1. |
Nothing Worth Chasing
04:16
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Chorus
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She never was chasing me
I was chasing she
It was not quite as it seemed
Hearts will always lead
it's all now, just a dream like we once were
Verse 1
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I'm asking for better days in her eyes,
A future when she smiles like currency I fell for her, a couple of times/
I'm asking to heal her knees if she dare touch the ground, I'm asking to move,
Let's hope that her heart makes a better sound/ cause her pain was soundless
Hills never move so I climbed a mountain,
Meet me in the maize next to the fountain/
And let every coin resemble justice, poetry is not for hardships, pencils and pens are not for marking being stationery is the hardest,
Keep it moving, said the marksman/
Analyze the ground for strokes of broomsticks, patterns of charm and missing footprints/
Twisting her arm, touching her heart, let it rhyme in my favour,
Don't forget to dance, they won't mind if we naked/
Express your freedom, next to the trees and the papers, forget the sketchpads and the staplers,
Hope you got the right hand, and he's got the right foundation,
Cause he won't appreciate your rose if I leave with the pavement/
Chorus
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She never was chasing me
I was chasing she
It was not quite as it seemed
Hearts will always lead
it's all now, just a dream like we once were
Verse 2
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I remember when I cried,
Tears like raindrops when they fell down,
Don't forget that all love takes time,
So take yours, don't take mine,
Don't take mine,
Don't you remember when I tried,
To hold you back from all your passed lives,
And now our time is up,
It's only him you trust,
No room for me, no room for we,
Just you and him,
Your type of us...
Chorus
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She never was chasing me
I was chasing she
not quite as it seemed
Hearts will always lead
it's all now, just a dream like we once were
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2. |
Found Myself
03:08
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Verse1
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I don't need to find myself, I found the tune, now I dance for free, I bask for sport and I live for he/ 2 0 1 6 I found my voice, I sang to mend my bones, cannibal ghosts ate from my shoulder to my swollen feet/ vagabond, a hallway heart who might bite the dust, journeys are all seemingly steep if you not finding me 'trust' and a comfortable soul where you heels may heel/ I'm wanting to touch to know if your hands still may feel, blood still find ways to hearts to ask if they, still may beat/ so I still maybe, a hesitant act, as long as we still may be/ I've homed my heart, to always know where my home will always be.
Chorus
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I found,
I've found myself
And fell in love x2
Baby that's happened
Verse 2
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2 0 17, I lost my queen, but it still reigns on me/ puddles eating my feet, I'm strapping my boots, balance my knee, I'm begging for peace, break me a off, some groove and some of that funking at least/ verse from the book, she passed but I was needing a hymn, the father, the son... in my pops I believed/ a stone gathering moss, family of ferns and some weed/ stern when he leads, he earns and bleeds, dough from the hands, self made so when he needs he needs/ nguMabizela oqondile, nom'umhlabu bogile, idlozi lipokile, izangoma zishonile, impilo siyifostile, sibong'impil'ekhon'emhlabeni phila yakho bra yam, ngoba vele angaz nibangen
Chorus
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I found,
I've found myself
And fell in love x2
Baby that's happened
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3. |
Black Beautiful
03:31
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Verse1
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Kneel first you closer to God when you do so, death toll to your back skin if you do so/ fuck it that's the usual suspect, black skin suspect, always, fuck it I'm upset, I'm upset.../ black beautiful, pack melanin nothing better than black, Zulu is my name but Zulu is your God, nothing better than that/ we God like, if we aren't, gene pools will attest/ so praise black, it mattered before we even said so, praise space we also exist to occupy that/ kings we've been that, thrones we've been that, mankind been black, before atom (Adam) on black soil and Eve black/ this is the primordial truth from a slippery slope, maybe on slippery soap, while eating/ playing hangmen with fake names, what's the meaning, black bodies, are the strange fruit that are neck swimming/
Chorus
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Black is beautiful
(Sometimes Sometimes)
Kings and Queens prevail
(For a long time, long time)
Verse 2
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We taking action,
Ready your blackness, your black skin,
Repulsion from daytime
Let your black rise like dark night
Cherish night, this black skin, these black sins,
This melanin,
Baby it's alright,
Not taking backseats,
Like bus trips,
Picking cotton from these black sheep
Ready your African, your Khoisan, your Zulu man,
Unapologetic African,
Stand in African like darker shades,
Forgotten names,
Like your continent,
Your confidence,
Now we do for self like Sebukwe,
Take the land, take a stand
Endure the pain like stricken backs
When we were still slaves, field slaves,
And Christian,
But anyway, anyway...
Chorus
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Black is beautiful
(Sometimes Sometimes)
Kings and Queens prevail
(For a long time, long time)
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4. |
Umlando Wam
03:21
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Verse 1
Bathi indlela, ibuzwa phambili
Kodw'ushiye abakini
Sondeza ikhamba, buza umlando
Ubuyise negama
Mabizela, noMnyandu hlangana
Lethani ihawu, umkhonto owam
Ngizovikel'umndeni
Ngizogida bengithanda
Izinkondlo ngiyazibhala
Imbongo lomhlamba
Dlozi phakama
Guqani emsamo
Akhan'isibya, imfuyo kamkhulu
Ngizomela nenyanga, izokhanyis'izulu
Ulimi balikhohlwa, ibutho laduka
Ngibuz'amathambo bath'idlozi liyavuma
Chorus
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Idlozi liyavuma x3
Ke retswe Basotho x3
Verse2
Ke rwetse Basotho
Letsoha la kwena
Ha o ka botsa ke tla ho jwetsa
Ke tswa metseng
Puleng ka thaba
Puseletso sa sedimo
Mme wa moshweshwe
Hlokahala
Letsatse la hlokofala
Le pilo yaka ya thibana
Ke Lechalaba
Lebetso la moholo waka
Khutlela morao, khumama, phephisa
Le ngwili o tla tesa
Teboho ya modimo
Ngaka e marong, e dotse fela x2
E thsaba ho mo
Atamela
Chorus
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Idlozi liyavuma x3
Retswe Basotho x3
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SOAW Johannesburg, South Africa
The essence of art is for it to allow for freedom. The remarkability of music stems from the deepest sense of
self.
My name is SOAW, it stands for Socially Awkward and that is my deepest sense of self. I create from within, from my awkward, that is my essence.
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