Africa Dream

Hi-Tek

(talking) 
If you can talk you can sing 
If you can walk you can dance 
That's an old proverb from Zimbabwe 
You know what I mean 
If you can talk you can sing 
If you can walk you can dance 
Yeah, and the trumpet is blown 
Yeah, alright, C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon 
Alright, Wooh! 

(talking) 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh, one more time 
Yo, anybody can tell you how it is 
What we putting down right here is how it is and how it could be 
Reflection Eternal for real 
And with that- 

These cats is no match, plus they lack a certain knack for rapping 
They never catch the wagon like Re-run and "What's Happening" 
Since back when they had potty issues and snotty tissues we been rockin 
Think you poppin next year nobody will miss you 
My thoughts is too advanced for the artists on these labels 
They come sweeter than sabal and softer than mashed potatoes 
I tried to told you the rhymes run over emcees like Land Rovers 
Took 'em back in time like Sankofa, Sankofa 

We stand over the Atlantic, looking broad like a man's shoulders 
The fire is trapped in a belly, ready to pop like canned soda 
We outlasting, from middle passage 
Touched down in New York 
Cincinnatay! Big Ohio status what you thought 
Money it's classic these bastards try to treat us like cattle 
So life has been a constant battle, battle 
Rising above the crabs in the barrel 
Way too used to living in death's shadow 
We stay on point like the best arrow, arrow 
We hit the target accurate 
Star shit, back it up 
When we hit town, y'all niggas pack it up 
That's how we get down, straight smash it up 
Like a whip, hydroplaning 
Hydro on the brain and maintaining 
Game changing into subtle shit, we remain blatant 
Yo, got to tell you to your face 
You get replaced in this game, by Kweli 
Place the face with the name 
These cats drink champagne and toast to death and pain 
Like slaves on a ship talking about who got the flyest chain 

(talking) 
Yo, we the reflection of our ancestors 
We'd like to thank you for the building blocks you left us 
Cause your spirit possessed us 
Yo, you blessed us 
Thank you very much (7x) 

Yo, we the reflection of our ancestors 
We'd like to thank you for the building blocks you left us 
Cause your spirit possessed us 
Yo, you blessed us 
Thank you very much 
God bless you (7x)