1. |
Who Would Follow
04:33
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Who Would Follow
If I were to fall, who would catch me?
I were to let go, who would follow?
I pray to see a grander scheme
I know I want it all, but what do I need?
I know I’m still chasing the pages
That turns from mediocre to amazing
From storm clouds to sunrises
I know we sometimes search for a hand
That could carry or feed us
But no other self can successfully
Define the freedoms of the mind
And the meanings of where I am supposed to be
I saw myself standing over the edge
Hoping something would hold me
Believing that someone would pull me back in
And then came the wind
Like a wave that chases miracles
I saw myself like a prayer that fulfills dreams
I saw myself standing there surviving everything
If I were to fall, who would catch me?
I were to let go, who would follow?
I pray to see a grander scheme
I know I want it all, but what do I need?
If I were to fall into a sea of oblivion
As I was walking on the sunny side of the street again
And I found myself surrounded by the
Darkness of my truest fears
I know without a doubt you would be there within
Arms stretched out pulling me near to the surface and
You remind me of dreams and aspirations
Calming my mind with no hesitations
Shed a tear for my tear search deep inside
Perfectly words will come to your mind
You combine the thoughts of your heart
Tell me when my head is too big
Like you do all the time
If I were to fall, who would catch me?
If I were to let go, who would follow?
I pray to see a grander scheme
I know I want it all, but what do I need?
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2. |
Thunder
04:07
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Thunder
Our days are sometimes troubles
Covered in dark clouds of the past
That always seems to last
Always seems to last
When life keeps pulling me down
Into a dungeon of the deep
Of black and white
Feeding me illusions, telling me
I have no control of my story
I'm counting the days
How to surrender
Days, how to remember
Days, how to sing louder than the thunder
I want to sing louder than the thunder
I don't want to be part of a game
Of tragedy and defeat
Showing me I have
No control of my story
I'm ready to find the key
To unlock me, to unlock me
From my dungeon of
Work / eat / sleep
Work / eat / sleep
Work / eat / sleep
So that i can sing louder than the thunder
I want to sing louder than the thunder
Whatever you do
Whatever you’re going through
Always remember to
Sing louder than the thunder
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3. |
Milk & Honey
03:35
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Milk and Honey
Everybody, everybody
Move your body
Put your hands up in the air
Say Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah
I want to live
want to live my life
where everything is
Perfect for me
I want to live
want to live my life
where everything is perfect.
It's the sweetest synchronicity
when love and a melody
wakes me up
wakes me up
It's the sweetest opportunity
To let my body groove
To the beat
To the beat
I want to live
in a land of milk and honey.
No other place can satisfy
Like this moment
Like this moment
Like this moment
I want to live
want to live my life
where everything
is milk and honey
I want to live
want to live my life
where everything
is perfect for me,
perfect for me.
I want to live
in a land of milk and honey
No other place can satisfy
Like this moment
Like this moment
Like this moment
Everybody, everybody
Move your body
Put your hands up in the air
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4. |
Black Coffee
05:28
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Black Coffee
Black coffee is driving me crazy
Keeping me high
When I want to come down
Black coffee is driving me crazy
Picking me up when I want to sleep in
Baby give me all of you
To fulfill our rebound
I got a first class ticket
For us to reach the stars
It may take more of you
To refresh and deliver an aroma
To recharge my foolish heart
Before I let you in
Before I taste your cup
Before I break, before I break
Before I sin again,
Damn, I'm in love with my black coffee
WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT
Black coffee is driving me crazy
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5. |
Kola Nut
04:27
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Kola Nut
We don’t want to fight
We got not time for trouble
No trouble, no trouble
We got no time for arguments
We come to start the party
We come to turn it up
We come to break the kola nut
Kola Nut
Bitter sweet sweet sweet sweet
Kola Nut
We don’t want to fight
We got no time for drama
No drama, no drama
We come to dance all night
We come to turn it up
We come to break the kola nut
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6. |
Gold
02:58
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Gold
Coming around the bend
Taking my time to find my friends
Oh, loneliness never comes on time
And the blues today feels so right
I got the sunshine above me
A clear indigo sky before me
I got high hopes my lone ranger
Will find his way back home
To me tonight
La, la, la la,la, la
I got my iPod playing my favorite songs
I got a day today where nothing
Nothing, can go wrong
It's a good life and I know
I'm getting closer to the rainbow
Seven miles, seven minutes
From my pot of gold
Oh! La, la, la la,la, la
It's a good life and I know
I'm getting closer to the rainbow
Seven miles and seven minutes
From my pot of gold
Coming ‘round the bend
Taking my time to find my friends, oh
Loneliness never comes on time
and the blues today feels so right
It's a good life and I know
I'm getting closer to the rainbow
Seven miles and seven minutes
From my pot of gold
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7. |
Every Second Every Hour
03:21
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Every Second Every Hour
Every second every hour
I am calling for you, calling for you
Every second every hour
I am calling for your heart on the radio
Somebody say SOS, This is a miracle
I'm moving up with a Boom! Clap! Clap!
