Recognise Me (I'm an African)

I'm like the first in creation

Recognise me like the birth of a nation European or Asian

Could be a Dominican, Jamaican or Haitian

I ain't hating if Grenadian, Trini or Barbadian

African, Like the Queen of Sheba, the Queen Mekeda

Born leader and dream believer

And Liz as Cleopatra I didn't believe her

When they tell me I'm a King I don't believe that neither, No!

We've been tricked by the great deceiver

Now I've got the devil in me I'm a great deceiver

I'm sick but I'm sweating trying to break that fever

And the hate can't break me neither

Recognise me

I'm from the Mother that's been rocking the cradle

The little sister of the Sun putting food on the table

African like I'm Aesop come hear my fable, I'm trying to make my way to

Heaven like the Tower of Babel

It's like I'm Marcus Garvey trying raise up an army, saw my double on a road

In Harare

He stopped me when he passed me asked me "who's ya people"

I told him to be truthful I was hoping he know

Could be like Shaka a Zulu could be Tutsi or Hutu, Bantu, Ashanti or Sutu

But how knows though 'cos history lost me

When I hear them slave stories it's like killing me softly

With their words

I roam the planet like a Bedouin and share herds

And got a remedy for everything

Prepare herbs

I want you please believe me

African like my flows Zambezi

Recognise me

Economic warfare means I was born here

My family ain't Jamaican just born there

I ain't Arawak and our forebears grew up in the land that made this bitch rich

So be sure to get your share

African like them **** that they hate so much

The English, the Belgium and the Dutch, Portuguese and such

Crumble everything they're to clutch

But history tells me that they're owed so much

And I ain't trying to say the truth flows one way

I give thanks everyday when I feel the spirit inside me

And I ain't trying to blame you claim your own shame

I just want you to remember my name and recognise me