The intro for this song (and the album) was based on Sam Cooke’s 1964 hit, “A Change Is Gonna Come.”
Much like the original song, the subsequent lines signify impeding change no matter the obstacles. Sam Cooke’s song served as an anthem for the black population in a time fraught with racism and dis...
[Intro: Sam Cooke]
I was born by the river
In a little tent
And just like the river I've been running
Ever since
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
[Bridge]
Interviewer: Mese bisa wo question but ma no ɛnyɛ ɔhare so kakra ma yɛn wai mesrɛwo
Interviewee: Me nua, to be honest with you. Ma hw3 around w'an fa awards no aba. Wode bayɛ paa anka mɛgyi afiri wonsɛm di ama....
[Verse 1]
Yeah
If I got a cedi for everytime these motherfuckers overlooked me
For all of the times they stepped on me
I bet I'd prolly be filthy
But I, never been a quitter, never never
They will never win, I'm hella better
LOMI never back down
Back at it like I'm laying in a bed of feathers
Looking back on what I been through
Pain never been a issue
Feeding my addiction
Gave me thick skin
You can never break through
And if Ali was the greatest, Bar Three is the apex
This the last tape I go make then cause I say more when I say less
They never seen my level ever since I was a Skillion
Watching all my fellow Ghana men hate on me when I'm tryna put my CD on
Them dey fear me when they hear me
You no go fit to near me mini nɔɔ
'Cause, if you dey clock, all the time
Watch who you go bring around
No, no, no, no, nemesis
You were not here from my genesis
You will not take away the blood
Take away the sweat
Take away the fear
No chale
If you dey hung for food for thought, then let me deliver the recipe
B.A.R One, B.A.R Two, B.A.R Three
Trinity!
[Bridge]
Naa
See the thing be say, me, E.L?. Naa
I don't think this be ein year
I hear say he dey rush too
I've personally had first hand experience of that
I meet am for...
[Verse 2]
I be going very heavy over beats
In the belly of the beast
Young LOMI, E.L
Yeah I got my name heavy in the streets
And these days, DJs know they gotta keep my record on repeat
'Cause I am sky-high, I dey barb why I'm the man you wanna defeat
And I know, I know
Chale I'm here for the one reason
One life, one life, LOMI's gonna be in the front leading
For the limelight, limelight, niggas still shading for one reason
You shine bright, shine bright, when you're an angel amongst demons
Holy Mother of Christ, never spitted a lyric that didn't come from my heart
Imma give it a hundred percent
See if I dey lie, God strike me
I'm still here so its more likely I told the truth
What's my name? B.A.R bitch!
Chale, make I drop my shit
Who you know got bars like this
Make I off my switch
We go see who go fit give you BAR 4,5,6
Best African Rapper, young LOMI, E.L baby!
Ghana boys to the world let's go!
ELiens, we will
[Outro: E.L, Sam Cooke]
There have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
There were times that I thought, that I couldn't last for long you know
But now I think I'm able to carry on
But, now I think I'm able to, to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
Man, its been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will
But I know, I know that change is gon' come
Bar three, the LOMI era
We're here
Change(Intro) was produced by E.L.
E.L released Change(Intro) on Fri Sep 09 2016.