Africa must wake up...Distant Relatives...Nas & Damian ft. k'naan [OFFICIAL VIDEO + LYRICS]

[joestork1]

The most truthful and peaceful song ever recorded.

[deadshot1995]

This album is 1000 times better when you're high :)

[BlakRayne84]

Rise Alkebulan!

[arkemein24]

The original name for AFRICA is ALKEBALON.

[bersanji]

at 39 the picture is so fucking wrong..... saying this!!! mabutu killed a le, acon, prophet like patrice lumumba yet he's standing among what others considers lord of lord. that's wat i call fucked up!!!!! so WRONG or should i i say confusing ?

[jgrim92]

Our diaspora is the final chapter karma is a bitch

[regalbeauty1]

Utiopia? dont u mean Ethiopia? lol & hes Somali, not Somalian.

[GoddessTIGA]

this song and 'patience' r the best song on the album IMO just beautiful

[aan3]

Kick ass song and video! Respect to all the singers involved in this masterpiece! PS this is what real and honest music sounds like! :)

[skeaneable]

at 5:03 Michael Jackson?!

[sliimo1reelist]

@skeaneable we're all fam distant relatives!

[khadar68]

SOMALIA

SOMALIA

SOMALIA

SOMALIA

SOMALIA

SOMALIS

[mosquat55]

Aaaaah Black Music love it or love it

damn that is where it all started. THE HORN OF AFRICA

[agila31]

pelen relaks!!!

[youizavinabubble]

See past the colour of a human being, don't let your eyes suck in false images the media created world has provided ! The day all human beings on this planet understand we truely are ONE race is the day we all prosper ! We can point fingers, blame people, create wars, steal, cheat, lie, murder and hate all we like, but until we all work together we will suffer for generations, START NOW and let the future generations look back and say yeh that was the generation that CHANGED FOR US ! They cared.

[tpn365]

@youizavinabubble Very wise and relevant words for our time especially with all the stuff going on right now. Peace to you brother/sister.

[youizavinabubble]

@tpn365 And to you my brother .

[natti150]

This is a reggae album which should have won a grammy award in my opinion thanks to some western critics who failed to appreciate the good music big up bros

[northwestrawness]

thanks for the answere what language he speakin

[haughvilleol]

And the TRUMPET HAS SOUNDED...... The Tribe of GAD has overcame!!!! S.Africa/Mandella!!! JUDAH is NEXT! Hallelu'YAH'!

[haughvilleol]

The Sleeping Sons of JACOB!!!!! Hallelu'YAH'!!!!

[MrGeneraaltje]

let's just call planet earth africa now!

[walshamoldboy]

lets admit it africa is the best continet

[Luincir]

Im sure his father was standing next to him, when damian wrote his part.

[kimonrav]

official video my ass

[Hrko1992]

A friend of mine used to play this on the bus to school every morning and the only part I remember was ''..sleeping sons of jacob....'' and I youtubed it and I found it! WOHOO! thanks!

[isqa93]

thk you for postin this song+ lyrics i really love !

[muluken04]

@isqa93 NO PROBLEM!

[tintsap]

SLUMS DISEASE HIV,who are we today?//

[isqa93]

thk you i love this song!!!!

[cherrellesullivan20]

One of my favorite off the album...those are my friends much love to them...A Beautiful song...WAKE UP MY BROTHAS AND SISTAHS, WE ARE BEAUTIFUL! WE ARE KINGS AND QUEENS...OUR HERITAGE ISN'T GONE.....WAKE UP!

[Alara0625]

From what I've read there was no such place called Israel in ancient times. There was the country/city of Judea. Israel is only mentioned on the stela of Pharoah Merneptah as being laid waste. The line on the stela which says "his seed is not" tells me that Israel was a nation in Africa.

[Enigmafly13]

AFRICANS MUST UNITE

[northwestrawness]

Further, they argue that the term is misleading and that, as a result, it erroneously has been conflated by some to mean non-Black or even White — despite the fact that so-called Caucasoid Africans range from brown to mahogany to extremely dark in skin tone. This is also the case with some "Caucasoid" peoples of the Indian subcontinent, i.e., the Dravidians, whom some Afrocentrists regard as Africoid, as well

[Enigmafly13]

@northwestrawness

i will reiterate they can not prove anything because genetics is not backing them.

