 Genius Meanings
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Michael Kiwanuka – Cold Little Heart
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[Verse 1] / Did you ever want it? / Did you want it bad? / Ohhh, my / It tears me apart / Did you ever fight it? / All of the pain / So much pride / Running through my veins
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Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
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[Verse 1] / Standing now / Calling all the people here to see the show / Calling for my demons now to let me go / I need something, give me something wonderful / I believe / She
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Michael Kiwanuka – Hero
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Am I a hero? / Am I a hero now? / Am I a hero? / Am I a hero now? / Yeah / Please don't shoot me down / I loved you like a brother / It's on the news again / I guess they killed
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Michael Kiwanuka – The Final Frame
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[Verse 1] / I said I wanted you / And you from the start / I could tell you apart / But my heart fell and broke in two / You felt the pain for my foolish games / Didn't know what I
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Michael Kiwanuka – One More Night
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[Verse 1] / One more night, one more night till the morning / One more night, one more night till the day / I'll be right, I'll be right in the morning / I'll be alright, I'll be
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Michael Kiwanuka – Rest
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This song is off Michael Kuwanika’s 2012 release ‘Home Again’
The lyrics speak for themselves really, the song is about how he loves someone so deeply he will do anything for them
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Michael Kiwanuka – Living in Denial
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They'll watch you fall, break your heart, watch you bleedin' / You gots to fall with me / It gets too far when you need paranoia / Don't bother me, yeah / Done tryin' to play the
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Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
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Home again, home again / One day I know I'll feel home again / Born again, born again / One day I know I'll feel strong again / I left my head / Many times I've been told / All
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Danger Mouse & Black Thought (Ft. Michael Kiwanuka) – Aquamarine
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[Chorus: Michael Kiwanuka] / Everything's burning down / When I close my eyes and pretend / Enemies all around / I don't understand, my friend, my friend / [Verse 1: Black Thought
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Michael Kiwanuka – Falling
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[Verse 1] / Right or wrong, we've been through it all / Can't believe it's over now / Understand that you'll love again / Word my friends say to me / On my own, all my hope is gone
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Michael Kiwanuka – Solid Ground
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[Verse 1] / How does it feel when it's quiet and calm? / And will I be denied? / How will it feel when it's time to move on? / Mother says kneel and pray / When it gets hard, I
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Michael Kiwanuka – Final Days
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[Verse 1] / Lying on the ground / Feeling like a dyin' man / No reality / Fading memories / Following the crowd / Coulda been a stronger man / Plead insanity / I will die in these
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Michael Kiwanuka – Bones
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[Verse 1: Michael Kiwanuka] / Honey, I've been thinkin' 'bout you / All that you do / Don't you think of me too? / Lady, where you've been for so long? / I don't mean you no wrong
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Michael Kiwanuka – Rule the World
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[Verse 1] / Do I have to rule the world / Or will it come to me? / Do I have to live in doubt / Or will it turn to me? / Do I have to lose my mind? / 'Cause it's been wandering
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Michael Kiwanuka – Ode To You
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I didn’t mean at your feelings / I just needed a little time / I know I didn’t say I mean it / I just needed a little time / And I know it’s something we can talk about / Oh my
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Michael Kiwanuka – I Need Your Company
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Ooh / Ooh / Baby, baby, babe / How you been doing? / 'Cause lately things ain't been good for me / Baby, baby, babe / Feels like I'm losing / Please help me, I'm living inside of a
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Michael Kiwanuka – Another Human Being
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And for the first time / The community was confronted with negroes / In places where they had never been / (Where they had never been) / You cause no violence / You have no angry
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Michael Kiwanuka – You Ain’t the Problem
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First official single to preview Kiwanuka, the third studio album by the English musician and singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka, “You Ain’t The Problem” sees the artist adapt a “
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Michael Kiwanuka – Piano Joint (This Kind of Love)
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[Verse 1] / Walking down the avenue / Looking out for something new / It's the right time to give in / The right time to lose / To begin again / Maybe win again / [Verse 2] / All I
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Michael Kiwanuka – Light
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[Verse 1] / We're miles apart / But safe from dreams / You're running from / Beyond the dawn / We'll always need / One of their own / To lead / [Chorus] / (Shine your light over me
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Michael Kiwanuka – I'll Get Along
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[Chorus] / I know I didn't call / But I'll be along in a little while / You know sometimes when I don't call / I'll still get along in a little while / [Verse 1] / I know sometimes
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Michael Kiwanuka – Black Man in a White World
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According to Kiwanuka, “Black Man in a White World” is the result of meeting his predominantly white fanbase in the United States. The meaning of the song is further developed
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Michael Kiwanuka – Place I Belong
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[Verse 1] / Ooh, look all around / I get the feeling something is wrong / Ooh, I'm moving on / My friends are leaving, my friends are gone / [Chorus] / You're walking fast / You're
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Michael Kiwanuka – Tell Me A Tale
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Tell me a tale that always was / Sing me a song that I'll always be in / Tell me a story that I can read / Tell me a story that I believe / Paint me a picture that I can see / Give
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Michael Kiwanuka – I'm Getting Ready
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Oh my / I didn't know what it means to believe / Oh my / I didn't know what it means to believe / But if I hold on tight, is it true? / Would You take care of all that I do? / Oh
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Michael Kiwanuka – Any Day Will Do Fine
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Hey, listen girl / Can I get along with you? / I'm in need of your time / Any day will do fine / Hey, listen girl / An hour or two will do / Just be gentle and kind / You'd really
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Michael Kiwanuka – It Always Comes Back Around
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[Verse 1] / How long's the road ahead of me? / How far back did you begin? / [Verse 2] / Traveling fast / You never last / Never can be / Left you behind / I was unkind / I think
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Michael Kiwanuka – Interlude (Loving the People)
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[Interlude] / A moving feeling within me / That I was sitting there demanding a God-given right / And my soul became satisfied that I was right in what I was doing / At the same
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Michael Kiwanuka – Hard to Say Goodbye
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[Verse 1] / Little butterfly without wings, how do you fly? / You're holdin' on so tight that you don't even try / And if I had a dream (If I had) / What would be sunshine for me
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