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I know, I know

from No Turning Back From Here by Osekre

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I wrote this track cos everyone says, "I know" when they don't know! Haha ... That was one of my first culture shocks!

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I Know

I know...

We say,

We play,

Betray,

Delay,

We shame,

We blame,

In faith

And vague.

I know...

We kiss,

We dis,

We tease

And miss.

We use our fists

At end of wits.

I know...

You know

I know.

We all

Don't know.

We say

We know.

We all

Don't know.

I know...

I know...

Baptized in a sea of missiles

And we said it was dismal.

360 degrees in a genocide,

And we are not petrified.

Have not tasted the relief of peace in years,

And yet our ears

Have not fallen to their tears.

HIV: HIV will soon be with us for a generation.

Generations will swing on oscillations

and return on vibrations

of degeneration.

We play without meaning

but seek an audience with comprehension

We try to be indistinct

but demand for sympathizers with instinct

We press to become an existence

With a definition whose definition by definition is nothing.

Not knowing,

Yet we say we know:

Holding on to what we do not know that we insist we know,

Breeding nothing

On this mountain,

Yielding to the apex

Rooted in the complex,

Fascinating,

Never admitting,

Constantly wishing,

Spinning understanding,

And yet we look into each other's faces and we still say,

"I know."

She turns

And coils

In burns

Of oil.

Generations

Boil

In endless foil.

I know...

Grows in

The toil

Of own

Soil,

Inhabits

A broil:

Nations

Share spoils.

I know...

You know.

I know.

We all

Don't know.

We say

We know.

We all

Don't know.

I know...

I know...

credits

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

Sean Peters: Background Vocals

Jonah Rank: Drum programming

Andre Rivie: Electric guitar

Kristin Young: Background Vocals

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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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