Young Man (Skillz)

Lyrics

[Chorus] Young man, now tell me where did you get your skills from You must have gotten it from foreign land You speak too tight to be African Young man, now tell me where did you get your skills from You must have gotten it from foreign lands You speak too tight to be African [Verse 1: Dare Art Alade] But that's right, I speak too tight But I'm African Omo, Nigerian Se bi awon lowa gbe wa lo o I remember the time (the time) They came (they came) And took her upon the way Now the rain ain't falling The sun is shining bright And they keep asking me, where did you get your skills from [Verse 2: KaBoom] I hear my people saying rap is not an African art Ah, come on It's a black thing, so I choose to play my part Ancestors took rhythm and applauded with poetry It's a thing of the mind, it's styles as the fluency Tells with tunes and rhymes so back in time From the pyramids of Egypt to this hypocritical days of mine Civilization started in my backyard Genesis of all nations written by God I'm Nigerian, I represent the area I'm from I speak tight in my mother tongue 'Cause no ideas original, there's nothing new under the sun It's never what you do, but how it's done [Chorus] Young man, now tell me where did you get your skills from You must have gotten it from foreign lands You speak too tight to be African Young man, now tell me where did you get your skills from You must have gotten it from foreign lands You speak too tight to be African [Verse 3: eLDee] It ain't my fault that I'm sort of a linguist I speak, Yoruba, Hausa, German and English Because they can't distinguish A tribe track from a broken door They both off the hinges Therefore, we don't sell Nigerian 'Cause we tight like being wack is a criteria And on the other hand, 'cause brother man is into hip-hop He cannot represent the motherland All in sports our university Originated only for dispersal To boss up the world were there not indigenous What identify us should not imprison us Visions us not, united, divided we wouldn't fall If I shouldn't rap, then we shouldn't play football Music has no race or gender And that's the message some of us are faceless sender [Chorus] Young man, now tell me where did you get your skills from You must have gotten it from foreign lands You speak too tight to be African Young man, now tell me where did you get your skills from You must have gotten it from foreign lands You speak too tight to be African [Outro] Young man Maidala You see, hip-hop was taken away from us, now it's back Young man And we are loving every minute of it Feel the flow, call my name Young man I'm lovin' it, haha Say my name once more, come on Young man Oh yeah Be proud of who you are, keep being black One love, baby Where did you get your skills from Lagos, Nigeria, Africa, young man, we out