Amadou and Miriam ft K'naan - Africa

[mayer4me1]

yh we all brothers MALIS and SOMALIA

[MrLilort]

ohh...the mali part sound good, eventhough i dont get a word...from a somali.. i really would like to vist Mali

[razag911]

FROM SOMALIS TO MALIS BIG UP

[GoddessLuna9]

Just bought this on iTunes!!!

[Adiakite8]

I don't know how much I love Africa,,,, It is my home and I will be always be part of its development!!!

[hellokittycutie2003]

That west coast east coast collaboration runs through my veins lol. My father is Somali and my mom is African American (assuming her ancestors are from West Africa where most of the slaves came from).

[razag911]

@hellokittycutie2003 hey glad to hear that.. Im somali have you experianced your somali side?

[comicbookstoreguy]

I'm afraid I'm going to make myself hate this song. It's too good not to constantly repeat. :(

[sumydqueen]

cool

[CushiticSomalianMale]

East Africa = Somalia, and west-Africa = Mali, doing a nice collabo..

bless Knaan Warsame(Somalian artist) and bless Amadou and Miriam(malian artist)

[xMamush]

@CushiticSomalianMale dude u are all over youtube i see u on every african video lol

[shakurr19]

this song inspired me, iam somali and i live in Holland iam planing to go to mali.

[dhiiga]

som+mali =one africa

[alexschout]

@dhiiga like that

[sadiotoure]

oui sa ce vraix on et copletmentaires dans les monde

[ribery10101010]

wow that's wat im talkingggggg bra East (Somalia baby) + West (Mali)= Africaaaaaaaa all the wayyyyyyyyyyyyy all luvvvvvvvvvv, Vive l'Afrique c la joie de vivre real talkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!

[WafiBoi]

Ah fuck up, with this i'm white i know more about Afrika than you, enjoy the song i'm half Afrikan half welsh i know about Afrika and this song should just be enjoyed gby anyone touched by Afrika, sasa bassy!

[oXPujuGituXo]

i LOVE the guitar in this song i kept replaying it just to hear it

[mars8254]

K'naan is a beast...im not african though (African american)....wish i knew what they were saying

[qwertypluss]

@mars8254

its french. Just search the lyrics and translation and you'll find it

[rainstormzluv]

@mars8254 In some countries there's islands In this world were all complementary (KNANN) (CHORUS) In africa there aint just war In africa there aint just famine In africa theres solidarity There are parents, and also brothers There are sisters, and also cousin There are friends, and also family The communaty, and were all together (CHORUS) Africa, Africa,Africa Solidarity Africa,Africa,Africa Its the joy of living........................­..........thats what they are saying

[mars8254]

@rainstormzluv thank you so much i deeply appriciate it :)

[fact0is0fear]

@mars8254 Acttuly your american not africa american

[yourstereotype]

@fact0is0fear what dose that mean???

[fact0is0fear]

@yourstereotype you wernt born in africa, im white and i know more about africa than you

[yourstereotype]

@mars8254 I don't understand french either but I still love this son =)

[yourstereotype]

@mars8254 I don't understand french either but I still love this song =)

K'naan, Amadou and Miriam are great

[marky141]

sweet tune.

[MsCloclo22]

In some countries there's islands In this world were all complementary (KNANN) (CHORUS) In africa there aint just war In africa there aint just famine In africa theres solidarity There are parents, and also brothers There are sisters, and also cousin There are friends, and also family The communaty, and were all together (CHORUS) Africa, Africa,Africa Solidarity Africa,Africa,Africa Its the joy of living. (Hope this helped!) lol :)

[MsCloclo22]

Proud to be african! :) <3

[maano20037]

Somalia + Mali=Africa

woow thats my africans

thats what i am talking about man keep it up guysssssss

[awalfm]

SO+MALI= SOMLAI :

KNAAN HE IS SOMALIAN.

[farhaan555]

K'anan The Somalian, Ahmadou and maryam Great African singers.

[gqwestcoast]

Mali n somalie = Africa

[qwertypluss]

Is there anyone here who understands French and English perfectly? Don't worry I dont want a translation, just interested!

[ayiio]

@qwertypluss Moi/Me . Too bad I can't understand jack shit when he's speaking in Sowali .

