Nneka recorded a song for the 2010 fifa world cup in south africa called viva africa. Born nneka egbuna in warri, nigeria, in 1981, she immigrated at age. Nneka egbuna, mounir maarouf, blaise batisse director. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. Find out at which radio station you can hear nneka book of job. The second track on nigeriangerman singer nneka s fifth studio album my fairy tales. Subscribe to nnekas channel and become part of nnekas awesome. Influenced by the towering legacies of fela kuti and bob marley as well as by contemporary urban american artists such as mos def and lauryn hill, she also pursued a career in music upon arriving in germany. Nneka, full name nneka egbuna, is a hip hop and soul singersongwriter, actress, activist and painter. Look up in d sky and tell me what is left for us to see so many mornings that we wake up no money in the pocket to be.
Deeper than any valley my love will stand higher the any mountain oh, my love will be skin your face over the sun i will dance i will smile coz the love my love, my love my love, my love my love, my love you love, you love you love, you love is bigger than that is bigger than that is bigger than that in any may can see my love, my love my love, my love. You keep pushing the blame on our colonial fathers you say they came and they took all we had possessed they have to take the abuse that they have caused our present state with their intruding history use our goodness and nourishment in. The time has come 4 u to see that love is something else u practise it to be the line is long 4 u and me that leads us 2 the very debt of our hearts. Marriage is not my priority now the first time i met her was in 2003. Salomgomis sebastiensiparex features n neka s a strong woman and shes talking about government and society, said tricky of songwriter nneka egbuna. As you dey so u dey bow ur head as u dey there so u dey shed those tears my broda make u stand up th. My love, my love reprise my love, my love reprise nneka. Kms, writers designee, edition bei schlueter record labels. Nneka lyrics j i see hatred in your face the fierce look you wear has killed my confidence i have made many mistakes i carry a heart an open wound, my love but forgiveness is king my friend. In 2010, selections from both albumsincluding the international hit heartbeatwere compiled for her us debut, concrete jungle, which showed north america what the rest of the world already knew. According to psalm 27 lord is my light and my salvation who shall i fear, who shall i fear look up.
You keep pushing the blame on our colonial fathers you say they came and they took all we had pocess. Born in warri, a southeast nigerian port city, nneka had a very hard time during her youth. Instead, nneka egbuna had to fight for it a struggle which her gripping songs. Nneka is a unique, formidable talent to be reckoned with. Nneka lucia egbuna born 24 december 1980 in warri, nigeria is a german nigerian hip hopsoul singer and songwriter. Influenced by the towering legacies of fela kuti and bob marley as well as by contemporary urban american artists.
In this madness, in this world, with its swiftness and its coldness youre my peace of mind, yes. I present you the official music video for book of job. Nneka nneka egbuna halfcast no longer at ease 2008. According to psalm 27 lord is my light and my salvation who shall i fear, who shall i fear look up in da sky and tell me what is left for us to see so many mornings that. Born nneka egbuna in warri, nigeria, in 1981, she immigrated at age 19 to hamburg, germany, with plans to study anthropology. Yeh we are created in a beautiful way yeh we are made by love and only love love is time we invest in the things that make us grow just as love was the basis of gods creation just as nature shows no matter what trials and tribulations you are going through no matter how hard it seems, how you live or how you look, yes yeh chorus. Nneka also won the award for best indigenous artist in nigeria at the nigerian entertainment awards nea 2010, which was held in new york, u. Nneka egbuna, jonas da silva pinheiro, farhad samadzada lyrics powered by. Influenced by the towering legacies of fela kuti and bob marley as well as by contemporary urban american. Full and accurate lyrics for book of job from nneka. Nneka egbuna was born on december 24th, 1980 in warri, a port city in southeast nigeria where sea trade, oil and the steel industry dominate the economy. Nneka lucia egbuna born 24 december 1980 is a nigeriangerman hip hopsoul singer and songwriter.
Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment africans nneka nneka. As you dey so u dey bow ur head as u dey there so u dey shed those tears my broda make u stand up this life u got nothing to loose. What struck me about her that first time was the large guitar in a large black bag backstrapped to her petit frame. If you found mistakes, please help us by correcting them. Deeper than any valley my love will stand higher the any mountain oh, my love will be skin your face over the sun i will dance i will smile coz the love my love, my love my love, my love my love, my love you love, you love you love, you love is bigger than that is bigger than that is bigger than that in any may can see my love, my love my love, my love my love, my love you love, you love you. It is a tribute to the premier mundial on african soil. Look up in d sky and tell me what is left for us to see, so many mornings that we wake up, no money. Nnekas brother anatol describes in two autobiographical books how the. Born in nigeria and based in germany, nneka is a stylistically diverse, politically inclined englishlanguage neosoul singer reminiscent of erykah badu. Nneka lucia egbuna, farhot, nneka egbuna, farhad samadzada, sven waje publishers. This official playlist contains official nneka interview videos. U keep pushing the blame on our colonial fathers u say they came and they took all we had processed they have to take the abuse that they have caused our present state with. Blaise batisse, mounir maarouf, nneka lucia egbuna. Lyrics are written exactly like they are in the album.
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