Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Roots Of Blue , by - Blu & Exile. Release date: 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 |