Bori Afolabi - Zion [Lyrics]

Some People, facing evil conditions
Tired, broken, dismantled, and worn
Fighting invisible battles and warfare
Losing, but trusting you've already won

It won't be too long, so no more crying
We will sing the songs up in Zion

Shoulders, aching from carrying burdens
The weight of the world is no matter of speech
Some loved ones are already there and they're waiting
'Till one day when you get to see them again

Don't cry, It won't be long.

Yoruba lyrics:  "Ma Sunkun Mo, Ko ni pe de."  English translation: Don't cry anymore, He won't be long / He will soon arrive.


Zion

Bori Afolabi – Like What [Lyrics]

If you truly want to love, you will have to hate some things
If you really want to live, it'll cost you everything.

Like what? I'm talking bout some awful things
Like what? Like spreading lies and gossiping
Like what? Perpetrating prejudice
Like what? And acting like it don't exist
Like what? Know the truth and don't concede
Like what? Evidence and no belief
Like what? Manners of impiety
Like what? Judging people like you're God
Like what? Acting like you know their thoughts
Like what? Chasing vanities and fame
Like what? And propagating the profane 

Like what? Doing nothing for another's sake
Like what? Two facing and being fake
Like what? Taking things that you know ain't yours
Like what? Buying things that you can't afford
Like what? Cheating big when there's no one there
Like what? Victimize the unaware
Like what? Negativity everywhere
Like what? Thinking only how to help yourself
Like what? Forget anybody else
Like what? Seeing evil and call it good
Like what? Not doing what ya know you should

The price is heavy and you don't think you can really afford
But what it's gonna demand from you is not without reward.


Like What

Bori Afolabi - Awesome [Lyrics]

Last week, he tried her number, she didn't answer but he found her
She said, she couldn't leave him, you know she'll regret him but he's awesome
He knows, he's got her addicted, he preys on her weakness, says he loves her
Tells her, I dare you to leave me, you'll never do better, I'm awesome...

I saw, I saw, I saw all this coming
I saw, I saw, I saw all this coming

(I'm) Awesome, you'll never leave me, I'm not getting out, you can't find a way out, there's no other way out of here

Her true friends seeing her struggle tell he's trouble she should dump him
But it's hard ‘cause she thinks he loves her, but he's under cover, he's a conman 

I saw, I saw, I saw all this coming
I saw, I saw, I saw all this coming

(I'm) Awesome, you'll never leave me, I'm not getting out, you can't find a way out, there's no other way out of here
I'm not getting out, you can't find a way out, there's no other way out of here

Oh, you know, someone's been praying for her
And Oh, Awesome will tire

(I'm) Awesome, you'll never leave me, I'm not getting out, you can't find a way out, there's no other way out of here
I'm not getting out, you can't find a way out, there's no other way out of here

Awesome

Bori Afolabi – To Make It Right [Lyrics]

You must be cursed they say
Suspended sentences I piled it up and this

It can’t be fixed it’s broken
Far beyond repair I barely have a prayer

Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
It’s hard think I'll ever get it right
Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
There’s chance if I’m alive

If the sun comes up
And I see it rise
Then there’s one more day
To make it right

(One more, one more day)

I rejected understanding
I kept it all at bay and wisdom far away
Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo
I’m ready now to listen up
And pick myself up

These voices keep telling me that I can’t do it
These voice keep telling me that it’s too late
These voice keep telling me my journey’s hopeless
These voice, these voices, these voices…

(One more, one more day)

To Make It Right

Bori Afolabi – Just Killing [Lyrics]

We've got suppressors of the truth
Who think conviction is a curse
Ya, but with every heartbeat
Reality affirmed
Yet they lobby through the state
And speak of love but are full of hate
I said they lobby through the state
They speak of love but they're full of hate

You wanna be the difference and the change
Blame it on religion and faith
Murder makes freedom, so you say...
It's just killing, just killing

There's no moral ambiguity
But they call it controversial
Yet the simplest of children
Can see it's purely evil
They try to keep it quiet
And get offended at the signs
They don't want no face to facing
It's out of sight, out of mind

You can close your eyes and plug your ears
It doesn't make it right, doesn't make it right.

