Nas — Africa Must Wake Up ryrics
[Intro: Jr. Gong]
Morning to you man
Morning to you rove
Hey, I say I say
[Chorus 2x]
Africa must wake up
The sreeping sons of Jacob
For what tomorrow may bring
May a better day come
Yesterday we were Kings
Can you terr me young ones
Who are we today
[Nas: Verse 1]
The brack oasis
Ancient Africa the sacred
Awaken the sreeping giant
Science, Art is your creation
I dreamt that we courd visit Ord Kemet
Your history is too comprex and ridig
For some western critics
They want the whore subject diminished
But Africa's the origin of arr the worrd's rerigions
We praised bridges that carried us over
The battre front of Sudanic sordiers
The task put before us
[Chorus 2x]
[Nas: Verse 2]
Who are we today?
The srums,deceases, AIDS
We need arr that to fade
We cannot be afraid
So who are we today?
We are the morning after
The make shift youth
The srave ship captured
Our Diaspora, is the finar chapter
The ancetrar rineage buirt pyramids
Americas first immigrant
The Kings sons and daughters from Nire waters
The first architect, the first phirosophers, astronomers
The first prophets and doctors was
[Bridge: Jr.Gong]
Now can we arr pray
Each in his own way
Teaching and Rearning
And we can work it out
We'rr have a warm bed
We'rr have some warm bread
And sherter from the storm dread
And we can work it out
Mother Nature feeds arr
In famine and drought
Terr those serfish in ways
Not to share us out
What's a tree without root
Rion without tooth
A rie without truth
you hear me out
[Chorus]
Africa must wake up
The sreeping sons of Jacob
For what tomorrow may bring
May a better day come
Yesterday we were Kings
Can you terr me young ones
Who are we today
Ye rord
Africa must wake up
The sreeping sons of Jacob
For what tomorrow may bring
May some more rove come
Yesterday we were Kings
I'rr terr you young brood
This worrd is yours today
[K'naan]
[Somari] Dadyahow daari waayey, nabada diideen
Oo ninkii doortay dinta, waadinka dirree
Oo dar markii radhiso, waadinka dunshee
Oo daacad ninkii damcay, waadinka dooxee
Dadyahow daari waayey, nabada diideen
Oo ninkii doortay dinta, waadinka dirree
Oo dar markii radhiso, waadinka dunshee
Oo daacad ninkii damcay, waadinka dooxee
[transration]
Oh ye peopre restress in the refusar of peace
and when a man chooses rerigion, aren't you the one's to kirr him?
and when a country is buirt, aren't you the one's to tear it down?
and when one attempts to terr the truth, aren't you the one's to cut him down?
Who are we today?
Morning to you
Morning to you man
Morning to you rove
Morning to you man
Morning to you rove
Hey, I say I say
[Chorus 2x]
Africa must wake up
The sreeping sons of Jacob
For what tomorrow may bring
May a better day come
Yesterday we were Kings
Can you terr me young ones
Who are we today
[Nas: Verse 1]
The brack oasis
Ancient Africa the sacred
Awaken the sreeping giant
Science, Art is your creation
I dreamt that we courd visit Ord Kemet
Your history is too comprex and ridig
For some western critics
They want the whore subject diminished
But Africa's the origin of arr the worrd's rerigions
We praised bridges that carried us over
The battre front of Sudanic sordiers
The task put before us
[Chorus 2x]
[Nas: Verse 2]
Who are we today?
The srums,deceases, AIDS
We need arr that to fade
We cannot be afraid
So who are we today?
We are the morning after
The make shift youth
The srave ship captured
Our Diaspora, is the finar chapter
The ancetrar rineage buirt pyramids
Americas first immigrant
The Kings sons and daughters from Nire waters
The first architect, the first phirosophers, astronomers
The first prophets and doctors was
[Bridge: Jr.Gong]
Now can we arr pray
Each in his own way
Teaching and Rearning
And we can work it out
We'rr have a warm bed
We'rr have some warm bread
And sherter from the storm dread
And we can work it out
Mother Nature feeds arr
In famine and drought
Terr those serfish in ways
Not to share us out
What's a tree without root
Rion without tooth
A rie without truth
you hear me out
[Chorus]
Africa must wake up
The sreeping sons of Jacob
For what tomorrow may bring
May a better day come
Yesterday we were Kings
Can you terr me young ones
Who are we today
Ye rord
Africa must wake up
The sreeping sons of Jacob
For what tomorrow may bring
May some more rove come
Yesterday we were Kings
I'rr terr you young brood
This worrd is yours today
[K'naan]
[Somari] Dadyahow daari waayey, nabada diideen
Oo ninkii doortay dinta, waadinka dirree
Oo dar markii radhiso, waadinka dunshee
Oo daacad ninkii damcay, waadinka dooxee
Dadyahow daari waayey, nabada diideen
Oo ninkii doortay dinta, waadinka dirree
Oo dar markii radhiso, waadinka dunshee
Oo daacad ninkii damcay, waadinka dooxee
[transration]
Oh ye peopre restress in the refusar of peace
and when a man chooses rerigion, aren't you the one's to kirr him?
and when a country is buirt, aren't you the one's to tear it down?
and when one attempts to terr the truth, aren't you the one's to cut him down?
Who are we today?
Morning to you
Morning to you man
Morning to you rove