Be happy you came from greatness but your people are not our people.

[northwestrawness]

@Enigmafly13

How about people actually read a book or somthing lmao

If your classification for races is 'ancestors' then we all come from Africa so we all one race right?? but you said native americans come from Asia so they are 'mongoloid' lmao...Aryans, originally come from Iran....so white people are just Mongoloids really...I mean even European language comes from the middle east...(Indo-Iranian etc etc)....

[northwestrawness]

@northwestrawness they just have some genetic difference that made it obvious they was different and they either stuck together and moved or wehre exiled coz of their weirdness....So whats your point??Is race based on looks?? or is it how far your genes go back?? like if its more than 5,000yrs but less than 50,000yrs?? lmao

[northwestrawness]

Many anthropologists have observed that Caucasoid is applied inconsistently and challenge as Eurocentric and inappropriate the use of a term which contains a European geographic referent to refer to people who are indigenous to the African continent.

[northwestrawness]

wow pointing fingers and placing blame is not "WAKING UP" I see these sleeper commenting about how white people this white people that and the truth is, africa is the origin of all dominions... have u ever been too south africa? white africans! hated on but never the less are africans..

[naardesterren]

a tear came down listening to this song..

[billymarmite]

amazing song. really gets to me

[StaceySplyce]

I LOVE THIS SONG

[Alara0625]

Before people started being interested in Africa everybody used to make fun of Africa and people of African descent. Monkeys, savages, jungle bunnies and all that is what they called us. Now everybody wants to be from Africa even white people. The reason is because the truth can not be surpressed. Everything we take for granted was pioneered by Africans the principle at least. The Arabs say "let us honor the first although those that come later do better"

[meshzzizk]

I’m Jewish too, btw. If you’re interested in this stuff, you should do a Google search for “the Falashas."

[meshzzizk]

The Rastafari movement has had a rough history and I doubt their theology was designed to help them “fit in everywhere.” This is a religion that uses marijuana--which is illegal almost everywhere--a sacrament!

As with any religious movement, different groups within Rastafarianism believe different things. Some believe that only black Rastas are authentic Jews, while other groups (like the one the Marley family belongs to) have a much more inclusive worldview.

[MordechaiKestecher]

gr8 song... but why oh why would he say we all come from africa... as far back in the bible as i can remember learning about a place we know were is nowadays is the slavery in egypt.... yh i guess that is kinda in africa... but i think there was times wen abraham was in iraq or something

[meshzzizk]

@MordechaiKestecher The Bible is not a history textbook.

[MordechaiKestecher]

@meshzzizk soo wat exactly is this guy basing it on.... theres no other historian who sais we're from africa... besides this song is clearly based around the bible... "the sleeping sons of jacob"?

[meshzzizk]

@MordechaiKestecher Well, to be accurate, historians can't say much about early human society because there is little or no written history that dates back far enough. The origin of humanity is the domain of archaeologists, anthropologists, and geneticists. And there is a broad consensus among specialists from these fields that we're from Africa.

If you're interested in learning more about this, I recommend you start by doing a Google search for "Mitochondrial Eve" .

[meshzzizk]

@MordechaiKestecher As for the reference to Jacob, he's alluding to a belief held by many Rastafarians that Rastas/blacks/all humans are descendents of the 12 sons of Jacob (Israelites). The "sleeping" part likely refers to the irreligious violence, poverty, and corruption afflicting sub-Saharan Africa, the black diaspora community, or maybe all of global civilization.

[MordechaiKestecher]

@meshzzizk now that is interesting..... coz as a jew myself it so happens that 10 of the 12 tribes are missing and the only reason we are called jews (not israelites) is because "juda" is the magoraty of the remainiong tribes....,. since noone knows were the rest of the israelites are, maybe rastaferians are claiming to be the rest of us.... i doubt that they are tho coz they also beleive in jesus... it seems 2 me that they just want to fit in everywere thats clever of them

[Enigmafly13]

For all of you morons who think white people came from africa Hahahahahahaahahaahahaahah.

