In The Beginning
K Naan Lyrics

In the beginning
At the start of the story

There was a hum
There was a faint sound

From a poet whose pulse fell
Coming from a writer with a slow heart rate

Drum drum drum!
With a rhythmic beat

He would perform prayers and all
He used to do religious rituals

Till one day he heard a voice call
Until he heard a mysterious voice

Come come come!
Inviting him to come closer

Suspicious he moved
He moved cautiously

With vicious caution
Taking extreme care

Dismisses,
He ignored the invitation

He thinks is a little often
He sometimes overthinks things

People get held back
People often limit themselves

By the void inside 'em.
Due to the emptiness they feel within

The void said,
The emptiness responded

I'm poised to speak inside you
I'm ready to communicate with you internally

"Rejoice then please let me invite you
"Celebrate and accept my invitation

To evil, greed and lies too."
To negative qualities such as avarice and deception

Confused and dazed
Feeling uncertain and bewildered

He moved in ways
He started behaving differently

He soon became "Hakuna"
He transformed into a new person named "Hakuna"

A knock on his door, his heart is no more
Someone arrived, and he felt no more emotions

That was in the beginning
That was how the story began

The poets got a proposal
The writer was proposed something

He would always hope but never know
He would keep believing but never understand

What it feels
What it's like

To be free.
To have complete liberation

He would be the frozen
He agreed to become stagnant

Imposed as the chosen,
Forced to be the selected one

All laws oppose him
All regulations went against him

But it would be greed.
But his desire for wealth and influence motivated him

That's got him there
His ambition led him there

He's power-hungry,
He's eager for more superiority

And proud too.
Also showing feelings of self-importance

Evil don't care, evil just care
Evil is indifferent but does try to survive

They say
It's often said

It is better to light a candle than to curse the dark in the eyes of the youth
It is more positive to provide guidance than to be critical

There are question marks
There are things that are not understood

Like freedom.
Like the concept of liberation

Freedom for the mind and soul,
The idea of liberation for the inner self

We don't see them.
We tend not to recognize that idea

See them for their worth at all,
Value that notion at all

That's why we lead'em
That's why we guide them

Lead'em to these wars
Bring them to these disputes

And what is it we feed 'em.
What are we providing them

Feed em our impurities
Give them our defects

And who it is we treat 'em
And how we behave towards them

Treat em like the enemy
Treat them like rivals

Humanity will need'em.
The world will require them

Need 'em like the blood we spill
Need them just like the blood we shed

And we're freedom
And we represent liberty

Freedom for the hearts we fill
Providing freedom for the emotions we foster

We mislead 'em.
We guide them in the wrong direction

They hunger for the love we give
They crave the affection we offer

But we cheat 'em.
But we trick them

The guys beat him and all he wants
The individuals attack him, but he still wants

Is his freedom,
Complete liberation

So they defeat him,
So they vanquish him

Whatever spirit hes got.
Whatever soul he possesses

And they teach him
And they instruct him

The rest of the world don't need him
The rest of humanity doesn't require him

And he believes.
And he accepts that belief

In the disease that hes heathen
In the ailments that make him irreligious

Put up your fists if all you want is freedom
Raise your hands if you aspire freedom

And we keep holdin' on,
And we keep persevering

And we keep bein' strong
And we keep being resilient

And we keep goin' on
And we keep moving forward

And on and on and on
Continually