K'naan- More beautiful than silence [with lyrics]

Lyrics of the song 'More beautiful than silence' by K'naan

[Chorus:]Turn the light offIt's a light on in your heartSo let it be your guidance, guidanceOpen your mouth if you would sayCould be more beautiful than silence, silence
[Verse 1]Ok, ain't it funny how the talk is always talkingNever firing, but always shining cockingWhen they're cocky until they end in parking lotsSuddenly they got parkinson, they can hardly talkNo karate buddy, no Pilates buddyIt's a new game, no attare buddy!Body talk, well I'm used to buddies talkI've seen shit to give new meaning to the buddy shopLook, I know you think I'm so righteous,But mother fucker, I'm also riflesThey try to tell these niggers I'm a baby in these dippersI'm on my own shit, lightersI don't assimilate, I got my name in ciphersI don't discriminate, I got friends who are snipersBut some of them ended up being lifelessCause they kept silent, survivors
[Chorus:]Turn the light offIt's a light on in your heartSo let it be your guidance, guidanceOpen your mouth if you would sayCould be more beautiful than silence, silence
[Verse 2]I'm the quiet type, breathe and steadyNever small talk speak when necessaryIn the streets, I see niggers shop with machetes..My Jamaican girl say 'talk to me baby!'What's on your mind, can say cemeteryDeath do its part, memories, I marryGot a library with no lies babyAnd all the books look like they're made of strawberries.It ain't easy being meCause my own fans can't relate to my streetsAnd my streets can't relate to dough in the yeastBut I'm beats, so I make bread on releaseI'm releasing my dinners, get the beat a life life I gave a fetus a semenFree to kick in the in your belly, that's free to breathingDon't say nothing, cause now we're dreaming
[Chorus:]Turn the light offIt's a light on in your heartSo let it be your guidance, guidanceOpen your mouth if you would sayCould be more beautiful than silence, silenceOh, oh, oh, silence, silenceOh, oh, oh, silence, silenceOh, oh, oh, silence, silenceOh, oh, oh, silence, silence

K'naan - Coming To America

Lyrics of the song 'Coming To America' by K'naan

[Verse 1]

I came out of a killer, neighborhood called river

Where life expectancy is shorter than a caterpillar

I was once a gorilla, and this show was my cage

My trina was the gauge, AK was my baby sitter

When we be out and looted, the whole city was shooting

I know it’s f-cked up but somehow, this army came shooting

Niggas heard African rappers and thought about them voodoo

It’s superman, tell the real soldier boy come to shoot you

Same food and of course what you eat nigga

F-ck what you heard, yeah nigga

Come walk in the dark no fear nigga

It’s dried in my eyes no tears nigga

Working malaria, your hood can’t even compare here

Got keys, they really love barrier here

Commin’ here, I’m daring you

I’ll shoot your neck ain’t afraid like give me a rock lemonade

You up my school at eight degree while playing catch with a hand grenade

Yeap, that’s a true story, this ain’t Hollywood glory

I ain’t the prince of the moon of the dark, my life is too glory

[Chorus]

I’m tired of always going through barriers

I just wanna live a good life

So I’m comin’, coming to America,

I hope we gonna have a good time

Baby thanks for letting me marry ya

You bring car sure looks fine

So I’m comin’, coming to America,

I hope we gonna have a good time

[Verse 2]

Now my second home city, what can I say

It took my f-cking heart from me

I played the judge part and need from a large Sydney

Oh yeah, that mean it never got no bars for me

See that okay to the motherfucker that be

F-ck puck but it ain’t no hockey

When the cops came, they knocked me

I had to flee, they said to bargain, I had to pee

So I crossed the border while they put a warrant out for me

[Chorus]

I’m tired of always going through barriers

I just wanna live a good life

So I’m comin’, comin’ to America,

I hope we gonna have a good time

Baby thanks for letting me marry ya

You bring car sure looks fine

So I’m comin’, comin’ to America,

I hope we gonna have a good time

[Verse 3]

I know, everywhere in the world, got this problems

Everybody got the dreams, of the greens, of the dollars

But some of us are dying in the streets, can you figure out?

