SPY BALLOON BLUES (2023)
…About the recent spy balloon hysteria in the USA…
Many balloons are up in the sky
I’m getting confused is that yours or mine
That ain’t right
Some spying must be going on
Just shoot his ass daddy and come on home
Life is too hard here on the ground
James Bond got all day to fly around?
That ain’t right
Some spying is going on
Well, shoot his ass daddy, and come on home
Everybody is going green
Them spies used up all the kerosene
That ain’t right
How long it’s been going on
Just shoot his ass daddy, and come on home
My ex wife called her mother said
I must stop with all this foolishness
That ain’t right
Some real spying going on
Well, shoot his ass daddy and come on home
Objects here, objects there
Objects flying around everywhere
That ain’t right
Some spying must be going on, well, shoot his ass daddy and come on home
SCAM ME, SCAM ME NOT (2023)
No. 419 is the Nigerian criminal code for fraud. This is a love scam story based on real life events…
I tell you a story about the number 419
I’ve met a girl the other day it was love at first sight
We talked for hours, kissed even longer
You know a good woman makes a man look even stronger
SCAM ME, SCAM ME NOT
How many times I've heard, Gee, take your time and think
Use that that little brain of yours and back off with the …
Those magical hips swaying down the hall
She could make a sleeping lion jump and roar
No wonder why I didn’t even doubt her
When she said: From now on I’m your financial advisor
SCAM ME, SCAM ME NOT
How many times I’ve heard Gee take your time and think
Use that that little brain of yours and back off with the …
Fancy meals, luxury hotels
What in this woman’s head now it’s not so hard to tell
God knows I love you but I recognize the game
Asante Sana baby, you can keep the change
DOCTOR HAY (2023)
“…Database reveals that individual medics are receiving tens of thousands of dollars in consultancy fees from the pharmaceutical industry while recommending products to patients…”
I live way out of the city, far from the always buzzing crowd
Fresh air, calming breeze, joyful birds in the boundless sky
As the weekend comes I do get kind of antsy
I play it cool and hide it well
The doc said, Gee, you had enough parties
Won’t you go back in your hermit shell
Doctor Hay, if I may, as long as I’m sick you’re getting paid.
Don’t get me wrong I feel your kindness. I don’t doubt that you care
Prescribe two more pills, my insurance will do you fair
What’s the point of quitting all the good stuff, I’m more stressed than I’ve been before
Healthy is nice but I can’t lie, sometimes I just have to let it go
Doctor Hay, if I may, as long as I’m sick you’re getting paid.
What’s the point of quitting all the good stuff it ain’t me who’s lost control
I need a night out to keep me sane or this crazy world will eat my soul
Doctor Hay, if I may, as long as I’m sick you’re getting paid
I’m gonna party like it’s summer, I just got out of the county jail
Let’s pretend I tricked the judge and my friend Reese didn’t have to do the bail
I’m gonna party like it’s over, the TV announced the Earth is indeed flat
Nothing can kill my mood, tonight I’m winning every bet.
Doctor Hay, if I may - as long as I’m sick you’re getting paid
Doctor Hay, if I may – I’m forever young and unafraid
Doctor Hay, if I may
TRIBAL AFFAIRS (2023)
…Colonized verses Colonizers…
They say don’t float through life but this life is mine
They say you better swim I let the waves keep me riding
I’ve heard a thousand times through those closed blinds
"He’ll drown when the storm hits." Looky here, who’s guiding
You give me a rusty ship can you run the pit
I saw we’re about to crash, no wonder I jumped
I’m out here on my own, on these waves I float
My cradle is the deep, my mother is the Sun
This water’s full of sharks they appear from the dark
I look like cheap bait but my middle name is „Fighter”
And as I reach the shore I’m not sure I want to go
Far from the burning sand I feel so much lighter
In the name of God you’re here spreading lies
Sitting on fake gold thrones won’t give you no kingdom
You and your top-shelf friends come from a strange land
You claim that land is rich but it ran out of wisdom
You’re swinging back and forth trying to hold the rope
The ship you built is now definitely sinking
All the knots and hooks will catch on the crooks
This time my dear friend, you won’t be cheering
GOLD MINE (2023)
The song speaks to the exploitation and imbalance of equity regarding gold and diamond mines in natural resource rich Africa.
I’m working in a gold mine ’cause I have a family to feed 2X
The weather has been so tricky it makes no sense to plant a seed
I’m working in a gold mine Mzungu nipe pesa right away 2X
I’m going underground if I don’t see another day
I’m working in the gold mine Mutahi needs a school uniform 2X
They say the next generation don’t have to dig for a leading role
What I’m talking about here…
I don’t want to complain but I ain’t got a hammer nor an axe
I’m shoveling here with my own two hands
While I appreciate the nickels and I don’t mind to break my neck
Think about me when you wear your necklace worth over 50 grand
TINGALINGALING (EVERYBODY’S QUALIFIED) (2023)
These days everybody seems to be an expert on everything. This particular teacher has enough.
