Biography:
Alioune Badara Akon Thiam, Born April 16, 1977 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, known simply as Akon, is a Senegalese-American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist.
He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of the singles "Locked Up" and "Lonely", from his debut album "Trouble". His second album, "Konvicted", earned him a Grammy Award nomination for the single Smack That featuring Eminem. His latest album, "Freedom", was released in 2008.
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Other songs:
- Don't Matter
- Dont Matter
- Freedom
- Lonely
- Lonley
- Right Now (na Na Na)
- Against The Grain
- Angel
- Bartender
- Be With You
- Birthmark
- Burning Alive
- Dangerous
- Dont Let Up
- Easy Road
- Ghetto
- Heatwave
- Hold My Hand
- Holla Holla
- Hypnotized
- I Wanna Love You
- Im So Paid
- Just A Man
- Keep You Much Longer
- Mama Africa
- Never Took The Time
- No More You
- Nosy Neighbour
- Oh Africa
- Once In A While
- Right Now
- Saddest Day
- Show Up
- Smack That
- So Blue
- Sorry Blame It On Me
- Stick Around
- Sunny Day
- The Rain
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Akon feat. OG Boo Dirty - Show Up
Em G Am
Em G Am
[Akon]
Em G Am
Mama hold her head and cry
Em G Am
Cause her son had been shut down on the streets and died
Em G Am
Oh why oh why?
C G Am
Is what she cries She cries.
Em G Am
The biggest problems in the cities
Em
Is them daddies ain't there
G Am
And if it ain't about the money
Em
Then nobody don't care
G Am C
And then I spoke to an OG trying ment to me said boy these streets
G Am
suck the love right out your heart
So don't believe that bullshit.
Em G Am
You know god damn well these niggaz won't show up
Em
(oh no no noo)
G Am
You know god damn well These bitches will grow up
Em G Am
I'm sinking down to the ground of the ghettos We can't get no lower
C G
So I' m askin' God How we can dig ourselves out?
Am
We can't afford a shovel
Em G Am Em
If there's a problem in the hood everybody comes together Just to solve that problem
G Am Em
But that's the problem in the hood nobody comes together unless she involved violence
G Am C
Cause we were taught to be the tough guys And we were told just to remake silence
G Am Em
The you got them niggaz telling on the next guys Stand and tell them what it takes to solve them
G Am Em
Is there a problem that I don't know about?
G Am Em
Is there a problem that I haven't heard about?
G Am
Sad sick kids are robbin each other Prostitues and drug dealers
C G Am
We won't get much further unless we start helping each other
But they're none believers will say
Em G Am
You know god damn well these niggaz won't show up
Em
(oh no no noo)
G Am
You know god damn well These bitches will grow up
Em G Am
I'm sinking down to the ground of the ghettos We can't get no lower
C G
So I' m askin' God How we can dig ourselves out?
Am
We can't afford a shovel
[OG Boo Dirty]
Em G Am
Em G Am
Em G Am
Em G Am
Em G Am
Em G Am
Em G Am
C G Am
[Akon]
Em G Am
You know god damn well these niggaz won't show up
Em
(oh no no noo)
G Am
You know god damn well These bitches will grow up
Em G Am
I'm sinking down to the ground of the ghettos We can't get no lower
C G
So I' m askin' God How we can dig ourselves out?
Am
We can't afford a shovel
Em G Am
Em G Am
[Akon]
Em G Am
Mama hold her head and cry
Em G Am
Cause her son had been shut down on the streets and died
Em G Am
Oh why oh why?
C G Am
Is what she cries She cries.
Em G Am
The biggest problems in the cities
Em
Is them daddies ain't there
G Am
And if it ain't about the money
Em
Then nobody don't care
G Am C
And then I spoke to an OG trying ment to me said boy these streets
G Am
suck the love right out your heart
So don't believe that bullshit.
Em G Am
You know god damn well these niggaz won't show up
Em
(oh no no noo)
G Am
You know god damn well These bitches will grow up
Em G Am
I'm sinking down to the ground of the ghettos We can't get no lower
C G
So I' m askin' God How we can dig ourselves out?
Am
We can't afford a shovel
Em G Am Em
If there's a problem in the hood everybody comes together Just to solve that problem
G Am Em
But that's the problem in the hood nobody comes together unless she involved violence
G Am C
Cause we were taught to be the tough guys And we were told just to remake silence
G Am Em
The you got them niggaz telling on the next guys Stand and tell them what it takes to solve them
G Am Em
Is there a problem that I don't know about?
G Am Em
Is there a problem that I haven't heard about?
G Am
Sad sick kids are robbin each other Prostitues and drug dealers
C G Am
We won't get much further unless we start helping each other
But they're none believers will say
Em G Am
You know god damn well these niggaz won't show up
Em
(oh no no noo)
G Am
You know god damn well These bitches will grow up
Em G Am
I'm sinking down to the ground of the ghettos We can't get no lower
C G
So I' m askin' God How we can dig ourselves out?
Am
We can't afford a shovel
[OG Boo Dirty]
Em G Am
Em G Am
Em G Am
Em G Am
Em G Am
Em G Am
Em G Am
C G Am
[Akon]
Em G Am
You know god damn well these niggaz won't show up
Em
(oh no no noo)
G Am
You know god damn well These bitches will grow up
Em G Am
I'm sinking down to the ground of the ghettos We can't get no lower
C G
So I' m askin' God How we can dig ourselves out?
Am
We can't afford a shovel
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