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lyrics

NEED TO KNOW
Ola Onabule © 2004

You come to me,
And you find me at the centre of your new puzzle.
To leave it be,
As I’m scrunching on her evolutionary apple. mmm!
I see you still are undecided if I’m complex or just slow,
And you’re trying hard to bluff it,
but its clear that you don’t know.
You have to brave it like a lion, be a bro’ I can rely on.
Best to keep it to yourself, and your virtue on the shelf

There is no way back
once you’ve started out, you’ve just got to soldier on
Since you’re in the know,
then you need to know, you can’t ever tell any one
Think on your predicament a while!

Think on it for a minute or two,
Ooh! You can never tell a soul

Walk with me,
lets refine the finer details of our transaction
Just leave it to me,
I’ll make sure you’re never liable for my actions,
I bet you’re wondering how this works,
in the covenant of guys.
Do you pat me on the back, as we memorise some lies
Do you offer me confession, relief for your compunction
Or just keep it to yourself, and your virtue on the shelf

There is no way back
once you’ve started out, you’ve just got to soldier on
Since you’re in the know,
then you need to know, you can’t ever tell any one
Think on your predicament a while!

Your mother she cannot know
Your wife she cannot know
Nobody can ever know what we know

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from IN EMERGENCY, BRAKE SILENCE, released June 26, 2004

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Ola’s new album, POINT LESS has been critically received worldwide. The new album is on the DownBeat list of Best Albums of 2019. .

Onabulé is a rugged individualist, a deeply soulful musician. Possessing an emotional intensity and vocal virtuosity, a poignant storyteller and capacity to cross cultural and musical boundaries with an unflinching lyrical pursuit of truth and justice.
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