[Intro] Kano. (Kano.) Harmattan on everything. Dust on the scale. A boy who knew the weight of things before he knew the world. [Verse 1] Grandfather sold groundnut by the sack, (By the sack.) Brass weights. Steady hand. Wind coming off the desert, (Off the desert.) Dust on everything that moved through that market. A boy who learned where everything arrives. Twenty years old. Money from his uncle. (From his uncle.) Went down to the water where the ships come in. [Hook] WHO MADE IT? (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) Carry the bag a thousand miles, (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) Ask the port. Ask the gate. (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) WHO MADE IT? (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) [Verse 2] Cement. Sugar. Salt. (Cement. Sugar. Salt.) Bags off the water. Bags to the truck. Bags to the yard. Bags to the town. Twenty years he moved what other men burned. (Other men burned.) Counted every bag. Then he counted who got rich. [Hook] WHO MADE IT? (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) Carry the bag a thousand miles, (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) Ask the port. Ask the gate. (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) WHO MADE IT? (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) [Verse 3] Ninety-nine. He stood in Brazil. (Stood in Brazil.) Saw a country that quit buying what it could build. Came home and let the ships go. (Let the ships go.) Two thousand two, he bought a cement company with no factory in it. Paper and a mountain. (Paper and a mountain.) Four years of dirt. Seven before the fire. [Pre-Hook] Kiln was ready. Road was gone. (Road was gone.) Forty-three kilometers of nothing. He poured it himself. (Poured it himself.) Concrete. Longest in the country. Port choked in Lagos. He rebuilt the artery. (Rebuilt the artery.) Ask what business the man is in. Count what he holds. Mountain. Kiln. Bag. Truck. Road. Port. [Hook] WHO MADE IT? (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) Carry the bag a thousand miles, (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) Ask the port. Ask the gate. (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) WHO MADE IT? (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) [Bridge] Now the oil. A country that pumps it and buys it back refined. He put the cement behind it. Years late. Billions over. (Billions over.) And say it honest. He was born inside the trade. The scale was already in the family. The central bank opened the door for the dollars. The border held foreign cement back while his kilns warmed. That help is not for sale to you. The road is. [Final Hook] WHO MADE IT? (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) WHO MADE IT? (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) Carry the bag a thousand miles, (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) Walk it back. One step up the line. (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) WHO MADE IT? (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) WHO MADE IT? (WHERE THE FIRE WAS!) [Outro] Every bag in your hand has a maker. (Has a maker.) If it isn't you, you know which way to walk. Kano. (Kano.)
