Kilombo

from Kilombo by Fikir Amlak, King Alpha, Akashic Records

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lyrics

Where can I find a place to rest my head
Far away from those who seek I death
Inna war camp Kilombo
In Ambundu it’s Macombo
Like Palenque where the runaways go
To a place where they can call home

Out in the country where the mountains get so high
Out in the garden where we won’t be hypnotize
We escaped from out of hellish plantations
In the country grew my militant nation
30,000 in Palmares look at that
Self-sustaining when they come repeal attack
Capoeira in a dance a martial art
Took a lot to capture warrior’s heart
Harder to defeat than the others and the Dutch
Symbol of black pride freedom touch
More than 5,000 Macombos on the route
Deep inna the jungle where the ancestors look out
Free to practice our heritage and love
Tereco with the music dance and drum

Freedom, Justice, Integrity, Honor
Kimbundo Kilombo
African origin Quilombolas, yeah
Maroons build the hideout yea
They magic is restoring yeah
Established for the community
It was not one single entity
Stretched out across the land two hundred miles long, can’t you see
Free states of Africa
Common enemy was the Portuguese
Mocabmo unified militarily

Run away run away you if run up on we block
Spirituality fit we hold the natural world on lock
They fear us when we walk upon the earth without a sock
Fear the natty dread and yes the fear the warrior shot
We never miss kilombos fall another spring up
Like the flowers from the dirt
Ah so the black Ras sowing up
Feel the currents of magnetical law

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from Kilombo, released February 3, 2023

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I-Roots Records California

I-Roots Records is a US based intl. distribution company for roots and dubwise music. It's also the home of Blackheart Warriors Records and Akashic Records.