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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

An acoustic ballad about receiving the beautiful gift of God's grace. Based on the story found in John 8.1-11.

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Grace

This is an example of recording vocals and guitar at the same time with Alex Cuba and Joby Baker at Baker Studios Ltd.

Hoy - Alex Cuba

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

Precies op de dag af drie jaar geleden (de eerste dag van de zomer) was het album ‘Winter All Year’ het startschot van de carrière van jonge producer City Lights. In de daaropvolgende periode heeft hij producties gedaan voor artiesten als Mr Probz, Dicecream en Hef, diverse releases op zijn naam gezet en opgetreden met Eva Simons. Omdat hij niet vergeet waar hij vandaan komt released hij vandaag een ode in de vorm van een EP die symbool staat voor het begin van zijn carrière. De vijf tracks tellende plaat ‘Winter All Year Tribute’ is nu hier te beluisteren.

City Lights is te volgen op Instagram: @City_Lights_Prod www.prodbycitylights.com / www.e­villestudios.com
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De volledige tracklist van ‘Winter All Year Tribute’:

01 ­- Reunion
02 ­- Backyard Maze 
03 ­- Thick And Thin 
04 ­- Hot Winter Days 
05 -­ Date Of Birth

03 - Thick And Thin

(c) Mike Donahue 2016
Recorded and Mixed by Eric Delegard at Realtime Audio
Mastered by Gary Long at Nomad Audio
Album Art by Walter Ramirez

Raining Outside Your Window

'Voice of Mount Mary' is the dearest song to my heart.  It was written from the perspective of my Uncle Jim, expressing his unconditional love for his mother, Laverne (my grandma), who recently passed away.  My uncle dedicated his life to caring for his mom & dad.  They had a relationship that I have never seen before, resulting in what I whole-heartedly interpret as the epitome of true love between people.  

The song honors my grandma and depicts my uncle's yearning to reunite with her in the Kingdom of Heaven.  She will always mean the world to me and to so many people whose lives she touched.  I wanted to write a song for her (our angel) and for my uncle, as well as for anyone who has or was blessed enough to have a "Laverne" in their life. 

The title of the song comes from the street address of the home my uncle spent his life in with his parents, and that my Grandpa Johnny built & named.






Voice of Mount Mary

Bori Afolabi - Hollywoods ft. Ben Clark [Lyrics]

Some are rollin’ in a Cadillac and think life is all of that
Super struttin’ like a fancy cat and ya think you know where it’s at
Some are focused on the fashion things
Like maybe it's Maybelline
But there ain't no satisfaction in all these crazy things

So let it go, it's a waste, throw it all away

I'm burning, burning, burning, burning, burning it down
These California idols gotta go
Tomorrow ain't a promise so I'm doing it now 
Yea, set fire to my Hollywoods

So busy being gossipers
Celebrity news and dirt
Junk talking is popular
They don’t care who gets hurt
Some are living for the “casholine”
And chasing that dirty dream
But there ain't no gratification
In all these worthless things

Hollywoods you never want to let me go 
Hollywoods, you ain't gonna get my soul

(Can’t get my soul man)


Hollywoods ft. Ben Clark

We are two people that love Jesus and love His Church. It has been a dream of ours to create music that connects the church to Jesus in a creative and genuine way. We have seen both incredible and tragic events in the local church yet still believe in it; its ability to reach our world and its importance in a believer's life. We write songs that we hope inspire to connect individuals to Christ and to His body.  We believe that as the song writers and psalmist, we are the prompters, the community and local congregation(s) the performers, and Christ is the audience.

Zion

Bori Afolabi

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