Tambula (feat. Mema_Percent & Samora) - Hlonivic, Lorenzo & Shortgun

My first memory, my birthday on a party bus Pops wasn't there but that wasn't obvious In Mom's arms, in God we trust Black Mama love, everything marvelous I didn't know what I was missin', part of a system Pops is gone, Uncle in prison Inside wishin' for men to teach me 'bout girls and religion Made my own rendition of grindin' and kissin' Weekend calls to my Dad I'd listen Still I felt distant, distant like love There's only so far that words could really hug Didn't wanna be a thug, older niggas I banged with I learned a lot from them cuts in the basement The smell of blunts laced with a little bit of spice Wise, high niggas, giving me advice We go out and start fights, scuff up our Nikes Come back to talk crap and shoot a little dice This is a slice of life and memories Sittin' in my mind vividly, often they visit me (Oh, baby) Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da (Oh, oh) I'm just tryna find a way to understand (I'm tryna understand) Oh, oh (Oh, oh) How do I rewind the tape and live in it? (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-oh, oh-oh) Stayin' out late and playin' in Wonderland (Ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh) Is it in God's plan? I'm just tryna find my way to understand it Metaphors can't explain how far I came A young man at work, I made my own lane Steered away from pain, relied on drive There's a old saying, don't cry, survive As I kept building there were cranes in the sky Certain memories my brain would deny A tear laid in my eye, I was afraid to reply To the hurt that was callin', it came from the sky An older play cousin, of course I trust him But he was touchin' where he wasn't supposed to be touchin' What's a kid supposed to do? When they goin' through, what I was goin' through Don't know who to go to You want to tell somebody In many ways, I failed somebody That somebody was me Now I'm talking to little Rasheed Incarcerated heart, man, you gotta be free I felt it, when I told my man I would help with Things he was dealin' with I really hadn't dealt with Emotions meltin', I began to release it Things you can't change, you could come to peace with At least get it better for the children of forever I read the Lord's letter, I forgive our debtors They don't talk about it, maybe sharing their story Memories of home, shared pain and glory (Oh baby) Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da (Oh, oh) I'm just tryna find a way to understand (I'm tryna understand) Oh, oh (Oh, oh) How do I rewind the tape and live in it? (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-oh, oh-oh) Stayin' out late and playin' in Wonderland (Ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh) Is it God's plan? I'm just tryna find my way to understand it Said I'm tryna understand, understand, understand, understand Ayy-hey, oh-oh, oh

Once upon a time I made a lion roar He was sleeping in the sunbeams on the old zoo floor I'd gone to see the park where my papa used to play And It's called, called Villa Borghese and it's on the way Ohh, to East Africa Down on Grand Comoro Island, where I grew past four Well I could swim and fish and snorkel on the ocean floor And the wind laughed, and the wind laughed through the trees as if to say Well here's a child who'll want the world to go his way Ohh, in East Africa Ohh, in East Africa Come sing it Suddenly for me the world turned upside down Far from my friends the lions and the dolphins came this awful sound Dark shadows, sounds of thunder raging over me Came this monster called 'A-dre-no-leu-ko-dys-tro-phy' oh no Ohh, where's my East Africa? Well they said, they said, they said the ones who know it all They said from now on for you there will be no more standing tall So I took my parents hands, I lifted my head to say Well I just have to be a hero, there ain't no other way, no other way Ohh, back to East Africa Ohh, back to East Africa Ohh, back to East Africa Back to East Africa, East Africa Come with me I'm going back I'm going back to East Africa I'm going back, I'm going back Come on Come with me I'm going back Come with me I'm going back Come with me I'm going back Come with me I'm going back I'm going back to East Africa Come with me, I'm going back Come with me, come with me Come with me, come with me East Africa I'm going back to East Africa