Even in America, they here need a ticket out

I know, everywhere in the world, got his problems

Everybody got the dreams, of the greens, of the dollars

But some of us are dying in the streets can you figure out

Even in America, they here need a ticket out

[Chorus]

I’m tired of always going through barriers

I just wanna live a good life

So I’m comin’, comin’ to America,

I hope we gonna have a good time

Baby thanks for letting me marry ya

You bring car sure looks fine

So I’m comin’, comin’ to America,

I hope we gonna have a good time

I hope we gonna have a good time

I hope we gonna have a good time

K'NAAN-better-More Beautiful Than Silence

Lyrics of the song 'better' by K'NAAN

Since I was a kiddoI was a leaderHeard life was a beach butMan I wanna meet herSwimmin deeper but the grim reaper will always creep upNo ice on my bed,So I never sleep upFlow Bolt like Usain try n keep upWay before waving flag in the FIFAI was a dreamer life was a gambleBorn in a casino, but god never give burdens you can't handleMusic is my ammo i'm ready for battle
Hook:When I lose right now I'm betting all my chipsWhen I'm broken down I be brushing off my kicksI'ma get somehow yeah you CAN count on thisI'm only gettin better, better better betterI'm only gettin better, better better better
I would say that I've always been a winner butI've probably always been a sinnerTwo kids and a wife couldnt' give herWhat she wanted so I had to break like the winterSummer saw me fall coldplay when I shiverSpring back up K'naan not a quitter
And success just sex tryna get her wetterFailing is just an excuse for me to get betterLife means loveLove means painLust is just a part of itCharges to the gameRolling in the deep, what's a nice jeepIf you can drop the top just to park it in the rain
[Hook]
YeahOne time for my thugs over seas andTwo time for my brother big league andThree for yourself if you know to grow upIs never giving up on your dreams andRoll the dice life is a breeze
[Hook]
One time for my thugs over seas andTwo time for my brother big league andThree for yourself if you know to grow upIs never giving up on your dreams andRoll the dice life is a breeze

K'NAAN - Nothing To Lose ft. Nas

Lyrics of the song 'Nothing To Lose' by K'NAAN

uh, someone called the cops on him
someone told his pops on him
he was talking crooked and he had some rocks on him
tucked, tucked in his socks' corner
chucks, chucks and the charlotte hornet
cap, when he flowed then they all surprised on him
yes, he's a fugee but he go all nas on 'em
well, can't go pras on 'em
and he got that crossover
but he from the streets you don't cross over
hut, hut to the block soldiers
buck, buck to the cop vultures
nope, no i don't know pilots
nigga i know pirates
violence the islands
shout out to my idrens
put your hands up like it's a mother fuckin' siren

well, i paid all my dues
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
shone a million [shoes](undefined)
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
'cause when you got nothing left
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
you got nothing to lose
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

i used to stand on vernon and 10
burnin' a spliff burner on hip
wishing to flip a bird, yac burning my chest
black certainly i'm dressed
strictly that army shit
finish my shift
pack gone before the dawn hit
anything i could earn on the strip
turn it and flip
watching my back
cooking the pot
making it stretch
discussing with' my clique
should we duct tape the connect
it's rough and k'naan knows
he had the same woes
i'm voicing my opinions
i forgot y'all was there
i ain't know y'all was still listenin'
be honest i ain't care
y'all don't get my innuendos my interests
y'all on some simple shit
thinking i'm preachy
yeah my church is the world
christians sip a cup of this holy water
stuck at this phony border
it's custom to enter the main stream
you must front and record
a poorer oratory
your life story corny
yo, my somali niggas know what war be
we fam'

