The Dusty Foot is back at it! K’naan is a musician/poet from Mogadishu, Somalia. His music is a product of growing up amidst the civil war there. He comes from a family of artists- his grandfather was a poet and his aunt was one of Somalia’s most famous singers. This video is from his newest release, “Troubadour”. It has a nice beat, so enjoy.
I hope you got your passports and vaccine shots.
I take rappers on a field trip any day
They never been opposite real clip anyway
I know where all the looters and the shooters say
Welcome to the city we call Doomsday.When niggaz is just fried chicken like Tuesday
Oh you from the hood huh, who say?
My Nigerian niggaz would call you Pussy
My Somali niggaz are quick to grab the uziAround here we only bumping Fela Kuti
Tupac, or Bob Marley, Lucky Dube.
So we don’t really give a fuck about your groupies
This Is Africa, Hooray.T.I.A.
(Hooray)
T.I.A.
(Hooray)
T.I.A.
(Hooray)
It means, This Is Africa
(Hooray)You don’t know how hard it is here
The streets is tricky in these parts here
You don’t know how hard this is here
The streets need this shit hereYou don’t know how hard it is here
The streets is tricky in these parts here
You don’t know how hard this is here
The streets need this shit hereI walk rappers through the Killa woods any day
They never been opposite real goons anyway
I know all the tricky sticky icky alley ways
Welcome to the continent of Holidays (Africa)Where Holidays quickly turn to hell days
Stars fall quicker than box of shell case
No Bill Gates, No P…
Why you cats debating, acting and faking these daysI deliver what they need like milk crates
I learned from the deadly streets no regrets
And I wasn’t ever looking for street cred
But these streets bred me to be street safeIt’s no secret we know how to squeeze lead
But the Pre-set is not to have to squeeze it
Used to be at peace but now we using T-Shirts
And it reads RIP cause the peace deadWhen I walk through the slums like (Nomane)
Little children say K’naan (Bumaye)
The rap game just got itself a new day
This is Africa, Hooray.T.I.A.
(Hooray)
T.I.A.
(Hooray)
T.I.A.
(Hooray)
It means, This Is AfricaYou don’t know how hard it is here
The streets is tricky in these parts here
You don’t know how hard this is here
The streets need this shit hereYou don’t know how hard it is here
The streets is tricky in these parts here
You don’t know how hard this is here
The streets need this shit here