Black people came from africa which is why we are africans.

WHITe people started in the caucus mountains which is why they are called caucasion.

Asian people came from Asia hints Asians.

If you were to stupid to learn from science at least look at the words you morons.

[northwestrawness]

@Enigmafly13 god damn u sound ignorant thunny.. no one is saying white people are the same race class as black people, just saying we all come from the same continent, and if that's to slippery of a slope for u to comprehend, we all come from the same earth, so what makes us so different other then our skin color and our traditions.. we all have the same biological make up for the most part. white people didn't come from the caucus mountains, they migrated there dum dum

[zelnando]

Oh ok I thought he was from Utiopia Africa thanks for the info guys

[northwestrawness]

what dialect is k"naan spittin in on this track?? AFRICA THATS ALL OUR HOME! were all distant relatives!

[zelnando]

@northwestrawness he is from Utiopia, so I am assuming African Language.

[northwestrawness]

@zelnando naw, there isnt an "african" language there is many many dialects, such as swahili for example,

[muluken04]

@zelnando he is somalian!

[23kc]

@zelnando WTF is "Utiopia"???!!! :o

[muluken04]

@northwestrawness he is somalian.!

[StraitSomali613]

@northwestrawness Hes speaking southern somali

[doomsdaystrugler]

@StraitSomali613 yaa kuu sheegay waxaas?? dadka been ha u siinin. i,m from wardiigle mogdhishu same as k,naan and there is no such language as southen somali, he just chatin somali, there is only 1 language, so dont be ignorant i dont like that devision talk so cut it out son

[mangohair123]

@northwestrawness hes speaking Somali.

[Enigmafly13]

White people do not come from africa..thats not what he was saying when he said "we all" he said the diaspora. the people who were pulled out of africa.

[meshzzizk]

@Enigmafly13 White people almost certainly come from Africa. Google "mitochondrial eve" . And I'm pretty sure they're talking about everyone during that bit, not just black people.

[Enigmafly13]

@meshzzizk

Read the above comment. White people did not come from africa but from us science has said this over and over. DNA just proves that white people came from us. Get a clue and stop trying to be like us and stop trying to lay claim to things just because you want to belong.

[meshzzizk]

Yes, white skin was probably not a common trait until African homosapiens settled Europe. My point is that all people can trace their genetic origins back to Africa, regardless of whether their ancestors past a certain point did not have white skin. And that’s what this song is about.

[meshzzizk]

@meshzzizk Or what the lyrics in question are about, anyway.

[meshzzizk]

@Enigmafly13 From a recent interview with Nas,

"Africa has been heavy on my mind for years," said Nas. "We are mad about things there, we are happy about things there, we are curious to know about roots there ... We can trace all (of) humanity back to one place, and that is one step back to one, togetherness."

I’m right, you’re wrong, have a nice day. : )

[meshzzizk]

@Enigmafly13 One last thing: I have no idea what you mean by "us" or why you think I'm wrongly trying to be like or lay claims to "things" that are...yours?

I do know this:

1. I wasn't born in Africa,

and

2. neither were Nas, Damian Marley, Jacob, personal computers, the English language, Jamaican Patois, the violin, and “all the world’s religions.”

And so what? All humans are distant relatives, we’re all fam. : )

[Enigmafly13]

@meshzzizk

No they are not but it is us that was pulled from our home we never left. Africa belongs to AFRICANS. White people want to say we are all fam so i can come to africa and do shit. We all stopped being fam all those yrs ago through treachery. White people i look at as people but they will never be any fam of mine.

[pointlessaccount100]

@Enigmafly13 When you say africans do u also mean decsendants?

for example im hatian, and hatians were brought over from west africa.

[Enigmafly13]

@pointlessaccount100

Yes you are one of us to. Haitians are still african as well. we cant forget where we are from.