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
Yodel-ay-hee-hoo, yodel-ay-hee-hoo
Come around Come around
DANCE before the sound waves of the high life
Come around come around
Heart feeling stronger than ever before
Every second every hour
I am calling for you, calling for you
Every second every hour
I am calling for your heart on the radio
Come around come around
Make us happy when the sky is falling, falling
Come around come around
You got to hold on, you got to hold on ALWAYS
See the harmonies from the sun
Shine down sunshine
Always, see the harmonies from the sun
Shine down sunshine
Every second every hour
I am calling for you calling for you.
Every second every hour
I am calling for your voice on the radio
Every second every hour
I am calling for you, calling for you
Every second every hour
I am calling for your heart on the radio
Somebody say:
Echo, echo goes the sunrise
Echo, echo comes the sunshine
Don't take my sunshine away
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8. |
Don't Wanna Make War
03:30
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Don’t Wanna Make War
I need to be close to you
We need to spend some time
You see, it started at a party in the elevator
We walked away thinking,
Who do you think you are?
You're just a star-crossed soldier of love
Searching for sunshine
Don't wanna make war tonight
Just wanna love you all night long
Because I love you and I want you
To be there in the morning light
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9. |
Akomen of Udomi
06:43
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Akomen of Udomi
BRING THE BEAT!
Akomen of Udomi, Akomen of Udomi
We go see Akomen cry
We go see Akomen cry
We go see Akomen cry cry cry
Cry for Africa
Cry cry cry
Cry for Abuja
Cry cry cry
Cry for Lagos
Cry cry cry
Cry for Borno
Cry cry cry
Akomen of Udomi, Akomen of Udomi
We go see Akomen cry
We go see Akomen cry
We go see Akomen cry cry cry
You think these hips have never
been forced to do warfare for my people?
Cry, cry, cry
You think these hips ain't never been forced
To do warfare for my people?
Cry, cry cry
Warfare, Warfare, Warfare, Warfare!
We're you there?
Akomen of Udomi, Akomen of Udomi
We go see Akomen cry
We go see Akomen cry
We go see Akomen cry cry cry
Cry for Africa
Cry cry crying
Cry for Africa
Cry cry cry
Warfare, Warfare, Warfare, Warfare!
Akomen of Udomi
We go see Akomen cry
You think these hips ain’t never been forced
To do warfare for my people?
Akomen of Udomi
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10. |
Sinnerman
06:03
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Sinnerman
Sometimes I feel like my heart is on fire
Do you know how it feels
to set your soul on fire?
Well now I know
From the bottom of my heart.
Sinnerman, where you gonna run to?
All along that day
Well I run to the rock, please hide me
I run to the rock, please hide me
I run to the rock, please hide me, lord
All along that day
But the rock cried out, I can't hide you
The rock cried out, I can't hide you
The rock cried out, I ain't gonna hide you guy
All along that day
I said, rock, what's a matter with you rock?
