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Hey mister, how are you walking on water?
I hope can you show me cause I really want to
walk on the water exactly like you do?
show me the steps that I need to go through

and I’ll be Usain Bolt in this thang
bolting to whatever you saying
One wish, permit me to ask it
before my address becomes a casket
maybe it might seem a little drastic
make me new like Saul in Damascus
I know there’s no ‘u’ in me, 
but you know I need more You in me.

I wanna walk (your way)
I want to talk (your way)
I want to live (your way)
I want to love (your way)

okay so you say if want to imitate
I just for keep my eyes on you and need to have a little faith
it sounds so easy, let me try? let me try?
make I try? ei I dey try!
look at me now, look at my feet
standing on Atlantic street
used to be scared to be ambitious that was my condition,
I put little on my plate cause I was scared of broken dishes.

now I’m walking (your way)
now I’m talking (your way)
now I’m living (your way)
now I’m loving (your way)

I am good now, you can go now
Kwaku running the show now
I’m good now, you can go now
Kwaku running the show now
now I’m all grown, walking on my own
today I walk on water, tomorrow I make my throne

no wait. what’s happening? what’s happening?
where did you go? I need you back again!
I need you back to tell me what to do 
please use your pencil to draw me closer to you.
and this time I’ll use pencil to write down what I think
and I will write down all of your plans and orders in ink

I carry my being like Jack Sparrow
Fooled by my feeling of pride in my marrow
If following you is right, I never want go left
if following you is wrong, go ahead and give me an F
so long as I am still in this atmosphere
the belly of the whale will be my utmost fear

cause I wanna walk (your way)
I want to talk (your way)
I want to live your way
I want to love your way

Your Way

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[Paapa] What does it mean, to know You died for me
Am I supposed to be 
the richest man? 
was that your plan? I’m not sure

but chale I for show
everything in me
I go let my life explode
for all the world to see

like a supernova, supernova
supernova-ah
supernova, supernova
supernova-ah
supernova, supernova
supernova-ah
supernova, supernova
supernova-ah

[Cwesi Oteng] Chale ma paddy
you are the image of God
so walk and talk like Him
manifest the God in you my friend

so the world will know
You’re a child of God
born to rule and reign
with His story with your life

[Paapa & Cwesi] so before I go 
let my life explode
Light up the universe
with every rhyme and verse
I have got to show, 
all over the globe
my saviour’s glow
like a Supernova

[Paapa] I go let my life explode
for all the world to see 

like a supernova, supernova
supernova-ah
supernova, supernova
supernova-ah
supernova, supernova
supernova-ah
supernova, supernova
supernova-ah

this little light of mine
I’m going to let it shine
like a supernova
until this life is over

Supernova ft. Cwesi Oteng

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Twinkle twinkle little star
Black and beautiful you are
a single look into your eyes
I can tell how much you’ve cried
so twinkle twinkle little star
Black and beautiful you are.

Twinkle twinkle little star
I have seen your many scars
your pain made a path for me
Freedom didn’t come easy
Twinkle twinkle little star
Black and beautiful you are

Kukua, I know that you
Were born out of love
God chose you
For me
In your galaxy
is where I want to be

Swim in oil, walk on gold
Things that Inorubo [oburoni backwards] stole
Twinkle twinkle little star
Black and beautiful you are

Far Away

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I woke up on this shore
somewhere I’ve been before
looks familiar looks like home
I hear a voice, familiar tone 
I heard Him say

"Di m’akyi oh, di m’akyi o
Di m’akyi oh, follow me o

I want you to stand up now
follow me I’ll show you how
make sure that I always lead
kwaku come, honor me

Di m’akyi oh, di m’akyi o
Di m’akyi oh, follow me o

Just follow me, just follow me
just follow me

through this meadow
Hansel Gretel

Hansel & Gretel

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sir can you please explain
why you’re bearing such pain
and still want to carry me
back to home behind the sea

How much can you love me?
Don’t you get tired of me?
Tell how much can you love me?
How much can you love me?

neither depth, nor even heights
can keep me out of your sight
neither death, nor even life
can keep me from your sacrifice

I’m curious as I write this
cause I’m usually not like this
but I’m just asking cause I know I’m not righteous
and despite this, you love me like you’re sightless

I don’t love my own self that much
that’s why I don’t understand such
love like yours so before I go
I just want to know

How much can you love me?
Don’t you get tired of me?
Tell how much can you love me?
How much can you love me?

