[ti:In The Beginning] [ar:K'naan] [al:The Dusty Foot On The Road] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In The Beginning - Various Artists [00:18.20]In the beginning [00:18.90]There was a hum [00:19.74]From a poet whose pulse fell [00:21.02]Drum drum drum [00:22.60]He would perform prayers and all [00:24.08]Till one day he heard a voice call [00:25.64]Come come come [00:27.27]Sus'pi'cious he moved [00:28.18]With vicious caution [00:29.48]Dismisses [00:30.12]He thinks is a little often [00:32.13]People get held back [00:33.37]By the void inside 'em [00:35.90]Yo [00:36.41]The void said [00:37.32]I'm poised to speak inside you [00:38.69]Rejoice then please let me invite you [00:41.52]To evil greed and lies too [00:45.20]Yeah [00:45.63]Confused and dazed [00:46.41]He moved in ways [00:47.28]He soon became hakuna [00:48.48]Boom boom boom [00:50.21]A knock on his door his heart is no more [00:52.50]A knock on his door his soul is no more [01:13.36]The poets got a proposal [01:14.38]He would always hope but never know [01:16.13]What it feels [01:16.80]To be free [01:17.77]He would be the frozen [01:18.74]Imposed as the chosen [01:19.89]All laws oppose him [01:21.06]But it would be greed [01:22.32]That's got him there [01:23.55]He's power-hungry [01:25.00]And proud too [01:26.86]People don't care People just care [01:29.14]Evil don't care he will just prayer [01:46.55]But to know they say [01:47.81]They say [01:49.32]It is better to light a candle than to curse the dark [01:51.70]In the eyes of the youth [01:52.78]There are question marks [01:53.93]Like freedom [01:54.78]Freedom for the mind and soul [01:56.06]We don't see them [01:56.92]See them for their worth at all [01:58.27]That's why we lead em [01:59.21]Lead em to these wars [02:00.18]And what is it we feed em [02:01.50]Feed em our impurities [02:02.48]And who it is we treat em [02:03.82]Treat em like the enemy [02:04.99]Humanity will need em [02:06.13]Need em like the blood we spill [02:07.58]And we're freedom [02:08.52]Freedom for the hearts we fill [02:09.84]We mislead em [02:10.73]They hunger for the love we give [02:12.20]But we cheat em [02:13.07]The guys beat him and all he wants [02:14.48]Is his freedom [02:15.32]So they defeat him [02:16.01]Whatever spirit hes got [02:17.22]Beat him [02:17.74]And they teach him [02:18.43]The rest of the world don't need him [02:20.00]And he believes [02:20.69]In the disease that hes heathen [02:22.39]Put up your fists if all you want is freedom [02:24.81]Put up your fists if all you want is