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Woke up in the morning in a temple

Kinda lucky on my feet for it was central

So I walk across the village

Saw a group of kids pillage

And I thought to myself I might be ment to

You see

Pilgrims in the town

All seem to hold a frown

Say all they wanna be is diggy down

You know Speck thought he'd ask

But figured it's just a mask

This guy's on something else that's profound

 

I'm not the stool or the fool or the leader here to rule

Not the lover or the fighter who came here to duel

But I thought I looked into, but I walked into

So I can understand all the rules, cool?

 

Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet

Might take a village ever long to see that

Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise

And the kid you wanna be you can be that

 

Who's ever watched the world that's my motto

Don't ever wanna play the head honcho dig but huh

If you try to push I won't beat around the bush

Straight up you're getting dissed on the pronto.

 

Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet

Might take a village ever long to see that

Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise

And the kid you wanna be you can be that

 

If I could, I'd solve the problems of the world that exist

If I could always chill, I would without resist

If you weren't so litteral, brother you might get it

Pack my bags, tambourines, and jeans so don't sweat it

 

Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet

Might take a village ever long to see that

Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise

And the kid you wanna be you can be that

 

Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet

Might take a village ever long to see that

Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise

And the kid you wanna be you can be that

 

Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet.

 

As the journey continues I gain current instincts

I feel I know what they must be thinking, for instance

When they speak in riddles I'm left with the question

But won't stop arguments to kill attention

They all got a sixth sense to be one another

So pilgrims seek refuge undercover

Where it's fly like birds to live a lot is absurd

Try telling that to this kid named Unver

 

Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet

Might take a village ever long to see that

Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise

And the kid you wanna be you can be that

 

Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet

Might take a village ever long to see that

Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise

And the kid you wanna be you can be that

 

I met him on tour a week on for twenty four

He was born in the village, but left in ninety four

Now he's still got probs he doesn't know how to solve

I said, "Unver, I've been there before"

In the light of understanding I forgot it

Sometimes the boat shakes when you rock it

I told him we are like family, a part of humanity

Don't overdo, and don't toss it.

 

Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet

Might take a village ever long to see that

Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise

And the kid you wanna be you can be that

 

Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet

Might take a village ever long to see that

Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise

And the kid you wanna be you can be that

 

He dug and moved on with his life

'Cause he digs it gets real dark at night

Don't want a collar that's blue or a reflection of you

Just wants us to get his plight

Myself I'd like the years just to take me away

It might leave a part of this world in dismay

But the village calls the pilgriming negroes

After all I'm just one needle in the hay

Now what I'm speaking in is symbolics

But you can call it what you want to call it

See all that I do is throw words, and I hope that you caught it

Only got one arrow but I aim for two targets

 

Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet

Might take a village ever long to see that

Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise

And the kid you wanna be you can be that

 

Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet

Might take a village ever long to see that

Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise

And the kid you wanna be you can be that

You can be that, you can be that

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Picture the morning, taste and devour

We rise early, pace up the hour

Streets is rustling, hustling they heart out

You can't have the sweet with no sour

 

Spices, herbs, the sweets and the flower

She came out precisely the hour

Clouds disappear, the sun shows the power

No chance of a probably shower

 

I feel in love with my neighbor's 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 memories 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 asked God to slow down the seconds

He does the opposite, that's what I'm guessin'

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 is no tomorrow

Damn, you gon' make me wait 'til tomorrow

 

She spoke Arabic and Swahili,

She'd say, "Upendo anta Habibi"

You so bright, you sound 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 memories 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 'em delicate

You would have liked the parks in Connecticut

You would have said I'm working to hard again

 

Damn you shooter, damn you the building

Whose walls hid the blood she was spillin'

Damn you country so good at killin'

Damn you feelin' 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 memories 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

 

Now I just want to make it clear

I don't want you to shed a tear

'Cause this here is a celebration

We're not mourning

 

We're celebrating so baby don't cry

Please don't let the tears fall

(Fatima)

So don't cry

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