Iâm a African, Iâm a African
And I know whatâs happeninâ
Iâm a African, Iâm a African
Archaeologists know whatâs happeninâ
You a African? You a African?
Do you know whatâs happeninâ?
Iâm a African, Iâm a African
Geneticists know whatâs happeninâ
No I wasnât born in Ghana but Africa is my mama
âCause thatâs where my mama got her mitochondria
You can try to fight if you wanna, but itâs not gonna change me
âCause itâs plain to see, Africans are my people
And if itâs not plain to see then your eyes deceive you
Iâm talkinâ primeval; the DNA in my veins
Tells a story that reasonable people find believable
But it might even blow your transistors;
Africa is the home of our most recent common ancestors
Which means human beings are all brothers and sisters
So check the massive evidence of Homo erectus
And Australopithecus afarensis in the fossil record
And then try to tell me that weâre not all connected
The fossil record has gaps but no contradictions
And it complements the evidence in your chromosomes
So I came to let you know about your ancestral home
Iâm a African, Iâm a African
And I know whatâs happeninâ
Iâm a African, Iâm a African
Archaeologists know whatâs happeninâ
You a African? You a African?
Do you know whatâs happeninâ?
Iâm a African, Iâm a African
Geneticists know whatâs happeninâ
Yeah, itâs plain to see, you canât change me
âCause Iâma be a Homo sapien for life
Yeah, itâs plain to see, you canât change me
âCause Iâma be a Homo sapien for life
Yeah, the red is for the blood in my arm â it runs in the veins
Of all my cousins from the same African mom
And the black is for the melanin, which I guess I lost
A mutation with benefits that offset the costs
At least in the North, after massive glaciation
My family passed through some adaptive radiations
We started as Africans, and then became Eurasians
And then one final migration made us Canadians
But itâs back to my origin, âcause I understand
For every colour of man, Africa is the motherland
So Iâm cominâ back, thatâs my right of return
Iâm only speakinâ the facts, which I invite you to learn
We came from Africa first; Charles Darwin predicted it
âCause thatâs where modern chimps and gorillas live
So the green is for the envy in the eyes of intelligent design
Advocates and scientific illiterates
Iâm a African, Iâm a African
And I know whatâs happeninâ
Iâm a African, Iâm a African
Archaeologists know whatâs happeninâ
You a African? You a African?
Do you know whatâs happeninâ?
Iâm a African, Iâm a African
Geneticists know whatâs happeninâ
Yeah, C-A-N-A-D-A
Asia, U-K, U-S-A
Oz, Tazmania, and Ukraine
No, it ainât âbout where you stay
Itâs âbout the motherland
M-O-N-G-O-L-I-A
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
Sweden, Denmark, and Norway
No, it ainât âbout where you stay
Itâs âbout the motherland
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