Fatima Lyrics - Singles - K'naan

Picture the morning taste and devour 

We rise early pace up the hour 

Streets is bustling hustling their heart out 

You can't have the sweet with no sour 

Spices herbs the sweet scent of flower 

We came out precisely the hour 

Clouds disappear the sun shows the power 

No chance of a probable shower 

I fell in love with my neighbors daughter 

I wanted to protect and support her 

Never mind I'm just 12 and a quarter 

I had dreams beyond our border. 

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Is it true when they say all you need is just love, 

Is it true 

What about those who have loved 

Only to find that it's taken away 

And why do they say that the children have rights to be free 

To be free 

What about those who I've known 

Whose memory still lives inside of me. 

Fatima, 

What did the Young Man say 

Before he stole you away 

On that fateful day Fatima 

Fatima, 

Did he know your name 

Or the plans we made, 

To go to New York City, Fatima 

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And after school we studied the lessons 

I ask God to slow down the seconds 

He does the opposite that's what I'm guessing 

I better chill and count my own blessings 

Fatima, Fatima what is the matter 

How come you ain't come up the ladder 

So we can be like there's no tomorrow 

Damn you gonna make me wait until tomorrow 

She spoke Arabic and Swahili 

She'd say Upendo (Swahili for love) Anta Habibi (Arabic for, you are my love/dearest friend) 

You so bright, you shine like my TV 

Then one day she never came to meet me 

Is it true when they say all you need is just love, 

Is it true 

What about those who have loved 

Only to find that it's taken away 

And why do they say that the children have rights to be free 

To be free 

What about those who I've known 

Whose memory still lives inside of me. 

Fatima, 

What did the Young Man say 

Before he stole you away 

On that fateful day Fatima 

Fatima, 

Did he know your name 

Or the plans we made, 

To go to New York City, Fatima 

(Repeat) 

If beauty was in the eyes of beholder 

how come everyone hushed when she walked by 

How come girls would look just to scold her 

How come the angel wanted to hold her? 

Fatima, Fatima I'm in America 

I make rhymes and I make them delicate 

You would have liked the parks in Connecticut 

You would have said I'm working too hard again. 

Damn you shooter, Damn you the building 

Whose walls hid the blood she was spilling 

Damn you Country so good at killing 

Damn you feeling, for persevering 

Is it true when they say all you need is just love, 

Is it true 

What about those who have loved 

Only to find that it's taken away 

And why do they say that the children have rights to be free 

To be free 

What about those who I've known 

Whose memory still lives inside of me. 

Fatima, 

What did the Gun Man Say 

before he took you away on that fateful day 

Fatima 

Did he know your name, or the plans we made 

To go to New York City 

(Repeat) 

Fatima. 

(Spoken) 

Now I just want to make it clear, I don't want you to shed a tear. 

Because this here, is a celebration, We're not mourning, We're celebrating 

Yeah 

So baby don't cry, Please don't let the tears fall 

So don't cry.