well, i paid all my dues
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
shone a million [shoes](undefined)
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
'cause when you got nothing left
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
you got nothing to lose
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

remember when niggas said nas was somalian
baseball caps had the tags, like a yardie and
it was written just came out, i was gnarly then
niggas dreaded seein' me like a rastafarian
we didn't know the dress code though we was bargainers
the knock off filas, with the pumps and cheap cardigans
niggas looked corny i admit, we was foreigners
but this corny kid, quick to send you to the coroners
y'all know my war story, i won't repeat it
it's just injury, my victory's undefeated
thought you knew me well, go back and delete it
i'm in every joint this year, orthopedic
and yes the ak's are instruments we do drum 'em
i'm somewhere between killa and king solomon
and the shades take half the face we over stun 'em
and treat obstacles like ass we overcome 'em
man, they really made me do this
i was peaceful like a buddhist
but then niggas came and screwed it up like judas
now i'm suited up with lugers
rugers suddenly intruders
turn around like hoola hoopers
fucking losers

well, i paid all my dues
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
shone a million [shoes](undefined)
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
'cause when you got nothing left
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
you got nothing to lose
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

this one's for the world
this one's for your girl
this one's for your mama
this one's for your nana

K'NAAN-Is Anybody Out There? ft. Nelly Furtado

Lyrics of the song 'Is Anybody Out There' by K'NAAN

[Nelly Furtado]
I don't wanna be left
In this war tonight
Am I alone in this fight?
Is anybody out there?

Don't wanna be left left in this world behind
Say you'll run to my side

[K'naan]
Something 'bout mary
Never won a pageant
Never felt pretty
Never looked like cameron
Diaz was her last name
Always been abandoned
Keep your head up

Baby girl this is your anthem
There goes hannah
Showin' off her banner
Rocking that crown
Make them boys go bananas
When you're insecure about yourself
It's a fact
You can point a finger
But there's three pointing bac
I can see her crying out, yeah
Is there anybody out there?

She's really counting on your love
Still struggling uphill
But you act like you don't care
Right now she could really use a shoulder
Hanging onto the edge til it's over
She's crying for your love tonight
Loneliest heart to survive, she said

[Nelly Furtado]
I don't wanna be left
In this war tonight
Am I alone in this fight?
Is anybody out there?

Don't wanna be left left in this world behind
Say you'll run to my side
Is anybody out there? yeah, yeah, yeah

Is anybody out there?
(somebody, anybody)

[K'naan]
His name was adam
When his mom had him
Dad was a phantom never took a look at him
Grew up mad and antisocial
Hated outdoors, always in playing madden
Adam was lonely
Drugs were the only
Way out of his own life
Now he's slowly losing his fire
Close to retire
With one last hope he puts his arms up higher
I can see him crying out, yeah
Is anybody out there?

He's really counting on your love
Still struggling uphill
But you act like you don't care
Right now he could really use a shoulder
Hanging onto the edge til it's over
He's crying for your love tonight
Loneliest heart to survive, he said

[Nelly Furtado]
I don't wanna be left
In this war tonight
Am I alone in this fight?
Is anybody out there?

Don't wanna be left left in this world behind
Say you'll run to my side
Is anybody out there?

[Bridge]
If you feel the way I feel
Like you've been talking to yourself
Well this one's for everyone who's felt invisible
Lonely in a crowded room
Searching for someone like you
Can't do it all alone (no one can baby)
Can't do it all alone (no one should baby)
Is anybody out there?
(somebody, anybody)
Is anybody out there?
I'm right here for your
Is anybody out there?

[Outro]
I don't wanna be left
In this war tonight
Am I alone in this fight?
Is anybody out there?

Don't wanna be left left in this world behind
Say you'll run to my side
Is anybody out there? yeah, yeah, yeah
I don't wanna do it all alone
I need your love to take me home
No one said you should be all alone
I'm right here
Is anybody out there?