What is your name?

What is, what is your real name?

My name is Akon

But

Full name

Full name

You wanna hear it?

Yes

Aight

I would give you the backstory but I can't

Okay

'Cause I already gave you a hint

Okay

But it's Aliu Ndabbalabugatai Budunaka Lulu Lubada the Akon child

Look at your face

Okay

Sun hits the concrete, I wake to the vibration

Check for the bars, my heart needs a connection

Ping on the glass, a digital salutation

Mobile money moving, that's my morning medication

I'm in the market now, crowd is thick and heavy

Screen glow like a beacon, the network is steady

Oh God send the data, I'm waiting for the drop

Digital pulse is the only thing that doesn't stop

Oh, the link up is the life, the

Data's the flow (The data is the flow)

Where the signal is strong, that's where we go (That's where we go)

Across the city, yeah we vibing on the screen (Vibing on the screen)

Brightest the connection that the world has ever seen

Ping it, ping it, feel the rhythm in

The call (Feel the rhythm in the call)

Without the mobile magic we don't stand at all

We don't stand at all, we don't stand at all)

Late night, screen light blue, lighting up my face

Talk to my brother 'cross the world in another space

Video call magic, I see his smile through the pixels

Better than a letter, no more lonely whistles

Hustle for the pocket (For the pocket), data for the soul

Keeping up the status, yeah we taking full control

From the island to the mainland, we are never apart

Just a tap away from the beating of a heart

Oh, the link up is the life, the

Data's the flow (The data is the flow)

Where the signal is strong, that's where we go (That's where we go)

Across the city, yeah we vibing on the screen (Vibing on the screen)

Brightest the connection that the world has ever seen

Ping it, ping it, feel the rhythm in

The call (Feel the rhythm in the call)

Without the mobile magic we don't stand at all (We don't stand at all)

Signal, check the signal

Network (Find the network), network (Network)

Connection (Connection), link up (Link up)

We find the link up

Oh, the link up is the life, the

Data's the flow (The data is the flow)

Where the signal is strong, that's where we go (That's where we go)

Across the city, yeah we vibing on the screen (Vibing on the screen)

Brightest the connection that the world has ever seen

Ping it, ping it, feel the rhythm in

The call (Feel the rhythm in the call)

Without the mobile magic we don't stand at all (We don't stand at all)

Power low, but the link up stays

Africa we on, keep pinging, keep moving