How Much (Prod. by Paapa)

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Somebody told me this was a place that I could find a home 
because I’m buried under like a forgotten bone

But I don’t understand
please tell me where I am

(oh) I memorized the map and followed all directions
followed all the signs at Calvary’s intersection (yeah)
He gave me this address but I’ll confess
that all I’ve seen is everybody dressing to impress

I’ve been underserved 
and I feel undeserved

Everybody’s so in love with this place
cause we all want to be loved.
but there’s no sign of love in this place
cause nobody wants to love

I’m lost sheep and I’m scared
lost coin under the chair

Somebody told me this was a place that I could find a home

Lost

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I’ve tried my will, but I always fail
now I am stuck in the belly of a whale
I can’t stay still, been here for a while
colder everyday, the air grows stale

maybe the words don’t exist
or maybe they’re just too hard to my lips

obaatampa, tie m’akoma

M'akoma

[Paapa] Do my words make you bitter?
do they make you cry?
do they make you better?
do they make you try?
just a little harder
to learn a little more
than what you learned before

I want you to hear
the truth crystal clear
now that I’m here
give me your ear
now that I’m here

took trips to my home in a textbook
saw pictures someone from the west took
I hate to break it you
but you haven’t had the best look

I know what you know
I’ve seen what you’ve seen
but now that I’m here

be hungry for truth and thirsty for understanding
confusion is like falling, conviction is landing

I want you to hear
the truth crystal clear
now that I’m here
give me your ear

my story is my own
my story is my own
my story is my own
my story is my own to tell

[Jayso] This is my home, yes, I’m in my zone, let’s
break and talk about perception and what is known facts
they got it wrong, they got it wrong
Make I tell you the truth
cause the story they telling you is wrong
all they showing is slums, but they have slums too
poverty and crime don’t they have some too?
I mean e dey bore the way dem dey see we for there
as if we be animals for here, yea

I know say some people dey struggle, truth be told
but look below the surface and you will know
that everything ain’t everything they telling you on screens
the beauty of our continent, hospitable human beings
these Africans are black and proud with dreams like you
come see it for yourself you will see, like you
we have our good and bad, so don’t just show the bad
and make it look like that’s we have

cause e dey bore, e dey bore waah
Make I tell my own story
Chale Paapa take em to church
Fa ɔmo kɔ asɔre

[Paapa]I want you to hear
the truth crystal clear
now that I’m here
give me your ear

Now That I'm Here ft. Jayso

Afro-soul single "Call You Mine” reflecting on Paapa Versa's insecurities as a man and an artist and celebrating the grounding love in his life

Call You Mine

"Right here" by M.anifest, Ghana's reigning Hip-Hop artist of the year, featuring yours truly from his new album, #Apae. 

Buy #Apae online via iTunes or Spinlet, or physical CDs at a Woodin store in Accra, Ghana.

Right Here ft. Paapa - M.anifest

Piano cover of VI Music's Tronomie (aka Crossfire's Joshua Adjeman). The original's been echoing in my mind since I first heard it. Check it out here: https://soundcloud.com/tronomie/breaking-bars

Breaking Bars - Tronomie (Piano Cover)

Music on iTunes: http://bit.ly/TUlFmi  Download Solar album (free): http://bit.ly/NqcmIm

Dear Grace ft. Maria

Stronger ft. Debbie

This is how I keep the streets of Accra on my iPod, and in my heart. Music on iTunes: http://bit.ly/TUlFmi  Download Solar album (free): http://bit.ly/NqcmIm


Pure Water

A 5-track project with sober, minimal but hopeful songs recorded in the comfort (and inconvenience) of my bedroom.

Production by Paapa, mixing and mastering by Jayso, powered by Skillions Records.

Buy on iTunes: http://apple.co/2fZgrvr

Stream/Download here: http://bit.ly/2xMLYda 

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LYRICS:
I think I’m right, you think you’re right
It looks like we’ll be here all night
Life is too dear, life is too short
so why do we turn love into a war?

When we both are trying to win
So we both lose everything

You walk away so full of scorn,
And I run to pride to keep me warm
We are both in over our heads
With each other's hearts
  
When we both are trying to win
So we both lose everything
But we're both still trying to win
So we both lose everything

We are losers
and you know, we know, we know
we know we are
We always lose each other

But we're both still trying to win

Technical Difficulties 1

Losers (acoustic)

A 5-track project with sober, minimal but hopeful songs recorded in the comfort (and inconvenience) of my bedroom.

