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Arrested Development AFRICA'S INSIDE ME Tennesy Dom omladine Beograd video/audio Aleksandar Zec Writer: THOMAS, TODD (SPEECH)/SAMPLE, JOSEPH LESLIE Universal as I stroll down the street Africas's a bolling over flowing inside of me I used to sport a curl made by Jerry A Jerry 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! My sista got a brand new perm my boys says she looks pretty fine body real firm folds at her job loves her new touch up I can tell her white boss gets a kick when she's all done up. My sista 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 Don't heve sash to go to the music school no money for the guitar or the violin or the tuba my moms had a record player and the 45's 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 & one again like my Egyptian kin it's Africa within makin' something outta nothing! CHORUS: (x2) Africa's inside me taking back her child she's giving me my pride and setting me free. What's that land across those waters? what's that spirit makin'love to my daughter telling her not to eat he mama's ham hocks allowing her the choice to twist her hair & make it lock. yo I don't like it, I just don't like it. Papa may say buy my soul is a boilin' and sooner or later Africa's glory and toil will teach an old dog new tricks Why and the world can't everybody recognize that Africa's in everybody? we all ask why can't we be sista's and brothers but first we gotta accept who is our mother Rather embracer of the jungle or ghetto melanin dwells but could stop growth and developments Arrested for nothing Gumbo's within' soulful H20 men be droppin' Happenin's like Homosapians Hustlins within' to exist as afro residing in Fulani was once Christian. Start fishin' like FOS and found origin! CHORUS Lord I've really been real stressed Down and out, losin ground Although I am black and proud Problems got me pessimistic Brothers and sisters keep messin up Why does it have to be so damn tuff? I don't know where I can go To let these ghosts out of my skull My grandmas past, my brothers gone I never at once felt so alone I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel Not just my spare tire (home) But lord I ask you (home) To be my guiding force and truth (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home) (Chorus) Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Lord it's obvious we got a relationship Talkin to each other every night and day Although you're superior over me We talk to each other in a friendship way Then outta nowhere you tell me to break Outta the country and into more country Past Dyesburg into Ripley Where the ghost of childhood haunts me Walk the roads my forefathers walked Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from Ask those trees for all their wisdom They tell me my ears are so young (home) Go back to from whence you came (home) My family tree my family name (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home) Chorus Now I see the importance of history Why people be in the mess that they be Many journeys to freedom made in vain By brothers on the corner playin ghetto games I ask you lord why you enlightened me Without the enlightment of all my folks He said cuz I set myself on a quest for truth And he was there to quench my thirst But I am still thirsty... The lord allowed me to drink some more He said what I am searchin for are The answers to all which are in front of me The ultimate truth started to get blurry For some strange reason it had to be It was all a dream about Tennessee Chorus Send “Tennessee“ Ringtone to your Cell Comments/I
