African Roots Rock Reggae

[Intro]
Go ahead sound's called The African Roots
So all you have to do is speak the truth
And you will be the African roots
I would tell you 'bout the sound a call a African Roots, I would say
African roots (Yeah)
African roots, just call me African roots

[Verse 1]
Man, if you drink up di root and you speak up di truth
Man, dem call you an African root
Man, if you stop from loot and you lace up your boot
Say, dem call you an African root
Man, if you come from [?] and you are black
Say that dem call you an African roots
Man, if you come from Hong Kong and you are black
Say that dem call you an African roots
Man, if you come from Jamaica while you are black
Say that dem call you an African roots
Man, if you come from New York while you are black
Say that dem call you an African roots
Tell you that dem call you an African roots
"Hey, African", call you an African roots
Tell you say dem call you an African roots
So mi say dem call you an African roots
Tell you say you lace up your boot and you speak up di truth
And dem call you an African roots
So mi say, dem call you an African-

[Bridge]
African roots, I would tell you
Man like Kunta Kinte from America, I would tell you
We have a African roots
Tell you 'bout di African roots
Roots, Rock, Reggae
Roots, Rock, Reggae
Roots, Rock, Reggae, that are African roots
It sound kinda cute, but that di truth

[Verse 2]
Tell you 'bout the African roots
Come and make we rub it with di African roots
Come and make we scrub it with di African roots
Come and make we dub it with di African roots
Man, if you come from Birmingham and you are black
Mi say dem call you an African roots
Man, if you come from London and you are black
Mi say dem call you an African root
Man, if you come from Stirling Town and you are black
Mi say dem call you an African roots
Man, mi say fi drink up di roots
African roots, come di root and you speak up di truth
And dem call you an African roots
Africa, Africa, Africa, Africa, Africa
Africa, I would say, that are mi African roots
Africa fi African roots
Man, mi say dem call mi an African roots
Man, mi say dem call mi an African roots
Man, mi say mi lace up mi boot, mi no check pancoot
And dem call mi an African roots
Man, mi say mi drink up mi roots and mi speak up di truth
And dem call mi an African roots

[Bridge]
Roots, Rock, Reggae
Roots, Rock, Reggae
Roots, Rock, Reggae
Roots, Rock, Reggae

[Outro]
Man, if you come from England and you are black
Mi say dem call you an African root
Man, if you come from Hong Kong and you are black
Mi say dem call you an African roots
Man, if you come from Canada and you are black
Mi say dem call you an African roots
Anywhere you come from and you are black
You're African roots