There are many stories in the water But not all will flow away Some will sink down to the bottom With all the things they have to say Buried in the depths of a culture That runs like a river from yesterday Stories of survival of slavery and torture And chains and whips and treachery While you swim and while you sail While you drink and wash your tears away Bitten by sharks, swallowed by whales Black took an L, but is still in play Secrets survive millennia in the water Powers of civilisation do not decay Many are still lying at the bottom Burning to build new glories another day. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
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HUNGRY FOR HUMAN LOVE
The world is a buffet All you can meet Humanity at the venue All you can greet Kindness on the menu All you can treat Love and pain the entree All you can eat. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
UCHE THE ENIGMA
„Uche the Enigma“
from my album „First Nature“ (2016)
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Y-CLUB
“Y-Club”
from my album “Le Chuxx” (2009)
Full album:
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THE LONG FALL
The thing which if kissed will bring you the wildest happiness Is the thing which if missed will bring you the deepest sadness The higher you did fly The longer you will fall down Until you hit the ground And instantaneously die. It is not the final impact that hurts but the long excruciatingly long fall unable to reverse or arrest or accelerate the moment that will end it all. A time of remembering A time of regretting A time of wishful extrapolating And never forgetting. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
FIRST NATURE
“First Nature”
from my album “First Nature” (2016)
The full album:
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ROADLESS CITY
From the album Don’t Walk Away From The Path
https://listen.music-hub.com/kiEAKO
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THE BOUNDARY OF SELF
It‘s Hard to escape the gravity of the Earth It’s Hard to outgrow the culture of your birth It’s Hard for the tide to exceed its continental shelf It’s Hard to see beyond the boundary of yourself. The more you see, the more you see you The farther you go, the farther YOU go The more you do, the more you do you You reap You because that’s what you sow It’s Impossible to get from a thing more than it’s worth It’s Impossible to go further north than the north It’s Impossible for the earthly eye to see an Elf It’s Impossible to grasp beyond the boundary of yourself The more you overcome you the more you become you Until in the end you are all you know The more you wander, the more you understand you Because in the end you are all you really can ever know. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
STILL BLOWING YOUR MIND
from the album Le Chuxx
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There’ll Be Help Along The Way (Live 14.2.18)
“There’ll Be Help Along The Way”
from my album “First Nature” (2009).
This live version is slightly different from the original version I recorded in the album.
Both version are nice, and I play them alternatingly.
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