Fatima - K'NAAN.mp3

[00:00.55]Fatima - K'naan
[00:10.56]Picture the morning taste and devour
[00:12.81]We rise early pace up the hour
[00:15.33]Streets is bustling hustling their heart out
[00:18.05]You can't have the sweet with no sour
[00:20.29]Spices herbs the sweet scent of flower
[00:22.85]She came out precisely the hour
[00:25.32]Clouds disappear the sun shows the power
[00:27.91]No chance of a probable shower
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[00:30.49]I fell in love with my neighbors daughter
[00:32.98]I wanted to protect and support her
[00:35.40]Never mind I'm just 12 and a quarter
[00:37.99]I had dreams beyond our border
[00:40.33]Is it true when they say all you need is just love
[00:43.44]
[00:44.37]Is it true
[00:44.94]
[00:45.67]What about those who have loved
[00:47.10]
[00:48.17]Only to find that it's taken away
[00:49.91]
[00:50.50]And why do they say that the children have rights to be free
[00:53.62]
[00:54.42]To be free
[00:55.68]What about those who I've known
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[00:57.84]Whose memory still lives inside of me
[01:00.58]Fatima
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[01:01.84]What did the young man say
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[01:04.29]Before he stole you away
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[01:06.75]On that fateful day Fatima
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[01:10.52]Fatima
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[01:12.03]Did he know your name
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[01:14.29]Or the plans we made
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[01:16.51]To go to New York city Fatima
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[01:20.51]And after school we studied the lessons
[01:23.22]I ask god to slow down the seconds
[01:25.66]He does the opposite that's what I'm guessing
[01:28.18]I better chill and count my own blessings
[01:30.68]Fatima Fatima what is the matter
[01:33.08]How come you ain't come up the ladder
[01:35.61]So we can be like there's no tomorrow
[01:38.04]Damn you gonna make me wait until tomorrow
[01:40.63]She spoke Arabic and swahili
[01:43.08]She'd say Upendo until Swahili
[01:45.69]You so bright you shine like my TV
[01:48.12]Then one day she never came to meet me
[01:50.77]Is it true when they say all you need is just love
[01:53.66]
[01:54.70]Is it true
[01:55.38]
[01:55.89]What about those who have loved
[01:57.31]
[01:58.42]Only to find that it's taken away
[02:00.54]And why do they say that the children have rights to be free
[02:03.39]
[02:04.60]To be free
[02:05.32]
[02:05.96]What about those who I've known
[02:07.53]
[02:08.21]Whose memory still lives inside of me
[02:10.69]Fatima
[02:11.03]
[02:12.13]What did the young man say
[02:13.35]
[02:14.51]Before he stole you away
[02:16.14]
[02:16.98]On that fateful day Fatima
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[02:20.74]Fatima
[02:21.02]
[02:22.26]Did he know your name
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[02:24.56]Or the plans we made
[02:26.46]
[02:27.01]To go to New York city Fatima
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[02:30.77]Fatima
[02:31.12]
[02:32.12]What did the young man say
[02:33.52]
[02:34.51]Before he stole you away
[02:36.60]On that fateful day Fatima
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[02:40.81]Fatima
[02:41.11]
[02:42.29]Did he know your name
[02:43.68]
[02:44.60]Or the plans we made
[02:46.11]
[02:47.08]To go to New York city Fatima
[02:48.93]
[02:50.87]If beauty was in the eyes of beholder
[02:53.40]How come everyone hushed when she walked by
[02:56.06]How come girls would look just to scold her
[02:58.58]How come the angel wanted to hold her
[03:00.87]Fatima Fatima I'm in America
[03:03.45]I make rhymes and I make them delicate
[03:06.05]You would have liked the parks in connecticut
[03:08.38]You would have said I'm working too hard again
[03:11.19]Damn you shooter damn you the building
[03:13.48]Whose walls hid the blood she was spilling
[03:15.96]Damn you country so good at killing
[03:18.38]Damn you feeling for persevering
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[03:21.13]Is it true when they say all you need is just love
[03:23.84]
[03:24.88]Is it true
[03:25.52]
[03:26.19]What about those who have loved
[03:27.67]
[03:28.71]Only to find that it's taken away
[03:30.80]And why do they say that the children have rights to be free
[03:34.01]
[03:34.85]To be free
[03:35.58]
[03:36.13]What about those who I've known
[03:37.69]
[03:38.32]Whose memory still lives inside of me
[03:40.97]Fatima
[03:41.31]
[03:42.26]What did the gun man say
[03:43.98]
[03:44.71]Before he took you away on that fateful day
[03:49.07]Fatima
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[03:51.00]Fatima
[03:51.35]
[03:52.33]Did he know your name or the plans we made
[03:56.49]
[03:57.26]To go to New York city
[03:59.17]Fatima
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[04:01.06]Fatima
[04:01.50]
[04:02.42]What did the gun man say
[04:03.91]
[04:04.89]Before he took you away on that fateful day
[04:09.18]Fatima
[04:09.58]
[04:11.09]Fatima
[04:11.51]
[04:12.78]Did he know your name or the plans we made
[04:16.65]
[04:17.42]To go to New York city
[04:19.37]Fatima
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[04:21.37]Fatima
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[04:22.36]Now I just want to make it clear I don't want you to
[04:27.24]Shed a tear
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[04:29.81]Because this here is a celebration we're not mourning we're celebrating
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[04:41.33]Fatima
[04:42.37]Yeah
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[04:44.75]So baby don't cry please don't let the tears fall
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[04:53.08]So don't cry
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