T.I.A.

(Simmer down, simmer down, simmer down, simmer down)

I hope you got your passports

And vaccine shots

(Simmer down)

I take rappers on a field trip any day

They never been opposite real clip anyway

I know where all the looters and the shooters stay

Welcome to the city we call Doomsday

When **** is just fried chicken like Tuesday

Ah, you from the hood, huh, who say?

My Nigerian **** would call you pussy

My Somali **** are quick to grab the Uzi

Around here we only bumpin' Fela Kuti

2Pac, or Bob Marley, Lucky Dube

So we don't really give a fuck about your groupies

This is Africa, hooray

T.I.A., hooray

T.I.A., hooray

T.I.A., hooray

It means, This Is Africa, hooray

You don't know how hard it is here (Simmer down)

The streets is tricky in these parts here (Simmer down)

You don't know how hard it is here (Simmer down)

The streets need this shit here (Simmer down)

You don't know how hard it is here (Simmer down)

The streets is tricky in these parts here (Simmer down)

You don't know how hard it is here (Simmer down)

The streets need this shit here (Simmer down) let's go

I walk rappers through the killa hoods any day

They never been opposite real goons anyway

I know all the tricky, sticky, icky alleyways

Welcome to the continent of holidays (Africa)

Where holidays quickly turn to hell days

Stars fall quicker than box of shell case

No Bill Gates, no PCs

Why you cats debatin', actin' and fakin' these days

I deliver what they need like mild crates

I learned from the deadly streets, no regrets

And I wasn't ever lookin' for street cred

But these streets bred me to be street safe

It's no secret, we know how to squeeze lead

But the pre-set is not to have to squeeze it

Used to be at peace, now we is a t-shirts

And it reads RIP 'cause the peace dead

When I walk through the slums like Nomane

Little children say, K'naan boma ye

The rap game just got itself a new day

This is Africa, hooray

T.I.A., hooray

T.I.A., hooray

T.I.A., hooray

It means, This Is Africa, hooray

You don't know how hard it is here (Simmer down)

The streets is tricky in these parts here (Simmer down)

You don't know how hard it is here (Simmer down)

The streets need this shit here (Simmer down)

You don't know how hard it is here (Simmer down)

The streets is tricky in these parts here (Simmer down)

You don't know how hard it is here (Simmer down)

The streets need this shit here (Simmer down)

Hey (Simmer down)

It's K-9, hey (Simmer down)

Hey (Simmer down)

This is Africa (Simmer down)

Hey (Simmer down)

Ka-boom