The Drum In Me (Extended 1)
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About
Feel the rhythm
Lyrics
Intro
Mm-hmm
Oh-oh
Da-de-da
Verse 1
My grandmother hummed a tune before the sun
Old songs from a far village she never forgot
The skin of the drum remembers every hand
(Beat it, beat it)
It calls me home across the water and sand
Pre-Chorus
Can you hear it too
That knocking in the chest
Can you hear it move
It never wants to rest
Chorus
Can you hear that
Can you hear that
The drum in me
Da-de-da
Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
It calls my name
Verse 2
My feet move before my mind decides
The rhythm travels deep through bone and tide
Little ones laughing while the elders sing
Every pulse a thread to the ones before me
Pre-Chorus
Do you feel it now
Rising through the ground
Do you feel it now
Nothing holds it down
Chorus
Can you hear that
Can you hear that
The drum in me
Da-de-da
Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
It calls my name
Bridge
Blood is the rhyme
Heart is the beat
Blood is the rhyme
And the ground beneath my feet
Drop
Can you hear that
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
Can you hear that
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
Chorus
Can you hear that
Can you hear that
The drum in me
Da-de-da
Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
It calls my name
Post-Chorus
Oh-oh
Da-de-da
Oh-oh
Da-de-da
Verse 3
The elders sit beneath the baobab tree
They say the rhythm never truly leaves
Every heartbeat passed from hand to hand
A story told in ways you understand
(Way you understand)
Pre-Chorus
Can you feel the pull
No need to ask why
Can you feel the pull
It lives in your spine
Chorus
Can you hear that
Can you hear that
The drum in me
Da-de-da
Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
It calls my name
Drop
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Hear it now
Hear it now
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Verse 4
The ancestors speak on the morning breeze
They whisper to the leaves and the open seas
Never forget where your roots have grown
Thy blood the rhyme and thy heart the tone
(Thy heart the tone)
Pre-Chorus
Can you hear them sing
Through the mountain rings
Can you hear them sing
Every bird takes wing
Chorus
Can you hear that
Can you hear that
The drum in me
Da-de-da
Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
It calls my name
Post-Chorus
Oh-oh
Da-de-da
Oh-oh
Da-de-da
Move now
Move now
Da-de-da
Bridge
Get up now
The legs want to move
Get up now
The body knows the truth
Get up now
The rhythm is alive
Get up now
The beat will take you high
Drop
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Can you hear
Can you hear
Can you hear
It won't stop
Verse 5
Kan jy hoor die klop van tyd
The drum goes on through every tribe
From the motherland to the rivers wide
The sound rides wind and it never dies
(Never dies)
The children of the father and the mother sing
The blood and the beat keep remembering
Pre-Chorus
Do you feel it now
It won't let you down
Do you feel it now
Dancing on this ground
Chorus
Can you hear that
Can you hear that
The drum in me
Da-de-da
Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
It calls my name
Drop
I hear the beat
Beat in my head
I hear the beat
Beat in my head
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
It won't stop
It won't stop
Outro
Move to the beat
Move to the beat
Blood is the rhyme
Heart is the beat
Move to the
Chorus
Can you hear that
Can you hear that
The drum in me
Da-de-da
Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
It calls my name
Post-Chorus
Oh-oh
Da-de-da
Oh-oh
Da-de-da
Kan jy hoor
Kan jy hoor
Da-de-da
Verse 6
Kan jy hoor die hartklop van die tyd
Da-de-da in the morning light
My mother said the rhythm never ends
It passes down from her mother's hands
(From her hands)
So when the wind begins to call
I rise up and I give my all
The children of the mother and the father sing
The beat alive in everything
Pre-Chorus
Can you hear it call
Through the river and the stone
Can you hear it call
You are never alone
Chorus
Can you hear that
Can you hear that
The drum in me
Da-de-da
Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
It calls my name
Post-Chorus
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Kan my die from hooray stop
Kan my die from hooray stop
Drop
Da-de-da
I hear it now
Da-de-da
Feel it now
Da-de-da
The rhythm is real
Da-de-da
The rhythm is real
Chorus
Can you hear that
Can you hear that
The drum in me
Da-de-da
Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
It calls my name
Post-Chorus
Oh-oh
Da-de-da
Oh-oh
Da-de-da
Get up
Get up
Verse 7
Die liggaam kan nie stilstaan hier
Die bene wil lewe want die klank is hier
My gedagtes dans al met die wind
Die gedagtes det alles wat die hart nog vind
(The heart still finds)
So I move with the ones who came before
Their footsteps rising through the open door
Every drum a language, every throb a name
The blood the rhyme, the heart the flame
(The heart the flame)
Pre-Chorus
Can you hear them now
In the ground beneath your feet
Can you hear them now
Let the rhythm repeat
Chorus
Can you hear that
Can you hear that
The drum in me
Da-de-da
Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
It calls my name
Post-Chorus
Da-de-da
Kan jy hoor
Da-de-da
Kan jy hoor
Da-de-da
Drop
Can you hear what they say
Da-de-da
What it means
Da-de-da
I can hear the beat
Da-de-da
I can hear the drums
Da-de-da
In my head
Bridge
The ancestors ride on the morning wind
They touch my senses and they pull me in
Kan jy die hartklop van die tyd hoor
It calls the children, never close the door
(Close the door)
Thy blood is the rhyme, thy heart is the beat
You cannot sit still when the body wants to leap
Get up, let the drum take you on a ride
Die liggaam kan nie stilbly binne-in die tyd
Drop
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Take the journey
Take the journey
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
I gotta move
I gotta move
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
It won't stop
It won't stop
Chorus
Can you hear that
Can you hear that
The drum in me
Da-de-da
Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
It calls my name
Post-Chorus
Oh-oh
Da-de-da
Oh-oh
Da-de-da
Kan jy hoor
It won't stop
Verse 8
From the motherland the rhythm rides the breeze
Over rivers, over mountains, over seas
Every hand that ever struck a skin
Left a heartbeat burning deep within
(Deep within)
So we gather under one wide sky
Old and young let the rhythm rise
The sound that touched our fathers' ears
Is the sound that carries through the years
(Through the years)
Pre-Chorus
Can you hear it clear
In the voices all around
Can you hear it clear
It is home, it is the ground
Chorus
Can you hear that
Can you hear that
The drum in me
Da-de-da
Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Da-de-da
It calls my name
Drop
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Hoor dit
Hoor dit
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Feel it
Feel it
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Move
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