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antibalas - who is this america dem speak of today? lyrics

[pre+intro]
[?]

[intro]
america oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, [?]
brrung, brrang, brring, brang, brang, brang
h+llo, h+llo
ah, h+llo uncle
who is this?
who…? who is this, uncle? it’s me now, uncle [?]. who is ameri+ how is america, oh, uncle? yeah, ah
how is the states, now, now now now, now now now?

[verse 1]
the state of confusion, [?]
state of commotion, [?]
state of individualism, [?]
“america do this”
“america do that”
“america go here”
“america go there”
that’s what dem say+o
in the streets of new york
oh, in the cafés of europe
and on the streets of lagos
in the streets of new york and
oh, in the cafés of europe, whoa, and
on the roads of lagos, whoa
everybody they talk, whoa
me i question sote+o (always)
i dey confuse+o

[chorus]
who is this america dem speak of today?
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
is it you? or me? or the next brother wey i know?
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
dem speak of him like my, like my next+door neighbor
who is america?
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
but he can’t be every brother
and every brother can’t be him, oh
(who is this america dem speak of today?)

[verse 2]
is it ronald mcdonald?
in him mickey house?
or just he him who eat him burger?
him who buy him nike?
him who watch him tv? oh
i grow confuse+o
i must ask again
who is this america dem speak of today? tell me
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
is it indigenous america?
one who first come live here?
is him original america?
him live in peace and harmony+o
before immigration started
before immigration started
here come the spanish (immigrant)
here come the dutchman (immigrant)
here come the english (immigrant)
here come the frenchman (immigrant)
immigrant, immigrant+o (immigrant)
here come the spanish (immigrant)
here come the dutchman (immigrant)
here come the english (immigrant)
here come the frenchman (immigrant)
here come the pilgrim, filthy little alien (immigrant)
with no paper, with no green card [?] (immigrant), oh
come with smallpox
come with rifles
come with land rights
dem come with prisons too
they be first to say:
“this is america
i go america now”

[chorus]
but i must ask again – i grow confuse+o
who is this america dem speak of today?
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
head scatter, who is this america they speak of today+o?
(who is this america dem speak of today?)

[verse 3]
listen, listen
is it the black man?
stolen from africa+o
whipped into slavery
fight and fight for freedom
just to ride in the back of bus
him bring us culture america
him bring us music too america
him fight and him die
now him can sit where him like
but him still never drive this bus, whoa
is him america dem speak of today?
listen
is it the slavemaster?
plantation owner?
ku klux, ku klux klansman?
man with the whip?
factory owner?
him go say loud and proud+o
him go say white is america
him go say+o him na america+o
i must ask again ’cause i grow more and more and more and more confuse+o
who is this america dem speak of today+o?
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
is it company worker? (who go know, who go know)
or ceo? (who go know, who go know)
is it soldier captain? (who go know, who go know)
or soldier family? (who go know, who go know)
is it labor organizer? (who go know, who go know)
or police strike+breaker? (who go know, who go know)
is it drunkard on the street? tell me (who go know, who go know)
or is it drunkard in the white house+o? (who go know)
oil tycoon+o? (who go know)
green party voter? (who go know)
under, undercover police? (who go know)
public school teacher? (who go know)
cia (who go know)
irs (who go know)
dea (who go know)
nbc (who go know…)
cnn, fcc, nra, fbi, ins, split to three, att, atf, eba, fcc, nfl, nbc, nba, wb, pbr, hmo, hud, aaa, tsa, era, pta

[chorus]
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
who is this america dem speak of today+o?
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
is it you? or me? or the next brother wey i know?
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
dem speak of him like my, like my nextdoor neighbor+o
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
dem steal dem money+o
one flag is not big enough for this many people
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
this is no one community, no one family+o
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
no people united. what is united in a state of confusion?
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
no pluribus unum, no pluribus unum
(who is this america dem speak of today?)

[outro]
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
(who is this america dem speak of today?)
(who is this america dem speak of today?)

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