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01 Hero (Intro)
03:14
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HERO (Intro)
Verse.
I wanted to become a hero, for all the invisible heroes, an underdog from the cradle. So, I decided to be present, to be the change that I wanted, to be the comfort that I need.
Verse.
So I keep standing in the spotlight, knowing you have your own opinions. I choose to keep it to my focus.
I wanna be where I am needed, keeping it close to my own skin, I am the spirit from the past.
Verse.
When I fumble in the darkness, it is you that I am seeing, so won’t you come on in and join me for dinner. We’ll sit down on the floor now, and listen to some reggae music. We are the spirits of our time.
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02 Yes I am
03:16
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I AM
Verse.
Ventilation is the key to the survival of my soul. If I don’t speak my mind then, I’ll never over stand. I can’t keep hiding my emotions, just to please you and you and you. That’s not what my fore fathers were fighting for.
I don’t always have the courage to stand my ground. I guess it all comes from a damaged, little girl’s heart and soul.
Now I know better ‘cos I am still here, to tell my story unto those who listen, bare my soul so I can get some redemption.
Refrain.
So I am here because I should be, It Is a right and so it should be, I bless the ground that I was born on, give thanks for the skin that I reside in.
So I am here because I should be, It Is a right and so it should be, I bless the ground that I was born on, give thanks for the skin that I reside in.
Verse.
Always had the words to guide me through all my life. Even when they won’t come easy, they are still there in my mind.
I am gonna speak them with devotion, because that’s what I was meant to do. Free me from the chains that hold me down.
Refrain.
So I am here because I should be, It Is a right and so it should be, I bless the ground that I was born on, give thanks for the skin that I reside in.
So I am here because I should be, It Is a right and so it should be, I bless the ground that I was born on, give thanks for the skin that I reside in.
Bridge.
Yes I am!!!
Used to hold it all against you, I know better now. You see it’s all because you tried to break down a young girls heart & soul.
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03 Does he love me
03:13
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DOES HE LOVE ME
Verse.
Now he has got me mumbling out loud, about the way he makes me never wanna go. I am like a kid running in a candy store, I am like the dancehall queen on the floor. Doesn’t have to be the coolest guy in town, but he has to be a kisser and a lover, yes, yes, yes I will love him I know, I guess that’s why I am mumbling loud.
Chorus.
Does he love me, does he love me not. Will he kiss me, tonight?
Will he come my prince charming on a white horse, and carry me away to the far away lands where the grass is green and the skies are blue.
Verse.
And when the time is ripe under the mango tree, I’ll take his hand so we can take a walk far away. Sweet, sweet dreams they are made of these, and this is what keeps tumbling out of my lips, Oh, I am a dreamer I know, but I am a lover too, and I want him to know me as a mother ooh,
Well, I guess time will tell, until then I will keep mumbling out.
Chorus.
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04 Dance
03:42
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DANCE.
Verse.
Today is the day that you put on you’re makeup.
You put on your heels and straighten up your manners.
You make the heads on the streets turn around as your perfume lingers.
Leaving that smell of the sweet sensing.
Chorus.
You dance, to the moment
You dance, to the music
You dance, to the rhythm that is rocking your body
Verse.
You leave all your troubles, and you leave all your sorrows behind.
Loving every second and every minute of your symphony.
You meet with your friends, everybody’s in the zone ready for seduction.
Tuning their minds to the sweet sensing.
Bridge:
Up in the club, there’s nothing but love, every body’s in a funky mood, and the Gs are doing their sexy thing.
You take of your Jacket as the room gets heated and your feet start stamping and your waistline moving as you rock that body.
Chorus.
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05 Drop of water
03:56
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06 Smile
03:32
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SMILE
Verse.
I know we’ve been here before but it still feels like the first time. It doesn’t come out easy anymore just like it used to. I promise myself that tomorrow I will work a little harder when tomorrow is today I will slowly start smiling.
