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The Foreign Exchange - Better (feat. Shana Tucker, Eric Roberson)

D'Angelo & Quest Love - Tell Me If You Still Care (Live, 2013)

Me' Shell NdegeOcello - Soul Searching

I wrote this song in an airport hotel in Singapore while waiting for my next flight that night - it was about a mood I was in where I was just seeing too much corruption in the world and I was over it - I was thinking - No Thank you! :) 

No Thank You Lyrics 

You’ve had a lot to say 
Reached me in every way 
Radio, television 
Breaking news (I had to listen) 
You joined social media 
Feeding me your phobia 
Polarising choices 
Between red 'n blue voices

What a crazy proposition
Making me choose between 
The lesser of two evils
No thanks to your fancy division
We won't be divided
Never be conquered - no, no

No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)
No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)

I recall a day when you
Reported an attack 
Didn't mention kids
Lured into hospital 
For biscuit snacks
For a fake hosing down
From bad man’s chemical spray
You wanted me angry, afraid 
By your propaganda play

What a crazy proposition
Making me choose between 
The lesser of two evils
No thanks to your fancy division
We won't be divided
Never be conquered - no, no

No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)
No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)

The end justifies the means 
So you say 
Sky falling every year 
Fear clickbait 
Demonising whoever 
Dismisses the doomsday fate
Willing to divide families
What is this trait?

What a crazy proposition
Making me choose between 
The lesser of two evils
No thanks to your fancy division
We won't be divided
Never be conquered - no, no

No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)
No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)

Name the next bad land 
The next terror plot
Our bodies are dangerous 
Medicate the lot 
Don’t trust my thoughts 
Fear all my friends 
Ignoring the fear 
While your promise bends

What a crazy proposition
Making me choose between 
The lesser of two evils
No thanks to your fancy division
We won't be divided
Never be conquered - no, no

No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)
No thank you
I'm more than okay 
Without you 
(Oh yeah)

I saw you closely 
In a clearer frame 
Playing the masses 
In a twisted game 
I have my voice 
I’ll say what must be said 
You are the falling sky
But not on my head

Raphael Saadiq & Q-Tip - Get Involved (The Ummah Production) (1999) [HQ]

Olivier Lerob