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NNEKA: Africans

You keep pushing the blame on our colonial fathers
You say they came and they took all we had possessed
They have to take the abuse that they have caused our present state with their intruding history
Use our goodness and nourishment in the name of missionary
Lied to us, blinded slaved us, misplaced us, strengthen us, hardened us then they replaced us now we got to learn from pain
Now it is up to us to gain some recognition
If we stop blaming we could get a better condition
(wake up world!)

Wake up world!!
Wake up and stop sleeping
Wake up Africa!!
Wake up and stop blaming
Open your eyes!!
Stand up and rise
Road block oh life penalty

NNEKA: The Uncomfortable Truth

VERSE 1

The time has come for you to see
That love is something else than you practice it to be
The line is long for you and me
That leads us to the very depth of our hearts
We’re still, on the surface, deceiving ourselves
Inside, we hate and want to see our best friends fall

[CHORUS: 2x]

So, let us make a change
Why can’t we turn the page
Lord, make us able
Without you, we are totally unstable

VERSE 2

You talk ’bout peace
Put it in your mouth
The same mouth you use to declare your bombs
Your system is a joke
No heart in it
It’s choking us to death
We live in decept
So tell me, oh please, tell me that
(Love) ain’t what you’re talking about on TV
(Love) ain’t what you practice it to be
(Love) ain’t the love that you are giving me
(Love) got be something you cannot compare anything to

NNEKA: Shining Star

VERSE 1
In the madness, in this world with its swiftness and its coldness,
You’re my peace of mind

When the world just keeps turning and I know not where to head to,
You’re my peace of mind
And when I look up in the skies and see all that you have created,
Nothing else does count but your everlasting love.

[CHORUS:]
Oh shining star, please look down at me
Oh what you are, when u look down at me
Beautiful star, do keep your eyes on me
Oh what you are, please look down at me