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Child in Me
02:33
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Child in Me
Shooting rings, raising us up to the sky
We hailed you as kings, and you reined
In tiny minds
Those different things, we didn’t see
But wondered why
Hmm
I heard we’d be, living each under a tree
Of our own,
So that everyone could heal
But now we’re grown
I just wanted you to know
Hmmm
There’s always a child in me
Waiting to see you with those eyes
Can’t hide anything
Can’t hide anything
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2. |
Worthy
03:18
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Worthy
Worthy as a child
You walk with pride
And you usher in
The presence of
The turning tide
Held and dignified
You talk your mind
And you walk towards
The promise of the promised times
Worthy
Worthy
Worthy
Heaven sent and formed with fire
Holy force of our desire
Radiance of an inner sun
Shining out on everyone
Worthy
Worthy
Worthy
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3. |
Little Songbird
04:11
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LITTLE SONGBIRD
And I think you would have laughed with me
Little girl from your little sister’s tree
Her eyes were full when you said to me
Oh little songbird, will you sing for me
Little songbird, you used to call me down the telephone
After words and melodies, burned on CDs were flown
Overseas, where with your family you made a home
Equality and community, you made your own
And I think you would have laughed with me
Little girl from your little sister’s tree
Her eyes were full when you said to me
Oh little songbird, will you sing for me
Little songbird, came from seeds she’d sewn
After years like hurricanes, had made you finally roam
Overseas, with your family, whose lives were overthrown
With grief to leave the sweet fruit that they’d known
And I think you would have laughed with me
Little girl from your little sister’s tree
Her eyes were full when you said to me
Oh little songbird, will you sing for me
And those words
That you said
Oo oo ooo
Are still resounding in my head
And the ones
Who you grew
Oo oo oo
Are giving me a part of you
And I think you would have laughed with me
Little girl from your little sister’s tree
Her eyes were full when you said to me
Oh little songbird, will you sing for me
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LIKE FAMILY
On the little road of
Winding sugar cane
I remember the men
Who recognised your name
It made you weep
All the memories you held so deep
Sweetness on our lips
All curls and wide eyes
And you remember this place
That held your innocence like mine
It made you weep
All those memories you held so deep
Picture in my mind
Only time I saw you cry
Picture in my mind
Only time I saw you cry
Nothing aches and nothing
Feels like family
Spread across the waves
And centuries
Made us bleed
And made us heal
And made us see
All this human love
And frailty
You turned away to face
The world you left behind
Like a eulogy
That flashed before your eyes
It made you weep
All those memories you held so deep
Picture in my mind
Only time I saw you cry
Picture in my mind
Only time I saw you cry
Nothing aches and nothing
Feels like family
Spread across the waves
And centuries
Made us bleed
And made us heal
And made us see
All this human love
And frailty
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5. |
Shades of Yellow
02:15
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SHADES OF YELLOW
Shades of yellow and bare faced cheek
Bicycle on summer ground of hot concrete
But now there’s a vastness in between our pages
And a rage that’s contagious when we speak
And I said we could do better than what history could find
You told me a story, well now I’m speaking mine
Then you saw that picture, in the kitchen and
You said nothing was in the way back then, well
Now I’m listening
Now I’m listening
Now I’m listening
Now I’m listening
Now I’m listening
Now I’m listening
And maybe it’s the age and the gaze of memory
And maybe it’s the rain that fell upon your dreams
And maybe it’s the faceless power of the beast
And maybe I just ache to be seen
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EVERYTHING I NEED IS MINE
I trace your steps
I want to feel the forest
I’ll take your quest
I want to make real the promise
I’ll take shelter under you
You planted and you grew
Now this canopy
Is all that it can be
Your watching over me
And my memory
It goes beyond a lifetime
It goes behind my lifeline
I feel your words and
I make them mine
This urgency and this ticking time
And I’m shaded
In a world that has faded from view
In this tainted time
Now I found my own
My head rest on the bark
With all my mind and heart
This ancestry, completing me
I’m finding a part
Of my whole
It goes beyond my lifetime
It goes beyond my lifeline
I feel your words and
I make them mine
This urgency and this ticking time
Now everything I need is mine
Now everything I need is mine
Now everything I need is mine
A fine man of spirit
Your duty to preserve
What was erased by the paper
But chosen by the earth
I’ll take your gift of vision and
Blaze a dream of light
I’ll take the drop that you give me
And bring it back to life
It goes beyond a lifetime
It goes beyond my lifeline
I feel your words and I make them mine
This urgency and this ticking time
Now everything I need is mine
Now everything I need is mine
Now everything I need is mine
