{"id":11481,"date":"2014-04-23T02:26:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T02:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=11481"},"modified":"2020-05-25T19:24:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T19:24:06","slug":"buddy-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=11481","title":{"rendered":"Neneh Cherry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-11482\" src=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Nen_C.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"136\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Neneh Mariann Cherry<\/strong>&nbsp;(born&nbsp;<strong>Neneh Mariann Karlsson<\/strong>; 10 March 1964) is a&nbsp;Swedish&nbsp;singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster.&nbsp;Blending&nbsp;<a title=\"Hip hop music\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hip_hop_music\">hip hop<\/a>&nbsp;with other influences, Cherry experienced mainstream success with several of her recordings.&nbsp;Cherry was born in&nbsp;Stockholm&nbsp;to a&nbsp;Sierra Leonean&nbsp;father, drummer Amahdu Jah, and a Swedish mother, painter and textile artist Monica Karlsson, later known as Moki Cherry. Her stepfather&nbsp;<a title=\"Don Cherry (musician)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Don_Cherry_(musician)\">Don Cherry<\/a>, an American top&nbsp;jazz&nbsp;musician, helped raise her since birth and she took his surname<\/p>\n<h5>\u25ca <strong>&nbsp;&#8216;I&#8217;ve Got You Under My Skin&#8217; \u2193 &nbsp;[Cole Porter]<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>N C&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8216;s contribution to the AIDS benefit of the Red Hot + Blue organization. [Video by Jean Baptiste Mondino]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p9MYizva-7o\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><strong>Spreadin&#8217; faster than an eye can blink<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>So I had to sit down and take time to think<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Of how to spread the word to people all across the land<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>To make sure they putting out a helping hand<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Neneh Cherry notice hurry so it must be told<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>About a group of people left in the cold<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Caught by a plague slowly they fade<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>From immune deficiency you see called \u00abAIDS\u00bb<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>No knowledge of the facts, kept in the dark<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Scolds my soul and it hurts my heart<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>The young and elderly just running blind<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Hurts so bad they denied their own kind<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Papa turned around and said that ain&#8217;t mine<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>It just made it hard for life on the line<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>And it&#8217;s a shame to see a little child mature<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Growing up knowing that there ain&#8217;t no cure<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ve got you under my skin &nbsp;&#8211; &nbsp;<\/strong><strong>I&#8217;ve got you under my skin<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>&#8230; Pure pain they give me&#8230;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I had a friend once by the name of MARY JANE<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Out with the guys and getting high was her only game<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>And now the tears in her eyes, there she lies<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>It drove her crazy, all the boys say that&#8217;s it<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I told you so but you reached the point of no return<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Instead of pride you take the hardest way you had to learn<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Oh mommy dearest, don&#8217;t you know that I miss her so<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>That&#8217;s why I sing this song<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Just to let her know<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ve got you under my skin &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>I&#8217;ve got you under my skin<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ve got you deep in the heart of me<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Down so deep in any part of me<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ve got you, got you, got you under my skin<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ve got you deep in the heart of me<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Down so deep in any part of me<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ve got you, got you, got you under my skin<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Use your mentality, wake up to reality<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;be got you deep in the heart of me<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Share your love, don&#8217;t share the needle.