never will tire Big up ukweli big up Xenia

This is my best track of 2020 thus far. I bet it blows up !! Thank you for the awesome beats and Xeniah's beautiful pen.

where do we  Go

Love that understands, love that is true, love that is friendship. Love that takes you to Utopia.

Utopia- Monitah

 Wavey Wednesdays (Artists from the collective will be dropping a tune every week on a Wednesday)

SONG 03 : Ukweli & Nu - Fvnk Ft Karun - Wishful Thinking 

lyrics:

I never get enough of giving a fuck
Is it intuition or wishful thinking?
I never get enough, I don't give a fuck
That's just what I say but truth is that I'm crazy

I can't say it enough, I am lost
I can't say it enough, I don't even know where I'm going but
I hope you find your way somehow
Time is working out in your favor
Don't worry cause all you need is love
Don't worry cause all you need is some love

Yaku

Ukweli & Nu Fvnk Ft Runka - Wishful Thinking #WAVEYWEDNESDAY

Murder Ciru (She Wrote)

This track is to anyone who's having doubts on whether what they're pursuing is to be. As Denzel says, "fall seven, get up eight!"

Continue thriving. Success is an ongoing rollercoaster. You just have to keep on working.

Huge shoutout to Ayoti for coming up with the vocals.

Okay, Now feat. Ayoti

New single out on all streaming platforms

how long

How Long - Ukweli ft. Kiwango

Sometimes the emotions that arise during rehearsals are better than on stage. When there pressure's off and the music is all that speaks. Get a glimpse of our rehearsals via an iPhone voice recording. One of my faves.

Band:
Newman Owor - Lead Guitar & Music director
Thomas O'lango - Bass
Julius Ngung'u - Keyboard
Dre Waweru - Drums

MAKE BELIEVE LIVE

It's a song about being in love with someone and willing to risk it all for them if they just affirm that they feel the same way. "Niambie ni mimi" is Swahili for "tell me it's me."

Lyrics:
Niamini
Ninataka 
Uwe wangu 
milele
Kabla upate 
nishakuwa 
na mwingine 

Pre-Chorus:
Niambie, Niambie ni mimi x2
Sitaki kujua mwingine, 
Sitaki kujua mwingine ewe x2

Chorus: 
Niambie eee
Niambie eeeee
Niambie eeee
ni mimi, ni mimi 

Verse 2:
Contemplating
My decision
On a mission for more 
It's such a challenge 
got tightrope balance
but it's worth fighting for

Pre-Chorus:
Niambie, Niambie ni mimi x2
Sitaki kujua mwingine, 
Sitaki kujua mwingine ewe x2

Chorus x2

Niambie

NIAMBIE (Produced by MOMBRU)

neo ngoma & swahili soul 

produced by Tim Lyre

Peninsula Fantasy

Aura ft Jean Deaux & Karun

Ukweli latest piece has meticulously crafted a space in which Xenia Manasseh’s heart is front and centre. It's so palpable, that you carry her weight through each stage of grief - denial, guilt, anger, depression, reconstruction and finally closure. Tepid synths, minimalist beats plus a wonderfully psychedelic guitar, contrast Xenia’s tale, letting one know that no matter how dark it gets, there is always hope.

Lyrics
Verse 1

Been wondering why
It’s all the same
When I’m listening  (you say shit about stepping up to every one but me)
then
I lose my temper
it’s overwhelming
Overbearing
I’m over failing
Over stressing
Over guessing
Over us
Only dangerous
If I’m losing trust

Verse 2:

Don’t know why it’s just
Just so
Hard for you to understand
Had my trust
& started doing shit that I can’t stand
We already past the day
Day the blue became the gray
oh no no
Saw it rain on our parade
Once we stopped with the charade
Oh I
Couldn’t handle one more fight with you no no
Put aside my pride a sacrifice for me not sure you knew
Or even noticed
And so I’d
Rather just apologize
Cause I know I
I’d rather be
I’d rather be alone


Outro

I want you to know
You’ll be on my mind
I need you to know
Though we’ve crossed the line
Had chemistry so unmatched
How could I take being attached
How could I take it all back
How could I promise you that
Wish I could say there were gone
Ain’t easy tryna move on
Just ain’t no need to prolong
Everything we’ve undergone
Cause if I’m being honest
This the hardest shit I did yea
Some nights I can’t believe that
That we’d ever make it out
To see the sun another day
Cause I got way too used to the clouds
Yeah I got way too used to the clouds
Yeah I got way too used to the clouds
Said I got way too used to the clouds
Yeah I got way too used
credits
releases January 10, 2020
Produced by Ukweli
Live Guitar by Otugi Mlamba
Mixed by Samuel 'Sichangi' Namasaka and Jacob 'Jinku' Solomon
Mastered by Russell Kearney at www.russellkearneymusic.com
license
all rights reserved

Ukweli Ft Xenia Manasseh - My Pride

Ukweli is a music producer & visual artist from Nairobi, Kenya. He draws influence from a wide palette of music he was exposed to growing up from R&B, Taarab, Highlife, and Afrobeats among many other genres.

Ukweli was selected for the 2023 Youtube Black Voices program alongside some of the greatest talents at the forefront of music from all over the world including Asake, Juls, Coco Jones etc . 

Ukweli was named by Apple Music's "Africa Now" Radio as one of the artists to watch in 2023 .
Ukweli released his collaborative EP entitled "Maybe"  with Xenia Manasseh which was a critical and commercial success. The EP had press coverage from MTV, Native Mag, Afrocritik, and more. Apple Music featured the EP as the release of the month and charted on the Apple charts in multiple countries. 
The lead single has amassed over 1 million streams on Spotify in less than 6 months.
He has worked with an eclectic array of artists from all over the world namely Willow Smith (America) , Ami Faku (South Africa) , Xenia Manasseh (Kenya) , Silvana Imam (Sweden) , Frank Yamma ( Australia) among many others. 
Ukweli has performed as a DJ at festivals from - Sweden to Uganda, South Africa & Reunion islands.

Ukweli Ft Xenia Manasseh - My Pride

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