Playlist Nneka

nneka - running away

I have been hiding, contemplating
Oh denying feelings I have inside when you are near me
Something within me makes me feel so out of place

I am running away, running away, running away
Running away from you
It is true
I am taking my space, taking my space, taking my space
Taking my distance from you
It is true

It was love in the first place, must admit you really blew me away
All the music inside of me, got me feeling some kind of madness
It was love, it was love, it was love

nneka - my home

Is a wonder should the dark the gets dark
Dug, dug, dug, dug
I don't know what tomorrow will bring

For you say that who don't know has to survive
We never see good
Know I depend, oh, I'm depend on you, into you

Where do I go when this world forsakes me?
Who do I turn to when they book me down?
You are my hope, will they all accept me? Sure

My beginning, my middle, my end
When there's a hope give me some tomorrow
When they book me down
Ooh, you know you are my home
My beginning, my middle, my end
My beginning, my middle, my end

All I'm left with is to trust in he, oh no
For my kindness, whoa, decepted me now, oh no
See me weary for I am lonely, lonely
Father, Father, Jah, oh, save me now for I am dying

Where do I go when this world forsakes me?
Who do I turn to when they book me down?
You are my hope, will they all accept me? Sure

My beginning, my middle, my end
When there's a hope give me some tomorrow
When they book me down
Ooh, you know you are my home
My beginning, my middle, my end
My beginning, my middle, my end

Where do I go?
My beginning, my middle, my end
To live when they forsake me
And they call me I just don't know where to go, oh

Where do I go? My beginning, my middle, my end
Where do I go when this world forsakes me?
Who do I turn to when they book me down?
You are my hope, will they all accept me? Sure

My beginning, my middle, my end
When there's a hope give me some tomorrow
When they book me down
Ooh, you know you are my home
My beginning, my middle, my end
My beginning, my middle, my end

nneka - heartbeat

You said you'd be there for me
In times of trouble when I need you and I'm down
And likewise you need friendship
It's from my side pure love but I see lately things have been changing
You have goals to achieve
But the roads you take abroad and heartless
That wants you make another way
You throw stones
Can you see that I am human I am breathing
But you don't give a damn

Chorus
Can you feel my heart is beating?
Can you see the pain you're causing?
Can you feel my heart is beating?
Can you see the pain you're causing?

Blood, blood, blood.... keeps rushing

And now the world is asleep
How will you ever wake her up when she is deep in her dreams, wishing?
And yet so many die
And still we thing that it is all about us
It's all about you
You sold your soul to the evil and the lust
And the passion and the money and you
See innocent ones die, people hunger for decades
Suffer under civilized armed robbers, modern slaveholders

Chorus

Blood, blood, blood.... keeps rushing

Evaded, eliminated, erased, interrogated
Our tradition, our love for our fellow countrymen,
Our property, our resources - our pride

Can you feel my heart beating?
No, no, no.... you don't

Chorus

nneka - come with me

Come let us be truthful, surrender our pride
Admit the stains on our, our chest, our hands
We seek, we find, we take, we kill
Our love is hate, our smiles are fake
Take my body, take my hands,
Take everything you have created
Take your riches, take your money, take everything
But not my experience
No, no

Chorus
No you cannot take my experience away,
No you can?t take my soul away,
No you can?t make me go astray
Because I know where I stand
No you cannot take my experience away,
No you can?t take my soul away,
No you can?t make me go astray
Because I know where my father is

Come let us be truthful, surrender our pride
Admit the things we have been doing
Oh it seems as if we deal with others
To gain self profit
Oh why, why, why
Oh no

Chorus

Come let us admit that we are living a lie
Come let us speak out that we have been sinning,
We have been sinning
Oh no come let us take a look at the mirror,
See how sad it looks
Come let us take a break, go into ourselves and
Find the peace and silence saying

Chorus

I know, you know, I know where my father is
Don?t you know? Yes I do

nneka - do you love me now

I heard my name, did you call me ?
Did you speak truth, when you dug wounds,
When you spilled blood, did you say love ?,
When you promised the most high,
You will not betray

Do you love me now (x4)

Yes, it's heavy on my heart to communicate,
Absentminded on the earth devoted to sin,
Not knowing I'm dead,
Your phrases are highly majestic,
I am amazed by your great linguistics,
Yet your words are placed together,
To sell dubious manifestoes,
The end is devastating, barrage of lies,
Your words are sweet enticing but false grandeur,
Still I go, I go to the foutain where waters flow,
Where the truth uprises there I will grow now

