A bold and powerful nation with imperial ambitions must confront the fact that absolute power may not always equate to certain victory. It must come to terms with the possibility that in this world, other forms of strength and resilience exist. Sublime and transcendental forces, unseen by the naked eye, but infinitely more effective at motivating hearts and minds than brutish strength and bombast.
lyrics
What The Heck
Ola Onabule
We go through, never go round
Always headed up, we don't do down
Oh yeah, everyday's a win, Losing is a sin,
Born to rule that higher ground
We never stop, We don't know how
We never change, No way, Not now!
Oh yeah, hope is for the weak, losers lucky streak
A dream is but a broken vow
Okay sometimes , We do at times,
Lose all that we held with our arms,
To murdered meaning.
Kings of new climes, turned slave to crimes
Rolling into sight from the past, slowly reckonings
We have...
And the tears from our eyes
flow to hearts long gone to seed
But we never sow love,
what the heck are we crying for.
Off to plant that flag,
Where we left those kids to bleed,
But we never grow peace,
what the heck are we dying for...
We go hard, or we go home
We get it done, locked in the zone.
Oh yeah we never compromise, don't apologise
Lead it all or stand alone.
We win big gain, we fear no pain
Don't be the target when we're taking aim
Yes, our goal is never missed, foolish to resist,
Be sure before you play our game
Maybe sometimes , We can at times,
Trade in what we get from our arms,
For murdered meaning.
Gods in our time, turned pawns to crimes
Rolling into sight from the past, brutal reckonings
We have…
And the tears from our eyes
flow to hearts long gone to seed
But we never sow love,
what the heck are we crying for.
Off to plant that flag,
Where we left those kids to bleed,
But we never grow peace,
what the heck are we dying for…
Dying for , what is more
What’s worth living for!
Tears from our eyes flow to
hearts long gone to seed
But we never sow love,
what the heck are we crying for.
Off to plant that flag,
Where we left those kids to bleed,
But we never grow peace,
what the heck are we dying for...
But if we meant to do that
what the heck we been waiting for...
When it’s easier than
kicking down an open door
credits
from Point Less,
released August 30, 2019
Drums - Jack Pollitt, Bass - Phil Mulford, Guitar - Al Cherry, Piano - John Crawford, Percussion - Will Fry
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. ...more
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