One Tribe Lyrics

[Intro]
Whoa-oh, oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-whoa-oh

[Verse 1: will.i.am]
One tri—, one tri—
One tribe, one time, one planet, one race
It's all one blood, don't care about your face
Color of your eye or the tone of your skin
Don't care where ya are, don't care where you've been
'Cause where we gonna go is where we wanna be
The place where the native language is unity
And the continent is called Pangaea
And the main ideas are connected like a spear
No propaganda, they tried to upper hand us
'Cause, man, I'm lovin' this... peace
Ma-man, I'm lovin' this... peace
Ma-man, I'm lovin' this... peace
I don't need no leader that's gonna force feeder
Concept that make me think I need to
Fear my brother and fear my sister
And shoot my neighbor with my big missile
If I had an enemy (Enemy)
If I had an enemy (Enemy)
If I had an enemy, then my enemy
Is gonna try to come and kill me ‘cause I'm his enemy

There's..
[Chorus: will.i.am]
One tribe, y'all
We one tribe, y'all
We one tribe, y'all
We are one people
Let's catch amnesia, forget about all that evil
Forget about all that evil, that evil that they feed ya
Let's catch amnesia, forget about all that evil
That evil that they feed ya, remember that we one people
We are one people
One people, one people, one people
One people, one people, one people
One people, one people, one people

[Verse 2: will.i.am, (Fergie)]
One tribe, one tribe
One tribe, one time, one planet, one (Race)
Race, one love, one people, one (And)
Too many things that's causing one (To)
To forget about the main cause
Connecting, uniting
But the evil is seeded and alive in.. us
So our weapons are colliding
And our peace is sinking like Poseidon
But, we know that the one (One)
The Evil One is threatened by the sum (Sum)
So he come and try and separate the sum
But he dumb, he didn't know we had a way to overcome
Rejuvenating by the beating of the drum
Come together by the cipher of the hum
Freedom when all become one (One) forever
[Chorus]
One tribe, y'all
We one tribe, y'all
We one tribe, y'all
We are one people
Let's catch amnesia, forget about all that evil
Forget about all that evil, that evil that they feed ya
Let's catch amnesia, forget about all that evil
That evil that they feed ya, remember that we one people
We are one people
One people, one people, one people
One people, one people, one people
One people, one people, one people

[Verse 3: apl.de.ap]
One love, one blood, one people
One heart, one beat, we equal
Connected like the internet
United that's how we do
Let's break walls so we see through
Let love and peace lead you
We could overcome the complication ‘cause we need to
Help each other make these changes
Brother, sister, rearrange this
Way I'm thinkin that we can change this
Bad condition wait
Use you mind and not yo' greed
Let's connect and then proceed
This is something I believe
We are one, we're all just people
[Chorus]
One tribe, y'all
One tribe, y'all
One tribe, y'all
We are one people
Let's catch amnesia, forget about all that evil
Forget about all that evil, that evil that they feed ya, hah
Let's catch amnesia, let’s catch amnesia, forget about all that evil
That evil that they feed ya, hah hah
One tribe, y'all
We one tribe, y'all
One people, one people, one people
One people, one people, one people
One people, one people, one people
One people, one people, one people

[Outro: Taboo, wil.i.am]
Let's, let's catch amnesia, Lord, help me out
Trying to figure out what it's all about (What it's all about)
'Cause we're one and the same (One and the same)
Same joy, same pain
And I hope that you're there when I need ya
'Cause maybe we need amnesia
And I don't wanna sound like a preacher
But we need to be one
One world, one love, one passion
One tribe, one understanding
'Cause you and me can become one

[Album Outro]
There is no longer a physical record store
But we will continue to let the beat rock

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Genius Annotation

Although it was not a single, this song continues the story of unity for all that The Black Eyed Peas have visited many times before such as the 2003 mega-hit “Where Is The Love?” and 2005 album cut “Union.”

This song has a lot of references about things like peace, anti racism, and one love since we all are the human race.

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