Do you love me (x4)
I will grow

I know I have never been found,
It is dark for we are all blind,
In solitude we know god
In public we do not act god,
Is it destiny is it mean to be,

Do you love me now,
Now that everything has been said and done,
Do you love me, now that I function in your madness,
Do you love me now, for your love is so cold,
Oh sodom and gomorrah caution !!
Do you love me, now that I am no longer me

nneka - death

Without a bund letting my innermost out
Law abiding still my heart it shrinks to shout
Sorry to say but by now I am dunged by
What I see had to go back to get to me
Bloodshot eyes, my sight translucent, been here too long
So my soul is badly wounded
Lucidity, reality, never gave me the ability to react without my heart
I fight with the world, try to defy its deceitful ways
I see you and I admire you how strong you could be
At the same time you can be so cruel to me your love?

Sometimes you say we need to turn our backs and go away
Shot doors, close eyes, take a ride, walk and go asteax
But I?m pushed to speak about aloud this crowd and make this cry
We gotta face this, you and I

I am one of them and so are you, we feel real love if we want to
Love has chosen you, yes it?s you
I know you need true love, too

Yes this is how I feel about you, love divine I doubt you
See way to long I try to understand why you confuse me
The world out there the pain I see the misery, the pain she bare,
The guy next door, got no money no cure
In front of us, we see the bus of tragedy of mystery but love the divine,
Love divine we ignore thee
The fight for life, the struggle for success, it deprives us from seeing
It?s our own blood that we oppress
Man slaughter, brain manipulation, children crying, people dying,
Souls are flying, pastors are lying in the name of love you say
This is love? It?s not!

I am one of them and so are you, we feel real love if we want to
Love has chosen you, yes it?s you
I know you need true love, too
I am one of them and so are you
We feel real love if we want to
Love has chosen you, yes it?s you
I know you need true love, too

nneka - camouflage

Watch 'em, watch 'em, catch 'em, catch 'em, oh god
Watch 'em, watch 'em, catch 'em, catch 'em, oh god

Watch 'em, watch 'em, catch them, catch 'em, oh god
Who you want food, oh god, who you want yam
Everything you do now we don't see before
You ting that we dey play is destined to fail
We no say our battle is spirtual one
Spirtual one in high and low places

(Bible references)
Dey
(They)
Say everything for the tief
(Thief)
What dey for the owner?
(What is there for the owner)

Say the light will not shine without darkness
God say the truth will be revealed
And the world must be seen on revelation day
I'm not supposed to tell you, you no be small peckin'
(I shouldn't have to tell you this you're not a child, you're grown)
If you kill person share the blood on your hand

Watch 'em, watch 'em, catch 'em, catch 'em, oh god
Watch 'em, watch 'em, catch 'em, catch 'em, oh god

You be walking away going astray
Facing the world with a camouflage face
Oh, let them see who you are
Who is to judge when we all dwell in sin

Walking away going, astray
Facing the world with a camouflage face
Oh, let them see who you are
Not one not one Free from within

Now we're free from sin, now we're without blame
But we've chosen to live, to walk in the ways of Jah
(God)

Beware of wolves in sheep, clothing
All those who smile in you're face
And will sell your trust like Judas and Jesus
They will sit by you're table and try to take your place
As you turn your back they'll set you with a man or woman
You must stay alive

You be walking away, going astray
Facing the world with a camouflage face
Oh, let them see who you are
Who is to judge when we all dwell in sin

Walking away going astray
Facing the world with a camouflage face
Oh, let them see who you are
Not one not one Free from within

nneka - don t even think

You will never see me crawl
You will never see me beg
For the pride that you have
For the fact that you are you

For the joy you brought to me
For the pain you made me feel
Words have meanings
But actions speak louder, see

Don't even think about it
Don't even think about it
Don't even think about it
Don't even think about it

Don't even think about it
Don't even think about it
Don't even think about it
I still will stand for you, make me strong

For is this what we have made?
For the sunshine and the rain
For the talents that you claim
You still are human so just relax

For the hearts that you have broken
For the blood that you have been sucking
For the riches you have been claiming
I would stop you from your greed

'Cause you got to know that you would go too far
For you shall never prosper with someone's loss
For broad, broad is the way that you are on
You're running in the wrong direction, see

Don't even think about it
Don't even think about it
Don't even think about it
Don't even think about it

Don't even think about it
You make me full
Don't even think about it
You make me weak