[northwestrawness]

do u know what this song is about? Africa, you must look at the world and forget where you are now and look toward the future. The sons of Jacob relates to a mid 18th cent.: with biblical allusion to Jacob's dream of a ladder reaching to heaven (Gen. 28:12).Yesterday we were Kings relates to the early years of Africa where tribal kings ruled all of Africa.Who are we today? You are those that are running toward a deserved destiny. listen to nas at the end of the song.. we are all family

[northwestrawness]

@Enigmafly13 HOW DO WHITE PEOPLE NOT COME FROM AFRICA WHEN IM WHITE AND MY ANCESTORS COME FROM AFRICA?? I MEAN I FEEL U WHEN U SAY NAS WAS BEING MORE PRO BLACK BUT I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO ALSO SAY THAT AFRICA IS THE HOME FOR EVERY ONE BC WE ALL DO COME FROM THERE ITS BEEN PROVEN.

[Enigmafly13]

@northwestrawness

geeze are you a moron?

Science does not prove all people came from africa. Science proves ALL people came from AFRICANS. Nobody has any claim to africa except africans. Nas was in no way saying everyone belongs to Africa Hahaha. why do white people always try to be apart of something they are not a part of? Get it straight. Sceince says every race came from us not africa. As we left africa & moved to different places we changed. We R you all parents. you all R not from africa

[Enigmafly13]

@northwestrawness

and why was i not surprised to see you are a wigger? hahha.

You see for a long time white people have been stealing from blacks and not even giving us cred for what was stolen. the music game is no different either. Yall still our style and music. damn shame.

[Alara0625]

@Enigmafly13

I understand where you come from my friend. People look at Africa and say it is the worst place in the world and then they look at black people and say "those are the most savage people on earth" but it was Africans that gave the world the elements of art and science, divine worship I.E. religon. Rev. Robert Hamil Nassau wrote about the 40 years he spent in Africa during the 1800's. He said "Kidnapping, raping and abortion are unknown to them. where did they get it from?

[northwestrawness]

@Alara0625 Blumenbach wrote:"Caucasian variety - I have taken the name of this variety from Mount Caucasus, both because its neighborhood, and especially its southern slope, produces the most beautiful race of men, and because all physiological reasons converge to this, that in that region, if anywhere, it seems we ought with the greatest probability to place the autochthones (birth place) of mankind..This sheds a lot of doubt on his credibility and the whole Caucus mountain theory.

[Alara0625]

@Enigmafly13

The true story of the white man will offend many people and that ain't the aim regardless of how fucked up they are towards us. The white race show animosity towards Africans because they stole much of the African's legacy and tried to wipe the African off the face of the earth, yet Africans are still here and truth is something that never dies. See, I read alot of Ancient writings bcuz the truth lies within those pages. In those pages the African is GOD.

[Enigmafly13]

@Alara0625

Truth. i just let them know they are not us from the get go. they want to be apart of us now but us of the conscious wont let it happen. They have stolen so much and we refuse to let it keep happening.

Peace god

[northwestrawness]

@Alara0625 The idea that white people came from the Caucus mountains is dubious.The concept of a Caucasian race or Varietas Caucasia was developed around 1800 by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, a German scientist and classical anthropologist.

[Enigmafly13]

@northwest

Whites did not come from Africa let it go you willnot win it. You can bring up no genetic evidence that proves your claim and if you were to say that whites did come from africa amongst scholars you would be laughed out of their presence.

Yes we are all family but that means Everyone else is OUR children. You are not our brothers/sisters. A better question would be why do whites want to lay claim to africa so bad. You try to say things have changed but to me it still looks the same

[Alara0625]

@Enigmafly13

The white writers in Ancient times had no color prejudice like the white writers of this age. Animosity and hatred is a sign of weakness cause you can only hate that which is greater than you. Let them crackers really believe they gave the world civilization, fuck it, whatever makes them feel good. But don't make them feel like you are insecure. And no the white man does not come from Africa. Like I said the truth will fuck alot of heads up.

[northwestrawness]

@Alara0625 i disagree with u...

[muluken04]

@dinmama11 sorry i thought i posted...click on the link under the vid screen!

[LongDongSilver78]

Love this song!!!