K'Naan - T.I.A. Lyrics
[Spoken:]
I hope you got your passports, and vaccine shots.
[Verse 1:]
I take rappers on a field trip any day
I know where all the looters and the shooters say
Welcome to the city we call Doomsday.
When niggaz is just fried chicken like Tuesday
Oh you from the hood huh, who say?
My Nigerian niggaz would call you Pussy
My Somali niggaz are quick to grab the uzi
Around here we only bumping Fela Kuti
Tupac, or Bob Marley, Lucky Dube.
This Is Africa, Hooray.
T.I.A.
(Hooray)
T.I.A.
(Hooray)
T.I.A.
(Hooray)
It means, This Is Africa
(Hooray)
[Hook]
You don't know how hard it is here
The streets is tricky in these parts here
You don't know how hard this is here
The streets need this shit here
You don't know how hard it is here
The streets is tricky in these parts here
You don't know how hard this is here
The streets need this shit here
[Verse 2:]
I walk rappers through the Killa woods any day
They never been opposite real goons anyway
I know all the tricky sticky icky alley ways
Welcome to the continent of Holidays (Africa)
Where Holidays quickly turn to hell days
Stars fall quicker than box of shell case
No Bill Gates, No [?]
Why you cats debating, acting and faking these days
I deliver what they need like milk crates
I learned from the deadly streets no regrets
And I wasn't ever looking for street cred
But these streets bred me to be street safe
It's no secret we know how to squeeze lead
But the Pre-set is not to have to squeeze it
Used to be at peace but now we using T-Shirts
And it reads RIP cause the peace dead
When I walk through the slums like (Nomane?)
Little children say K'naan (Bumaye?)
The rap game just got itself a new day
This is Africa, Hooray.
T.I.A.
(Hooray)
T.I.A.
(Hooray)
T.I.A.
(Hooray)
It means, This Is Africa
[Hook:]
You don't know how hard it is here
The streets is tricky in these parts here
You don't know how hard this is here
The streets need this shit here
You don't know how hard it is here
The streets is tricky in these parts here
You don't know how hard this is here
The streets need this shit here
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K'Naan T.I.A. Comments
this highkey lowkey reminds me of M.I.A's viideos for " Galanng" and "Boyz"
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Repr3sentin somalia 🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴
He came out too early i swear
The only reason its hard in America is cause folks make it hard they wanna be ghetto because ghetto is cool this is the greatest country in the history of man everyone can be great if they wanna be
2019 and only 1m views do y’all not know music
Whining fake wannabe ghetto rappers from America should feel bad after listening to this
you make proud to be African..... All Somalis love you bro
Did he say useey 😂
2019 Yaa Daawanaaya
2019 still 🔥
This is Africa
Go knaan real African
This video is art.
Soooooo underrated
Ten years later and this song is still banging
This is some seriously dope sh#t.
T.I.A.
🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴
waaaw this is Hot
bruh Thnk u #africa_unite
What is T. I. A.
This is Africa
@Abdul Don धन्यवाद 🙏🙏
Still listening ❤❤
Underrated
Much love to the charming K'naan
In the US you think you're from the hood?
jnazorn0t Hes from Africa that shit aint mo joke
He takes these fake ass gangsters ''in the hood'' to a field trip. After they come back, they would realize they are not that ''hood''.
Dana Whitestein That shit over there is 1,000x worse then over here
Don't catch you slippin' up
Childish gambino got it from here.
Inspired
Stop claiming that
tHIS IS AFRICA
perhaps, hey?
Big facts
最高傑作
God body
T I A keyNan nin wyN
Dis Is Nading 😂😂😂😂💀
I waa 15 when i hard this song im 23 now
I use to stay up late watching the music video channel waiting for this to come on lmao
I am not african but i love this song and makes me want to travel africa. but with caution tho
What’s the song at 0:03?
Finally built a time machine ..iam from future b**ches in another news trump became USA president
2017 who still watching?
lmao seeing the Zim $
Anyone from 2017, anyone? Okay guess not!
SuperGamer yes!
You bet. Been loving this song for years.
You thought
❤❤❤❤❤❤
That video was so right. Fuck yeah :)
Dope! ✊🏽
8106549091
hi rcode
2017 Still loving this😍😍😍
k'naan is the best singer of the world.❤❤❤
but .he is black
tia that's my name....Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
AWREADY
Spongebob?
Used to be a beast now he's t-shirt,and it reads R.I.P cos the beast dead😅😆😊
I still love this song
before childish gambino's this is america, there was this
2017 👊👊
Michael Shaka Zulu and Obama are in this video ... n o yeah mutulu also.... believe it not
wow everyone was in that video i thought i seen michael and Obama at one time.
Somalia is one of those country's that's like a box of out dated hand grenades, you never know which one could kill you if you were to accidentally drop it.
💖🔥💯
<3 K'naan
makes me feel AFRICAN AF
ronald McDonald lmfaoooo😭😭
Does anyone know what song was playing at 0:02?
ask the lioness how she will manage?
@Glenn Quagmire my bad, I meant the music video right after that
@decentlydopekid K'NAAN - T.I.A
your welcome :)
Darude - Sandstorm
decentlydopekid bastille~Pompeii
bird. shimberta. vogel.
Thanks for the cameo at 1:10 K'naan.
Lol 😂
when holidays quick turn hell days hhhhhh what a song luv u knaan
The funniest music video ever, K'naan is the best 😂😂😃😂😃😃😂😂
dinaanath
looks like brandon jennings
nice music
TIA FOREVER
my dad made me listin to this when i was 6, i was cussing and i didnt know
0:07 is that guy from dezz nuts
Wow! I've loved this song since "Troubadour" first dropped, but I'd never seen the video. Incredible imagination, talent and skill on display here. Thanks so much for posting!
Still getting that fresh vibe like back then when i watched this video for the first time..
The Drill Scene needs to hear this
big tune!! we need more K'naan
nice t.i.a
TIA !!!!!
this is africa
The funny thing is, my little sister's name is Tia......
Ha, my name is Tia too.
AFRICA UNITED WE STAND!!!! ONE LOVE ONE BLOOD
My jam👏👏👏
How on earth is it possible this has only 700k views!!???
show the good about Africa, tired of same narrative.
MyNameIsEarl because is all about black and black artists only that's why
I'm the Captain now!
"Around here we only bumpin' Fela Kuti, Tupac, Bob Marley, Lucky Dube"
Thamiso Kgati word!
Only knaan😂
This the best line. But he didn't mention any Female musicians.
The best
Daaaaaang this is one of the best music videos ive seen in a while
So true
Who directed this? Came here strictly for it. "Nabir"? Sum like that. He's got some crazy visuals.
K'NAAN BOMAYE !
1:26 LMAO graphic.
2009 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2019😀😀 3000 ?
History Class :/
Why shown this in history class?
Why so nosy?
Only heard this song today. . Shame on me. Simmer down.
Around here only bump to Fela Kuti
This music is so awesome. The lyrics too.
love this song Somali ever since 2008 when my Somali homies started bumping him