Lyrics
Help me to remember the difference
Request for assistance in recalling the distinction or importance.
Help me to recall my worth
Seeking help to remember one's own value or significance.
Oh see me as I am running these miles
Expressing the act of running or striving, while requesting acknowledgment.
Help me to remember my home
Asking for assistance in remembering the concept of home.
Been gone for so long
Acknowledging a prolonged absence from home.
Been running too long
Acknowledging a prolonged period of running or escaping.
I've been a slave to your system
Declaration of being enslaved by a societal or political system.
In a distance land
Reference to being in a distant or foreign land.
I'll be coming home, don't you stop me now
Expressing determination to return home despite obstacles.
I'll be going home, you all that I know
Affirmation of the importance of home and familiar connections.
Back to Africa to you my love
Specifically mentioning a return to Africa, connecting it with love.
A slave to the nation
Acknowledgment of being subjugated by a larger entity (nation).
Your mental malnutrition
Pointing out the impact of a deprived or distorted mental state.
Stuck in a system of lies and deceit
Describing a trapped condition within a system characterized by falsehoods.
Oh who we are and what we have become
Raising questions about identity and the current state of society.
So close to God and yet we're so far gone
Expressing a paradox of being close to God yet far from a positive state.
Now tell me was it your fault
Rhetorical question about responsibility for the current state.
when we were running hustling in a distant land
Recalling past struggles and challenges in a distant place.
I know how it feels
Empathizing with the emotions associated with those struggles.
Mental prejudice
Highlighting prejudiced attitudes ingrained in the mind.
Mental addition
Referring to mental dependency or reliance.
So far gone that I lost my soul
Expressing a profound loss, possibly of one's essence or morality.
I've been a stranger
Describing a state of being unfamiliar or estranged.
In a distance land
Reiteration of being in a distant or foreign land.
I'll be coming home, don't you stop me now
Reaffirmation of the determination to return home despite challenges.
I'll be going home, you're all that I know
Emphasizing the significance of familiar connections.
Back to Africa to you my love
Repeating the intention to return to Africa, connecting it with love.
I'll be coming home, I'll be coming home
Reaffirming the commitment to coming home.
Back to Africa to you my love
Restating the destination of returning to Africa with love.
I'll be coming home, you're all that I know
Reiterating the importance of familiar connections in the return.
Back to Africa to you my love
Repeating the connection of returning to Africa with love.
My love, my love to you Africa
Expressing deep love and affection towards Africa.
All my love to you
Reiterating love and dedication to Africa.
See, been hustling in a distant land
Recalling past struggles while being away in a distant land.
I don't see too much
Expressing limited perception or visibility in the distant land.
I'm free, I'll be coming home
Declaring freedom and the intention to return home.
Prepare egusi, okro, stock fish for me
Requesting the preparation of traditional African dishes upon return.
'Cause I been suffering too long
Highlighting prolonged suffering and hardship.
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