You Are My Land

Artist: Amirah
Composer: Amirah
Lyrics: Amirah, Stolar

Verse 1
These sights and sounds are taking me over
Thoughts of you remind me that I’m older
This way of life, I’m fighting for
A love that’s made of truth and freedom

Chorus 
You are my land, you are my heart
Whenever you fall, I break apart
Don't let these fools pretend, to know you
Remember the ones, the ones who made you

Verse 2
I hear your name and I can see my way
I wish that I could have you with me always
Can you help at night, when I’m alone
Cause losing you is what I’m afraid of

Chorus 

Bridge
I remember that, you were all I asked for
Why can’t you take me as I am

Chorus 

Outro
I pray that I don’t ever let you down
The things I’d do just to stay here with you

You Are My Land

Tell Me

Artist: Amirah
Composer: Amirah
Lyrics: Amirah, Amy Powers

Verse 1
I dive in the darkest oceans
I walk on the shifting sands
The more that I see of this world 
The less that I understand it

Prechorus 1
Am I my name, am I my face
My religion or my race
My tradition or my tribe
Or just this heart that beats inside
And can I ever justify the choice I make?

Chorus 
Tell me 
Tell me
Ahhhh...
What should I believe?

Verse 2
I hide while the storm surrounds me
I watch while the fires burn
Beneath every answer I know
The questions are still returning

Prechorus 2
Am I my fear, am I my faith 
Am I my love, am I my hate 
Am I the steel beneath my skin 
Or just the doubt that hides within
And can I still forgive my sins and find my grace?

Chorus 2
Tell me
Tell me
Ahhhh....
How do I believe?

Tell me
Tell me
Ahhh...
What should I believe?

Verse 3
We walk in the same sweet sunlight
Sleep under the same bright stars
Our wounds leave the same blood spilling
Our wars leave the same cruel scars

Pre Chorus 3
Are we free or are we slaves
And are we damned or are we saved
Are we the prayers that we recite
Or just our honour and our pride
And is it too late to decide to change our ways?

Chorus 3
Tell me
Tell me
Ahhh...
How do I believe?

Tell me
Tell me
Ahhh...
What should I believe?

Tell Me

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Growing up in Kuala Lumpur, the densely-populated capital city of Malaysia, Amirah Ali was constantly exposed to the juxtapositions of different cultures and different viewpoints. It is this exposure to diversity that has framed who Amirah Ali is today: both as an artist and as a human being. Being born with mixed parentage, Amirah’s music reflects the diversity of her unique Malaysian background. It personifies the idea of West meeting East, fusing traditional music instruments and elements with the modern harmonies of Western music thus creating a sound for herself that is exploratory, bold and courageous. With a warm unique voice that is subtle yet enticing, her music draws you into the quiet bravery seen in her lyrics, where she speaks of diversity, equality, acceptance and unity not only through her lyrical content, but through her music arrangements as well.

Amirah has garnered local and international recognition for her songwriting and performing. Her latest single "Tell Me" was awarded semi- finalist for the ISC International Songwriting Competition(USA) 2020 beating 29,000 worldwide entries. Judges included Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and Tom Waits  and The John Lennon Songwriting Competition 2020. Her debut single, “Katakanlah”, has won many international songwriting awards including runner up for the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) 2011 beating 15,000 entries from 115 countries, finalist for the John Lennon Songwriting Competition 2010 and as winner for the Independent Music Awards 2014 under the Instrumental Music Category. In 2013, “Katakanlah” - Trance Remix (a collaboration with DJ Duo, Scandra, from Germany) reached the semi-finals for the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) 2013. In 2012, Amirah walked away with 7 nominations, the highest of the year, and 2 awards for ‘Best Female Artist’ and ‘Best Performance’ at the Voize Independent Music Awards (VIMA), which represents artists from all over Southeast Asia. Amirah was also awarded ‘Best Female Artist’ for the International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA) 2014 for her song “Queen of My Heart”, written for her mother.“Katakanlah” and “Sailing the Sahara” were also featured in “Malaysia’s World Music Artist” compilation album under MARTRADE (Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation) 2013.


Her influence on the local music scene has also been honored with several nominations such as Anugerah Bintang Popular 2010, Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) 2011 and 2013 under the Pop Ethnic category and the Selangor Talent Youth 2011 for Best Song. Her contributions to local artists have not gone unnoticed with the recording of her song "Ikrar Cinta" for Malaysian Megastar Dato Siti Nurhaliza's 18th studio album "Simetrisiti" in 2017, "Kurnia Syurgawi" for Malaysian R&B artist Atilia Haron's latest album "No3" in 2017, “There We Go” by Sony Music artist Alif Satar for his 2011 album “Lelaki Seperti Aku”, "Hasrat Hati" for Nadeera, "Suara Harapan" for the governments Go Green Project, "Pelangi Dunia" in collaboration with Jyostna Prakash from the Temple of Fine Arts and the theme song for RTM children's animation carton "Lang: Penjaga Hutan" for TV and produced the theme song for ‘Bayangan Rindu’, a tele-movie directed by the renowned Erma Fatima.

MUSIC AWARDS

ISC INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION (USA)
Semi-Finalist for "Tell Me" and "You Are My Land" beating
29,000 worldwide entries. Judges included Dua Lipa,
Coldplay, and Tom Waits - 2020

THE JOHN LENNON SONGWRITING COMPETITION
Top 4 Finalist for "Tell Me"- 2020

THE INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION (ISC)
Semi-Finalist 2020

THE 10TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ACOUSTIC MUSIC
AWARDS (IAMA)
Winner - 2014

THE 13TH ANNUAL INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS (IMA)
Nominee - Instrumental Song Category - 2014

THE VOICE INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS
Winner - 2013

TRAXXFM'S UPSTAGE BATTLE OF THE BANDS: ROAN TO
VIMA
Winner - Independent Artiste Category - 2013

THE INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION
Semi-Finalist - Best Dance Song - 2013

THE VOICE INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS (VIMA)
Winner of 2 Awards:
Best Performer and Best Female Artist
Received 7 Nominations:
Best Music Video, Best Pop Song, Best Pop Act, Best
Dance
Song, Best Instrumental, and Best Collaboration
Received the largest number of nominations in that year.

ANUGERAH INDUSTRI MUZIK
Top 5 Nominee - Pop Ethnic Category - 2013

MARIE CLAIRE WOMEN OF STYLE AND SUBSTANCE
AWARD
One of the ten recognized women of style and substance -
2011
This award recognizes women who have had an impact in
their chosen profession as well as deemed as people to watch in
the future.

THE INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION
Second Place - World Music Category – 2011
Beating out 15,000 international entries from 115 countries.
Judges included Timbaland, Peter Gabriel and Rihanna.

SEYTA SELANGOR TALENT YOUTH
Finalist – 2011

ANUGERAH INDUSTRI MUZIK (AMI)
Top 5 Nominee - Pop Ethnic Category - 2011

THE INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION
Winner – World Music Category - 2010
19,000 entries from over 100 countries; semi-finalists
only make up 8% of all entries

THE LENNON SONGWRITING. COMPETITION
Finalist – World Music Category - 2010
This prestigious international songwriting contest recognizes
outstanding work in 12 categories

ANUGERAH BINTANG POPULAR
Nominee – 2010

AMIRAH

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