I’M DEEPLY INVESTED EMOTIONALLY WITH JOY
AND TO LEARNING SOMETHING, AND THEN BECOMING IT
SO WHEN I PLAY IN AFRICA OR WHEREVER I PLAY,
THEY SAY, DAMN, SANTANA HOW DO YOU KNOW MY MUSIC
I GO CUZ I LOVE IT 
HOW CAN I NOT KNOW SOMETHING THAT I LOVE
AND THAT GIVES ME AN EDGE, SO THIS IS WHY
AFRICA SPEAKS
IT HAS A FACILITY OF ARTICULATION
EACH PERSON IN THIS PLANET IS A GENIUS,
GENIUS TO ME IS SOMEONE WHO IS VERY FOCUSED,
PINPOINT CONCENTRATION, LASER LIKE DIRECTION
AND THEN YOU CAN CREATE SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY GOES,
DAMN HOW DID YOU DO THAT
AND THE ANSWER IS: I GOT OUT OF MY OWN WAY
RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANT TO BE AN OPEN VESSEL
AND MANIFEST SOMETHING THAT IS BEYOND MY OWN COMPREHENSION
WE RECORDED 49 SONGS IN 10 DAYS
KILLER, AFRICAN, DYNAMIC, VIBRANT, FILLED WITH EXUBERANCE.
AFRICAN SONGS THAT I SELECTED PROBABLY FROM
A PERIOD OF 25 YEARS
IT FEELS LIKE THIS WAS MEANT TO BE, LIKE A SACRAMENT, LIKE A SANCTUM
LIKE A GIFT FROM HEAVEN TO US TO RECEIVE AND
TO GIVE TO THE MASSES
BECAUSE THE MASSES ARE GOING TO BE BLOWN AWAY WHEN THEY HEAR THIS MUSIC
A QUEEN LIKE BUIKA, SHE GOES MAESTRO, I HEARD
THE SONGS AND I WROTE LYRICS I’VE NEVER WRITTEN BEFORE
I SUNG MELODIES I’VE NEVER SUNG BEFORE
I WAS CRYING AND I WAS LAUGHING AND SO THE MUSIC POSSESSED ME TO CREATE SOMETHING
OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF WHAT I KNOW
AND I SAID YEA, THAT’S WHAT IT’S SUPPOSED TO DO
IF IT DOES THAT TO YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT’S GOING TO DO TO THE LISTENER
IN MUSIC, I’M A LIONESS MYSELF
I ALWAYS FEEL SECURE WHAT I’M PLAYING
NO MATTER WHICH MUSIC I’M LISTENING TO,
I ALWAYS FEEL SECURE
EVEN WHEN ITS FREE JAZZ, I KNOW HOW TO IMPROVISE
SO I ALWAYS FEEL IN CONTROL IT'S JUST THAT
IT WAS FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT I WAS FEELING I DIDN’T HAVE THE CONTROL
THAT MUSIC WAS SOMETHING LIKE NEW IN MY EAR,
SO I WAS NERVOUS BECAUSE OF THAT
WHEN I HEARD THE SONGS, THE SONG WAS PLAYING,
I WAS LIKE AH WHAT IS THIS, WHAT CAN I DO WITH THIS
YOU KNOW, I NEVER HEARD THAT MUSIC BEFORE, SO I WAS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE
BUT THEN IT CAME IN LIKE A DREAM, I DON’T KNOW, 
AND THE RESULT IS AMAZING
WE TAKING THESE SONGS GLOBALLY NOW, 
EVERYONE ONE OF THESE SONGS IS GONNA GO GLOBAL
AND ONCE IT GOES GLOBAL, WE’RE HELPING THE WORLD ASCEND 
INTO A PLACE OF ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR OWN TOTALITY
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY WHEN YOU FEEL THAT
THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE WORLD THAT IS IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION
YOU NEED TO REACT
WE ARE CONNECTED IN THAT IDEA IN THE SOUND
YOU KNOW, AND THAT’S THE REASON THE MUSIC
IS LIKE THAT
FOR US MUSIC IS NOT A PROFESSION, IT’S A WAY OF LIFE
YOU KNOW BECAUSE IT’S NOT A JOB OR A PROFESSION
WE PLAY MUSIC JUST AS NATURAL AS THE RAIN
IT HAS TO COME INTO A PLACE, 
TO QUENCH THE THIRST
AND YOU KNOW THERE'S ARE A LOT OF THIRSTY PEOPLE OUT THERE
THE SONGS THAT WE CREATE NOW, IT’S ABOUT VALIDATING PEOPLE’S EXISTENCE
I’M UTILIZING THIS MUSIC AND WITH YOUR HELP AND EVERYBODY’S HELP
AS A PLATFORM TO BRING A SENSE OF 
SELF WORTH TO THE INDIVIDUAL
THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING
