PhunkyFaroah (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thank u so much for the translation! I recognised it was the Medu Nter cuz I heard Dr. Phil Valentine speak it once or twice. But I plan on learning it myself

Eva901 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It's Egyptian.

Asar82 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

its egyptian.

poodymac63 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I understand the need for intelligent people to study and interact with each other, but if you really know what erykah badu is saying, then WHY SAY IT ON HERE? do you know what kind of people be on here??

aydyi (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"young punks are running the streets no one knows just what to do theres no end to it , the dollar by the pennies worth the banks are going under cops are keeping the gun under the counter we sit watching are idiot boxes while some local anker man tells us that today we had 18 murders 80 violent crimes." my favorite verse on the song! this verse is so true.

YoungDeepThinker (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I know wut da voice is sayin:We the brightest light, born from the deepest black, children of the Divine Mother Father, true right and exact, open the way shining ones, open the way, listen to these Divine words I say.The It Fades Out Says:I am the infinite blackness, the infinite brightness, the All Awareness, forever establishing the field of truth and reeds, through unifying the two Worlds. ITS NOT ARABIC NVM.

YoungDeepThinker (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

clever tittle."Amerykah" I wud have never thought of dat lol

YoungDeepThinker (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wut language is dat by da end?arabic?I m jus askin...

ewashington4178 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Be careful little tongue what you say, is what i used to hear as a adolescent. Words are powerful. Our generation doesn't use our GOD given power, our tongue. That is what the man at the end of the song means.

ewashington4178 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This album of hers is a great album, because the lyrical content. Twinkle, which is a song that is a story for the history of black people in america shows the process of how african americans were enslaved since the beginning of time. "Started with a rhyme from old ancient times." The whole stanza of her art shows people, how witches and warlocks put spells on the slaves in extenstion to other methods of slavery.