[pacalyte]

K'naan got a nice voice......thanks to amadou and mariam too

[Capuano231]

WoOO!O

[2009Ismahan]

this song is so so-mali

[fmoham01]

@2009Ismahan LOL. Creative but I bet no one caught that.

[bersanji]

@2009Ismahan hahahhahahahah. good 1 sis

[s2vinii]

awesome

[Hikaru2g]

Catchy I love it! ^_^

[leandromizaeld]

muito bom! africa, africaaa!

[Balkhi]

I just saw the concert and this is great! What a beautiful voice and what great music!

[maxieyellowbobpants]

i love knaan

[maxwolfeee]

Exellent :-)

[Goodknight91]

should be the song for the wm in (south)africa ;) ^^ just SO awesome song! love it! nothing more to say =)

[greenyo77]

greatest song from the pair last album, the great knaan gives this song the punch..

[Noranapps]

<3 k'naan... good to see music coming back 2 life :)

[DoeAmal]

Beautiful. Want an official video!!

[jesuspieces]

Probably the greatest thing to happen to music in a very long time.

[bestposey]

knaan is a beast and amadou and miriam...i dont even need to say anything, amazing, even this white boy can knows that

[SimonTheMM]

africa, loves this song ..

Eritrea !

[bersanji]

1 word. DOPE

[guidance86]

love it!! nice song

[Honyqueen]

A great combination between east africa and west. Much love to AFRICA AND SOMALIA<33 Africa is best

[yourstereotype]

Loved it :)

[xariire]

somalian music used sing for africa for years and i thing it was west africa was sleep. nevertheless i am still with it africa united. peace love the continet

[Superdanger2]

knaan 4ever

I got my feet, I'm jumping high off the wall.

I got my heart, I aint afraid of the fall.

I got my duffel bag that daddy packed for me.

I got my ear so I hear when you call.

I don't need eyes just to see the good.

You always did, but they misunderstood.

[theZwieBug]

@Superdanger2 my english isnt the best

i heard 'I don't need eyes just to see you look good', though

[Superdanger2]

I'm goin' up and down

And baby round and round.

I wanna touch you down the river below.

And then I'll kiss you from your head to your toe.

You take me so high up, and then you let me down.

Africa! Africa! Africa!

Solidarity!

Africa! Africa! Africa!

It's the joy of living.

[alpha2barry]

T>I>A MY NIGGA

[Arsenemulti]

yeaah i like this song keep up k naan

en afrique ya pas ke la guerre en afrique ya pas ke la famine

ya la solidarite ahaa vive ma somalie ke j aime maaaaaaaaaax

[dhalole]

absulutly right, africa solidarity,. this is a moving song.

[Xaaaxi]

T.I.A

THIS IS AFRICA ahaa!

[Staunte]

Saw them on Roskilde, and enjoyed it alot.

[babmousso]

good positive french lyrics about unity, family, solidarity, good vibes but the english part has nothing to do with the message of the song. it brings it down.

[superbigshow]

I don't even know what the lyrics mean but it sure sounds that way! Disappointing.

[residentpswii]

the english part is about Africa, if anything its more relative to the song then the french lyrics, of coarse this is going by the title name "AFRICA" after all.

[babmousso]

you obviously do not understand lyrics and also cannot spell it.

The American singer who was freestyling speaks of loving a woman up and down, from a head to her toes. It's all about sex. only the first line speaks of the cooperation east and west.

The French lyrics have nothing to do with sex. This American guy did not even bother asking these people, prior to performing, what the song was about + also Jimmy Falon did not seem to know that they were blind, by the way he approach them.

[residentpswii]

I'm sorry but are you a little dim? First of all if i spelled "lyrics" wrong then so did you, three times over. Africa is the birth place of humanity, so its been said, there for Africa may be called a she or can be refered to as a women. "I wanna travel every inch of your curves" "I got my ears i can hear when you call" Knaan is refering to Africa as a women, and he is saying Africa is beautiful. Maybe it's you who doesn't fully understand lyrics.

[babmousso]

First: i spelled the word "lyrics" correctly. I meant your speling in general, for example : the word "of course".

Secondly, I found your interpretation rather brillant, but I am not sure that he spoke of a continent when he said of "kissing her down below". You think like a Francophone ( poetry and images). I wonder if he did. The rapper is on theJimmy Fallon show every night. I saw this performance.

