On the way
Trying to get where I'd like to stay
I'm always feeling steered away
kwa someone trying to tell me
What to say and do
I don't want it
I gotta go find my own way
I gotta go make my own mistakes
Sorry man for feeling
Feeling the way I do
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Open wide and they'll shove in
Their meaning of life
Oh yeah, oh yeah
But not for me I'll do it on my own
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Open wide and kumeza their meaning of life
I can't make it work your way
Thanks but no thanks
kwa the way
I know your path has been tried and so
It may seem like the way to go
Me, I'd rather be found
Trying something new
And the bottom line
In all of this seems to say
There's no right and wrong way
Sorry if I don't feel like
Living the way wewe do
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Open wide and they'll shove in
Their meaning of life
Oh yeah, oh yeah
But not for me I'll do it on my own
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Open wide and kumeza their meaning of life
I can't make it work your way
Thanks but no thanks
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Open wide and they'll shove in
Their meaning of life
Oh yeah, oh yeah
But not for me I'll do it on my own
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Open wide and kumeza their meaning of life
I can't make it work your way
Thanks but no thanks
Trying to get where I'd like to stay
I'm always feeling steered away
kwa someone trying to tell me
What to say and do
I don't want it
I gotta go find my own way
I gotta go make my own mistakes
Sorry man for feeling
Feeling the way I do
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Open wide and they'll shove in
Their meaning of life
Oh yeah, oh yeah
But not for me I'll do it on my own
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Open wide and kumeza their meaning of life
I can't make it work your way
Thanks but no thanks
kwa the way
I know your path has been tried and so
It may seem like the way to go
Me, I'd rather be found
Trying something new
And the bottom line
In all of this seems to say
There's no right and wrong way
Sorry if I don't feel like
Living the way wewe do
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Open wide and they'll shove in
Their meaning of life
Oh yeah, oh yeah
But not for me I'll do it on my own
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Open wide and kumeza their meaning of life
I can't make it work your way
Thanks but no thanks
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Open wide and they'll shove in
Their meaning of life
Oh yeah, oh yeah
But not for me I'll do it on my own
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Open wide and kumeza their meaning of life
I can't make it work your way
Thanks but no thanks
When we were young the future was so bright(oh oh)
The old neighborhood was so alive(oh oh)
And every kid on the whole damn street(oh oh)
Was gonna make it big and not be beat
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn(oh oh)
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn(oh oh)
How can one little street
kumeza so many lives
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
Jamie had a chance, well she really did
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
Mark still lives at nyumbani cause he's got no job
He just plays guitar, gitaa and smokes a lot of pot
jay committed suicide
Brandon OD'd and died
What the hell is going on
The cruelest dream, reality
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what, used to be?
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what, used to be?
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
The old neighborhood was so alive(oh oh)
And every kid on the whole damn street(oh oh)
Was gonna make it big and not be beat
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn(oh oh)
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn(oh oh)
How can one little street
kumeza so many lives
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
Jamie had a chance, well she really did
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
Mark still lives at nyumbani cause he's got no job
He just plays guitar, gitaa and smokes a lot of pot
jay committed suicide
Brandon OD'd and died
What the hell is going on
The cruelest dream, reality
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what, used to be?
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what, used to be?
