yow    In case u aint know I go by the name of akon and im from   (afrika afrika)    home of the goree island im from senegal westside   (afrika afrika)    so im gonna share with you on where    I'm from an how i was comin up(afrika afrika).       Verse 1    So what you know about the strugles that my people went    trough so you can live the way you live now    Say what you know about seeing that brand new mother    giving away her newborn child    what u know about mr amadu ndiaij that the senegalis cops    shot down    say what u know about how people love to perceive us when    we are comin to a bran new town    now what u know about goree island were all the slaves were    shiped from    what u know about beeing born in america to avoid the    imigration       Still from the ghettos of senegal(afrika afrika)    Comin from the ghettos of senegal(afrika afrika)    comin from the ghettos of senegal (afrika afrika)    comin from the ghettos of senegal(afrika afrika)       What you know about schebujcen yassa Schene and mafe my    favorite foods    Say what you know about n****s trowing rocks buseshats at    the military invatin my hood    So what you know about kids whit automatic machins waiting    for the war to get on their side    So what you know about how god comes first in their lives    everything that we do is for allah   So what you know about that holy place called tuba where    prophets are born    and what you know about comin here gettin money investin it    back home       Right from the ghettos of senegal(afrika afrika)    Give it to the ghettos of senegal(afrika afrika)    Take it to the ghettos of senegal (afrika afrika)    send it right in the ghettos of senegal(afrika afrika)       now see that's just a little piece of how it is in Afrika   Afrika, see but we can come together and make it a lot betta back home,   in Afrika, Afrika, so don't complain about how they treatin you here,    take your millions of dollas there, back to Afrika,    Afrika, we own that land, we own those diamonds,   they can be ours if we want to, Afrika, Afrika,    we kings man, we don't take orders, we give em, think about it