...I'm From Africa Lyrics

When I got here, I was not 23

But felt like MJ moonwalking in the street

Felt like Michael B. Jordan in CREED

What I need is simple: a pen and a beat

Young Black gold, call me petroleum

With no curse, no pandemonium

I need y'all to listen, bring me a podium

Your rapper is the ish? I call him meconium

No need to get angry, you must know that it is a joke

Some artists promote violence in their songs. Me, I do not want no smoke

Well, unless you provoke me

That's what life has taught me

Let me put an end to the drama

With 'Téranga': mi casa es su casa

Because

From Senegal

I'm that young boy from Senegal

Imma save your life I'm performing the Heimlich maneuver

Music is medicine. This is a succor

And you can refer to me as Doctor

I'm bringing back our stars. I'm bringing back Makaveli

Pause! Look at the skin color! Right now, I'm kvelling

Proud of my origins, this song is telling

All I want is peace. No more shelling

To get there, we gotta get rid of bigotry

We gotta get rid of trickery

We gotta promote solidarity

We're not allowed to become finicky

Being united can't be overdue

I am cuz we are. Yeah, ubuntu

Ubuntu

I said ubuntu

Ubuntu

I said ubuntu

We're not on the motherland. That is a bummer

But I promise we're representing the cultures

Woman King and Black Panther were terrific

But the African accent is not monolithic

Cuz

From Africa

I'm that young boy from Africa

The forefathers are dead, and no idea is set in stone

The youth is the future and that is a fact that should be known

By all of them

We should dominate the political realm

Plus, n-no matter what, we will not succumb

After hard times, happiness is to come

No competition! Tell me! What does it mean to be the best?

I always prefer when we put cooperation to the test

To sing about Africa, passion is required

Energy 100%! Man, I'm not even tired

Because

From Africa

I'm that young boy from Africa

But living in Korea