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
I don't know when it got this way
I don't know how long she's gonna stay
Every week it's the same in her room
That's why I came
Here I go, I go again
Our rendezvous never seem to end
I know where I'll be, I'll make this confession
Back in her kitanda for another goddamn session
I'll never learn
God knows I try
Keep coming back for session
And I don't know why
I'll never learn, I'll never see
Just tell me why these sessions got a hold on me
Some might say it's a fling
For all I know it don't mean a thing
Either way I can't complain
Ain't no strings
Guess I got it made
Here I go, I go again
Our rendezvous never seem to end
I know where I'll be
I'll make this confession
Back in her kitanda for another goddamn session
I don't know how long she's gonna stay
Every week it's the same in her room
That's why I came
Here I go, I go again
Our rendezvous never seem to end
I know where I'll be, I'll make this confession
Back in her kitanda for another goddamn session
I'll never learn
God knows I try
Keep coming back for session
And I don't know why
I'll never learn, I'll never see
Just tell me why these sessions got a hold on me
Some might say it's a fling
For all I know it don't mean a thing
Either way I can't complain
Ain't no strings
Guess I got it made
Here I go, I go again
Our rendezvous never seem to end
I know where I'll be
I'll make this confession
Back in her kitanda for another goddamn session
(I realise)
All I want
All I need
Always lies just out of reach
I've been coming up empty
(I realise)
I ran as fast as I can run
I pushed as hard as anyone
But still there's nothing for me
(And I want)
I've tried as hard as I can
(And I need)
I've taken all I can stand
(And I fall)
But I am running a race
Against myself
Against myself
yeah
(I realise)
Running out, struggle on
Now my sorrow is my song
My whole world is half-hearted
(I realise)
For my pain I have none
After all is alisema and done
Now I'm back where I started
(And I want)
I've gone as far as I can
(And I need)
I've taken all I can stand
(And I fall)
But I am running a race
Against myself
Against myself
yeah
(And I want)
I've tried as hard as I can
(And I need)
I've taken all I can stand
(And I fall)
But I am losing the race
Against myself
Against myself
Yeah
All I want
All I need
Always lies just out of reach
I've been coming up empty
(I realise)
I ran as fast as I can run
I pushed as hard as anyone
But still there's nothing for me
(And I want)
I've tried as hard as I can
(And I need)
I've taken all I can stand
(And I fall)
But I am running a race
Against myself
Against myself
yeah
(I realise)
Running out, struggle on
Now my sorrow is my song
My whole world is half-hearted
(I realise)
For my pain I have none
After all is alisema and done
Now I'm back where I started
(And I want)
I've gone as far as I can
(And I need)
I've taken all I can stand
(And I fall)
But I am running a race
Against myself
Against myself
yeah
(And I want)
I've tried as hard as I can
(And I need)
I've taken all I can stand
(And I fall)
But I am losing the race
Against myself
Against myself
Yeah
I guess wewe lied, they call it suicide
Now you're gone
What was so wrong that wewe couldn't find a way to
carry on?
sekunde guess
Did I do my best
There was a friend I had
Johnny was a weirdo
So what did wewe expect?
I ain't no fucking hero
I'm just trying to survive myself
I should have known wewe went through it alone
I wonder why did wewe even try?
wewe could have come to me
I would have helped wewe see
wewe could have found a way to carry on
sekunde guess
Did I do my best
There was a friend I had...
'Johnny's strange behavior was a tip-off,' they say
But I ain't no fucking savior
I'm just living siku kwa day
Little things, little lives hanging 'til the end
I say it doesn't really mean nothing
Telling truth, telling lies
I used to have a friend
I say it don't really mean nothing
And I can't let this feeling go
Let this feeling go
Let this feeling go
Lain awake
I don't give a shit
If I even ever
Wake up in the morning
Down below
There's a pile of sin
Always waiting for a
Waiting for a warning
Burned at the stake
Inside I'm blistering
Not a whisper
Looking in you'd never know it
Miles below
I look up again
When wewe snap they say
Before wewe never onyesha it
Someone alisema it's all right
Save it now, don't say it for my sake
Someone alisema it's all right
Faster now, wewe know I got no brakes
Fuses glow
Wounds of festering
Till the wind comes up