Don't even think about it
You make me
I still will stand for you
Make me strong
You make me strong

For the love that did deceive
For the hate that you conceived
For the fact that you did what you did
I still would stand

In solitude, I am closest to life, to love
What drives me is loneliness
My heart is hardened, senses are numb
Can't feel nothing, can't hear no one
Is almost like I'm invisible
But I would stand for I'm strong

Still stand naked, not one day and don't realize
I'm not complete without the Lord
I'm learning and I'm growing in my pain
But I reach out to the most high
For He is my keeper, God is my keeper
Love is my keeper

You make me full
Don't even think about it
You make me weak
Don't even think about it

You make me full
Don't even think about it
You make me strong
Don't even think about it

You make me strong
Don't even think about it
You make me full
Don't even think about it

You make me weak
Don't even think about it
You make me, I still will stand
Love is my keeper

nneka - vip

As u dey torture me so
As u dey break my heart
As u dey do the thing wen u dey do me, dey do me
As u dey rip my pride, and dignity away
As u dey make me dey suffer
As u dey make me dey suffer

U no fit tell me say u no know wettin u dey do me
U no fit tell me say u no know wettin u dey do me
U dey kill, u dey steal, u dey lie, dey betray u dey kill
Dey make my pickin dey suffer, u dey make
Poor man dey, suffahead, suffahead
Na only rich man dey gain
U no fit tell me say u no know wettin u dey do me
U dey break my heart

Vip: Vagabond in power oh
As u dey torture me so
As u dey break my heart
As u dey do the thing wen u dey do me, dey do me
As u dey rip my pride, and dignity away
As u dey make me dey sweat so
As u dey make me dey suffer
U no fit tell me say u no know wettin u dey do me
U no fit tell me say u no know wettin u dey do me

Vip: Vagabond in power
U dey break my heart, dey make
My pickin dey suffa, dey make africa dey suffa
Dey make blackman dey suffa, dey nigeria dey suffa
Vip: Vagabond in power

nneka - burning bush

Are u in a rage
Are u stressed out
Are u wondering what 4
And tell everybody 2 get out
U are in a good mood
Only when u are at home
U smoke so much of
That u can not get along

Do u feel persecuted 4 the sake of love
Throw ur hands up can u feel me
Do u feel guilty cos u are a victim of ur truth
Identify urself, can u feel me

Do u hide behind ur holiness
And make other people confess
Are u a teacher, not willing 2 learn
Or a scholar not bold enough 2 teach
Are u, are u the one
That I am very pleased 2 meet

Oh what I see this world
Is this life's so bitter so sweet

Do u admit that u are part of this system
Throw ur hands up we stand up
Do u wanna face this pain and all this world grief
Raise ur hands up, can u feel me

Do u know the truth of our existence
Do u know we are stuck in these system
U can not extract urself
U are here, right in the game

nneka - the uncomfortable truth

The time has come 4 u to see
That love is something else u practise it to be
The line is long
4 u and me
That leads us 2 the very debt of our hearts
We?re still on the surface deceiving ourselves
Inside we hate,
and want 2 see our best friends fall? oh

Let us make a change why can?t we turn the page
Lord make us able
Without u we are totally unstable

Let us make a change why can?t we turn the page
Lord make us able
Without u we are totally unstable

U talk about peace
Put it in ur mouth
The same mouth u use to declare ur bombs
Ur system is a joke
No heart in it
It?s choking us to death
We living in decept so
Tell me oh, please tell me that
Love, ain?t what u are talking about on TV
Love, ain?t what u practice it to be
Love, ain?t the Love that u are giving me
Love, gotta be something un can not compare anything to

Let us make a change why can?t we turn the page
Lord make us able
Without u we are totally unstable

Let us make a change why can?t we turn the page
Lord make us able
Without u we are totally unstable

nneka - confession

This is my confession
I tried so many times to oppress him
Now I decided to explode and let my heart speak its ache
Now I've done all my weak body can fulfil I leave it up to him ,and still I know that my anxiousness and my truthfulness
Can't be paid back with his love
Can't be paid back with his love
I leave it up to him, leave it up
Still I know, that my feelings are for no use

Chorus
He's a player not yet ready to behave mature
A man who makes a child still not able to see his future
He's good in deceiving
He's good for love torture
Inspire of my contemplation
I still can't get him captured

A man I thought is just like
Someone I could give myself to completely, no
It's so painful to accept the fact that he's rejected me
I've done so many things to make me believe life is possible without him
Still I always console myself, IÂ?
And I see the symptoms of my love (for him) on my skin

