The Drum In Me (Extended 2)
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About
Fell the Rhythm of the drum
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 beat
Move to the beat
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Da-de-da
Oh-oh
Mm-hmm
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