Gabriel is the second track on Nigerian singer/songwriter/producer Tay Iwar’s album Passport.
On this track he expresses gratitude towards his guardian angel, using the biblical Angel Gabriel as a reference.
The track also features a guest rap verse from his brother and frequent collaborator Suté...
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I've been waiting but I never knew
Looking but never seeing
Hearing but never listening
Days go on with no meaning and no colour
A life with no love, swallowed in by the darkness
Never thought that I would see the light
I hear the angels singing
My own Gabriel, free, free falling
Free fallin, free fallin, (Yeah x4)
But I love the feel
'cause you are always there to catch me
Never dashing, never dashing my own foot on a stone
[Chorus 1]
My own Gabriel x8
[Verse 2: Suté]
I got my feet on the earth, head in the skys
I throw my seed in the earth and turn my head to the sky
Pray to my God, looking for his face in the stars
I'm facing the stars, hope I win against all the odds
My space is my all that you invaded
Telling me all I need is in your face and I crawled
Hoping I learned what the displacement was for
I crawled 'cause I realised you were all
I had to learn how to walk
So you could drive me to your treasures and all
I'm screaming Lord, forgive a sinner
I'm just a beginner
In this game of life, I'm just tryna be the winner
Plenty sacrifice to make a believer from this dream
I never had much to call my own
Except my soul and this microphone
Except these words and misguided poems
Now I found a home, broken from my cell
Now its time to roam with my own Gabriel
So I flew
[Chorus 2]
My own Gabriel x8