Trans-African Highway, Pt. 2

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Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef

Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef is a musical collaboration between hip-hop artist Gabriel Teodros and producer SoulChef. They create soulful and introspective music with thought-provoking and socially conscious lyrics. more »

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Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Asmera, Khartoum, Harare, Hargeza, Mogadishu, Kigali, Kinshasa, Dar es Salaam, Lagos Accra, Dakar, Kampala, Lusaka, Johannesburg, Durban, and Pretoria, Freetown, Cape Town, Cairo, Casablanca Tunis, Algiers, Tripoli, Luanda, Bamako, Maputo, Abuja, Kumasi, Yaounde, Mwanza, Dodoma, Niamey Ouagadougou, Juba, Lilongwe, Bujumbura, Bangui, Brazzaville, Mombasa, Lomé, Bissau, Djibouti, Monrovia... 
City to city, whole continent, Africa
Unified especially in the minds of Diaspora 
Slums to the village, Townships to the gritty core 
To refugee camps and lands plagued by war 
Youth that don't speak their language no more 
Ancestors kidnapped off shores 
Empires built by work that's forced 
For hundreds of years there's an African source 
For all american culture exports 
There's nothing more beautiful than Black to me 
Nothing more complex than our history 
Sankofa followed me since they first said go back 
And get what you lost, fractals in a cross 
Every time I rhyme I'm carrying a torch 
Can't shake it 
It's more sacred than I could say 
In some ways, a stage is the only place I'm safe 
To shine all ways with my true spirit face 
Mulatu Astatke taught me bout grace 
I'm still learning, may my actions give thanks 
For all those who came, and walked through the flames 
Carried scars and the pain and lived anyway 
Who passed on a joy deeper than any shame 
We are healing in public 
You call it a game 
I want my heart to touch yours and to break all chains 
Free the land, free the people, may the borders erase 

To build a future, know from where you came

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