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[Intro]
Ey-ya-ya-ya-ya
Ey-ya-ya, ey-ya-ya
Ey-ya-ya-ya-ya
Ey-ya-ya, ey-ya-ya
Ey-ya-ya-ya-ya
Ey-ya-ya, ey-ya-ya
Ey-ya-ya-ya-ya
Ey-ya-ya, ey-ya-ya
[Verse 1]
Yeah, nobody wanna see my shine
Why I get no respect? Y’all gone respect my time
My God, it’s time
As for your King, she gon’ come through with a vibe
I don’t want no (Hater)
Yeah, I don’t want no (Hater, it’s fine)
[Chorus]
Life is only now
Like this song, life goes on
Life is only now
Like this song, life goes on
Life is only now
Like this song, life goes on
Life is only now
Like this song, life goes on
[Interlude]
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
[Verse 2]
From the street, to the city, to the ghetto
Shout it from the roof when they hear the instrumental (We hot!)
We hot, we hot, you not
Don’t smile now, don’t you act like I forgot
You was talking real loud
You was talking real loud, I could hear it from the parking lot
Thought that I forgot
Not my clique, we six feet sharp
[Refrain]
I don’t take no threats
I don’t take no threats, don’t you think that I forget
I don’t take no threats
I don’t take no threats, don’t you think that I forget
They made Sam
They made Sam, make another one gents
I don’t take no threats
[Bridge]
Why you do me? (Shakara)
Please, don’t play, why you do me? (Shakara)
Why you do me? (Shakara)
Please, don’t play, why you do me?
Why you do me?
Why you do me? (Shakara)
Please, don’t play, why you do me? (Shakara)
Why you do me? (Shakara)
Please, don’t play, why you do me?
Why you do me?
[Chorus]
Life is only now
Like this song, life goes on
Life is only now
Like this song, life goes on
Life is only now
Like this song, life goes on
Life is only now
Like this song, life goes on
[Interlude]
Yeah
Yeah
[Outro]
(Shakara)
(Shakara)
(Shakara)
(Shakara)
(Shakara)
(Shakara)
Yeah
Yeah
Life Goes On was written by Sampa The Great & James Mollison & Ife Ogunjobi & Joe Armon-Jones & T.J. Koleoso & Femi Koleoso.
Life Goes On was produced by Ezra Collective.
Ezra Collective released Life Goes On on Tue Aug 23 2022.
Femi Koleoso:
We end each of our albums with a cover, and we start the next one with a cover too. It’s all about making the albums chapters of the same book of our lives. This record, therefore, samples the Fela Kuti tune ‘Shakara’, which is the last track on our last album, Steal My Joy. I got rea...