歌手:K'Naan
专辑:《Troubadour》

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