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7. |
Feel This Home
03:28
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FEEL THIS HOME
Swing under the willow tree
Rose garden that never seems to fade
Always a sunny day
Cricket on the radio
They say time moves fast
But it’s oh so slow for me
Now in my memory
Someday, someday
I’ll find my way
To feel this home
To feel this home
Someday, someday
I’ll find my way
To feel this home
To feel this home
Hmmm
Steel drums play
We fill our face
Those smokey days
All is gold to me
But now they are gone you see
Someday, someday
I’ll find my way
To feel this home
To feel this home
Someday, someday
I’ll find my way
To feel this home
To feel this home
This is where I want to be
You’re alive in my memory
I sew the seeds that were sown in me
Born again in my family
Now there’s always a home in me
Now there’s always a home in me
Someday, someday
I’ll find my way
To feel this home
To feel this home
Someday, someday
I’ll find my way
To feel this home
To feel this home
Hmmm
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8. |
Bloodline
03:11
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BLOODLINE
And you will be confused by
How I’ve used this blood fire
And offered it to the sky
This dragon to ride
To blaze my trail because
I won’t be shamed
That I’m not tongue-tied
I’ve learnt from the past
And my bloodline
To be powerful
And vulnerable
At the same time
I get it wrong but it’s always right to try
And I’m uncaged and undefined
By anything that lies outside
Of my true identity
I took her fire and made it me
I took his pain and let it be
The fuel to the fire of my liberty
And sometimes this is lonely
And I can’t explain
How I need to protect my
Energy and set the rules
For my own game
Because I’ve fought so hard to break the shame
So I can shelter others to do the same
So nothing’s going to stop me
I honour you but I can’t tame myself to be
Something you are comfortable to see
Because it will stagnate and suffocate
The sweet prize of my destiny
I honour you, but let me be
I’m the future
You just wait and see
I honour you, but let me be
I’m the future
You just wait and see
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9. |
Finally Free
03:37
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FINALLY FREE
It was never simple
Always shades of grey
Always a bitterness
Before the sweetness fades away
My body fused with you
I made my home in what you do
I burnt my soul but made it through
To being whole
Without
The rush of you
The rush of you
The rush of you
You owned all the bodies
That bled to make you sweet
You sold all your solace that
I thought was
Meant for me
Meant for me
Meant for me
So stand on your veranda
Looking down on me
Sugar, wait a little longer
Til I’m finally free
You posed all the problems
That claimed eternity
With your face to solemn
You saw right
Into me
Into me
Into me
So stand on your veranda
Looking down on me
Sugar, wait a little longer
Til I’m
Finally free
Finally free
Finally free
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10. |
Legacy
01:50
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LEGACY
Oh my Lord, what a test,
what an honour to be blessed with this life
And I will break it open and give you mine
And lay down like a bridge
To another time that I can taste,
and smell and see
And feel the yearning of in my bones
Now, and not yet, and forever
Because you will be, one who knows
And you’ll make your own way
to carry the burden of these days
Yes you’ll be one who knows,
and although the pain cane overflow the veins
You are one who can remain in peace
and in sound mind and deliver your deed in truth
Yes, you will be you,
and I have seen you in my minds eye
Blessed child of mine
Lavender with milky tea
Waiting in your perfect sleep
To become who you will be
You’re a light to me
Calling out my legacy
You’re a light to me
Calling out my legacy
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And you will be confused by
How I’ve used this blood fire
And offered it to the sky
This dragon to ride
To blaze my trail because
I won’t be shamed
That I’m not tongue-tied
I’ve learnt from the past
And my bloodline
To be powerful
And vulnerable
At the same time
I get it wrong but it’s always right to try
And I’m uncaged and undefined
By anything that lies outside
Of my true identity
I took her fire and made it me
I took his pain and let it be
The fuel to the fire of my liberty
And sometimes this is lonely
And I can’t explain
How I need to protect my
Energy and set the rules
For my own game
Because I’ve fought so hard to break the shame
So I can shelter others to do the same
So nothing’s going to stop me
I honour you but I can’t tame myself to be
Something you are comfortable to see
Because it will stagnate and suffocate
The sweet prize of my destiny
I honour you, but let me be
I’m the future
You just wait and see
I honour you, but let me be
I’m the future
You just wait and see
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Samantha Lindo London, UK
Samantha Lindo is a multidisciplinary RnB and Soul artist whose sound spans the realms of spiritual jazz, gospel and spoken
word.
Her forthcoming album, 'Ancestry', was funded by Arts Council England and the MOBO awards and uses the stories from her family history to explore themes of dual heritage identity, inter-generational healing and climate justice.
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