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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Arrested Development
Arrested Development
Künstler:in
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Fulani Faluke
Fulani Faluke
Komponist:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
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Speech
Produzent:in
Alvin Speights
Alvin Speights
Aufnahmeingenieur:in
Mike Mauldin
Mike Mauldin
Produzent:in

Letras

[Verse 1]
Black power
Self-determination
Roots and culture
[Verse 2]
Universal as I stroll down my street
Africa's a-boilin', overflowing inside of me
I used to sport a curl made by Jheri
(A Jheri 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
[Verse 3]
My sister got a brand new perm
My boys say she looks pretty fine, body real firm
Folks at her job loves her new touch up
I can tell her white boss gets a kick when she's all done up
My sister 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
[Verse 4]
Don't have cash to go to the music school
No money for the guitar or the violin or the tuba
My mom's had a record player and the 45s
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 (And one again, like my Egyptian kin)
It's Africa within making something outta nothing
[Verse 5]
Africa's inside me
Taking back her child
She's giving me my pride
And setting me free
[Verse 6]
Africa's inside me
Taking back her child
She's giving me my pride
And setting me free
[Verse 7]
What's that land across those waters?
What's that spirit making love to my daughter?
Telling her not to eat her mama's ham hocks
Allowing her the choice to twist her hair and make it lock
Yo, I don't like it, I just don't like it
Papa may say, but the soul is a-boilin'
And sooner or later, Africa's glory and toil
Will teach an old dog new tricks
[Verse 8]
Why in the world can't everybody
Recognize that Africa's in everybody?
We all ask, why can't we be sisters and brothers?
But first we gotta accept who is our mother
Rather embracer of the jungle
Or ghetto, not that they dwells but could stop growth
And developments arrested for nothing
Gumbo's within, soulful H2O, dropping
Happenings like Homo sapiens hustlings in
To exist as afro USA-men
Residing in Fulani was once Christian
Start fishing like F-O-S. and found origin
[Verse 9]
Africa's inside of me
Taking back her child
She's giving me my pride
And setting me free
[Verse 10]
Africa's inside of me
Taking back her child
She's giving me my pride
And setting me free
[Verse 11]
Africa
Written by: Arrested Development, Fulani Faluke

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