<\/strong><\/address>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u25ca&nbsp; &nbsp;Neneh Cherry&nbsp; \u2193&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qiwui2p3PCY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Buddy X&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;(video)<\/span><\/h5>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lCvfvFKKNjk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2234<\/div>\n<div><strong>Call yourself a family man &#8211; Talking &#8216;bout the families plan <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>To bring the sweet talk deep and down &nbsp;&#8211; Works better than an average pick up line<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>You put your woman out to pasture &nbsp; On the promises you gave her last year <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Peace and love is on your head &nbsp;&#8211; &nbsp;And the grass is greener playing &#8216;round <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Your family seed is what you spread<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Chorus:<\/div>\n<div><strong>Buddy my friend &#8211; Who you think you fooling <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Buddy my friend &#8211; And what about your woman <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Buddy my friend &#8211; Who you think you fooling <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Buddy my friend &#8211; I don&#8217;t care what you do <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>But there&#8217;s a hypocrite that lives in you <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Cause if your woman gave her love <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>In the same way that you do <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>You&#8217;d feel a-way &#8211; You know you would<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Chorus . . .<\/div>\n<div><strong>Buddy my friend &nbsp;&#8211; &nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Treat her that way<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>And you&#8217;ll be X-D soon &nbsp;&#8211; &nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Buddy X-D soon<\/strong><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> \u25ca&nbsp; &#8216;Seven Seconds (away)&#8217;&nbsp; \u21d3<\/span><\/h4>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qiVd3LPlZ60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9773\" title=\"neneh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/neneh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/neneh.jpg 200w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/neneh-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">A song composed by&nbsp;Youssou N&#8217;Dour,&nbsp;Neneh Cherry,&nbsp;Cameron McVey&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jonathan Sharp, released in 1994 as a single performed by <strong>Youssou N&#8217;Dour<\/strong> and <strong>Neneh Cherry<\/strong>. It reached the top three in countries including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Russia and Poland. The single stayed at #1 for 16 consecutive weeks on the French Singles Chart,&nbsp;which was the record of the most weeks at the top at the time. The song also appeared on N&#8217;Dour&#8217;s album&nbsp;<em>The Guide (Wommat)<\/em>, released shortly after the single. In 1996, it was included on Neneh Cherry&#8217;s album&nbsp;<em>Man<\/em>.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">The song is trilingual: N&#8217;Dour sings in&nbsp;<strong>Wolof<\/strong>, the Senegalese language, and&nbsp;<strong>French&nbsp;<\/strong>(plus singing chorus in&nbsp;English), Cherry sings in <strong>English<\/strong>.<\/address>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"20\">\u201c<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00ab7 Seconds\u00bb tells about first seven seconds in the life of a newborn, arguably unaware of problems in the world.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" width=\"20\">\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"3\"><cite>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nenehcherry.de\/neneh_bio.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\u00abNeneh Cherry <\/a>&nbsp;12 July 2009.<\/cite><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wqCpjFMvz-k\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address>Boul ma sene, boul ma guiss madi re nga fokni mane<\/address>\n<address>Khamouma li neka thi sama suuf ak thi guinaw<\/address>\n<address>Beugouma kouma khol daldine yaw li neka si yaw<\/address>\n<address>Mo ne si man li ne si mane moye dilene diapale &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2022 &nbsp;Translation:<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Don&#8217;t see me from a distance, don&#8217;t look at my smile<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">And think that I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s under and behind me<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">I don&#8217;t want you to look at me and think what&#8217;s in you is in me<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">What&#8217;s in me is to help them<\/address>\n<address><strong>Roughness and rudeness, we should be using<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>On the ones who practice wicked charms<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>For the sword and the stone, bad to the bone<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Battle&#8217;s not over even when it&#8217;s won<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>And when a child is born into this world<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>It has no concept of the tone the skin is living in<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>It&#8217;s not a second, seven seconds away &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Just as long as I stay, I&#8217;ll be waiting<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>It&#8217;s not a second, seven seconds away &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Just as long as I stay, I&#8217;ll be waiting<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ll be waiting, I&#8217;ll be waiting<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>J&#8217;assume les raisons qui nous poussent de changer tout<\/address>\n<address>J&#8217;aimerais qu&#8217;on oublie