Two thousand years I and I want to cross over Two thousand years I and I on ya Babylon try to keep us down with brute force then brutality And still they cyaan not get our personality (seen) For I and I foreparents, I know, they are strictly African And, yes, we all chant down Babylonian A long time, a long time I and I are African (yeah) A long time, a long time I and I are African For I and I foreparents, I know, they are strictly African And, yes, we all chant down Babylonian A long time, a long time I and I are African A long time, a long time I and I are African (yeahs) The wicked, they try to keep us down with the lots of inequity And still they cyaan not get our men morality Try to keep us down (no, no, no, no, no) They try to keep us down For I and I foreparents, I know, they are strictly African And, yes, we all gonna chant down Babylonian A long time, a long time I and I are African (yes) A long time, a long time I and I are African The wicked, they try to keep us down with the lots of inequity And still they cyaan not get our men morality