In The Beginning-K'naan

[ti:In The Beginning] [ar:K'naan] [al:The Dusty Foot On The Road] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In The Beginning - K'naan [00:18.74]In the beginning [00:19.44]There was a hum [00:20.28]From a poet whose pulse fell [00:21.56]Drum drum drum [00:22.18] [00:23.14]He would perform prayers and all [00:24.62]Till one day he heard a voice call [00:26.18]Come come come [00:26.86] [00:27.81]Sus'pi'cious he moved [00:28.72]With vicious caution [00:29.51] [00:30.02]Dismisses [00:30.66]He thinks is a little often [00:31.76] [00:32.67]People get held back [00:33.91]By the void inside 'em [00:35.37] [00:36.44]Yo [00:36.95]The void said [00:37.86]I'm poised to speak inside you [00:39.23]Rejoice then please let me invite you [00:41.31] [00:42.06]To evil greed and lies too [00:44.09] [00:45.74]Yeah [00:46.17]Confused and dazed [00:46.95]He moved in ways [00:47.82]He soon became hakuna [00:49.02]Boom boom boom [00:49.70] [00:50.75]A knock on his door his heart is no more [00:53.04]A knock on his door his soul is no more [00:58.33] [01:13.91]The poets got a proposal [01:14.93]He would always hope but never know [01:16.68]What it feels [01:17.35]To be free [01:18.32]He would be the frozen [01:19.29]Imposed as the chosen [01:20.43]All laws oppose him [01:21.60]But it would be greed [01:22.86]That's got him there [01:24.09]He's power-hungry [01:25.54]And proud too [01:26.52] [01:27.40]People don't care People just care [01:29.68]Evil don't care he will just prayer [01:31.67] [01:47.09]But to know they say [01:48.35]They say [01:48.81] [01:49.86]It is better to light a candle than to curse the dark [01:52.24]In the eyes of the youth [01:53.32]There are question marks [01:54.47]Like freedom [01:55.32]Freedom for the mind and soul [01:56.60]We don't see them [01:57.46]See them for their worth at all [01:58.81]That's why we lead em [01:59.75]Lead em to these wars [02:00.72]And what is it we feed em [02:02.05]Feed em our impurities [02:03.02]And who it is we treat em [02:04.36]Treat em like the enemy [02:05.53]Humanity will need em [02:06.67]Need em like the blood we spill [02:08.12]And we're freedom [02:09.06]Freedom for the hearts we fill [02:10.38]We mislead em [02:11.27]They hunger for the love we give [02:12.74]But we cheat em [02:13.61]The guys beat him and all he wants [02:15.02]Is his freedom [02:15.86]So they defeat him [02:16.55]Whatever spirit hes got [02:17.76]Beat him [02:18.28]And they teach him [02:18.97]The rest of the world don't need him [02:20.54]And he believes [02:21.23]In the disease that hes heathen [02:22.93]Put up your fists if all you want is freedom [02:24.76] [02:25.35]Put up your fists if all you want is