[ti:America] [ar:K'naan/Mos Def/Chali 2na] [al:Troubadour] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]America (Album Version|Explicit) - K'naan/Mos Def/Chali 2na [00:01.16]Lyrics by:K'NAAN [00:02.33]Composed by:K'NAAN [00:03.49]Uh huh uh huh uh huh [00:07.55]Uh huh uh huh uh huh [00:11.61]Say yeah [00:12.35]Oh this takes me home [00:13.66]It makes me think about [00:14.62]Sitting outside of my old home when [00:16.67]I was younger and singing something like [00:18.67]Gabaryaray shuxaano [00:19.90]Maro Shabeel eh xirato [00:21.20]Maro qafiif eh huwato [00:22.49]Magacaaga ii sheeg [00:23.76]Magacayga waa Sharaf [00:25.04]Sharaf Xaaji weyaan [00:26.27]Aqalada xiriirta [00:27.60]Dhinac baa ka jooga [00:28.83]Ala yaa usheega [00:30.11]Tinta ushaleeya [00:31.39]Naa hoéy Zamzamey [00:32.63]Sabaax nuurey [00:33.84]Adoo kilkiley [00:34.76]Iyo [00:35.14]Kaloon badanay [00:36.40]Adoo xajka jira [00:37.74]Xasuus badhanay [00:38.98]Saxiibtaa [00:40.26]Caasho cashaq baa dhilay [00:41.59]Ugu dhambaystina [00:42.74]Aniga iyo geel uba [00:44.06]Ugu banaan bixin [00:45.32]Waa aniga orodneey [00:46.46]Nabad dheynee [00:47.78]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [00:50.55]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [00:52.98]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [00:55.58]Waa aniga orodneey [00:56.86]Nabad dheynee [00:58.15]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [01:00.61]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [01:03.12]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [01:05.77]There are certain things fresh and certain things mish [01:08.31]I got my own sound I don't sound like the rest [01:10.86]And even my attire and my choice of dress [01:13.37]And not long ago I don't spoke english [01:15.98]My point is police pull me over a lot [01:18.42]They wonder what kind of rap sheet I got [01:21.06]And sometimes I take a young girl out to eat [01:23.58]And hold the door open [01:24.86]Oh you're so sweet [01:26.14]Of course my affection's super illustrated [01:28.73]And I like to give don't reciprocate it [01:31.27]Unless you could give me someone innovated [01:33.77]Well let's cook it up we don't refrigerate it [01:36.30]But back to the country of the educated [01:38.98]Where people get robbed and they celebrate it [01:41.47]Waa aniga orodneey [01:42.83]Nabad dheynee [01:44.11]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [01:46.60]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [01:49.12]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [01:51.69]Waa aniga orodneey [01:52.99]Nabad dheynee [01:54.29]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [01:56.71]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [01:59.33]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [02:01.91]Maraken my country 'tis of thee [02:05.48]Sweet land for robberies [02:08.06]D**e smoke and SUV's red meat and army greens [02:13.03]Fat and frills thrills and spills [02:15.42]Eat and sleep hump and kill [02:17.94]Shop 'til you drop work 'til you dead [02:20.50]Get all you can then get in the wind [02:23.03]Outta my face on your knees [02:25.62]Sleep in the mansion shut out the streets [02:28.23]Make that cake whoop that trick [02:30.68]Lick my swagger suck my sick [02:33.26]Get high get low get stcky get rich [02:35.80]Get yo own show get down get quick [02:38.30]You slow you blow you broke your fix [02:41.02]Terror dome home swag home [02:43.49]Terror dome home swag home [02:45.65]Waa aniga orodneey [02:46.63]Nabad dheynee [02:47.91]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [02:50.43]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [02:52.98]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [02:55.50]Waa aniga orodneey [02:56.85]Nabad dheynee [02:58.07]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [03:00.58]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [03:03.15]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [03:05.75]There are some things pure while certain things blur [03:08.30]Dilute it with the lie and you believe when it occur [03:10.80]Falsified information got my people in the stir [03:13.37]We have to be in search of something equal to the cure [03:15.91]Straight out the door I come to give you more [03:18.26]Lay the law keep it raw when [03:19.80]I speak it from the core [03:21.09]Get underneath your skin [03:22.10]Like especially with the claw [03:23.62]Conflicted with the rich 'cuz I kick it with the poor [03:26.11]I laugh in the face of adversity [03:28.70]Sound clashed with the bass 'cuz it's natural to me [03:31.24]But if you pay attention to the past you will see [03:33.76]Not long ago you black they'd hang your a*s from a tree [03:36.41]My certain things change while some stay the same [03:38.97]Some are recluse others are lovers of the game [03:41.42]I'm trying to walk the lane [03:42.55]The Sirat al-Mustaqim [03:44.02]Instead of doing things they [03:45.18]Keep you covered in the flame [03:46.58]Waa aniga orodneey [03:47.90]Nabad dheynee [03:49.19]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [03:51.71]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [03:54.22]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [03:56.79]Waa aniga orodneey [03:58.02]Nabad dheynee [03:59.22]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [04:01.89]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [04:04.47]Mareekan waa laga soo waayey [04:10.36]Nanananana that s**t was cool in english [04:12.73]But let me get that Somali verse [04:15.05]Gabar yaroo subhaano maro shabeelo hirato [04:17.68]Maro qafiifa huwato maga'aaga ii sheeg [04:20.25]Magaeygu waa sharaf sharaf haaji weeyan [04:22.80]Aqalada hariirta dhina baan ka jooga [04:25.35]Alla ya u sheega tinta u shanleeya [04:27.87]Nahoy zamzamey sabaah nuurey [04:30.29]Adoo kin kin iyo kaluun badaneey [04:32.82]Adoo hajka jira xasuus badaneey [04:35.42]Sahiibtaa asho ashaq baa dilay [04:38.02]Ugu dambeyntiina [04:39.19]Aniyo geeluba [04:40.60]Wa u banaanbahnay