[Intro: (Anonymous Man) and K'naan] (What's up, world, beautiful people, boys and girls? We 'bout to take you on a journey. My man, why don't you introduce yo'self to the people?) "Salaam" means peace, peace is good. This is K'naan, the Dusty Foot Philosopher. Yo, join me on my journey: this is music - my music - and interpretations of other musics...Learn More

[K'Naan: spoken] I hope you got your passports, and vaccine shots [Verse 1] I take rappers on a field trip any day They never been opposite real clip anyway I know where all the looters and the shooters stay Welcome to the city we call Doomsday When niggas is just fried chicken like Tuesday Oh you from the hood huh, who say My Nigerian niggas...Learn More

[Hook: K'naan] She shot me, she shot me Bang, bang - she shot me [Verse 1: K'naan] Ahh, there she goes again, the dopest Ethiopian In other words, she came through explodin’ in the podium Dynamite Napoleon like sodium mixed with petroleum Slowly but surely, she was walking toward me Cut the convo short ‘cause she had to wake up early But...Learn More

It's a movie and the whole world is viewing it And the popcorn is dreams torn, but we're always chewing it The set design is by God but the costumes by the devil And the screenplay is adapted from a book that's embezzled This is where I grew up This is where I grew proud This is where neighbors never say music is too loud This is where the streets...Learn More

[Intro] When I get older I will be stronger They'll call me freedom, just like a wavin' flag [Chorus] When I get older, I will be stronger They'll call me freedom just like a wavin' flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back, oh [Verse 1] Born to a throne, stronger than Rome A violence prone, poor people zone But it's...Learn More

[Chorus: Mark Foster] I spy with my little eye a murderer A murderer Soul on the wretched in the streets you've never heard of The streets you’ve never heard of These are the people who were tryin harder to sleep or what Trying harder to sleep or what We sailin' on we sailin' in the seas appease no-one [Verse 1: K'naan] I know I know I know I know...Learn More

[Intro] And any man who knows a thing Knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all And every time I felt the hurting I felt the giving getting me up off the wall I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it...Learn More

Ooooooh Wooooooh, Ooooooh Wooooooh Ooooooh Wooooooh, Ooooooh Wooooooh [K'naan] Give me freedom, give me fire Give me reason, take me higher See the champions take the field now Unify us, make us feel proud In the streets our heads are liftin' As we lose our inhibition Celebration, it surrounds us Every nation, all around us [Féfé] Tant que l'on...Learn More

(Intro: K'naan) Yeah, yeah, it's me, strugglin' [Verse 1: K'naan] I start out, just to vibe out I ain't about to bow out I'm more gangsta than you are But I ain't about the rou' rou' My season will come, it has to Honestly I feel like I'm ten months pregnant or something I'm passed due. Sincerely I'm touchy these days I can't take nothing, I'm...Learn More

So good things come to those who wait Sure, I've waited about pop-pop-pop-pop That's four cousins shot! I got grudges, let's discuss this My music needs no touch ups I got a long record of fuck ups Trust me you don't know a past as weird as mine Or a life as hard as mine I had to hustle, chop, sell drugs, grind Whatever you want to call it is...Learn More

[Verse 1] I put a pen to the paper This time as visual as possible Guns blast at the hospital The walls are white washed with tin rooftops To show love, you lick two shots It's dangerous man Journalists hire gunmen, there's violent women Kids trust no one cause fire burnt them Refugees die in boats, headed for peace Is anyone scared of death here?...Learn More