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AcidFlow feat. The Identity Crisis - The World

from The Elements by AcidFlow

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A track projecting a message of anti-racism through rhymes about visiting different places of the world. AcidFlow raps in 4 different languages for this track (English, French, Arabic and Pashto). Featuring Toronto rapper, The Identity Crisis.

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And when I see the world for what it is
So absurd, I..

..break down the barriers
Of culture and my area
So much hysteria, so I'm ridin' out my chariot
To Arabia and Syria, lands of the Sharia
And then to Africa, and lands of malaria
Then Saskathewan, a land of the prairy dogs
And, Venice City, the land of the ferry bus
And the way I step it, this dance gonna' carry us
To all of the world, and planned next is Barrie's up
My flight's just arrived so I should hurry up
Embrace all the whole world in my palms, dawg I'm serious

Holdin' the world in my hands, dawg I'm always palmin' it
Like the referred Atlas in Olympus when he sovereign.

Racism, the problem is that I try on stoppin' it
And solvin' it
Through the greatest example of what the Prophet did.
Muhammad did.
Peace be upon him.
So I'm coppin' it
Like an honest kid
Not a communist economist.
Nonsense is not my prerogetive.
I just Robin-spit in the hood, where I teach what Mahatma did
Or could
To the kids in the hood,
Y'all should just gain knowledge, 'cuz it's good. For your literate soul.

And make you prosperous and proper with the populace
It's flawless this


(Chorus)
Routine rides
Poutine fries
Est-que tu Francais?
Or are you from Dubai?
I can see it in your eyes
Bluer than the sky

'Cuz one more tour around this here
I fly around a plane to The Gambia


I've been all around the world
and I've noticed one thing and it's fo'sho
God works in mysterious ways
made it all beautiful
every culture's got ladies
more beautiful than centerfolds
and international cuisine
I eat until my stomach's full
I've seen the innocence in childrens' eyes
all across the globe
and it's got me wondering why
hate has a stranglehold
even tho we're different
we're all cut from the same mold
and ignorance is boring me
your arrogance is getting old
you should meet my crew
you'd say we're a UN meeting
whether we be playin' texas hold'em
or we're doin' late night eating
watching UFC
Talkin 'bout which fighters would get beaten
or we catching flicks
and discussing what we all are reading
it's more than just HI AND BYE
it's all about community
and racism's so far gone
it's like we've got immunity
the roadmap of life
and it's constantly tellin' me
to do unto others
as I'd have them do unto me


(Chorus)
Routine rides
Poutine fries
Est-que tu Francais?
Or are you from Dubai?
I can see it in your eyes
Bluer than the sky

'Cuz one more tour around this here
I fly around a plane to The Gambia


I'm on a world tour with the L of my hand,
Went straight to a girl's school in Afghanistan.
Then I rest a little while in the Fillippino Isles
And I smile 'cuz my style is to travel more miles
Then I end up in Japan, Iran, Give my Salam
To Sudan, Le France, and the Grand Can-yon

(In French)
N'importe ou,
Je parle avec tous
le langue reflet vous (And no matter where I go, I speak in the language that reflects you)

Speak the language of the soul,
In the deserts or the snow,
Never spoken, never wrote,
Only heard up in the grove

(In Arabic)
Feehaa ar-ruh,
wa laa hadha makruh,
wa maa al-habb wadood (therein the soul, not makruh, what is love, love)

And that's eternal truth.

And Mozambique has got the heat
And so does Middle East
And beach where two seas meet
And green seaweed and two tea leaves

(In Pashto)
Chartha za goram, kho alta ba zamong wal
Kason wa korum, zamoong wal dee. (Wherever I look, over there my people's houses will also be ours)

If we all live under one house of humanity.

(Chorus)
Routine rides
Poutine fries
Est-que tu Francais?
Or are you from Dubai?
I can see it in your eyes
Bluer than the sky

'Cuz one more tour around this here
I fly around a plane to The Gambia

credits

from The Elements, released January 1, 2011
THE iDENTiTY CRiSiS appears courtesy of Radio Insect Records/theidentitycrisis.com

Songwriting Credit: Paul Castro (Socan)

www.theidentitycrisis.com

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AcidFlow Toronto, Ontario

I am AcidFlow, a Toronto-based activist of Afghan descent as well as spoken word poet. I speak about real issues in order to proliferate knowledge and raise awareness about socio-political issues.

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