Chorus
Cos when you smile, the world is gonna smile back at you, and when you laugh, the people dem a gonna laugh with you, and when you move, the world is gonna open up to you. When you smile, the world is gonna smile back at you.
Verse.
I tell myself I am not alone feeling all these feelings, and that every body has their ups and downs and all them tearing’s.
I tell myself how it’s gonna be ok if I try a little harder. Now, tomorrow is today, so I slowly start smiling.
Chorus
Cos when you smile, the world is gonna smile back at you, and when you laugh, the people dem a gonna laugh with you, and when you move, the world is gonna open up to you. When you smile, the world is gonna smile back at you.
Bridge.
Hmmm
Chorus
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TAKE A STAND feat. Anthony B.
Yagga Yo! It’s Anthony B. & Jaqee to the world. Stand up we need to stand up. For freedom push your hands up.
CHORUS.
Today I take a stand. Today I make My Mind up. This is the way I choose to go, that’s how it’s gonna be my friend.
Jaqee. Verse
So I say a prayer to the woman who can’t feed her babies, spending all her days pon the streets, she’s begging for money and we say, she’s got herself to blame, she should have taken other ways, Nanananananananana.
And In the midst of the sunrays where life is slowly fading, the propanda rolls on and the politics keeps swelling.
CHORUS.
ANTHONY B. Verse.
How do you feel, when u see a single mamma raising her Kids on her own.
I look up and I look down, I look country and I look town, there’s no help to be found, the system keeping us down. But no matter the time or weather, it’s time to make things better, just like birds of one feather, we all need to come together.
Unity will make us stronger even though the system make us anger. But war and hate and grudge we can‘t take it no longer.
CHORUS.
ANTHONY B. Verse.
We nah stop stand up & fight for freedom. That’s why Berlin wall got beat down. Every time the system try fi keep down the African youth from Uganda kingdom.
But from Africa is where the ting come, dem a gwaa like we a sickness or form of syndrome, dem tek we history and apply the twisdom,
that’s why ina dem face we no stop from beat drum.
So I say!
My own destiny in my own hands. I gotta make that stand.
Our destiny in our own hands, come on my nation.
Stand up we need to stand up.
For freedom push your hands up.
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08 Muziki
03:33
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MUZIKI
Verse.
I like the way you make my body move. From left to the right my body moves, so I’d like us to keep it like this for a long time.
I feel you in my belly and I feel you in my heart
My head and my heart they’re loving it too. Let us keep it like this for a long, long time.
Chorus.
Music - We move,
Music - We groove
Music - We laugh
and We cry.
Yeah!!!
Verse.
Tap, Tap, finger snap this is who we are. Always forward not a backward. We love what we do we do what we love for a long time.
When we do it we keep it grooving, tango of my life where have you been? Come on closer put your hands on your lips let’s go.
Chorus.
Bridge.
For a long, long time, you have been my defender in you the fire that burns, is the fire that is keeping me alive.
It’s keeping me alive
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9. |
09 Docta Martens
03:19
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Docta Martens
Verse.
I remember the first time that we met back in 1995 you were a symbol of freedom a symbol of strength. I loved the way that you skanked, and the way that you moved me together we were happy, together we were free.
Your pride and your courage has always been your skin.
your reputation exceeds the color of your skin and welcomes humanity.
I remember you hanging out with people who fought for human rights.
I chose to see you as a symbol for my liberation.
Chorus:
I love my docta martens
I love my docta martens
I love my docta martens
I love my docta martens
Verse.
When I see you walking on the street I am glad to have known you. Back then I was too shy to tell you how much I wanted you. Now that I have you closer I know that I can let you know, the truth about my feelings and how free I am with you my friend.
Chorus:
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10. |
10 Bad mind
03:28
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BAD MIND.
Verse.
I stumble and fall. On the hard ground my blood will flow and my tears will clean up the mess you have caused.
