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