Heartbeat -- Nneka

You said you'd be there for me In times of trouble when I need you and I'm down  And likewise you need friendship It's from my side pure love but I see lately things have been changing You have goals to achieve
But the roads you take are broad and heartless  That wants you make another way  You throw stones  Can you see that I am human I am breathing
But you don't give a damn

Can you feel my heart is beating  Can you see the pain you're causing
Can you feel my heart is beating  Can you see the pain you're causing
Blood blood blood...blood is rushing

And now the world is asleep  How will you ever wake her up when she is deep in her dreams, wishing  And yet so many die  And still we think that it is all about us  It's all about you  You sold your soul to the evil and the lust
And the passion and the money and you See the same ones die, people hunger for decades  Suffer under civilized armedrobbers, modern slaveholders

Can you feel my heart is beating  Can you see the pain you're causing
Can you feel my heart is beating  Can you see the pain you're causing
Blood blood blood.... keeps rushing  Evaded, eliminated, erased, interrogated
Our tradition, our love for our fellow countrymen,  Our property, our resources - our pride  Can you feel my heart beating  No no no...you don't

Can you feel my heart is beating  Can you feel the pain you're causing
Can you feel my heart is beating Can you feel the pain you're causing    

Nneka was brought up in Nigeria and moved to Germany at the age of 18. Many of the songs on No Longer At Ease are about the corruption in her homeland including this one, which moves from the personal to the political.                                         (songfacts) 

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