Production by Paapa, mixing and mastering by Jayso, powered by Skillions Records.

Buy on iTunes: http://apple.co/2fZgrvr

Stream/Download here: http://bit.ly/2xMLYda  

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LYRICS:
Lyrics: 
It's 3am and I'm
Still trying to get some sleep
My pillow has been kind
But my mind won't let me be

My head's been in the clouds
My head's ahead of me
Anxiety so loud
Can't hear God's symphony

but a wise man once told me
"don’t let dreams blind you"

"cause you go miss what dey infront of you“ 4x

I’ve been dreaming about the future
Reminiscing about the past
But I still haven’t had kombucha
Even though it’s right where I’m at

My head's been in the clouds
My heart's ahead of me
Anxiety so loud
Can't hear God's symphony

but a wise man once told me
"don’t let dreams blind you"

"cause you go miss what dey infront of you“ 4x

Infront Of You ft. Adomaa

A 5-track project with sober, minimal but hopeful songs recorded in the comfort (and inconvenience) of my bedroom.

Production by Paapa, mixing and mastering by Jayso, powered by Skillions Records.

Buy on iTunes: http://apple.co/2fZgrvr

Stream/Download here: http://bit.ly/2xMLYda 

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LYRICS:
Oh I heard you say you love me
Those are very heavy words.
But are you prepared to carry
the meaning when it hurts?

Oh I heard you say you love me
but do you want to do the work
that it takes to really love me?
but will your hands get in the dirt?

How will I know that you love me
Well how will I know that you trust me
Well how will I know if you only say
But you never show, how will I know?
Well how will I know

Love me make I see am, just show me
Love me make I feel am, just show me
Love me make I see am, just show me
Love me make I feel am

When lips do all the walking
They do not go very far
But when your feet do all the talking
They tell me who you are

When your thunder sounds
It's just empty and loud
but when your lightning hits the ground
All the truth comes rushing out

How will I know that you love me
Well how will I know that you trust me
Well how will I know if you only say
But you never show, how will I know?
Well how will I know

Love me make I see am, just show me
Love me make I feel am, just show me
Love me make I see am, just show me
Love me make I feel am

So please show me

How will I know that you love me
Well how will I know that you trust me
Well how will I know if you only say
But you never show, how will I know?
Well how will I know

Just show me,
Love me make I see am, just show me
Love me make I feel am, just show me
Love me make I see am, just show me
Love me make I feel am, just show me

How Will I Know

Produced by Paapa
Mixed & Mastered by Jayso

Lyrics:
PAAPA
I just wanna lay low / In my cave, Plato
Lord I'm calling, hello / I'm ready for my halo
Facebook, insta, and snap / please make me numb asap
Take me to your abyss / ano go fi take any more of dis

I just wanna lay low / in my cave, Plato
Ad3n menbr3 da? Jayso? / I'm so lost, gringo
Facebook, insta, and snap / please make me numb asap
Take me to your abyss / sake of chale man no fi take any more of dis

I got nothing more to say / I'm not sure how else to pray
I am tired of cliches / I really hope that, Lord, you'll make a way
Today

Not much more that I can take (not much I can take 2x)
I've got no heart left to break (no heart left to break 2x)

M.ANIFEST
Chale man taya forreal forreal
Somedays uninspired in my field
These days the cliches on replay
Afraid I might just lose the feel

Sober thoughts in a drunken place (get out)
Afor lef dis sunken place, e no dey be
Here in the physical, live in the digital
me and my soul sometimes no dey gree

How does my face look on facebook
Too many strategies and playbooks
Fell in a coma behind a hard desk
Organ donor - no more heart left

(Look in the mirror like) Who's dis?
Too grown for validation from cool kids
Etoro o, trying to find a full grip
in this world of verified blue ticks

I just wanna lay low / In my cave, Plato
Lord I'm calling, hello / I'm ready for my halo
Facebook, insta, and snap / please make me numb asap
Take me to your abyss / ano go fi take any more of dis

PAAPA
I got nothing more to say / I'm not sure how else to pray
I am tired of cliches / I really hope that, Lord, you'll make a way

Cause I just wanna lay low / in my cave, Plato
Ad3n menbr3 da? Jayso? / I'm so lost, gringo
Facebook, insta, and snap / please make me numb asap
Take me to your abyss / sake of chale man no fi take any more of dis

Not much more that I can take (not much I can take 2x)
I've got no heart left to break (no heart left to break 2x)

