1. |
Kind of love
02:33
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Track: That Kind of love
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I’d like to talk about the kind of love
That you might have felt, but have never known of
That kind of love
The kind of love that takes you up to clouds
And makes you find your nine
Yes, that kind of love.
The kind of love that has you asking whether gods exist
The kind of love that looks like magic
The kind of love that pushes you to your limits
And gives you energy beyond renewable
The kind of love that makes you travel roads
So you too may find your destination
And your destiny
That kind of love
The kind love you have for your favourite food
You see, I’ve got a mad love for mushrooms
The kind of love that makes you go a little coocoo
The kind of love that has you writing stories
So that kind of love may still live generations after we think,
Love might have died
The kind of love that will bring you back to life
The kind of love that will make you feel….JUST RIGHT!
The kind of love that makes queens rule worlds
The kind of love that brings kings to their knees…
Yes, I’m talking about that kind of love.
Yes, That kind of love.
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2. |
From ♀ (woman)
02:46
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From Woman
……………
I come from women.
Triple-B-threat women.
Black, Bold, Beautiful
Women who birthed nine, ten, fourteen children
And still had the time and strength for men
Men who stole from, abused and cheated on them
I come from woman
I come from Damara, Oshiwambo, Namibian women
Craved for by colonial beasts
You see these women were phenomenal
No, my bad, they ARE phenomenal
They put food on tables for children
Who’s daddies ran off
Where to?
Who gives a fuck?
But he ran off when reality struck
I come from women who fight for the rights of other women, even if these wome spit it back into their faces.
I come from generations of nappy haired
All tones of brown skinned women
From Ou Lokasie toe Katutura
Women who you don’t dare to interrupt
And women who left their mark
I COME FROM WOMEN!
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3. |
Y (as in the chromosome)
03:20
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Y (as in the chromosome)
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Try-try, you keep on pushing
I don’t know what you need
Fly-fly, we change direction
Separately going our ways
Time-time, she moves so slowly
But it’s not working for me
But push push, you got me pushing
Just right on through
Chorus
Hello (x8)
Far-far, I hear the howling
The wolves are coming for me
Cry-cry, the pain is pinching
Feels just like gravity
Oh lie-lie, she keeps disturbing
You’re so much bigger than it
And fee fie, your hearts a giant
I hope you’re listening
Chorus
(sound play)
Far-far, I hear the howling, the wolves are coming for me
But fine-fine, oh it’s alright now, so let’s just keep it that way
Keep it….that…way.
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4. |
Energie
03:09
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Energie
…………………………..
Have there been others before us?
How did my heart let this in, knowing how heavy it was?
Have we chosen this path?
This unbelievable….
Flow of energy (x4)
Have we got enough power for cities?
Have we enough sparks to light up fires?
Did I whisper words in your ear, sweet, sweet words of...
(A) flow of energy (x4)
Energy (x11)
And your kiss
I feel as though I have fits
Caused by the gentle punches
That caress my soul and guide it to you
I am with you with every touch
Tell me now, have there been others before us?
Have they felt without any touch, the lung ripped from their lungs?
I wanna get lost in this
I wanna be with this
I wanna merge with this
I wanna be this…
Flow of….energ-y
Flow of energy
(sound play until fade)
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5. |
My Word
03:26
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My word
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I never thought much of this life
Found me deep in love with White
But situations they get rife every time I try to make it right
Each time before the rain
I know you smell me in the air
And without blinking you’ll be there to put out my smoking flames
Chorus
You can call me, if you ‘ain’t my lover
Follow me off the cliff
But trust me, when I say I’d rather you find me in my word
You will find me in my word…
(sound play)
I fell in love with being me
But live in this society
And in a moment you will see that all these pressures can be real
Then you find in friends and family, the biggest blessings you’ll receive
They can push you to the tree and help you climb it honestly
Chorus
You will find me in my
You will find me in my
You will find me in my word
(sound play)
Chorus
You will find me in my
You will find me in my
You will find me in my word
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6. |
Put your lips
03:03
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Put your lips
…………………
Chorus
Put your lips where my mouth is
Careful now
You might just like it
(x2)
I woke up this morning craving for a bit of change
And I was wondering if you could help a sister out
Just a little bit
I don’t need your confusion,
All I need is some love in my revolution
Chorus
Now, I’ve got enough sugar to sweeten up your bitter
But careful, too much of me and you could be a fine diabetic
Slow down sweet lover it’s a touch, not a French kiss
But I will accommodate your lips if you let me
Chorus
Put your lips
Where my mouth is
Careful now
You might just like it
Put your lips
Where my mouth is
Careful now
You might just like it, like it, like it, like it, like it, like it ooooh.
Hook
Put your lips, where my mouth is
(continue to fade)
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7. |
Breeze
03:38
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Breeze
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I’d like to wake one day
And wash my face
And kiss my mate
Freedom flowing through my veins yeah
Staying up a little late
Now tell me have you seen the silent screams
Of burning waves?
