Im a African, Im a African And I know whats happenin Im a African, Im a African Archaeologists know whats happenin You a African? You a African? Do you know whats happenin? Im a African, Im a African Geneticists know whats happenin No I wasnt born in Ghana but Africa is my mama Cause thats where my mama got her mitochondria You can try to fight if you wanna, but its not gonna change me Cause its plain to see, Africans are my people And if its not plain to see then your eyes deceive you Im talkin 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 were 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 Im a African, Im a African And I know whats happenin Im a African, Im a African Archaeologists know whats happenin You a African? You a African? Do you know whats happenin? Im a African, Im a African Geneticists know whats happenin Yeah, its plain to see, you cant change me Cause Ima be a Homo sapien for life Yeah, its plain to see, you cant change me Cause Ima be a Homo sapien for life Yeah, the red is for the blood in my arm 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 its back to my origin, cause I understand For every colour of man, Africa is the motherland So Im comin back, thats my right of return Im only speakin the facts, which I invite you to learn We came from Africa first Charles Darwin predicted it Cause thats where modern chimps and gorillas live So the green is for the envy in the eyes of intelligent design Advocates and scientific illiterates Im a African, Im a African And I know whats happenin Im a African, Im a African Archaeologists know whats happenin You a African? You a African? Do you know whats happenin? Im a African, Im a African Geneticists know whats happenin Yeah, CANADA Asia, UK, USA Oz, Tazmania, and Ukraine No, it aint bout where you stay Its bout the motherland MONGOLIA Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Sweden, Denmark, and Norway No, it aint bout where you stay Its bout the motherland
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