Talib Kweli - Africa Dream lyrics

If you can talk you can sing If you can walk you can dance That's an old proverb from Zimbabwe You know what I mean If you can talk you can sing If you can walk you can dance Yeah, and the trumpet is blown Yeah, alright, see'mon, see'mon, see'mon, see'mon Alright, Wooh! Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh, one more time Yo, anybody can tell you how it is What we putting down right here is how it is and how it could be Reflection Eternal for real And with that- These cats is no match Plus they lack a certain knack for rapping Chasing but they never catch the wagon Like rerunning what's hap'ning Since back when They had potty issues and snotty tissues, we been rockin' Think you poppin' next year nobody will miss you My thoughts is too advanced for the artists on these labels They come sweeter than sabal and softer than mashed potatoes I tried to told you the rhymes run over emcees like Land Rovers Took 'em back in time like Sam Kofa, Sam Kofa We stand over the Atlantic, looking broad like a man's shoulders The fire is trapped in a belly, ready to pop like canned soda We outlasting, from middle pa**age Touched down in New York Cincinnatay! Big Ohio status what you thought Money it's cla**ic these ba*tards try to treat us like cattle So life has been a constant battle, battle Rising above the crabs in the barrel Way too used to living in d**h's shadow We stay on point like the best arrow, arrow We hit the target accurate Star sh**, back it up When we hit town, why'all n***as pack it up That's how we get down, straight smash it up Like a whip, hydroplaning Hydro on the brain and maintaining Game changing into subtle sh**, we remain blatant Yo, got to tell you to your face You get replaced in this game, by Kweli Place the face with the name These cats drink champagne and toast to d**h and pain Like slaves on a ship talking about who got the flyest chain Yo, we the reflection of our ancestors We'd like to thank you for the building blocks you left us Cause your spirit possessed us Yo, you blessed us Thank you very much Thank you very much Thank you very much Thank you very much Thank you very much Thank you very much Thank you very much Yo, we the reflection of our ancestors We'd like to thank you for the building blocks you left us Cause your spirit possessed us Yo, you blessed us Thank you very much God bless you God bless you God bless you God bless you God bless you God bless you God bless you