"As We Enter" is the first single from

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and

Damian Marley Damian Robert Nesta "Jr. Gong" Marley (born 21 July 1978) is a Jamaican DJ, singer, lyricist and rapper. He is the recipient of four Grammy Awards. Early life, education and family Damian Marley is the youngest son of reggae musician Bob Marle ...

's collaboration album, '' Distant Relatives''. The track is produced by

. There are no full verses in the song, but rather Nas and Damian Marley rap in

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fashion. The track contains samples of

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's song "Yegelle Tezeta".

Charts

Remixes

A video was released by Kya Bamba on

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called "We Speak No Jamaicano", a merge of As We Enter and the single "

We Speak No Americano "We No Speak Americano" is a song by Australian band Yolanda Be Cool and producer DCUP. It was released on the independent Australian label Sweat It Out on 27 February 2010. The song samples the 1956 Italian song " Tu Vuò Fà L'Americano" in ...

" by

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References

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* Nas songs Damian Marley songs 2010 songs 2010 singles Songs written by Nas Universal Republic Records singles Songs written by Damian Marley {{2010s-hiphop-song-stub