Roadless City
from my album “Don’t Walk Away From the Path”
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Che Chidi Chukwumerije
don’t walk away from the path
ROADLESS CITY
From the album Don’t Walk Away From The Path
https://listen.music-hub.com/kiEAKO
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
SET FORTH AT DAWN
“Set Forth At Dawn”
from my album “Don’t Walk Away From The Path” (2015)
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The song “Set Forth At Dawn” was inspired by the first African literature Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, his life, his works and his declaration: WANDERER, YOU MUST SET FORTH AT DAWN!
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
DON’T WALK AWAY FROM THE PATH
DON‘T WALK AWAY FROM THE PATH
When I was young and I still had a choice
I woke one day and heard a woman’s voice (and she said)
My son don’t walk away from the path
Courageously face all that it hath (because it’s)
Easy to walk away from the right path (but then)
It’s never easy finding your way back
Don’t walk away, son…….
Years passed and I became a man
I did away with all my childish plans
I saw the world the way it really was
But I was too weak to fight off its paws
And the woman’s words went flat (in my mind)
And I shut my eyes and walked away from the path
I walked away, Lord…..
Now I am… – –
I am… – –
So… – –
So… ….. hee ha!
Now since that time I’ve been living along the ways of men
In all that time I haven’t made one single friend
I’ve lost the peace of mind that I used to know
I’ve gained the world but what happened to my little soul (little soul….)
(instr.)
My son don’t walk away from the path
Courageously face all that it hath (because it’s)
Easy to walk away from the right track (but then)
It’s never easy way finding your way back
It’s easy to lose the track
It’s never easy finding your way back (I say)
It’s never easy finding your way back (ohh)
It’s never easy finding…
It’s never easy finding hey….
Your…… way back…
And I’m so… lonely.
Music/Words: Che Chidi Chukwumerije
VULNERABLE
VULNERABLE
I‘m feeling so vulnerable these days
I feel so exposed on all my ways
Please open up your heart for me, my dear
I wanna hide inside
I‘m feeling so vulnerable this night
I‘m frightened of things not in sight
Please open up your heart for me, my dear
I wanna hide inside
Sometimes a man is weak
He sees all the failures in his life
Pride and shame, pain and uncertainty
Make him feel so small inside
And I’m so vulnerable today
Please hold me in your arms like a baby
And I’m so vulnerable tonight
Hold me until I’m steady
Steady again, … ready again…
Up and ready to be a man…
I’m a boy tonight, I’m a little baby
Just because you don’t see any tears
Don’t be fooled, don’t be fooled
Tonight I’m a slave of all my buried fears
And I’m so vulnerable today
One wrong word from you and I’ll be broken
Yes I’m so vulnerable tonight
Shield me until I’m woken
Up again, … ready again…
Up and ready to be a man…
Hold me baby… hold me tender
Hold me baby… hold me softer
Hold me baby… I’m feeling lonely
Hold me baby… I’m feeling broken
Hold me baby… hold me darling
Hold me baby… hold me gently
Hold me baby… I’m feeling empty
Hold me baby… I’m feeling broken
I’m feeling so vulnerable these days
I feel so exposed on all my ways
And I’m so……
Vulnerable today….
Vulnerable tonight…..
Vulnerable oh yeah…
(Adlibs..)
Instr. riff
Hold me baby… I’m feeling broken… (rptdly)
Words/Music: Che Chidi Chukwumerije
THE DEEP DEEP MOMENTS
The Deep Deep Moments – Che Chidi
Which is worse, to lose your job
Or to lose your integrity?
Well one day you might have
To make that choice…
Now which would you choose,
To be employed or to be yourself?
If one day you just had
To make that choice
‘Cause the deep deep moments in human life
Will come upon you every once in a while
The deep deep moments in human life
Will come upon you every once in a while
Nobody can advice you,
It is your own path
It is your own destiny
And one day you’re gonna have to make that choice…
Nobody should stand before such a choice
Yet everybody will face it
Some day, somewhere,
Somehow…
The deep deep moments in human life
Will come upon you every once in a while
The deep deep moments in human life
Will come upon you every once in a while
(whistle / hum / sax)
May be your job, may be your blood
Your best friend, your husband or your wife
One day something important will stand between you
And the values in your life
The deep deep moments in human life
Will come upon you every once in a while
I say, the deep deep moments in human life
Will come upon you every once in a while
They will come upon you, they will come upon you
They will come upon you every once in a while.
I say they will come upon you, they will come upon you
They will come upon you every once in a while.
Music / Words / Video: Che Chidi Chukwumerije
WHAT DO YOI REALLY WANT?
Imagine if the only way God could save you
Was by letting you continue to search and to suffer –
Would you still continue to beg Him to save you?
Or would you ask the devil to make you an offer?
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
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