Black Like Me - Fela Remix by Chike and Ogee (2006)

Описание: Recorded in 2006.

Lyrics

1st Chorus:

If you love your mama
Your papa, your brother, your sister
If you love your neighbor
The way you love yourself
You're BLACK LIKE ME
Whether you be Christian or Muslim
Even be Buddhist or Hindu (or Baha'i)
Know your God and yourself
As long as you believe
You're BLACK LIKE ME
Hey
Hey
Hey

Chike's Verse

When you're -
Black like me, African like we
Your whole life could be a prophecy
Underdog in the game so you've gots ta be
Fighting to get ahead in every breath you breathe
Inhale, exhale, the air gets thinner
When you inherit the legacy of a nigger
Tryna get bigger so you figure you speak out
Only to find out your own people don't reach out
New doubts arise in millennium times
Will black folks finally get together and shine
Worldwide, we're slowly recognizing the signs
We're sublime, but still don't respect our kind
The divine separated us through the slave trade
Now some think
Africans have seen they hey day
That's crayzay
Though some believe the hype
Point to crack pipes and ethnic strife
Aids taking lives lessening our might
We poor at the core and still we fight
For the basics
Equal and human rights
and against racists
who don't want to see us in flight
but it's all right cause they watch via satellite
secretly admiring our views and way of life
must know that we shine in the darkest of nights
a seed still grows under limited light
new sight of a vision making some of y'all listen
black is more than a color it's the way that you're living

2nd Chorus
If you've been through tribulation
Held down by globalization
Hate popo on occasion
but love your situation
You're BLACK LIKE ME

If you know rhythm and balance
See injustice can't keep silent
Know the world is just too violent
But you keep on rising
You're BLACK LIKE ME

Your essence more than color
Your character make you brother
No come from the same mama
But do for each other
You're BLACK LIKE ME

You come struggle and pain
But you still love your name
You dey carry all d blame
But you show no shame
You're BLACK LIKE ME

Ogee's Verse

Remember say dem shoot me cos I grab my wallet
Right there, for new York, with plenty russian bullets
Na just yesterday for Cali wey dem kick and beat you
Bottom-bat flog KING, dat na irony for you
No forget decapitation for Salone and Congo
Dem no pick Blood Diamonds, or make quota for cocoa
Take not away from you plenty years of slavery
Ur emancipation dreams make u struggle for babey
As u dey, I dey.. ain't shit changed lately
Na wa oh! Na different cover cloth, racism na shame thing
Dem pimp us no be small make us hustle for small things
'Any means necessary', yarn suppose be black thing
So why we fight each other for another man house bro
When da landlord of the house, no be really im house bro
Make you think before you act, be a leader of yours bro
Community lies at home, let go back to class bro

3rd Chorus

If you love all those green things
Respect Mother Nature's feelings
Change comes and you are willing
and don't want no more killings
You're BLACK LIKE ME

If you know where you come from
And understand your culture
And know to use its wisdom
To move life further
Your BLACK LIKE ME

If you love drama and music
Evolve it so you don't lose it
Use it wise and don't abuse it
Will never compromise
You're BLACK LIKE ME

If you know education
Is true emancipation
Whether street or classroom station
Is how to build a nation
You're BLACK LIKE ME

You go low, I go high
You go low, I go high (ngwa)