Mon Rovîa is named after the place of his birth, the capital of Liberia, on the West African coast.
I think he lives in Nashville now. He's certainly taken to playing Grand Ole Opry... but his sound isn't immediately the kind of thing you'd expect to hear there.
There was a time when a lyric like this might have been more appropriate for certain parts of Africa than the USA. Nowadays... well, what do you think?
Do you see the man on the street
Just fighting for a meal to eat
You can write him off as a lunatic
But it coulda been you or me
If we didn't ever find our feet
Love me now
Hold me down
And the government
Staying on heavy foot
And they tried to keep us all down
No they never gonna keep us all down
Hopefully ICE don't turn up at his door.
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