[joaochoa]

I think you're right: K'naan refers to Africa as a beautiful woman, which is a metaphor.

But I think that you've no right to call someone dim, when you too seem even a little dimmer. For example: misspelling the words 'therefore', 'woman', and the name 'Mariam'. Not to mention punctiation errors.

Ever hear the Roman proverb: 'He cannot be strict in judging who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself' ? I think it would fit nicely here.

[smarty3000]

K'naan is not American...lmao...He's Somali....

[dhagax]

@babmousso

lol you did not understand the K'naan lyrics , he is talking about Africa not Sex lol

[oshassan]

Is this performence ur talking on youyube? and not where can find the video of online? thax

[MzeeDala]

@babmousso Did they teach you literature in school?...Africa on this song is being addressed as a she. So should we start addressing Africa as "He". Everything beautiful is associated with a woman. If you are gay, i don't know about that! I guess you see things different and maybe you alone will call Africa "HE"

[fmoham01]

@MzeeDala Hahahaha.

[MzeeDala]

@fmoham01 hahaha yeah that fool didn't know u can call a country "she"...anyways this is great song! i was just listening to Nneka and ASA-jailer!...Africa has the most beautiful music

[residentpswii]

And have you heard the CD cause i own it and Knaan "the american freestyler" as you would call him is in the CD version aswell. So if you thought that Amadou and miriam only performed with Knaan in the jimmy falon performance your dead wrong, the lyrics were well thought on both ends

[wheaton24]

Saw them on Jimmy Fallon last night and was instantly mesmerized. Fabulous music!

[bambumbang]

hahaha

[Dj43c]

Lol.

[KINGZ44four]

Africa STAND UP ,,, dis is a hit

[SacredSerenity]

Not bad, I usually listen to metal, but this is nice.

[othelonetigero]

This song is sooo good !!!!!!!!!! hope the best for Africa

[ogadenqueen]

o shit this song is sooo HoooOOOooT...

[yakiin]

great song i love this song africa

[Maakhiri]

MALI - SoMALIa - AfRICA!!!!

[SoFlyCee]

Africa c'est la joie vie :)

[govi1r]

This is a banger fo' sho! Luv iz Luv!

[mocow72]

nice song viva africa go knaan bro and amadou thank u

[goseberries]

I'd also like to know what he's saying.I'm sure that they are words of encouragement.

[Mdishu]

me too.. anyone here speak french???

[pumkinmaster]

yeah me! he's saying good and bad things about Africa.. and music stuff and blablabla

[shine83910]

ça balance !!

Ils sont au top !

[ThatsBulsh]

Malie + Somalia = Greatness!

[Tawlane1]

I love Africa man

[ibescity]

so creative

[Xalimotologist]

Amazing collaboration. I am digging this very much. Perhaps this can be the new anthem for Africa...who knows.

Is anyone caring enough to translate Amadou's verses?

[pumkinmaster]

im french and english.. well more french then english... VIVE LE QUÉBEC LIBRE!

[NomadSpirit555]

so this mean you only shave one armpit

:D

[pumkinmaster]

? shave one armpit?! wow! never heard that before! just... shut up! :D

[uber0rdinary711]

You made me laugh

[SoFlyCee]

well essentially the song is expressing the difficulties in Africa--which are many such as political unrest, lack of unity, poverty, racial tensions etc but Africa is bigger than it's problems, despite difficulties ppl still have hope and a pride bout them. There is a sense of optimism and beauty that this song projects.

[babmousso]

the song says Africa : it's the joy of life, family: uncle, aunts, cousins, we all together, hot weather, good vibes. Africa it'.s not just war,

this song insits on the happiness of the mother land : unlike the other comment-translation: it is not defensive, it's completly positive

[dhagax]

@babmousso

Dude, K'naan's lyrics were about africa as well......it wasn't about sex, he described Africa as a women(metaphor ) . I hope u get that! And by the way K'naan is from Africa not America.

[MsCloclo22]

@Xalimotologist lol yah. 1st verse: Oh my friends, we dont choose our destiny The days may seem alike,But they aint all the same The fingers on our hands arent all equal In this world we are all complementary (chorus) In africa it's insanly hot There's the sun and the human warmth There's the sun and joy to live There's the sun and were all together (chorus) In some countries there is snow In some countries it's insanly hot In some countries there are storms (FOLLOW UP!) lol