The teacher said, Listen children, we’re living in modern times
I don’t even know what I’m doing here, try to free your own damn mind
Tingalingaling, tingalingaling, tingalingaling
Come on in, everybody’s qualified
Don’t ask me nothing do your research on the web
I have 8 phd’s in this field and your knowledge is the internet
Tingalingaling, tingalingaling, tingalingaling
Come on in, everybody’s qualified
I see you are an expert, she’s an expert too
Screw the presidential scholarship you’re the best at everything you do
Tingalingaling, tingalingaling, tingalingaling
Come on in, everybody’s qualified
WE DON’T LEARN MUCH (2023)
Misinformation and miseducation.
We’ve been around so many years
Empires come and go and one day we’ll all disappear
Because we don’t learn much. See, 21 is not so lucky after all
I can recall the old teachings from school
Now I’m told it’s a false dogma and all this time I was being fooled
We don’t learn much. 21 is not so lucky after all
Where do I go, where do I hide
I’m just an average dude who wants to live a peaceful life
We don’t learn much. 21 is not so lucky after all
The future is in your hand don’t let it slip
If we can’t start all over we might as well be grateful for this trip
We don’t learn much. 21 is not so lucky after all.
GET IT RIGHT (2021)
written for Dionne Bennett
How many years does it take to get it right
When you have every tool you need
How many times do we have to go through the same fight
We spoke already when you allowed us to speak
GET IT RIGHT
We’re not gonna sing the same old blues all over again
We funked this up many decades ago
Generations’ve been working hard to end your lonely game
You keep coming and pushing us back into the hole
No matter how good I do you compare me with someone else
Missing the chance of knowing this girl
Let’s be clear this play has not been really fair
I still show up shining like an ocean pearl
MY LIFE (2021)
written for Dionne Bennett
Watching the rising Sun over at the Cardiff docks, my life
Cargo ships going by, seabirds are flying high, my life
How many last cigarettes did we have at the Handsome Jacks, my life
The man who took me out left me for a chick from Stroud, my life
Ships can sail back and forth looking for the right harbor, my life
My mind is so confused this fear of being used, my life
Dreaming how things used to be nothing lasts it’s clear to see, my life
Forehead kisses, stroking back I’m comfortable to leave the deck, my life
Everything will fall back in place, soon I won’t even recall his face, my life
I’ll write another lonely song and wonder where I got it wrong, my life
This broken piece of my heart will heal from the love up above, my life
Angry waves, stormy skies, don’t bother I’m on solid ground, my life
GET STYLE (2021)
written for Dionne Bennett
Every girl wanna be perfect for the man
If one can’t be for real then she’s willing to pretend
Accept yourself, speak what you desire
You can’t transform overnight but change requires style
GET STYLE
I’m not talking about the latest fashion trends
Flowing robs and gowns or designer clothing brands
I’m an independent woman, I’d rather do the drive
And when I do baby you know I make that drive in style
You do you, I do me
When I pair up with you means you got yourself a queen
I keep my head up high, status dignified
You don’t have to talk so much when you got yourself a style
GET STYLE
SUNFLOWER (2020)
feat. Jonathan Andelic
Have you seen children cyring? How did it make you feel?
Are we really preparing them for life?
Lately we haven’t shown them nothing but lies, hatred and greed
And they’re supposed to make us, parents proud?
SUNFLOWER – Away from the night
SUNFLOWER – Turn towards the light
SUNFLOWER – Plant the seeds of happiness
Never settle for less.
If there is one thing we can do to make this world a better place
We shall rise together and get it done
When this old concept of division will be put to shame
Finally the worst we have overcome
LET IT RAIN (2020)
feat. Dionne Bennett
Brother, you’re breathing just like me
Father, you said this is the place to be
I don’t wanna do the fight
Everyone deserves a guide
If water wash the sins away
Why don’t you just let it rain?
Rain, rain, rain…
Future could be brighter than it seems
Suitors, I’m here to unleash my inner dreams
You can’t get me with your speculations
Indirect manipulations
Let the water wash the sins away
God almighty just let it rain
Rain, rain, rain…
(MARTIN LUTHER KING - WE SHALL OVERCOME SPEECH)
Sameness keeps us in the comfort zone
Progress and lose your fear of the unknown
My love for you is like a river
Stronger flow makes it deeper
Let the water wash your sins away
Bring the gift of a brand new day
Rain, rain, rain