Or are you a little bit like me now?
Do you dream of living in the sea huh?
Hook
But all these earthly things
Will try and pull you
And even if they do
There’s nothing I can do
(sound play)
Oh I like eating pies and crispy fries
And how I’d like some kapana on the side now
Perhaps a girl or a guy now
Oh I ‘ain’t telling you, no lies, no I love different vibes, Cos I only have this life now
What if in my next one I am a cow?
Hook
(sound play)
Hook
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8. |
2.0.V.E
03:12
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2.0.V.E
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Our love is beautiful, out of this world
It touches souls, oh our love is magical
It’s eternal shit, /ûni ti te
Chorus
I will bring to you the rain
Hot drop dripping
I will bring to you the rain
Wet soaking love
So I think of your life and what I might add to it
Something the others didn’t have or took when they left
Perhaps some difference, just some Nununess
So pick me, pick me I won’t disappoint you omes
Chorus
(Sound play) I will bring to you the rain
(repeat until fade)
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9. |
Don't be blind
03:34
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Don’t be blind
……………………
This kind of song usually starts with “one day I was walking in the street”, but to tell you the truth, I was sitting at home starring at my Facebook screen and then this guy pops up on my timeline
I think they call him, uh, Bushiri
He had Namibians ‘liking’ him and eating right out of the palm of his hands
Now I’ve got one question,
When did Namibians become so damn gullible?
We just be the land of the strong
Or was I wrong?
No, never
Chorus
Don’t be blind
Unlock your mind
We filling stadiums, but I’m sorry we got to be filling the mind
(x2)
Filling the mind (x4)
Now, he’s not the only one that has us fooled
We got people in our own back yard
Asking us who, who, who, who?
Who took the money?
Who is corrupt?
Who’s been sneaking in our back yard?
And riding on our rights while our bodies they are policing
How did we become so distant from one another?
Doesn’t our one-love count?
Look at your brother and tell him “you gotta listen up. I got a message for you”.
Chorus
(sound play)
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10. |
Countless
03:25
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Countless
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Butterflies carrying the winds of love
Birds singing the songs of stars
Oh the tress, they are swaying to these melodies
And you and me in the centre
Chorus
I will always marry you ‘cause you hold my heart
Even when I choose to cry, you will dry my eyes
Oh I will bring to you the rain
And I will be with you
Full moons, lighting us up generously
And memories visit from behind the hills
Oh the crossroads present us with their challenges
But through it all, you and me, give loyalty
Chorus
(instrumental)
Chorus
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11. |
‡Nu|Goas
02:33
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‡Nu|Guas
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Chorus
‡Nu|guas dama |guas
Wa khoen xa ra ûa-e |guas (x2)
It’s the way she seeks for ancients
Ancient queens who are mothers of I
Clothing herself with the love for the self
And the fauna and flora that are now her siblings
‘Cause she’s a…
Chorus
It’s the space between her breast that grows more and more as her duty is to carry the world on her chest
Not a fighter for the ring
But her non-existence could a complete, ding, ding…
Knockout
So hear me all you |goadi
And mothers or someone’s taradi
Whether you’re a ‡nu|goas or simply one of my !gasadi
You are the khoen ûas that will one day lead the world to it’s mamadi
And remember…
…as you sit there and listen
this poem was written by a….
(sound play)
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12. |
Supers
02:21
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13. |
O.P.D
03:43
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OPD
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OPD Obsessive Pissed-off disorder
That’s what I think I might have
Because I'm obsessively
Not so orderly
Pissed off with so much shit in my country
Like how fucking late I get
'Cause I waited in traffic for the president
Or some dignitary to pass by
Like I ain’t gotta be somewhere on time,
Funny enough I always get stuck in these.
Or how THAT ONE at the counter feels the need to speak right into your face
While for six weeks she hasn’t brushed her teeth
Or at least it smells like it
Oh and like when that damn taxi driver changes his mind about heading to your destination halfway through the trip at the shittiest time and place and just kicks you off his cab.
The carless will relate.
Or when my people are stuck in queues for hours and finally get to the front, but are met by an auntie that says: "Solly, I'm on runch"
(sound play)
Or the situation in the States, because you would think that the state of people’s health would be more important than the state of any country’s pocket.
And my OPD, my OPD is worsened when English dailies spent so much time daily focusing on dresses shaped like sacks of mielies
Cos they’re not okay with the outfits of our choices
But I am not my clothes, so take pictures
Or how we have a million or is it billion dollar state house?
I don't know the exact amount because when I saw who was building it I lost count.
Anyway, how we have that house and some kid in the rural’s gets ready in the mornings to herd cows
How his granny spend hours in a queue to get a pension that's more like peanuts.
Are we feeding a mouse?
How she had had to bury her daughter last week
Because she was slayed remorselessly by a confused younging and how that confused younging is another thing that obsessively pisses us off about our country.
Yes, I think we might just have OPD
We might just have OPD (x4)
(sound play)
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Blend (Namibia) Windhoek, Namibia
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