And takes it to the last pow
Back and forth
Staring at the wall
This room's a cage
I know that something's got to give now
Lain awake
I don't give a shit
If I even ever
Wake up in the morning
Down below
There's a pile of sin
Always waiting for a
Waiting for a warning
Someone alisema it's all right
Save it now, don't say it for my sake
Someone alisema it's all right
Faster now, wewe know I got no brake
I don't give a shit
If I even ever
Wake up in the morning
Down below
There's a pile of sin
Always waiting for a
Waiting for a warning
Burned at the stake
Inside I'm blistering
Not a whisper
Looking in you'd never know it
Miles below
I look up again
When wewe snap they say
Before wewe never onyesha it
Someone alisema it's all right
Save it now, don't say it for my sake
Someone alisema it's all right
Faster now, wewe know I got no brakes
Fuses glow
Wounds of festering
Till the wind comes up
And takes it to the last pow
Back and forth
Staring at the wall
This room's a cage
I know that something's got to give now
Lain awake
I don't give a shit
If I even ever
Wake up in the morning
Down below
There's a pile of sin
Always waiting for a
Waiting for a warning
Someone alisema it's all right
Save it now, don't say it for my sake
Someone alisema it's all right
Faster now, wewe know I got no brake
Wanting to pretend
If I escaped, I could fill myself
I don't think wewe can
Been far and wide
But that hole inside
Never really leaves
When I went away, what I really left
Left behind was me
It's telling me
To be on my way home
Million miles away
I can't stay
Each passing day, every passing face
Seems like such a blur
I long to be
Home, silently
Lying inayofuata to her
Just to get back, kwa her side is all
All I need to be
Cause I went away
But what I really left
Left behind was me
I need to be
Getting on my way home
A million miles away
Million miles away
I can't take
I got a right to move
No matter what they say
alisema anytime I want
I got a right to move
No matter what they say
'Cause I got a right
A right to move
Anytime I want
Any old time
alisema I got a right
A right to move
Anytime I want
Anytime I want
I got a right to say
No matter what they say
alisema anytime I want
I got a right to say
No matter what they say
'Cause I got a right
A right to say
Anytime I want
Any old time
'Cause I got a right
A right to say
Anytime I want
Anytime I want
I got a right to move
No matter what they say
alisema anytime I want
I got a right to move
No matter what they say
'Cause I got a right
A right to move
Anytime I want
Any old time
'Cause I got a right
A right to move
Anytime I want
I got a feeling
I got a feeling
I got a feeling
I got a right
I got a right
I got a right
hujambo Joe,
Where wewe goin' with that gun in your hand?
hujambo Joe,
Where wewe goin? with that gun in your hand?
Goin? down to shoot my old lady
wewe know I caught her messing around with another man,
Goin? down to shoot my old lady
wewe know I caught her messing around on me,
hujambo Joe,
I heard that wewe shot your old lady down,
hujambo Joe,
I heard that wewe shot your old lady down,
Yes I did, I shot her her
wewe know, I caught that girl messing around town
Yes I did, I shot her her
wewe know, I caught that girl messing around town
I took out my gun,
Then I shot her! I shot her!
hujambo Joe, Where wewe gonna run to now?
hujambo Joe,
Where wewe gonna run to now?
Where wewe gonna go?
Ain?t no hangman gonna,
Get a rope around me,
Ain?t no hangman gonna,
Get a rope around me. (no one gonna)
Goin' way down south,
Way down to Mexico way
Goin' way down south,
Way down where I can be free
Where wewe goin' with that gun in your hand?
hujambo Joe,
Where wewe goin? with that gun in your hand?
Goin? down to shoot my old lady
wewe know I caught her messing around with another man,
Goin? down to shoot my old lady
wewe know I caught her messing around on me,
hujambo Joe,
I heard that wewe shot your old lady down,
hujambo Joe,
I heard that wewe shot your old lady down,
Yes I did, I shot her her
wewe know, I caught that girl messing around town
Yes I did, I shot her her
wewe know, I caught that girl messing around town
I took out my gun,
Then I shot her! I shot her!
hujambo Joe, Where wewe gonna run to now?
hujambo Joe,
Where wewe gonna run to now?
Where wewe gonna go?
Ain?t no hangman gonna,
Get a rope around me,
Ain?t no hangman gonna,
Get a rope around me. (no one gonna)
Goin' way down south,
Way down to Mexico way
Goin' way down south,
Way down where I can be free