Don't you see I need you, rock?
Oh Lordy lord, all along that day
So I ran to the river, it was bleedin'
I run to the sea, it was bleedin'
I run to the sea, it was bleedin'
All along that day
So I ran to the river, it was boilin'
I run to the sea, it was boilin'
I run to the sea, it was boilin'
Along that day
So I ran to the lord, please hide me lord
Don't you see me prayin'?
Don't you see me down here prayin'?
But the lord said, go to the devil
The lord said, go to the devil
The lord said, go to the devil
All along that day
So I ran to the devil, he was waitin'
I ran to the devil, he was waitin'
I ran to the devil, he was waitin'
All on that day, I cried - Power!
Bring down - Power!
Sinnerman you oughta be prayin'
All along that day
Sometimes I feel like my heart is on fire
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11. |
Sweet Song
06:24
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Sweet Song
My name is Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo
My father named me after my grandmother
My name means I want to be respected
She does not know her beauty
She thinks her brown skin
Has too many flaws
If she could see her image
In the Unogbo River
Where her mother was born
She would know
But the city holds no clear streams
West side streetlights
Shade the sunsets miracles
And the concrete covers
The soft memory of the earth’s
Unborn seed
Black is the color of her press and burned hair
She thinks her curls are too tight and short
If she could feel her natural birth locks blow
In Arimogijas fresh breeze
On the hill her father once stood
She would know
But the girl does not know her own beauty
She thinks her lips are too thick
If she could hear Benin men
Whisper thoughts across the Atlantic ocean
Praying to touch her heart
To win her for just one kiss
She would know
But She thinks her eyes are dark and troubled
No one told her ebony was the color
Of the universes wings
She thinks her nose is too flat
Her breasts too small, her legs too long
She never learned how to dance you know
Never learned how to run naked
On the banks of a golden pond
Embracing her existence
Guided by the light of a tropical dawn
She forgets her name means
Precious child who harbors the beauty
Of an ocean pearl
She forgets she received
Her soul from her grandmother
Adopted the spirit of her mother
If she could recall
The celebrations they had at her birth
She would know
If I could reach her
She would know
I would make it so there was cause
For her to know
That she is more than a motherless child
Victim of an impressionable fate
Helpless before an inconsistent society's
Interpretation of what beauty stands for
But I cannot reach her
If she chooses to be blind
Only she can choose to see
But the city holds no clear streams
West side streetlights
Shade the sunsets miracles
And the concrete covers the soft memory
Of the earth’s unborn seed
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12. |
Wait For It
05:15
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Wait For It
Obulu
God give me the strength
To meet my life’s demands
Help me to break the bonds
That hold me down
To things of a lesser cause
Help to climb to greater heights
Because my soul demands
That I must wait for it, wait for it
Money won’t buy you endless love
Real love is coming soon
Wait for the real thing
Wait for it, wait for it
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13. |
Hurricane
03:17
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Hurricane
There’s a fire in the mirror
Twilight taking it’s time
These are the days of dreaming and hoping
That life won’t pass us by
We break our hearts to pieces
Trying to work it all out
We tell ourselves hold on for a minute longer
Now you know that in time
You can survive the hurricanes
That will come for you
Now you know that in time
That this change in your life will leave you better
There’s a man with a thousand faces
Holding a torch in the night
Shows me a canvas that I painted
when I was only a child
It says…
Give the love for the reasons that you need it
Be the change that you want to make
See the world as you turn her pages
And shine like your favorite yesterday.
Now you know that in time
You can survive the hurricanes
That will come for you
Now you know that in time
That this change in your life will leave you better
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Iyeoka Boston, Massachusetts
Nigerian-American recording artist, poet and TED Fellow from Boston, MA. Iyeoka’s powerful vocals melt like better over an eclectic mix of afrobeat, pop, jazz, dance and rock.
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