Take A Minute
[Hook]And any man who knows a thingKnows he knows not a damn, damn thing at allAnd every time I felt the hurtingI felt the giving getting me up off the wallI'm just gonna take a minute and let it rideI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breezeI'm just gonna take a minute and let it rideI'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze
[Verse 1: K'naan]How did Mandela get the will to surpass the everydayWhen injustice had him caged and trapped in every way?How did Gandhi ever withstand the hunger-strikes and all?Didn't do it to gain power or money if I recall. It's to giveI guess I'll pass it on, mother thinks it'll lift the stress of BabylonMy mother knows, my mother she suffered blowsI don't know how we survived such violent episodesI was so worried, it hurt to see you bleedBut as soon as you came out the hospital you gave me sweets yeaThey tried to take you from me, but you still only gave 'em some prayers and sympathyDear Mama, you helped me write thisBy showing me to give is priceless
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[Verse 2: K'naan]All I can say is, the worst is over nowWe can serve the hard times, divorce its over nowThey try to keep us out, but the doors is open nowMy nigga Akon is getting awards and covers nowThis is K'naan, and still repping the SComing out of Mogadishu and still draped in the messAnd no matter how we strong homieIt ain't easy coming out of where we from homieAnd it's the reason why I can never play for me"Tell 'em the truth" is what my dead homies told me, ooh yeahI take inspiration from the most heinous of situationsCreating medication out my own tribulationsDear Africa, you helped me write thisBy showing me to give is priceless
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[Outro]Nothing is perfect man, that's what the world isAll I know isI'm enjoying today, you knowCause it ain't every day that you get to give