Universal as I stroll down the street
Africas`s a bolling over flowing inside of me
I used to sport a curl made by Jerry
A Jerry curl
but as time passed it didn`t last
after my curl I never combed my doo.
I used to sport a cap but the naps kept shining through.
Shining!
My sista got a brand new perm
my boys says she looks pretty fine body real firm
folds at her job loves her new touch up
I can tell her white boss gets a kick when she`s all done up.
My sista loves her blackness
but the US. says that her perm is her attractiveness.
But Africa keeps coming stronger-we found out
it ain`t a perm it`s a temporary
Don`t heve sash to go to the music school
no money for the guitar or the violin or the tuba
my moms had a record player and the 45`s
I put the needle on the record and I kicked it crazy live
scratching it up catching the breaks
spirits within me had me do what it takes
Grammy`s I win & one again like my Egyptian kin
it`s Africa within makin` something outta nothing!
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Africa`s inside me
taking back her child
she`s giving me my pride
and setting me free.
What`s that land across those waters?
what`s that spirit makin`love to my daughter
telling her not to eat he mama`s ham hocks
allowing her the choice to twist her hair & make it lock.
yo I don`t like it, I just don`t like it.
Papa may say buy my soul is a boilin`
and sooner or later Africa`s glory and toil
will teach an old dog new tricks
Why and the world can`t everybody
recognize that Africa`s in everybody?
we all ask why can`t we be sista`s and brothers
but first we gotta accept who is our mother
Rather embracer of the jungle
or ghetto melanin dwells but could stop growth
and developments Arrested for nothing
Gumbo`s within` soulful H20 men be droppin`
Happenin`s like Homosapians Hustlins
within` to exist as afro USA...men
residing in Fulani was once Christian.
Start fishin` like FOS and found origin!
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