Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Roots Of Blue, artist - Blu & Exile.
Date of issue: 09.06.2020
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English
Roots Of Blue |
Before the Dutch man came to claim Zulu land in apartheid’s name |
Made by God |
Yo, check it |
Yo, I’m the first man standing upright, holding a stone in my hand |
After beating an ape, claiming the land |
Taking the stand and feeding my fam |
Back when man ate they children |
I’m killing other animals just to nurture them |
I journey further from mine, my people, into another culture |
Not knowin' my brothers 'bout to come and take over (Ayo) |
We made it all the way to Asia and to Australia |
Then made the passage to the Americas after all behavior |
Came home and they started makin' homes outta stone |
Showin' tribes around 'em how much they’ve grown |
Yo, I’m at the end of the of start of civilization |
I’m shuttin' it down, I’m settin' out to build a nation |
I’m the son of Ra, the son of Ka, father of Africa |
King Khafre and King Khufu, blood of the Zulu |
Osiris, Isis, Horus, Anbuis, the Royal family |
Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and all the Ramesses |
Amam and Hotep, Mentuhotep, Thutmosis |
Ahmosis, Kamose, is etymology of Moses |
I’m the kings of Egypt, kings of Nubia, Mesopotamia |
Mediterranean, Babylon, Saudi Arabia |
I’m Muhammad comin' outta the Middle East after the Romans |
Reclaiming their gold, homin' their throne 'cause they own it |
I’m on the first boats to reach America |
We all African, we sold you to America, we not coming back |
Ayo, I’m Adam, the original man banned from the garden |
I’m Noah, pardon the flood, after the revolution started |
I’m Japheth, I’m Shem, and I’m Ham |
I’m Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the motherland |
I’m Moses posin' against the king, freein' his people |
I’m Babylon, tryna reach God by buildin' a steeple |
I’m the strongest man, Samson |
I’m the first king, Samuel |
The prestigious king, Saul |
Son of King David, I’m Solomon |
I’m preachin' to the choir like Elijah |
Isaiah, Jeremiah and, not a king higher than King Hezekiah |
I’m on fire like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego |
I’m Jonah and the whale |
Daniel in the lion’s den |
I’m Job with just a little hope |
I’m John The Baptist, the messiah’s comin' |
God’s son, Jesus Christ of Nazerath |
Thank Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John for the narrative |
And Paul for all the passages |
Apostolic Episcopal before Constantine |
Constant persecution, first century |
Eventually, revolution |
Islam, sixth century and on and on |
Slavery, where are you takin' me to, huh? |
America? |
Yo, I’m Kunta Kinte 'fore he was enslaved by America |
Picture the freedom before the terror |
Who had to carry the black burners to Nat Turner |
During a slave revolt, we came before Columbus dumped us |
Off the slavery boat, the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman |
Yeah, we probably would still be slaves if it wasn’t for Fredrick Douglas |
I’m up in his government before all them like Booker Washington |
With all his boys like W.E.B. |
Du Bois and Noble Drew Ali and Marcus Garvey |
Takin' us to Africa like Chancellor Williams, Chandler Owens and Asa Randolph |
Last of all the honorable Muhammad, Elijah Muhammad |
Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, and Thurgood Marshall |
Richard Wright, Rosa Parks and Gordon Parks |
Joe Lewis, Jackie Robinson and John Henrik Clarke |
Alex Haley, James Baldwin |
Malcom X, Martin Luther King Jr, Clarence 13X |
Maya Angelou, Ray Charles, Minister Farrakhan |
Ivan Sertima, John Cochran, Stokely Carmichael |
Emmett Till, Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale |
Huey Newton, Muhammad Ali and even Gil Scott-Heron |
Al Sharpton, Fred Hampton, Oprah Winfrey |
Barack Obama, Assata Shakur, 2Pac Shakur, Biggie |
And everyone else creating black history |
That lives with me everyday, until I’m gone |
They took dark skin and they made a purse for a pale skin whore |
Yo |
I’m Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie |
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy |
Sun Ra Orchestra, Charles Mingus, Ahmad Jamal |
Milt Jack', Wes Mont', Herbie Hand-Cannonball |
Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Screamin' Jay, Howlin' Wolf |
Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, B. B King, Sam Cooke |
Billie Holiday, Ella Fitz, Nina Simone |
Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Diana Ross |
Chaka Khan, Tina Turner and Roberta Flack |
Al Green, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Michael Jack |
Prince, Sly Stone, Curtis May |
Roy Ayers, Temptations, 5th Dimension, O’Jays, Ohio Players |
Earth, Wind and Fire, Funkadelic |
Parliament, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles |
Otis Redding and all the shit from the nineties |
Eighties, seventies and sixties |
The fifties, forties, thirties and all the twenties |
All the armies, the Black Panther party, the nation |
NAACP organizations |
All the black NBA, NFL and MLB players |
And we can’t forget Shaka Zulu (Woo) |
We see you brother, Mandela |