Fatima - K'naan Picture the morning taste and devour We rise early pace up the hour Streets is bustling hustling their heart out You can't have the sweet with no sour Spices herbs the sweet scent of flower She came out precisely the hour Clouds disappear the sun shows the power No chance of a probable shower
I fell in love with my neighbors daughter I wanted to protect and support her Never mind I'm just 12 and a quarter I had dreams beyond our border Is it true when they say all you need is just love
Is it true
What about those who have loved
Only to find that it's taken away
And why do they say that the children have rights to be free
To be free What about those who I've known
Whose memory still lives inside of me Fatima
What did the young man say
Before he stole you away
On that fateful day Fatima
Fatima
Did he know your name
Or the plans we made
To go to New York city Fatima
And after school we studied the lessons I ask god to slow down the seconds He does the opposite that's what I'm guessing I better chill and count my own blessings Fatima Fatima what is the matter How come you ain't come up the ladder So we can be like there's no tomorrow Damn you gonna make me wait until tomorrow She spoke Arabic and swahili She'd say Upendo until Swahili You so bright you shine like my TV Then one day she never came to meet me Is it true when they say all you need is just love
Is it true
What about those who have loved
Only to find that it's taken away And why do they say that the children have rights to be free
To be free
What about those who I've known
Whose memory still lives inside of me Fatima
What did the young man say
Before he stole you away
On that fateful day Fatima
Fatima
Did he know your name
Or the plans we made
To go to New York city Fatima
Fatima
What did the young man say
Before he stole you away On that fateful day Fatima
Fatima
Did he know your name
Or the plans we made
To go to New York city Fatima
If beauty was in the eyes of beholder How come everyone hushed when she walked by How come girls would look just to scold her How come the angel wanted to hold her Fatima Fatima I'm in America I make rhymes and I make them delicate You would have liked the parks in connecticut You would have said I'm working too hard again Damn you shooter damn you the building Whose walls hid the blood she was spilling Damn you country so good at killing Damn you feeling for persevering
Is it true when they say all you need is just love
Is it true
What about those who have loved
Only to find that it's taken away And why do they say that the children have rights to be free
To be free
What about those who I've known
Whose memory still lives inside of me Fatima
What did the gun man say
Before he took you away on that fateful day Fatima
Fatima
Did he know your name or the plans we made
To go to New York city Fatima
Fatima
What did the gun man say
Before he took you away on that fateful day Fatima
Fatima
Did he know your name or the plans we made
To go to New York city Fatima
Fatima
Now I just want to make it clear I don't want you to Shed a tear
Because this here is a celebration we're not mourning we're celebrating
Fatima Yeah
So baby don't cry please don't let the tears fall
So don't cry
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