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Nas & Damian Marley.Tribes At War (feat. Knaan)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nas
Nas
Vocals
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
Vocals
K'naan
K'naan
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
Songwriter
Nasir Jones
Nasir Jones
Songwriter
Keinan Abdi Warsame
Keinan Abdi Warsame
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tim Harkins
Tim Harkins
Recording Engineer
Marc Lee
Marc Lee
Recording Engineer
Greg DePante
Greg DePante
Assistant Engineer
James Rudder
James Rudder
Assistant Recording Engineer
James Bonzai Caruso
James Bonzai Caruso
Mixing Engineer
Chris Athens
Chris Athens
Mastering Engineer
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
(Tribal war, we nah want no more a dat)
Everyone deserve to earn
And every child deserve to learn
(Tribal war, a nuh dat we a defend)
Every man deserve a turn
Like a flame deserve to burn
(Tribal war, we nah want no more a dat)
Each and every one deserve to earn
And every child deserve to learn
(Tribal war, a nuh dat we a defend)
As every man deserve a turn
Like Babylon deserve to burn
[Verse 2]
Man, what happened to us?
Geographically, they moved us from Africa
We was once happiness pursuers
Now we back-stabbing, combative and abusive
The African and Arab go at it, they most Muslim
We should be movin' in unison, disputes'd end
Bounty hunters and Grape Street get cool again
Substandard housing got the young runnin' rampant
Wildin' for a Phantom, he can style in
Mask on his face, grabbin' his Ruger
Sayin' "Nobody move or I'll shoot you", man, you expirin'
Catch twenty-five and he does it like a man
Inside with black, white pride, and Mexican
Survive the best he can, strap a shank to his thigh
Why do we all collide? Why do the young die?
Extortion, murder, and burglary
Tattoos his chest, says his enemies don't deserve to breathe
[Verse 3]
(Tribal war, we nah want no more a dat)
Everyone deserve to earn
And every child deserve to learn
(Tribal war, a nuh dat we a defend)
'Cause every man deserve a turn
Like Babylon deserve to burn
[Verse 4]
I drink poison, then I vomit diamonds
I gave you Mandela, black Dalai Lamas
I gave you music, you enthuse in my kindness
So how dare you reduce me to Donny Imus?
Timeless, in case we never been acquainted
Flyness, we made it, it gets duplicated
Mindless violence, well, let me try to paint it
Here's the five steps, in hopes to explain it
[Verse 5]
(One) It's my and my nation against the world
(Two) Then me and my clan against the nation
(Three) Then me and my fam against the clan
(Four) Then me and my brother with no hesitation
(Uh) Go against the fam until they cave in
(Five) Now who's left in this deadly equation?
That's right, it's me against my brother
Then we point a Kalashnikov and kill one another
[Verse 6]
(Tribal war, we nah want no more a dat)
Everyone deserve to earn
And every child deserve to learn
(Tribal war, a nuh dat we a defend)
Every man deserve a turn
Like Babylon deserve to burn
[Verse 7]
Man a war tribal over colors
Over money, over land, and over oil
And over God, and over idols, and even lovers
Over breakfast, over dinner, over suppers
Over Jungle, over Rema, over Buckers
Over Brooklyn, over Queens, and over Rutgers
Over red, and over blue, and over chuckers
Over red, and over blue, and under covers
Tribal trouble, the drive-bys double
Cuh the youth, dem nah go war and go fight with knuckle
The two sides scuffle
Vietnam nah go a war with no more kung fu nun chuckle
Missile and shuttle
And the Queen of England and Uncle Sam
Dem a flex dem muscle
The tribal hustle, blood diamond puddle, survival struggle
[Verse 8]
(Tribal war, we nah want no more a dat)
Everyone deserve to earn
Every child deserve to learn
(Tribal war, a nuh dat we a defend)
Each and every one deserve a turn
Like a flame deserve to burn
(Tribal war, we nah want no more a dat)
Everyone deserve to earn
And every child deserve to learn
(Tribal war, a nuh dat we a defend)
As every man deserve a turn
Like Babylon deserve to burn
Written by: Courtney Diedrick, Damian Marley, Earl Alexander Lowe, Keinan Abdi Warsame, Nasir Jones, Philip James, Shiah Coore
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