Tonart: F# minor•
Verse 1
F#m
Bm
Yo, in case you ain't know
F#m
I go by the name of Akon
Home of the Goree Islands
Verse 2
Bm
I'm from Senegal, West- side
So I'ma share with you
where I'm from
And how I was comin'
Bm
up
(Africa, Africa)
Verse 3
about the struggles
Bm
That my people went through
So you can live the way you live now?
F#m
So what you know about seeing
That brand new mother givin'
Bm
away her newborn child?
Verse 4
about
Mr.Amadou Diallo
Bm
The Senegalese cop shot down?
F#m
So what you know about
How people love to perceive us
Bm
When we come into a brand new town?
Verse 5
about
the Goree Islands
Bm
Where all the slaves were shipped from?
F#m
So what you know about
Being born in America to
Verse 6
ghetto, ooh,
Bm
of Senegal
Comin' from the ghetto, ooh of Senegal
Bm
F#m
(Africa, Africa)
Verse 7
Comin' from the ghetto, ooh, of Senegal
F#m
Yes, I'm comin' from the ghetto,
ooh, of Senegal
Verse 8
about
Tchebou Dje
Yassa, Deraay and Maa
Bm
fay, my favorite foods?
F#m
So what you know about niggas
throwin' rocks
Bustin' shots at the mil
Bm
itary invadin' my hood?
Verse 9
about kids
with automatic machines
Bm
Waiting for the war to get on that side?
F#m
So what you know about how God
comes first in our lives?
Bm
Everything that we do is for Allah
Verse 10
about that Holy
Where Prophets were born?
F#m
So what you know about
comin' here
Bm
Gettin' money and investing
it back home?
Verse 11
ghetto,
F#m
(Africa, Africa)
Give it to the ghetto, ooo, of Senegal
Bm
F#m
(Africa, Africa)
Verse 12
Take it to the ghetto, ooo, of Senegal
F#m
Send it right to the ghetto,
ooo, of Senegal
Bm
F#m
(Africa, Africa)
Verse 13
Bm
Now see that's just a little piece of how it is
F#m
(Africa, Africa)
See, but we can come together
And make it 'lot better back
Bm
home
F#m
(Africa, Africa) So don't complain
about how they treat me here
Take your millions of dollars there,
We own that land,
Bm
we owned those diamonds
C#m
We kings man, we don't take orders,
we give 'em
Think about it
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