leur couleur pour qu&#8217;ils esp\u00e8rent<\/address>\n<address>Beaucoup de sentiments de race qui font qu&#8217;ils d\u00e9sesp\u00e8rent<\/address>\n<address>Je veux les deux mains ouvertes &#8211;&nbsp;Des amis pour parler de leur peine<\/address>\n<address>De leur joie pour qu&#8217;ils leur filent<\/address>\n<address>Des infos qui ne divisent pas changer&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u2022 &nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Translation<\/span>:<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">I assume the reasons that push us to change everything<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">I would like us to forget about their color so they can be optimistic<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Too many views on race that make them desparate<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">I want the doors wide open &nbsp;so they can talk about their pain<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">And joy, then we can give them information that will bring us all together<\/address>\n<address><strong>Seven seconds away<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Just as long as I stay, I&#8217;ll be waiting<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>It&#8217;s not a second, seven seconds away<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Just as long as I stay, I&#8217;ll be waiting<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ll be waiting, I&#8217;ll be waiting<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>And when a child is born into this world<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>It has no concept of the tone the skin is living in<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>And there&#8217;s a million voices &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>And there&#8217;s a million voices<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>To tell you what she should be thinking<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>So you better sober up for just a second<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Seven seconds away<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Just as long as I stay, I&#8217;ll be waiting<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>It&#8217;s not a second, seven seconds away<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Just as long as I stay, I&#8217;ll be waiting . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;\u2666 &nbsp;Neneh Cherry &#8216;s \u2193&nbsp;&#8216;Manchild&#8217; . . .<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OJ9VBMBS3qE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">OK, you&#8217;re on your own, it&#8217;s late<br \/>\nYour girlfriend is on another date with the hero in your dream<br \/>\nTurn around, ask yourself. So, you think you&#8217;re gonna win this time Manchild?<br \/>\nIs it the pain of the drinking or the Sunday sinking feeling<br \/>\nThe car never seems to work when it&#8217;s late your girlfriend&#8217;s on a date<br \/>\nAnd the hero with her in your dream in your sleep it seemed to like you<br \/>\nTurn around and ask yourself<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">\u2234<br \/>\nTurn around ask yourself<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Manchild, will you ever win<br \/>\nManchild, look at the state you&#8217;re in<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">\u2234<br \/>\nCould you go undercover<br \/>\nAnd sell your brand new lover (could you)<br \/>\nBe someone else for a night<br \/>\nMaybe someone else will love you<br \/>\nYou sell your soul for a tacky song<br \/>\nLike the one you hear on the radio<br \/>\nTurn around ask yourself<br \/>\nTurn around and ask yourself<\/div>\n<div>\u2234<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Manchild, will you ever win<br \/>\nManchild, look at the state you&#8217;re in<br \/>\nManchild, he will make you cry<br \/>\n<strong>Manchild &#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u2234<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">From Monday down to Friday<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re working on another man&#8217;s car<br \/>\nOr is it in the factory?<br \/>\nIt doesn&#8217;t matter where you are<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">\u2234<br \/>\nJust turn around and ask yourself is this communication<br \/>\nAccentuate the positive and give some illustration<br \/>\nSee Manchild, you&#8217;re no one, you turn the microphone on<br \/>\nControl communication when I&#8217;m kickin&#8217; it and so on<br \/>\nTo the point that I need, the air that I breathe<br \/>\nInto an audience that&#8217;s waiting and ecstatic to receive-<br \/>\nFor the meantime another mean rhyme, I keep on sayin&#8217; it<br \/>\nI know what the time is the crowd will keep playing it<br \/>\nThrough the speaker boxes loud&#8217;s my diagnosis<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause I believe in miracles and words in heavy doses.<br \/>\nEnough R-E-S-P-E and C-T<br \/>\nRespect yourself express no stress the mike is easy<br \/>\nJust believe that all you need is the air that you breathe.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">\u2234<br \/>\nTurn around ask yourself<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\">Manchild, will you ever win<br \/>\nManchild, look at the state you&#8217;re in<br \/>\nManchild, he will make you cry<br \/>\n<strong>Manchild &#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u2234<\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc\">He&#8217;s the apple of your eye<br \/>\nOnce bitten twice shy, why don&#8217;t you bite me again<br \/>\nJust take it in the right and go tell your friend<br \/>\nAre you ready for the words I turn the microphone on<br \/>\nA figure of speech to reach you at the back and so on<br \/>\nThe style I&#8217;m stimulating dance floors<br \/>\nRaise your body temperature now and<br \/>\nThis demands for power in the amp you know loud&#8217;s my diagnosis<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause I believe in miracles and words in heavy doses.