I'm a African - Baba Brinkman

I’m a African, I’m a African

And I know what’s happenin'

I’m a African, I’m a African

Archaeologists know what’s happenin'

You a African?

You a African?

Do you know what’s happenin'?

I’m a African, I’m a African

Geneticists know what’s happenin'

No I wasn’t born in Ghana but Africa is my mama

‘Cause that’s where my mama got her mitochondria

You can try to fight if you wanna, but it’s not gonna change me

‘Cause it’s plain to see, Africans are my people

And if it’s not plain to see then your eyes deceive you

I’m talkin' primeval;

the DNA in my veins

Tells a story that reasonable people find believable

But it might even blow your transistors;

Africa is the home of our most recent common ancestors

Which means human beings are all brothers and sisters

So check the massive evidence of Homo erectus

And Australopithecus afarensis in the fossil record

And then try to tell me that we’re not all connected

The fossil record has gaps but no contradictions

And it complements the evidence in your chromosomes

So I came to let you know about your ancestral home

I’m a African, I’m a African

And I know what’s happenin'

I’m a African, I’m a African

Archaeologists know what’s happenin'

You a African?

You a African?

Do you know what’s happenin'?

I’m a African, I’m a African

Geneticists know what’s happenin'

Yeah, it’s plain to see, you can’t change me

‘Cause I’ma be a Homo sapien for life

Yeah, it’s plain to see, you can’t change me

‘Cause I’ma be a Homo sapien for life

Yeah, the red is for the blood in my arm — it runs in the veins

Of all my cousins from the same African mom

And the black is for the melanin, which I guess I lost

A mutation with benefits that offset the costs

At least in the North, after massive glaciation

My family passed through some adaptive radiations

We started as Africans, and then became Eurasians

And then one final migration made us Canadians

But it’s back to my origin, ‘cause I understand

For every colour of man, Africa is the motherland

So I’m comin' back, that’s my right of return

I’m only speakin' the facts, which I invite you to learn

We came from Africa first;

Charles Darwin predicted it

‘Cause that’s where modern chimps and gorillas live

So the green is for the envy in the eyes of intelligent design

Advocates and scientific illiterates

I’m a African, I’m a African

And I know what’s happenin'

I’m a African, I’m a African

Archaeologists know what’s happenin'

You a African?

You a African?

Do you know what’s happenin'?

I’m a African, I’m a African

Geneticists know what’s happenin'

Yeah, C-A-N-A-D-A

Asia, U-K, U-S-A

No, it ain’t ‘bout where you stay

It’s ‘bout the motherland

Oz, Tazmania, and Ukraine

No, it ain’t ‘bout where you stay

It’s ‘bout the motherland

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

Sweden, Denmark, and Norway

No, it ain’t ‘bout where you stay

It’s ‘bout the motherland

Costa Rica, I-N-D-I-A

First nations in A-L-A-S-K-A

No, it ain’t ‘bout where you stay

It’s ‘bout the motherland