Afrikan Boy Litw song lyrics
Afrikan Boy Litw song lyrics
Young lion,
Heart of a mayor,
Major player in the city of naira paper
We say prayers five times a day,
So our hearts hate Satan til our dying day,
He came from a family of plenty brothers,
Who showed him the ropes about life in this joke,
Next week heading to a new leaf
Flying overseas to make peas for his family,
To migrate is innate when poverty is at your door ready to immigrate.
So he said his goodbyes wishing he never told lies,
Plotting plans to survive with a baby on arrive
They say young love never ends fair,
Mothering a great seed he had put there,
Foluke, fair skin with black and brown hair,
Family of Christians ready for warfare,
She was only 19 with plenty dreams to share her views a young black queen,
Fear of bringing shame to her family,
Daughter of preacher, forbidden to give birth in the manger,
Now their French Nigerians, speaking ‘Je la vu' with no experience,
Time to be vigilant; no one gives a toss about immigrants,
Impotence we all stray from deliverance.
Minutes tense…….
I'm getting bigger in this dark room.
Only advice from god was to stay true,
And get money like a typhoon,
Back outside to this jungle,
The promise land is a hustle,
Far from humble constant hustle working cleaner in a hostel,
Ishola will never pick up no tissue,
He know the street well like a referee official,
Getting money, smoking weed with his people,
Fuck the police and weasels,
Government officials, waving their legal pistols at your crystals,
Life in the UK as an immagray,
Juggling four jobs just to get paid,
So what's the attraction??
It's my time oya start the contractions
God told me life's like a abortion,
So whatever I do choose action,
Meanwhile Foluke's in distress,
Wondering why her son aint delivered yet,
Twenty hours in labor!
I take's time for the arrival of a saviour,
Fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah,
Here comes the destroyer,
Son of a Zion solder,
Solo trooper, picked up the mic sober left it lean,
And when my dad left I knew I had to chase the dream,
Oldest of three children that's my team,
I saw colder nights and colder mornings,
Going to school with 30p for spending,
So I stole some donuts, sold em to teachers,
So I could by my favourite pair of sneakers,
I never failed exams I had to pass,
Then I found myself in Uni fast,
I remember how slow the fast days were,
Picture this imaginary as I strike a theory,
Poetically imagined like a fairy,
He who laid eyes, forgot that text lied,
Even I was led astray blinded by the rules I obeyed,
Eternally guilty is our souls,
Chasing what we think is the goal,
That's all we know, that's all we see
Before I die I leave you with my memories,
In this city of hopefuls,
But when hope falls,
They lose sight of perception,
No moral sense of affection,
Life in the west side,
To what extent can I express what's inside?
Without being given a label from the cradle to the boss,
I shall fear no boss,
For thy is the kingdom, power and glory,
Lend me your ears and let me tell you my story
Like a beggar at the feat of Jesus,
When grace began,
I'm only Afrikan, born to sin,
They don't like my accent they say I can't rap like I do,
What the hell have I done!
I ran with my own style in this marathon,
Half of these school boys couldn't last twenty minutes in my dissertation,
I swore never to live my life serving
Cos we are all the same in Egypt,
The way I see it,
We are all ghosts in the land of freedom,
I put myself in my dad's shoes,
So I could understand his mind fuse,
A part of me wanted to get to know the dude,
Honour thy father, but male pride is a killer,
Murderer in the eyes of progress,
And I do all I know best,
Life in the west.
Do all I know best,
Life in the west.
Do I know b b b est.
Life in the west.