<\/div>\n<h6>\u2245<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207&nbsp; &nbsp; &#8216;So Here I Come&#8217;&nbsp; \u21d3<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IhSW_6-6L48\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I can see this picture of myself &nbsp;in a green dress I felt lost &#8211;&nbsp;The first time I went to school<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I was 4 feet 2, 6 feet scared and so distressed<br \/>\nThis dress was green, I was the best dressed<br \/>\nI&#8217;d ever been, first day at school<br \/>\nI said teacher teacher I know my ABC&#8217;s<br \/>\nI want to read and write, I want to understand<br \/>\nWhy the sky never ends and why the sky is blue<br \/>\nAnd not white &#8211; right<br \/>\nBut when I spoke my heart broke<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause it was plain to see that school<br \/>\nWould never be the picture for my fantasy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I know where I&#8217;m going and where I&#8217;m coming from &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>So here I come, so here I come<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I know where I&#8217;m going and where I&#8217;m coming from &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>So here I come, so here I come<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Slowly I came to discover &nbsp;Time, heals, time feels so young<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re having fun<br \/>\nAt 13 my kiss was sweet and not deep<br \/>\nCovered in blush kiss &#8216;n tell<br \/>\nMy lips were deep red and shiny as hell<br \/>\nIn my stairwell kiss \u00abn\u00bb love discovered me<br \/>\nUndercover my fantasy my first kiss hit and miss<br \/>\nHe wasn&#8217;t impressed &#8216;cause I wouldn&#8217;t get undressed<br \/>\nWrote my name on the wall &#8211; my hair was pressed<br \/>\nHe had blue balls<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you want to rock you&#8217;ve got to roll it &#8211;&nbsp;If you gonna live you&#8217;ve got to show it<br \/>\nAnd if you&#8217;re gonna do it, you got to do it right &#8211; don&#8217;t you know it<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I know where I&#8217;m going and where I&#8217;m coming from &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>So here I come, so here I come<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I know where I&#8217;m going and where I&#8217;m coming from &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>So here I come, so here I come<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">On the rooftops I seen panties drop<br \/>\nAnd thru the windows behind the screens<br \/>\nIn the red light after a fight love was made &#8211;&nbsp;Love saved<br \/>\n1 2 3 4 5 6 7 &nbsp;&#8211; &nbsp;in hell just to go straight to heaven<br \/>\nI might have been lost but now I&#8217;m found<br \/>\nI got my two feet on the ground<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I know where I&#8217;m going and where I&#8217;m coming from &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>So here I come, so here I come<\/strong><\/strong>&nbsp;. . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spin.com\/articles\/neneh-cherry-interview-blank-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interview<\/a><\/strong> \u2190[February 24, 2014]<\/p>\n<h6>\u2666 &nbsp;&#8216;Blank Project&#8217; &nbsp;\u2193 &nbsp;[2014]<em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"font-size: 2em;\"><br \/>\n<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3LesJtqP-x0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I got a man, I love him so much<br \/>\nSometimes, I hate him just can&#8217;t let go<br \/>\nTogether we stay, divided we fall<br \/>\nDriving me crazy, I need it all<br \/>\n20-year day he is my victim<br \/>\nHe is my saviour, he breaks my bone<br \/>\nThe things that we say all stacked in one pack<br \/>\nStay fresh the good one, our protocol<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOO MANY TIMES YOU CAME CRAWLING SAY SORRY TOO LATE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>PAPERCUP REGRETS WILL NOT STICK,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>BETTER CHANGE!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Need to be right, right to be wrong<br \/>\nSometimes I lose, I lost down the hall<br \/>\nLeave me alone, but don&#8217;t leave me lonely<br \/>\nAnd please don&#8217;t look now,<br \/>\nCan you see this?<br \/>\nDoes my ass look big in these new trousers?!<br \/>\nMy ego won&#8217;t let me, I forgive<br \/>\nI feel so small, I hate you I hate you<br \/>\nI love you I love you &#8211; I love it all !<br \/>\nI love it, I love it all!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOO MANY TIMES YOU CAME CRAWLING SAY SORRY TOO LATE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>PAPERCUP REGRETS WILL NOT STICK,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>BETTER CHANGE!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I LOVE YOU! Yeah<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide<br \/>\nHusband &amp; wife leaking perfection<br \/>\nAll kinds of fun, oceans of pride<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re super white, we got protection<br \/>\nWe got protection<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOO MANY TIMES YOU CAME CRAWLING SAY SORRY TOO LATE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>PAPERCUP REGRETS WILL NOT STICK,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>BETTER CHANGE!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love you &#8211; I love you &#8211; I hate you . . .