Africa is a Continent

Lupe Fiasco: The Show Goes On
"Africa to New York, Haiti, then I detour
Oakland out to Auckland, Gaza Strip to Detroit"

Jennifer Lopez: On the Floor
"Brazil, Morocco, London to Ibiza
Straight to LA, New York, Vegas to Africa"

These are the two examples that are coming to me at the moment. I feel as though there may be another current song that does this but I can't think of it right now.

Africa is a continent. It's not a country, and it's certainly not a city. Most of the places named in these songs are cities (New York, Oakland, Auckland, Detroit, London, LA, and Vegas), a few are countries (Haiti, Brazil, Morocco), and a couple do not quite fit into either category (Gaza Strip, Ibiza). For the love of God - Morocco is IN Africa. Would anyone ever write a song with the lyric "Argentina, Canada, Rome to Sicily, Straight to Dallas, Newark, San Francisco to North America?" No, they wouldn't, mostly because it would sound horrible, but also because it is ridiculous to include a component of something as well as that something itself on the same list.

And yes, I know about Pan-Africanism. But somehow, I have a feeling that the people who wrote these songs don't, and were just too lazy to actually look up the name of an African city (or to realize that they had already mentioned an African country!). There are plenty of huge, bustling cities in various countries in Africa. They deserve some attention!

Population stats from Wikipedia for agglomeration-
Cairo, Egypt: 15.2 million (Between the sizes of LA and NYC)
Lagos, Nigeria: 11.8 million (1 million fewer people than LA)
Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of the Congo: 8.9 million (1/2 million fewer people than Chicago)
Johannesburg-Ekurhuleni, South Africa: 7.55 million (Bigger than Dallas-Fort Worth! And most Americans have probably even heard of Johannesburg!)

Come on you pop song writers! Get creative! Pick up a laptop or an Atlas! Don't just say "Africa"! Give me a little more detail next time!