Fatima - K'NAAN

Picture the morning taste and devour

We rise early pace up the hour

Streets is bustlin' hustlin' their heart out

You can’t have the sweet with no sour

Spices, herbs, the sweet scent of flower

She 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

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

(Is it true?)

What about those who I 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

And after school, we studied the lessons

I ask God to slow down the seconds

He does the opposite that’s what I’m guessin'

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 anta Habibi»

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 I 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

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

If beauty was in the eyes of the 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 'em 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 spillin'

Damn you country so good at killin'

Damn you feelin' for persevering

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

(Is it true?)

What about those who I 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

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

Now I just want to make it clear

I don’t want you to shed a tear

'Cause this here (Fatima) is a celebration

We’re not mourning, we’re celebrating

(Fatima) Yeah

So, baby, don’t cry

Please don’t let the tears fall

(Fatima) So don’t cry