Verse 1: The Foundations & The Khmer
From the Nile Valley water where the first seeds grew
The Sumerians and Elamites were part of the crew
Susa was the heartbeat, Phoenicians on the rise
Carrying the melanin under Eastern skies
Travel to the Mekong, Funan held the weight
First kingdom in the South, yeah, they opened up the gate
Small and black builders with the canals in the mud
Engineering mastery was flowing in the blood
Then the Khmer rose up, matriarchal and grand
Jayavarman unified the people and the land
802 AD, watch the empire expand
From the South China Sea to the Thailand sand
Suryavarman built the mountain, Angkor Wat stone
Thirty-seven years ‘til the greatness was shown
Matriarchal power on a spiritual throne
A history of giants that the world should’ve known.
Chorus
From the cradle to the coast, yeah, we were the first
Quenching every land when the planet had a thirst
In the DNA of Asia, from the valley to the peak
Listen to the fossils 'cause the ancestors speak
Black Gods of the East, let the truth coming through
From the Nile to the Ganges, it’s original and true.
Verse 2: The Fossils & The Frozen North
Check the excavation, fifty-thousand years deep
Before the modern shifts, when the earth began to leap
China had the Negroid and the Australoid traits
Long before the dynasties and open city gates
Travel to Japan, see the Ainu in the North
From Egypt and the Meso, see the spirit coming forth
Twenty-two thousand years, huts in the ground
Mirroring the Bushmen, that’s the evidence we found
Negrito in the Himalayas, seaboard of the West
Thirty-thousand BC, put the theory to the test
Walking through the snow, pioneers of the range
Central Asian dominance before the climate change
The skeletal remains tell a story so vast
Linking up the future to the icons of the past
From the islands to the mainland, the footprint is set
A debt to the founders that the world hasn’t met.
Chorus
From the cradle to the coast, yeah, we were the first
Quenching every land when the planet had a thirst
In the DNA of Asia, from the valley to the peak
Listen to the fossils 'cause the ancestors speak
Black Gods of the East, let the truth coming through
From the Nile to the Ganges, it’s original and true.
Verse 3: The Warriors, Deities & Kings
Iraq had the spirit, fifteen years of the fight
Zanj Rebellion rising, reclaiming the light
868 AD, yeah, they broke every chain
Largest revolt that the history can name
Look at Malik Ambar, Ethiopia’s son
Deccan Prime Minister, see the battles he won
Pioneering guerrilla, the tactics in the field
Made the Mughal emperors bow down and yield
The Siddis on the water, Admirals of the fleet
Naval commanders making empires retreat
From the poet Antara to the gods in the shrine
Buddha and Krishna, see the African design
Ancient Ethiopians, the tallest and the just
Building up the kingdoms out of spirit and dust
The Kushite civilization, the archaic soul
The pieces of the puzzle making history whole.
Chorus
From the cradle