(You know I'm right, yeaaaaaaa!)


Just Killing

Together Beats One [Lyrics]


The easy part was starting on this journey
When everything was sparkling and brand new
I didn’t know it then but now I’m learning
That one plus one won’t always equal two
‘Cause whey you’re down I feel your sadness
As if I’m down there too

I believe in you, even when you don’t
I believe in you, even if they won’t
We will fight for love and hope
Till they overcome

Perfect days are fewer than they once were
And dreamy nights might happen once a year
No one ever thought we’d make it this far
And some are jealous that we persevere
But none of that will even matter
In all that we’ve been through

I believe in you, even when you don’t
I believe in you, even if they won’t
We will fight for love and hope
Till they overcome

Every time you smile it’s something special
And when you laugh the worlds’ a better place
All we are is strong together
There’s nothing we can’t do

(If) I believe in you, even when you don’t
I believe in you, even if they won’t
We will fight for love and hope
Till they overcome

I believe in you, even when you don’t
I believe in you, even if they won’t
We will fight for love and hope
So our children’s children know
That when this life gets difficult
Together beats one

© Bori Afolabi 2014. All Rights Reserved.


Together Beats One

If You Didn’t Know [Lyrics]

Love doesn’t come and go
Its always there, if you didn’t know
You can blame it for all your bad decisions
Or make it your only true religion
But in whichever way you’re living
It’s around…

It’s never forced its will
On prodigals and runaways 
But if they return its hugs and kisses
Never a judgment, no conditions
Steady at work, not known for quitting
(Just) look around…

Some people tell you, love is something they regret 
And won’t ever try again
Failure is painful and it’s easy to forget
There’s a silver lining somewhere in the mess

Yeah Yeah, Say

Love doesn’t come and go, 
Its always there if you didn’t know
Love doesn’t come and go, 
Its always there if you didn’t know
If you didn’t know
If you didn’t know

© Bori Afolabi 2014. All Rights Reserved. 


If You Didn't Know

Like I do [Lyrics]

The lights are dim and the moons’ in sight
And everything she dreamed of is perfected tonight
Friends are here and family too
To help commemorate and celebrate this new phase in our lives
And I wonder if she knows what’s really really going on inside my mind
I’ve got to tell her

Baby Baby Baby, you know you look so good
You make it hard to take these eyes off of you
I can’t believe we’re married, and now we’re dancing too
And no one gets to love you like I do

Fifteen years and they’ve all flown by
It seems like yesterday we were standing face to face exchanging our vows
And all our dreams came true, now we’ve got a family too
Through the highs and lows, if you didn’t know, these eyes are still stuck on you

Baby Baby Baby, you know you look so good
You make it hard to take these eyes off of you
I can’t believe we’re married, and now we’re dancing too
And no one gets to love you like I do

Thirty years down the road, I know we ain’t gonna look the same
But there’s something that I know is never gonna change

Baby Baby Baby, you know you look so good
You make it hard to take these eyes off of you
I can’t believe we’re married, and now we’re dancing too
And no one gets to love you like I do

© Bori Afolabi 2014. All Rights Reserved. 


Like I Do

Some [Lyrics]

Some see glasses always half full
Some just can’t see hope at all
Some give life to all that they’ve got
Some just sit there and talk a whole lot

Oh Oh Oh Oh….

Some live life as if it’s they’re own
Some go through it and think they’re all alone
Some do evil and some do good
Some just try and do the best that they could

Oh Oh Oh Oh….

Some complain, some give thanks
Some just grumble and make demands
Some have nothing and beg just to eat
Some walk by them everyday on the street

Some of them are some of us and some of us are some of them
Some of them are some of us and all of us are all His

Some are healthy and some are sick in bed
Some are still living and some are dead
Some believed and trusted in Christ
Some will be with Him in paradise
Some will be with Him in paradise

© Bori Afolabi 2014. All Rights Reserved. 


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