Chorus

I tried to get him out , outta my head
It worked out , I deceiving myself, forgot my dignity, he sucked away my happiness in learning new things and made me think I love someone else
No it was self-defence so
Do me no harm, please let me go
Do me no harm, please let me fly
Do me no harm, please let me fly...ah

I gave him wings to let him fly
I let him go so I could grow
Now that I know this love is gone, I...
I give him wings to let him fly

Chorus

I gave him wings to let him fly
I let him go so I could grow
Now that I know this love is gone, I...
I give him wings to let him fly

nneka - your request

I had a conversation yesterday,
About the reason for our existence
So many comfort themselves and say
Our fate is just coincidence
I switch on the TV, see the breaking news
So many souls they die swiftly
Even loved ones could be taken away so mysteriously

If I didn't ask, would you give me what I gave to you
If I didn't bleed, could you show me love like the way
I show my love to you
If I did not beg, could you do it by yourself,
Oh don't you know that the world needs you
If I didn't ask, could you give what I gave to you

Still occupied with a shadow
We live without sympathy
There is a sacred place in all of us
So we are in reality guilty
Some people take the word love
And use it to persuade
Yes, they have betrayed,
Cos' their truth of love has turned to hate

If I didn't ask, would you give me what I gave to you
If I didn't bleed, could you show me love like the way
I show my love to you
If I did not beg, could you do it by yourself,
Oh don't you know that the world needs you
If I didn't ask, could you give what I gave to you

We need each other to grow
Like different rivers into one ocean flow
When she aches, take her hands,
Hold her up, show her beauty
In his heart, he feels pain,
Show him love, so he find safety
If I didn't ask, would you show me love
And if I didn't bleed
Oh would you give it to me
If I didn't beg
I beg you please show me love

nneka - restless

I'm restless, in my dreams I long for you
I'm careless with the things I own because of you
Speechless for all that we had is what we disregard now
Feel emptiness

You have had enough,
But this time I see the truth
You don't need me no more
You don't need me no more

I'm restless 'cos you don't love me like I love you
I'm restless 'cos my love just ain't coming through
Tell me how can your love gather so much of hate
Tell me how can you love, when we do not practice what we preach
Did we forget all we have been through
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of light you brought through...
There is now darkness surrounding my world
There is now darkness surrounding my world
If you don't come now, lord, if you don't come now, I'll die

You have had enough,
But this time I see the truth
You don't need me no more
You don't need me no more

And in the naked light, I see a brighter day
And at the end of the road, I will sit and smile and say:

You don't need me no more
You don't need me no more
You don't need me no more
You don't need me no more
You don't need me no more
You don't need me no more
Now my work has been done and I set you free
You don't need me no more, you don't need me no more
My work has been done, breath, and so I set you free
You don't need me no more, you don't need me no more
So I set you free, so I set you free, so I set you free
You must go
Oh I set you free

And in the naked light, I see a brighter day

nneka - soul is heavy

Naija in the loud and roudy of my world
There is a secret place where I find myself,
Can I find you?
Biafra, the noise of horns of thirsty nigerians,
Of hustlers, of mothers confront me as I walk pass
Lagos, in prayer contemplation, like a ghost
I feel the sorrow of a many,
Still I do not know how much pain it takes
Naija, I walk the island, I walk the mainland,
I see diversity, I smell capacity but still we suffer, why?

I am, the voice of isaac boro,
I speak ken saro wiwa
I am, the spirit of jaja of opobo,
Fight for right, for our freedom
You? a power hungry class of army arrangements,
Stealing money in my countryâ??s plight
A soldier pretending to be a politician,
You teacher who no nothing do not teach
Me lies

Naija, generators wake from my self pity,
No time to waste like okana, really hits
Naija, for too long we have surrendered
To the ignorance of ourself defense in you
We have failed
America, how far must we walk in calamity in suppression,
How long would take for you to love naija
As I sit here I want to live,
There are so many plans for you but still I canâ??t deliver

Stealing money, in my countryâ??s plight
Youâ??re stealing money in my countryâ??s plight

Great mother my respect for you is in depht
My fear od death for you might kill me
Fallen lucifer, percieve wahala,
As we embrace you with change,
You stay selfish fundamental
Black africa, we still survive,
We still will rise for the world needs us to be america?
This soul is heavy, the little you have left to me,
I charge to function in your madness
I amâ?¦ in your madness

nneka