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Fire and I

from No Turning Back From Here by Osekre

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I wrote the song on my way to the studio during the first week of our recording sessions. It is an original poem which was burning to turn into music. I had to record it.

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Fire and I

Fire and I:

We didn't come this far to die.

Destiny calls.

Opportunity stalls.

The past talks.

The future must stand tall

Lest I fall

And fail generations gone before.

Please tell them all

I cannot lose faith at all.

The pool of tears

Have gathered over the years .

The fears

Are not allowed into the rear

Of the new year.

The future is onward.

The way is forward.

True, we staggered

Several times backward.

Fire and I:

We didn't come this far to die.

Until you've experienced it at firsthand,

You won't completely understand.

Until you've seen it at first sight,

You will lack the foresight.

Baring goads

Of loads

On the road from the roam,

Still with nothing to show,

Playing roles

On the road,

Filling rows

On roll,

Dreams that mind couldn't live with

Visions and propositions of opposition.

Fire and I:

We didn't come this far to die.

Personalities, casualties;

Currents of comments of torments;

Storm-clouds of doubt

Forth round about:

There is no turning back from here.

Poverty, you will write a eulogy.

Tragedy, you are near mask of fantasy.

Stability, you have no room for timidity

Fear, you are not invited here.

Inferiority, go away with superiority.

These are the days of equality.

Mediocrity, you are wiped away in a feast of multiplicity.

Do you not hear!? There is no turning back from here!

Fire and I:

We didn't come this far to die.

I came with thirty.

I offered sixty.

Take the eighty.

The roads are lengthy.

The past is where I'm no more returning to:

Where insanity

Is equal with humanity,

Where the rules

Are too harsh for the bulls,

Where the night hides from itself

Because of the victims stacked daily on its shelves.

Our actions will chant.

Our wishes will stand.

Nothing will satisfy

Until our doubt is sacrificed

For our faith to reign in the rains of the days.

Our actions will chant.

Our wishes will stand.

Nothing will satisfy

Until our doubt is sacrificed

And tomorrow has appeared sanctified

For our faith to reign in the rains of the days.

Hope and I:

We will never cease to try.

Faith and I:

We will see tomorrow before we fly.

Love and I:

We will persevere even if we have to cry.

Fire and I:

We didn't come this far to die.

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from No Turning Back From Here, track released November 24, 2009
Osekre: Lead Vocals

Jonah Rank: Drum programming, keyboards

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Osekre New York, New York

"This Afro-indie band can’t be pinned to any one genre but instead transcends all, with lyrical and reflective beats. The band “turns local sounds global and brings global sounds local” with its clear African influence, but its sound goes beyond this, creating a universal funk that anyone would want to jam to. " ... more

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