yangu ikiwa unlimited kwa vichwa zao empty Nikiwaambia hata wakingara NiKE kwa usahihishi wa lyriksi hawataona hiyo tiki Mwafrika na Knaan Canada to Kenya Hatubabaiki Cuz we doin' it like [Repeat Chorus] Mwafrika na K'Naan Canada to Kenya [Verse 2] I got a plan to reclaim all of my fam I got brothers in Japan now that order my damn I got record-propelled spit more [?] I heard hip hop started with (sorta d**h scam) A lot of people is ignorant and don't understand They separate it and they celebrate it (part of the plan) I got my people consider [?] I break a needle in pieces and eat them like reeses Y'all are just cheesing Y'all are hate Y'all are just teasing Y'all don't believe in the African (y'all just sleeping) I am sick and tired I am on a riot I'm [?] Rap it, like a lion [?] (taste me) I am so ridiculous, can you believe how vivid this sh** is Got theories like conspiracists, this sh** is sick A lyricist before I even spoke a word of English I'm serious I got it locked and y'all are just visitors Just get busy And snap your neck back and forth till you get busy And tell your mother, tell your brother and tell your Aunt Lizzy And you know you got to know some things before you get with me Just break it down Before I was born, I knew I was the sh** I used to kick so much, I was born with a broken hip I had a twin brother, I used to battle day in But I was so sick, the little n***a stayed in I knew the doctor was shocked when I was first dropped Cuz I had a gold chain, a fade and a high tie Be buoyant, rocking around, ego destroying I won't chill, till I hear the people enjoying [Repeat Chorus till fade]