And he believes it's a disease that he's heathen K'naan – In The Beginning
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When the Europeans came to Africa, they spread their racist teachings to the Africans, and this led to Blacks feeling inferior and unwanted.
This is also a reference to the fact that many of the European missionaries to Africa believed that Blackness was a disease/curse passed down by the Prophet Noah’s disobedient son, Canaan.
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Where K'naan and Chubb Rock are from (Somalia and Jamaica) the children are given poor education, this leads to terrible poverty and the children having to turn to crime just to put food on the table.
Dilute it with the lie and you believe when it occur K'naan (Ft. Chali 2NA & Yasiin Bey) – America
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He is putting the media’s lies into scientific terminology.
World events start out as “pure” or truthful but are “blurred” or diluted when laced with the media’s lies (which you believe). Just like substances can start out pure but will be blurred/diluted when you lace them with other substances.
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Because his affection isn’t real he doesn’t want girls to “reciprocate it”, or fall for him because most of them are unoriginal and fake.
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Just like an opera would have twists and turns, his life went from the “horrors” (his poverty stricken childhood and his soulmate being murdered) to the dazzle (him making out of Somalia to become an award winning rapper).
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K'naan will never let his Grandmother re-enter the poverty or worries that plagued her before he made it big.
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Just like he promised Fatima he left the violence of Somalia behind and came to America/Canada. Not only that but he has his life in order and isn’t getting into legal trouble or living in poverty.
You met him in Sao Paula
A tourist with a dollar
He's some kind of a balla
Two babies in a scroller
And still he wants to holla K'naan – 15 Minutes Away
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She is a prostitute and finally got a customer but this guy is most likely married (shown by him carrying around two children).
Judging by how fast he “holla’d” at her he is probably a “balla” and cheats on his wife often.
Feels like an angel speakin', I can hardly believe it K'naan – 15 Minutes Away
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He can’t believe that he will finally be able to buy food/pay bills now that he has received this money from his girlfriend, in fact it is so surreal that he compares it to hearing an angel speak.
He probably also feels as though his girlfriend is angel helping him as well.
This month has been the hardest
I couldn't afford some omelettes K'naan – 15 Minutes Away
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He is so poor he can’t even afford food.
