well my version of the song had this little explanation at the end. i'm pretty sure it's k'naan speaking.
"yeah i hope more than language can translate the vibe, cause that right there is a protest song. you know what i mean? a protest song and it's called soobax. soobax means come out. directly talking to the gunmen and the warlords of africa. letting them know we can't-you know that the people can't take it no more. yeah, and it's a soundtrack to a poor man's revolution in east africa right now. you know...and we went to africa to shoot the video for this. it's the only way we could translate the vibe, you know? soobax"
well my version of the song had this little explanation at the end. i'm pretty sure it's k'naan speaking.
"yeah i hope more than language can translate the vibe, cause that right there is a protest song. you know what i mean? a protest song and it's called soobax. soobax means come out. directly talking to the gunmen and the warlords of africa. letting them know we can't-you know that the people can't take it no more. yeah, and it's a soundtrack to a poor man's revolution in east africa right now. you know...and we went to africa to shoot the video for this. it's the only way we could translate the vibe, you know? soobax"