Check, check, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Live from the belly of the beast, uh
Garvey said, lookin' to the east, uh
Mommy said, boy, get on your knees, uh
Turned the other cheek in the Mojiza
Told me how to second-line them streets, uh
Ease
Live from the city where they separated Africa
And I'd never be a slave, never be a slave
So my soul, they say it's like the ancestors
In a duet with Etta James
Let a nigga say, if Pac was alive, he'd probably adopt me
Or I'd be Adafi, I'm Bobby Seale
For real, somebody stop me
You niggas poppy, yeah, your IG is poppin'
But you cocky shook like Ali when we met up in that lobby
This ain't a hobby
Life behind bars, John Gotti
Perspective of a brown like Foxy
No parties on Marley in Abu Dhabi
No bodies, I'm probably
Tryna become a haji, come try me
Descendant of a maidslave
And I'm probably
A Nazi, South Saji
Not the only guys bein' my posse
Surprise, these niggas talk about shoddies
While I be out in L'Afrique
Vibin' out to Selassie
This burning bush got me here in God
Meet a nigga with no fear inside
Never met a brother real as I
Tell the devil that this year is mine
For the acres in Samula
In the name of my Samusa
Mixed with Tupac
It's the sound of revolution
For the acres in Samula
Sam-uda
Ya
I come from a traditions of women
Marines, Cimarons, who didn't just try to escape from oppression, but who totally mind,
body, spirit committed to resisting and committed to winning.
I think I come from a very strong history and I simply wanted to live on this planet
and to continue that tradition and to try in my little way to make my ancestors proud.
It is good that you are here to record this picture of me in my palace garden at Addis Ababa.
People who see this throughout the world will realize that,
even in the 20th century,
with space, courage, and the just cause,
David will still beat Goliath.
Thank you for watching.