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Akon
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Yo, in case you ain't know
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I go by the name of Akon and I'm from
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(Africa, Africa)
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Home of the Goree Islands
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I'm from Senegal, West-side
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(Africa, Africa)
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So I'ma share with you where I'm from
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And how I was comin' up
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(Africa, Africa)
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So what you know about the struggles
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That my people went through
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So you can live the way you live now?
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So what you know about seeing
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That brand new mother givin' away her newborn child?
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So what you know about Mr.Amadou Diallo
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The Senegalese cop shot down?
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So what you know about
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How people love to perceive us
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When we come into a brand new town?
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So what you know about the Goree Islands
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Where all the slaves were shipped from?
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So what you know about
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Being born in America to avoid immigration?
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Still from the ghetto, ooh, of Senegal
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(Africa, Africa)
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Comin' from the ghetto, ooh of Senegal
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(Africa, Africa)
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Comin' from the ghetto, ooh, of Senegal
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(Africa, Africa)
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Yes, I'm comin' from the ghetto, ooh, of Senegal
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(Africa, Africa)
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So what you know about Tchebou Dje
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Yassa, Deraay and Maafay, my favorite foods?
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So what you know about niggas throwin' rocks
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Bustin' shots at the military invadin' my hood?
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So what you know about kids with automatic machines
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Waiting for the war to get on that side?
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So what you know about how God comes first in our lives?
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Everything that we do is for Allah
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So what you know about that Holy place called Touba
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Where Prophets were born?
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So what you know about comin' here
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Gettin' money and investing it back home?
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Right in the ghetto, ooo, of Senagal
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(Africa, Africa)
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Give it to the ghetto, ooo, of Senegal
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(Africa, Africa)
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Take it to the ghetto, ooo, of Senegal
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(Africa, Africa)
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Send it right to the ghetto, ooo, of Senegal
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(Africa, Africa)
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Now see that's just a little piece of how it is
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(Africa, Africa)
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See, but we can come together
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And make it 'lot better back home
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(Africa, Africa)
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So don't complain about how they treat me here
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Take your millions of dollars there, back to
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(Africa, Africa)
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We own that land, we owned those diamonds
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(Africa, Africa)
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We kings man, we don't take orders, we give 'em
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