Name: The Thing You're Looking For Is Inside Me
Duration: P00H02M41S
Description: wrote lyrics to this over a decade ago. love the guitar, that shit is incredibly sexy. lyrics are in english and igbo.

The Thing You're Looking For Is Inside Me

from Stop Dying, You Were Very Expensive! by AKWAEKE

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wrote lyrics to this over a decade ago. love the guitar, that shit is incredibly sexy. lyrics are in english and igbo.

lyrics

ihe i na-acho
no n’ime m o
no n’ime m o
no n’ime m o

ihe i na-acho
no n’ime m o
no n’ime m o
no n’ime m o

otu, abuo, ato, ano
watch necks break mgbe m bata n'uzo
child of the earth, walking in skin
fire without, fire within

ise, isii, asaa, asato
try me and gaba n’ala mmuo
greet my godmother, pour out the wine
the terror is yours, the power is mine

these words are how i choose to take you
this sin is how i choose to break you
there’s freedom in the blood
there’s footprints in the mud

walk all the way back to aba
where you coming from, ebe i na-aga
send your prayers up, chizara
i’m the one you want, imaara

ihe i na-acho
no n’ime m o
no n’ime m o
no n’ime m o

ihe i na-acho
no n’ime m o
no n’ime m o
no n’ime m o

oya come buy me a drink and then another
take me home, go and show me to your mother
tell her your spirit got drunk on what i’m cooking
you found heaven when you weren’t even looking

ano, ato, abuo, otu
i’m the one church that you should go to
pocket your money and keep all you're offering
what i give free will ease all your suffering

asato, asaa, isii, ise
love nwantintin dey hold you n’ime
i no send these other rappers in the least
umu ntakiri no fit battle with the beast

you can keep my name inside your mouth
start with a whisper, end it in a shout
start with a call, is that all? say it proud
umuahia-born, aba-bred, and i’m loud (repeat)

ihe i na-acho
no n’ime m o
no n’ime m o
no n’ime m o

nzogbu enyimba
nzogbu nzogbu
enyimba enyi

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from Stop Dying, You Were Very Expensive!, released March 8, 2024
Produced by Michaël Brun
Written by Akwaeke Emezi

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AKWAEKE Brooklyn, New York

AKWAEKE is an artist based in liminal spaces. Born and raised in Nigeria, they make music from an indigenous spirit center. The premise of their debut EP Stop Dying, You Were Very Expensive! is this -- I'm here, I'm a god, now shake your ass ;)