Senegal Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Yo, in case you [Am]ain't know
I go [Em]by the name of Akon
and [Am]I'm from
[Em](Africa, Africa)
Home of the Goree Islands

[Verse 2]
I'm from Senegal, West- [Am]side
[Em](Africa, Africa)
So I'ma share with you
where I'm from
And how I was comin'
[Am]up
(Africa, Africa)
So [Em]what you know

[Verse 3]
about the struggles
That my people went [Am]through
So you can live the way you live now?
So [Em]what you know about seeing
That brand new mother givin'
[Am]away her newborn child?
So [Em]what you know

[Verse 4]
about
Mr.Amadou Diallo
The Sene[Am]galese cop shot down?
So [Em]what you know about
How people love to perceive us
When we [Am]come into a brand new town?
So [Em]what you know

[Verse 5]
about
the Goree Islands
Where [Am]all the slaves were shipped from?
So [Em]what you know about
Being born in America to
[Am]avoid immigration?
[Em]Still from the

[Verse 6]
ghetto, ooh,
[Am]of Senegal
[Em](Africa, Africa)
Comin' from the ghetto, ooh of Senegal
[Am](Afr[Em]ica, Africa)

[Verse 7]
Comin' from the ghetto, ooh, of Senegal
[Am](Africa, Africa)
Yes, I'm [Em]comin' from the ghetto,
ooh, of Senegal
[Am](Africa, Africa)
So [Em]what you know

[Verse 8]
about
Tchebou Dje
Yassa, Deraay and Maa
[Am]fay, my favorite foods?
So [Em]what you know about niggas
throwin' rocks
Bustin' shots at the mil
[Am]itary invadin' my hood?
So [Em]what you know

[Verse 9]
about kids
with automatic machines
Waiting [Am]for the war to get on that side?
So [Em]what you know about how God
comes first in our lives?
[Am]Everything that we do is for Allah
So [Em]what you know

[Verse 10]
about that Holy
place [Am]called Touba
Where Prophets were born?
So [Em]what you know about
comin' here
Gettin' [Am]money and investing
it back home?
[Em]Right in the

[Verse 11]
ghetto,
[Am]ooo, of Senagal
[Em](Africa, Africa)
Give it to the ghetto, ooo, of Senegal
[Am](Afr[Em]ica, Africa)

[Verse 12]
Take it to the ghetto, ooo, of Senegal
[Am](Africa, Africa)
Send it [Em]right to the ghetto,
ooo, of Senegal
[Am](Afr[Em]ica, Africa)

[Verse 13]
Now see that's just a little piece of how [Am]it is
[Em]
(Africa, Africa)
See, but we can come together
And make it 'lot better back
[Am]home
(Africa, Africa) So [Em]don't complain
about how they treat me here
Take your millions of dollars there,
back [Am]to
[Em](Africa, Africa)
We own that land,
we owned those [Am]diamonds
[Em](Africa, Africa)
We king[Bm]s man, we don't take orders,
we give 'em
Think about it