<\/p>\n<p>\u2248<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;\u221e &nbsp;with&nbsp;Robyn \u2193&nbsp;\u00abOut Of The Black\u00bb<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xksxl_eh3-g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m skippin&#8217; down the street, just tryin&#8217; to mind my business<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got my blinkers on, so &#8230; stop I can win this<br \/>\nI see the wolf packs come,&nbsp;but gadin&#8217; on the corners<br \/>\nHidin&#8217; their cut backs while attend into the mourners<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&#8230;&nbsp;Behind our back &#8230;&nbsp;Wash your mouth &#8230;&nbsp;Face the pack!<\/p>\n<p>Out of the BLACK &#8230;&nbsp;Out of the BLUE &#8230; I just want YOU to want it too!<\/p>\n<p>I mean it, I&#8217;m complete,&nbsp;and all my kids are happy &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I feel what&#8217;s gone before will come right back and slap me!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Robyn on the microphone into the speaker<\/p>\n<p>You know I&#8217;m not sick like that,&nbsp;but I&#8217;ve got a fever!<\/p>\n<p>On out toes<\/p>\n<p>To the BLACK &#8230;&nbsp;From the RED &#8230;&nbsp;We&#8217;ll be back!<\/p>\n<p>Out of the BLACK &#8230;&nbsp;Out of the BLUE &#8230;&nbsp;I just want YOU to want it too!<\/p>\n<p>These are the facts and here is the news<br \/>\nwe just want you to want it too! Oh!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2207&nbsp; &nbsp; Neneh Cherry &amp; The Thing _ \u21d3&nbsp; &nbsp; \u00abA Tribute to Don Cherry\u00bb&nbsp; [2012]<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UK41AdfITj0#t=261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-7816\" src=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/N_Cherry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/N_Cherry.jpg 398w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/N_Cherry-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/N_Cherry-150x143.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022&nbsp; &#8216;<strong>Dream Baby Dream&#8217;<\/strong>&nbsp; (A. Vega &amp; M. Rev)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Dream baby dream, dream baby dream . . .&nbsp;Forever<br \/>\nDream baby dream, dream baby dream &#8211;&nbsp;Baby dream forever<br \/>\nKeep those dreams burning, forever<br \/>\nKeep those dreams burning &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\">\u2022&nbsp; &#8216;<strong>Golden Heart&#8217;&nbsp;<\/strong> (D. Cherry)<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ok5EKSESra8&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44389\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Slow-Train-To-Daw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"124\"><\/a>\u21d0 <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ok5EKSESra8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Slow Train to Dawn<\/a>&#8216; \u21d0with <strong><a title=\"Matt Johnson (singer)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Johnson_(singer)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Johnson<\/a>&nbsp;(<\/strong>The The_1986)<\/h6>\n<address>I followed that bead of sweat&nbsp;to the small of your back,&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address>from the nape of your neck,<br \/>\nLightin&#8217; it up, with every drag upon my cigarette.<\/address>\n<address>It can run, but it can&#8217;t hide-<\/address>\n<address>Like the unspoken feelings on your mind.<\/address>\n<address>I&#8217;m too tense to be tender,<\/address>\n<address>you&#8217;re too weak to be true.<br \/>\nYou try to make it easier upon yourself,<br \/>\nBy makin&#8217; it hard on you!<\/address>\n<address>But it&#8217;s the lies in your eyes&nbsp;that make me wanna cry&#8211;<\/address>\n<address>It&#8217;s just sometimes I get so lonesome &nbsp;&#8211; I could die.<\/address>\n<address>&nbsp;<\/address>\n<address>I&#8217;m just another western guy,&nbsp;with desires that I can&#8217;t satisfy<br \/>\nSo all the love I gave to you &nbsp;means nothing at all.<br \/>\nDear God, God, God, this slow train to dawn.<\/address>\n<address><strong>Slow train to dawn<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>So are you lying when you say you love me.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m lying when I say I don&#8217;t&#8211;<\/address>\n<address>We&#8217;ve opened our hearts to let each other look in,<br \/>\nTo have and to hold,<br \/>\nbut it&#8217;s the words that remain unsaid,<br \/>\nthat are the words I wanna hear you speak,<br \/>\nI bet the birds start singing, &amp; the sun comes up&nbsp;before we fall asleep&#8211;<\/address>\n<address>Oh the tears in your eyes, just make me wanna cry,<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s just sometimes I get so lonesome &#8212; I Could Die!!<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b3nTemKdfSc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freedom Jazz Dance!<\/a>\u2190[2010]<\/h6>\n<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Neneh Mariann Cherry&nbsp;(born&nbsp;Neneh Mariann Karlsson; 10 March 1964) is a&nbsp;Swedish&nbsp;singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster.&nbsp;Blending&nbsp;hip hop&nbsp;with other influences, Cherry experienced mainstream success with several of her recordings.&nbsp;Cherry was born in&nbsp;Stockholm&nbsp;to a&nbsp;Sierra Leonean&nbsp;father, drummer Amahdu Jah, and a Swedish mother, painter and textile artist Monica Karlsson, later known as Moki [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":11482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178,123],"tags":[102],"class_list":["post-11481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","category-rap","tag-lyrics","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11481"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53894,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11481\/revisions\/53894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}