Africa Dream

[Intro] "If you can talk you can sing,  If you can walk you can dance" That's an old proverb from Zimbabwe Nah'mean, yo... "If you can talk you can sing,  If you can walk you can dance" Yeah, and the trumpet is blown Uh... uh... yeah... alright... Uh... c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon Alright... wooh! Yeah, yeah, yeah Uh... one more time Yo, anybody can tell you how it is What we putting down right here This is how it is and how it could be Reflection Eternal for real And with that– [Verse] These cats is no match — plus they lack a certain knack for rapping Chasin' but they never catch the wagon Like Re-Run in What's Happening Since back when– They had potty issues and snotty tissues, we been rockin' Think you poppin'? Next year nobody will miss you My thoughts is too advanced for the artists on these labels They come sweeter than Sabal and softer than mashed potatoes I tried to told you the rhymes ran over emcees like Land Rovers And took 'em back in time like Sankofa, Sankofa We stand over the Atlantic, looking broad like a man's shoulders The fire is trapped in a belly, ready to pop like canned soda We outlasted, from Middle Passage Touched down in New York... Cincinnatay! Big Ohio status, what you thought? Money, it's classic, these bastards tryin' to treat us like cattle So life has been a constant battle – battle Rising above the crabs in the barrel Way too used to living in death's shadow We stay on point like the best arrow – arrow We hit the target accurate – start shit, back it up When we hit town, y'all niggas, pack it up That's how we get down, straight smash it up Like a whip, hydroplaning Hydro on the brain and maintaining Game changing into subtle shit, we remain blatant Yo! Got to tell you to your face You get replaced in this game By Kweli – place the face with the name These cats drink champagne to toast death and pain Like slaves on a ship talking about who got the flyest chain [Breakdown] Come on! [Scratches by Hi-Tek] [Outro] We the reflection of our ancestors We'd like to thank you for the building blocks you left us Since your spirit possessed us, yo, you blessed us Thank you very much Thank you very much Thank you very much We the reflection of our ancestors We'd like to thank you for the building blocks you left us Since your spirit possessed us, yo, you blessed us Thank you very much And God bless you And God bless you And God bless you And God bless you God bless you God bless you God bless you... God bless you...