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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
K'naan
Vocals
Dwight Vaughn Dawes
Hammond Organ
Matt Cappy
Trumpet
Shiah Coore
Bass
Track & Field
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
K'naan
Composer
Matt Cappy
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
K'naan
Producer
Damian Marley
Producer
Jan Fairchild
Mixing Engineer
Track & Field
Producer
Lyrics
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 neighbor's 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 anta habibi"
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 gunman say
Before he took you away on that fateful day? Fatima
Did he know your name
Or the plans we made to go to New York City? Fatima
Fatima, what did the gunman 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
'Cause this here (Fatima) is a celebration
We're not mourning, we're celebrating
(Fatima) yeah
So baby, don't cry
Please don't let the tears fall (Fatima)
So don't cry
Writer(s): Keinan Warsame
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