I scream in my dreams, because the haunting me will never stop and the dawning will see me fatigued in my own sweat Oh.
Chorus.
So I say what you want me to say, and I do exactly what you want me to, but my fertile inside is telling me, He’s a bad Mind.
Yeah, I say what you want me to say, and I do exactly what you want me to, but my fertile inside is telling me, He’s a bad Mind.
Verse.
I crawl for you, and you step on my fingers so 1 by 1 I feel the sound of my bones and my inner belongings blow.
Below, below, cracking up like the land of the desert my thirst is overwhelmingly strong, oh
Chorus.
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11. |
12 A mighty good time
03:16
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A MIGHTY GOOD TIME
Verse.
I love it when you’re happy I love it when you’re smiling.
Don’t care about it when people call you nerdy, I think that you’re gonna have most of the fun tonight yeah.
So show me you’re moves and I’ll show you mine. Lock it down baby the way you know you like it. It’s all about having most of the fun tonight baby.
Chorus.
So forget your troubles, and leave all your sorrows behind yeah, you need to go easy on yourself, don’t let your worries put you down.
Verse.
Don’t you keep that pretty face from having some fun Light up your world, cos that’s what you need. Bring some color and some fun right back in your world baby.
Celebrate your life, and celebrate your friends. Be thankful for the love that you’re getting. Move a little closer to your soul, and have a mighty, good time.
Chorus.
Bridge.
A mighty good time is all that you need. The moment you smile, it’s gonna feel easier, just be yourself. Cos you are perfect tonight babe.
A mighty good time is all that you need. The moment you smile, it’s gonna feel easier, just be yourself. Cos you are perfect tonight.
Chorus.
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THIS IS YOUR WALK.
Verse.
When you feel like you’re carrying the whole world on your shoulders.
And your energy levels are dropping lower and lower.
When the person that you’ve become is not who you want to be,
Slowly loosing hunger and passion fort he living.
Don’t blame yourself and put yourself down but big yourself up.
You’re going to fall many a times in your life, but you’ve got to rise above.
Chorus.
Because this is your heartbeat and this is your pulse beating,
This is your anthem and this is your song.
So be who you are, love what you are.
People are going to talk, just let them talk.
Keep up your head and in position stand firm, he who searches will find, that is the rule of he jungle.
Verse.
You were meant to play so play the game but don’t you forget who you want to be.
Twinkle, twinkle little star, cos that is what you are, and what you are, is good enough.
You are the earth the stars the moon, you are the Universe.
So never loose that hunger and passion fort he livity.
Don’t blame yourself and put yourself down but big yourself up.
You’re going to fall many a times in your life, but you’ve got to rise above.
Chorus.
Bridge.
Rise and shine
Be A Hustler
Larger than life
Kiss your lucky star.
This is your walk.
Roll like a winner. Meditate towards the inner. Spiritual growth
May your cup be filled tot he brim. This is your walk.
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13. |
13 Wolf (Bonus Track)
03:14
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WOLF.
Verse.
I, was, bitten by a wolf. He caught me in a slumber, or is it all about my fears, fears of my own failure, with no power to please you and no courage to finish what I began.
Verse.
Mr. Wolf jumped right at my foot and took himself a bite, and left me bleeding, now I am running for my sanctuary, leaving a trail for him to track me down. I am scared.
Chorus.
I, was, bitten by the wolf, I am hunted by the wolf. I am the latest victim of the wolf. My future lies in the hands of the wolf
Verse.
I´ve got to get myself out of here I see the beasts are everywhere, waiting for their chance to nyaam, nyaam upon my flesh, somebody please rescue Me, I am way, way, too young to die, If I don’t get out of here it might just be the last time with the full moon.
Chorus.
I, was, bitten by the wolf, I, am hunted by the wolf, I am the latest victim of the wolf. My future lies in the hands of the wolf
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Jaqee Berlin, Germany
Female singer from Uganda, living in Gothenburg, Sweden and Berlin, Germany.
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