Dr. Alban (born August 26, 1957 as Alban Nwapa in Nigeria) grew up listening to Fela Kuti and James Brown. At age 23, he began studying dentistry. In order to be able to finance his university studies the music-loving medical student started making his own music. During this time Alban worked as a DJ in the well known Stockholm club 'Alphabet Street'. Very quickly his name became widely known, especially since Alban often sang to the records he put on the turntable as a DJ. DJ René couldn't help but notice him and so the highly intelligent medical student was discovered. But first Alban finished his studies and even opened his own dentistry practice.
In 1990, he met Denniz PoP from the SweMix label. Alban laid aside his dentist's drill and realised his dream. Together with Denniz and Rap-Queen Leila K, his first record, Hello Africa - his declaration of love for his African home - broke all records. Alban Nwapa became Dr. Alban. His debut-album Hello Africa sold roughly 1 million copies world-wide.
One year later this success was surpassed by the second album One Love. 1.6 million singles of the song It's My Life were sold.
The album immediately sold over 1.7 million units. Then followed the albums Look Who's Talking and Born In Africa. All in all, Dr. Alban can look back on world-wide sales of over 5 million albums and over 6 million singles, which resulted in 7 times Silver, 30 times Gold and 30 times Platinum. His hit No Coke was even used to illustrate an anti-drugs campaign in Sweden.
After a re-release of No Coke, Dr. Alban confirmed his Euro dance style with his hits Look Who's Talking and Let The Beat Go On.
He created his own record company 'dr.records', on which he released Born in Africa, the first CD recorded completely in his studios. He became the producer of many artists such as La Cream.
More recently, his voice was featured on Sash!'s single Colour The World.
In 2000, he released the album titled Prescription.
In 2002 Dr. Alban featured Yamboo to release a remix for Sing Hallelujah!.
In 2007 Dr. Alban released the album titled Back To Basics.
Official website: http://www.dralban.net/
Proud!
Dr. Alban Lyrics
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That's Who I Am & That's Who I'll Always Be
Aggression Taken The Day That
We All Was Birth
Let These Suckaz Know How much
We All've Been Hurt
I Say I'm Proud To Be Hmong hMOOB
That's Who I Am & That's Who I'll Always Be
(G) Lies Was So Wrong I Tell It All
And Let 'Em All Know EveryBody Sing Along
Living life without an answer
And unsolvable questions
Hoping God will hear our prayers
As we sit here and listen but Oh No!
I guess this life for us is tragedy
Believe in me i try to make us see the
Image that we want to see
And if we help the damn US
But we ain't even treated
With the same respect explain that!
My brothaz on crack they try to fight back
Drug convinced
So you know that they ain't never fight back
My sistaz on knees they wanted y'all to see
A good women of Hmong live in communities
But y'all was too blind to realize
So fuck off don't let me change my damn mind
With Real lies and if we plead
To what we believe a damn change will lead
The life that we wanna see
So bare along with me as we sing this melody
For my Hmong OGz uhh my HMOOB
So it has come down to this
Racist niggas deserve to get diss
They talking many shit
How we Hmongs couldn't make it
Now I'm here to speak the truth
Let us rise as a leader of youth
Brains be planted like the roots
I'm here to show ya i'm Tony Vue
I'm coming thru showing all my fellow gooks
Showing that we real we true
So keep your fist high and
Fight for your life
They say life is a test but are they right
Trouble seems to be attached
To us like magnets
No time to wait for homos & faggots
Just live your life & just love it
Cause most of us will never make it
Only take some to say it
So take this opportunity and take it
I promise you You'll need it
No time to even waste it
With all these hesitation
And muthafuckaz complaining
We own this muthafuckin' game
So rep Hmong All the way
And say HMONG Nigga, Yeee!
The lyrics of Dr. Alban's song "Proud!" are about black pride and ownership of one's identity. The artist starts by proclaiming his pride in being a black man and the way he expresses himself through his loud, "ghetto" attitude. He views his ability to make noise as a way of bringing joy to others, and not something to be ashamed of. The artist is also unbothered about what others think of him, claiming to feel good in his skin and putting those who try to put him down "right in their place." The song also calls for unity and love among people of different races. The artists celebrate their culture and invite others to party with them, even if they don't have much, they are always willing to share.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm a black man
I am an African American male
and I'm so proud of it
I am extremely proud of my heritage and identity
I'm ghetto and I'm loud
I come from an urban area and am not afraid to express myself
I'm So Proud of It
I am proud of who I am and where I come from
I make noise
I am unapologetically vocal and expressive
What you ear it's just joy
What you hear is simply the sound of my celebratory expression
What you think about me don't matter
Your opinion of me is irrelevant
I feel good in my skin
I am confident in my physical appearance and identity
Does it bother
Does it affect you negatively?
Always a smile on my face
I consistently display a joyful and positive demeanor
I put you right in your place
I assert myself and establish dominance in the face of opposition
What you gone do
What are you going to do?
Just get madder
Simply become angrier
Why you hate
Why do you feel animosity towards me?
cause We look so good
Because we exude excellence and confidence
Black don't crack
Black skin does not wrinkle or age easily
And it feel so good
It feels great to be proud of who you are
Cause your wife and your daughter
Because even women in your family want to join us
Like to party with us.. Us.
Enjoy spending time and having fun with us
They, can say what they want about us
They are free to express their opinions about us
We welcome everyone one
We embrace and include all people
To come party with us
To join us and have a good time together
We don't have that much
We may not have many possessions
but we always have enough
But we always have enough to get by
Enough to share
Enough to give to others
And Enough to feed us.
And enough to provide sustenance for ourselves
We give you plenty
We offer plenty of generosity and hospitality
Your heart full of hate
You possess a great deal of animosity
Your head is so empty
Your mind is devoid of richness and diversity
Lets share that love
Let us distribute and express love towards each other
Let's stop that war
Let us put an end to conflict and hostility
Let's make a party
Let us come together and have fun
I love
I have a positive, compassionate attitude
I life
I enjoy living and experiencing life
I unity come one
I value unity and inclusivity among all people
Cause I'm proud to be black
Because I am proud of my African American identity
Yo hate me like that
You may have animosity towards me due to my race
From the way that I walk
From my gait and body movement
The way that I talk
From the way I speak and express myself
From the way that I pack
From the way I carry myself and present my appearance
Your girl on my jack
Your significant other may be attracted to me
Baby girl don't Stop
Do not cease engaging with me
You like everything
You are attracted to and admire aspects of our culture
about our culture
Aspects of African American culture
You take every thing
You appropriate and take from our culture without credit or compensation
you're a vulture
You are unfairly exploiting our culture and people
Let's work together
Let us collaborate and cooperate
Have fun together
Enjoy each other's company
Together we be stronger
Together we will be more powerful and impactful
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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@oricray6900
You will never ever heard again the sound of 1990s superb!
@roogibadshah2861
I love Africa. I love African people. Nice song. Africa you nice.
@naspexorganiccotton7913
Proud to be Austrian! I love this 90 Song
@odessacanas9236
super love this
@barsunsal6544
Dr alban number one
@maniacpoe
dr has the best bass ever
@chinsandra1
That was my favourite from the cassette.
@danik618
sweet reggae music...
@gottengot
у меня тоже, вообще самая любимая
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