[Intro — Bomba Percussion Solo, Instrumental] [Verse 1] Senegal in my hands, Cameroon in my blood Canary Islands crossed the same dark flood Different coast, different god, same line So my feet said what my mouth never could Aa! Yubá! Barril was a rum cask before it was mine I'm sending what I can across the line No words between us, so we built a new one Body to body, hand to hand, we're not done [Chorus] This is the only signal I can send This is the only prayer with no end Skin on skin, hand on hand Somewhere out there, somebody understands Not a flag, not a name Just a frequency that outlives the chain [Verse 2] Static in my chest, I don't know where it's from Some kind of rhythm that was already begun Nobody sent me a message I could read Just this pulse in my hands, insisting I heed I didn't mean to catch it, I was just born Senegal, Iberia, both still worn They can't hear the words, so they don't hear the source Only the beat — and I'm following its course [Chorus] This is the signal somebody sent This is the prayer that never ended Skin on skin, hand on hand Two hundred years and I still understand Not a flag, not a name Just a frequency that outlives the chain [Instrumental Transition — No Vocals, Tempo Shift] [Bridge] He didn't know if I'd ever exist I didn't know he was already sending this Same skin, same wood, same call, same hand Turns out the signal never needed me to understand [Final Chorus] This is the only signal he could send This is the only prayer with no end Skin on skin, hand on hand Somewhere out there, somebody understands Not a flag, not a name Bomba is the message, I'm just the hand [Outro] Still transmitting, still receiving Same beat, different century Still transmitting, still receiving [End — Instrumental Fade, No Vocals]
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