yow
In case u aint know I go by the name of akon and
im from
(afrika afrika) home of the goree island im from
senegal
westside(afrika afrika) so im gonna share with
you on where
I'm from an how i was comin up(afrika afrika).

Verse 1
So what you know about the strugles that my
people went
trough so you can live the way you live now
Say what you know about seeing that brand new
mother
giving away her newborn child
what u know about mr amadu ndiaij that the
senegalis cops
shot down
say what u know about how people love to perceive
us when
we are comin to a bran new town
now what u know about goree island were all the
slaves were
shiped from
what u know about beeing born in america to avoid
the
imigration

Still from the ghettos of senegal(afrika afrika)

Comin from the ghettos of senegal(afrika afrika)

comin from the ghettos of senegal (afrika afrika)

comin from the ghettos of senegal(afrika afrika)


What you know about schebujcen yassa Schene and
mafe my
favorite foods
Say what you know about n****s trowing rocks
buseshats at
the military invatin my hood
So what you know about kids whit automatic
machins waiting
for the war to get on their side
So what you know about how god comes first in
their lives
everything that we do is for allah
So what you know about that holy place called
tuba where
prophets are born
and what you know about comin here gettin money
investin it
back home

Right from the ghettos of senegal(afrika afrika)

Give it to the ghettos of senegal(afrika afrika)

Take it to the ghettos of senegal (afrika afrika)

send it right in the ghettos of senegal(afrika
afrika)

now see that's just a little piece of how it is
in Afrika
Afrika, see but we can come together and make it
a lot betta back home,
in Afrika, Afrika, so don't complain about how
they treatin you here,
take your millions of dollas there, back to
Afrika,
Afrika, we own that land, we own those diamonds,
they can be ours if we want to, Afrika, Afrika,
we kings man, we don't take orders, we give em,
think about it