Where I'm From Freestyle-Akon

[ti:Where I'm From Freestyle] [ar:Akon] [al:A Star Is Born] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Where I'm From Freestyle - Akon (阿肯) [00:01.57]Yo in case you ain't know [00:04.01] [00:05.31]I go by the name of Akon and I'm from [00:09.16]Africa Africa [00:12.11]Home of the Goree Islands [00:13.45]I'm from Senegal West-side [00:15.12]Africa Africa [00:18.34]So I'ma share with you where I'm from [00:19.93]And how I was comin' up [00:21.17]Africa Africa [00:23.79]So what you know about the struggles [00:25.65]That my people went through [00:27.03]So you can live the way you live now [00:29.51]So what you know about seeing [00:31.31]That brand new mother givin' away her newborn child [00:35.46]So what you know about Mr Amadou Diallo [00:39.15]The Senegalese cops shot down [00:41.48]So what you know about [00:42.81] [00:43.36]How people love to perceive us [00:45.18]When we come into a brand new town [00:47.57]So what you know about the Goree Islands [00:51.30]Where all the slaves were shipped from [00:53.85]So what you know about [00:55.68]Being born in America to avoid immigration [00:59.63]Still from the ghetto ooh of Senegal [01:03.40]Africa Africa [01:05.96]Comin' from the ghetto ooh of Senegal [01:09.44]Africa Africa [01:11.72]Comin' from the ghetto ooh of Senegal [01:15.52]Africa Africa [01:17.65]Yes I'm comin' from the ghetto ooh of Senegal [01:21.37]Africa Africa [01:23.58]So what you know about Tchebou Dje [01:25.89]Yassa Deraay and Maafay my favorite foods [01:29.49]So what you know about n***as throwin' rocks [01:32.22]Bustin' shots at the military invadin' my hood [01:35.47]So what you know about kids with automatic machines [01:39.07]Waiting for the war to get on that side [01:41.59]So what you know about how God comes first in our lives [01:45.15]Everything that we do is for Allah [01:47.48]So what you know about that Holy place called Touba [01:52.26]Where Prophets were born [01:53.66]So what you know about comin' here [01:57.06]Gettin' money and investing it back home [01:59.70]Right in the ghetto ooo of Senagal [02:03.43]Africa Africa [02:05.87]Give it to the ghetto ooo of Senegal [02:09.37]Africa Africa [02:11.63]Take it to the ghetto ooo of Senegal [02:15.54]Africa Africa [02:17.54]Send it right to the ghetto ooo of Senegal [02:21.40]Africa Africa [02:23.58] [02:24.91]Now see that's just a little piece of how it is [02:27.32]Africa Africa [02:30.36]See but we can come together [02:31.70]And make it 'lot better back home [02:33.21]Africa Africa [02:35.79]So don't complain about how they treat me here [02:37.50]Take your millions of dollars there back to [02:39.30]Africa Africa [02:42.10]We own that land we owned those diamonds [02:44.11] [02:45.14]Africa Africa [02:48.17]We kings man we don't take orders we give 'em [02:50.04] [02:50.84]Think about it