(feat. Mos Def and Chali 2na) 
 uh huh uh huh uh huh 
 oh this takes me home, 
 it makes me think about sitting outside of my old home when I was younger and singing something like 

 [bad word] I (with translation)] 
 gabar yaroo subhaano [Young beautiful girl] 
 maro shabeelo hirato [wearing tiger-patterned] 
 maro qafiifa huwato [light, thin clothing] 
 maga’aaga ii sheeg [Tell me your name] 
 magaeygu waa sharaf [she says: My name is Sharaf] 
 sharaf haaji weeyan [Sharaf Haaji, it is] 
 aqalada hariirta [Those beautiful houses] 
 dhina baan ka jooga [I live beside] 
 alla ya u sheega [Somebody please tell them] 
 tinta u shanleeya [give them a clue] 
 nahoy zamzamey [of you, Zamzam] 
 sabaah nuurey [who shines like the morning light] 
 adoo kin kin iyo [like the scales] 
 kaluun badaneey [of a colorful fish] 
 adoo hajka jira [while you were gone on Hajj] 
 xasuus badaneey [had many memories] 
 sahiibtaa asho ashaq baa dilay [Your friend, Aisha died of love] 
 ugu dambeyntiina [at long last (I realized)] 
 aniyo geeluba [both I and the camels] 
 wa u banaanbahnay [need love] 

 [bad word] II - x2 (with translation)] 
 wanagii orodnee [Remember us fleeing] 
 nabad barinee [searching for peace?] 
 mareykan waa laga soo waayay [3x] [In America, none was found] 

 There are certain things fresh, 
 and certain things mesh, 
 I got my own sound I dont sound like the rest, 
 and even my attire and my choice of dress, 
 and not long ago I don’t spoke English 
 my point is police pull me over a lot 
 they wonder what kind of rap sheet I got. 
 and sometimes I take a young girl out to eat, 
 and hold the door open oh your so sweet, 
 of course my affection’s super illustrated 
 and I like to give don’t reciprocate it 
 unless you could give me someone innovated 
 well lets cook it up we dont refrigerate it 
 but back to the country of the educated 
 where people get robbed and they celebrate it, 

 [Repeat [bad word] II x2] 

 [Mos Def:] 
 Maraken, 
 my country tis of thee 
 sweet land for robberies 
 dos smokin SUV’s 
 grab me an army green 
 fat and frills 
 thrills and spills 
 eat and sleep 
 hump and kill 
 shop til you drop 
 work til you dead 
 get all you can 
 then get in the wear 
 outta my face 
 on your knees 
 sleep in the mansion 
 shut out the streets 
 make that cake 
 woop that trick 
 lick my swagger 
 suck my sick 
 get high get low get stcky get rich 
 get yo own show get down get quick 
 you slow you blow you broke your fix 
 terror dome, home swag home 
 terror dome, home swag home 
 home swag home 
 home swag home 

 [bad word] II - x2 ("America" repeated)] 

 [Chali 2na:] 
 There are some things pure while certain things blur 
 dilute it with the lie and you believe when it occur 
 falsified information got my people in the stir 
 we have to be in search of something equal to the cure 
 straight out the door, [bad word] to give you more 
 lay the law keep it raw, when I speak it from the core 
 get underneath your skin like especially with the claw 
 conflicted with the rich cuz i kick it with the poor 
 I laugh in the face of adversity 
 sound clashed with the bass cuz its natural to me 
 but if you pay attention to the past you will see 
 not long ago you black they’d hang your [bad word] from a tree 
 but certain things things change, while some stay the same 
 some are recluse others are lovers of the game 
 I’m trying to walk the lane, the serahtal mustakeen [arabic for "straight path"] 
 instead of doing things that keep you covered in the flame. 

 [bad word] II - x2 ("America" repeated)]