Technical Difficulties 2

No Heart Left ft. M.anifest

First and title track from "Technical Difficulties 2"

Written, performed and produced by Paapa
Mixed and Mastered by Jayso

Lyrics
Mercy, mercy, mercy, mercy, mercy Lord
My knees are pressed together as they hit the floor
carrying this weight got me insecure
you’ve seen me in this place many times before

my hands are unclean and my soul is weary
my tongue has been mean but I hope you’ll hear me
I step up on the stage, in the spotlight
I get distracted by the twitter chirping in the night

I’m nervous that I’ll probably forget my lines
I’m nervous cause I mess them up like all the time
Even though I know the script, I completely drift
I'm stuck in a loop like a twitter gif

I’m singing about the truth that is so legit
when I’m really a coward and a hypocrite
Cause today I say Amen
But tomorrow, make mayhem
And I will need your mercy all over again

Chorus
Good Lord have mercy on my soul
Lately evil has a hold on me
Lately evil has a hold on me

Good Lord can you forgive / these technical difficulties?

Verse
Mercy, mercy, mercy, mercy, mercy Lord
My knees are pressed together as they hit the floor
Every single hour, fighting voices in my head
I have been a coward with so much I haven't said

I'm telling people "don't miss what’s infront of you"
But overthinking is exactly what I want to do
the best place on earth is together right?
but sometimes I want to be alone forever 

I'm really the one thinking I got the answer
Aki Ola just catalyzed the cancer
How will I know if people really love me
When I don't even put their daily needs above me? 

I've been eating with the dogs, now I'm asking for a bone
I'm standing alone, infront of your throne
Cause today I say Amen
But tomorrow, make mayhem
And I will need your mercy all over again

Good Lord have mercy on my soul
Lately evil has a hold on me
Lately evil has a hold on me

Good Lord can you forgive / these technical difficulties?

Good Lord can you forgive / these technical difficulties?

Technical Difficulties ft. Akotowaa

BeYoutiful by Paapa from the self produced #Solar album. Music on iTunes: http://bit.ly/TUlFmi  Download Solar album (free): http://bit.ly/NqcmIm

BeYoutiful

Download for free here: www.bit.ly/V3QSeo

Kukua, I just got this scholarship
So I’ll be moving to the dollar ship.
I just want my dreams to set sail
Cause if I stay with you they might fail.

And with tears in her eyes, she said,

“Please don’t leave me
If you stay, we’ll find a way.
So don’t leave me.
If you stay, we’ll find a way.
I promise you.”

Kukua please know,
Say you’re so beautiful,
Black Star my queen.
I love you but guess what
Your cedi and pesewa
Cannot afford my dreams.

She said, “Kwaku, If you leave,
I’ll lose one more piece of me. I’ve lost too many.
But history repeats itself. So it’s time to play a different song.
Cause I need you right here beside me, here at home.
I know that I have got some issues
But ano fit fix alone. I said ano fit fix alone.

So don’t leave me.
If you stay, we’ll find a way.
So don’t leave me.
If you stay, we’ll find a way
I promise you.

If you leave,
Please write songs for me.
And come back to me.”

Write For Me

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Brother, please keep your money
We both know you don't love me
You don't even love yourself
You're Infatuated with your wealth
Funny that you call me poor,
Just because I don't have what you work for.

la la la la la la la (4x)

All I have is all I want 
All I want is all I need
So I think say that makes me, 
Richer than you’ll ever be
Material things perish anyway
I live for the things that always stay

So please, don’t waste your time
Keep your dime
I’ll be fine 
Don’t waste your time

la la la la la la la (4x)

Fish for yourself 
Never for others
Selfish with your wealth, 
You deny your brother
The greed inside you,
 I see it in my view,
If you let it drive you, 
it will always deprive you 
Reality check
Autotune never impressed the deaf
Blind man no fit dey see your dress
Doesn’t care if you are fresh to death
But I think the best, 
Thing in the world to get
is his respect.
 I no be carnivore, 
But I’m fed up with people wanting more

Richest Man

The 3rd & final installment in the Technical Difficulties EP/album series.

Tired

Carpe Diem (Remix) ft. Flo, Jayso, Voyager X

Carpe Diem ft. Jayso, Voyager X

Full Of Emptiness Ft. Nana Benyin

Solar

Jesus Cries

Solar ft. Jayso

Let Him In

Ghanaian singer-songwriter & producer. Music with some heart & soul.

Thank you for being here.

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