Motherland

Duration

5:05

Genres

Hip-Hop

Description

Lyrics

Explain [Intro] [Verse1: Say'hu] Ayo I wanna be a legend Be one till I die Wanna be here for ever Not just for a while Unlike Jaleel White, Macaulay Cul' Some of the greatest ever to fall You get the chance you raise the bar Hands together, praise Allah The gates of hell I jump the fences And then face the consequences Nigga just use you common senses Will I blow? That's not a question Fuck the fame, I fucked the game I ain't got time for the Romance We're not the same I am insane I'll blow your brains And count your blessing Make up your mind you're kinda skeptic Giving up now is not accepted Life's a game I read the play, you throw that pass I'll intercept it Lotta gains, lotta pains Lotta wrong, but I'll correct it It's all part of where I'm going, all part of where I'm from Victory forever young, Africa we already won Now they asking where I'm from, or where do I lie With not a lot to say the only question is why? Maybe I'm so raw, maybe I'm so pure Maybe I speak the truth and nothing else after all Maybe I'm so sweet, or maybe I'm so deep We all got secrets, but mine is not to keep [Hook] I'm from the Motherland Land of the great pharaohs where the sun never leaves Tourist Attraction, home to niggas like me I'm from the Motherland It's where Tarzan and his people belong to When you say "Africa", a lotta people think jungle That's not the Motherland Nah, that's not the Motherland That's not the Motherland Nah, that's not the Motherland [Verse2: Say'hu] These words were never said, so I take it upon myself It is more than just rhymes, considering how I felt Africa's the dark continent It really needs your help People fighting, people dying Leaders greedy for its wealth Everyone is scared to talk But I can't keep it to myself The more I grow The more I know The more I learn to resent When it's all said and done More is said, less is done Innocent people dying While the rich give' em guns With all our good leaders so long dead and gone It is only the corrupt "want it alls" who live on No paper planes Bullets fly everyday The truth is a lie The real facts M.I.A Africa just need a savior, someone to save the day So if I make it up there man I'll try and pave the way They asking where I'm from, or where do I lie With not a lot to say the only question is why? Maybe I'm so raw, maybe I'm so pure Maybe I speak the truth and nothing else after all Maybe I'm so sweet, or maybe I'm so deep We all got secrets, but mine is not to keep [Hook] [Speech: Nuke] A great man once said: I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby it's leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. I dream of an Africa which is in peace within itself And to you my brothers & sisters, I give you the MOTHERLAND. [Verse3: Say'hu] They took away our hearts They took away our soul They took away the stones They took away the gold They took away our freedom They took away our homes Put us in slave ships, it was nowhere to go But we the young have a whole lotta stories to tell How they try to put us down, while we try to prevail Brainwashing everybody to the gates of hell With A.R.S.E.N.A.L Like the team that I root for The skies that I shoot for The pain that leads towards the fear in these words I can hear her crying every time that I speak more "Mama Africa" The only place I do it for They asking where I'm from, or where do I lie With not a lot to say the only question is why? Maybe I'm so raw, maybe I'm so pure Maybe I speak the truth and nothing else after all Maybe I'm so sweet, or maybe I'm so deep We all got secrets, but mine is not to keep [Hook]