Words and Music composed, written and arranged by Olusegun Akinlolu. No part of these lyrics should be shared in any form or any public space without giving credit to the writer. Translations in italics. All rights reserved. © & ℗ 2016 EniObanke
(Compilation of singles and other previously unreleased studio cuts. Only available online. The following two songs are the only ones that you cannot find in any other studio album.)
1. FIRE ON THE ROOF
If you take a trip to Nairobi
Where a baby boy lays dying
Just a moment after his mother
Maybe then you’ll believe
If you walk the street of Lagos
Where a lonely girl lays crying
She knows the clap
(But) now she’s got something worse
Maybe then you’ll believe
We've got a problem on our hands
Iná njó o (fire’s burning)
And we can solve it if we work together
We've got a fire up on the roof
And everyone’s got to do his part to put this fire out
Have you seen the scars of Rwanda?
Have you felt the pain of Uganda?
Something like the devil stalks the land
Maybe then you’ll believe
Have you seen the future dying slowly
In the men and boys; women and girls?
Have you seen the look of death in their eyes?
Maybe then you’ll believe
Baby, you and I we've got some work to do
We’ve got to protect the future from today
Honey, we've got to be open and sincere
Ready to work together
2. CHILDREN OF THE SUN
Some they say that we live too fast
The times are too good to last
Some, in their foolishness, can't see the future
Written in our faces and hearts
We live in pain, we seem insane
We’re reaching out for some believers
Could you be the one to drive away these tears?
We are children of the sun
And we are riding to the future
Children on the run
Brethren to the stars; sisters to the hills and rivers
Could you be the one to drive away these tears?
Some they pass you by with a smile
Some will treat you with bile
Some, in their weariness, slouch by ghosts
Life goes on in a haze
Wicked winter, sapping summer
We wait for the season of hope and joy
Could you be the one to drive away these pains?
We live in the city and the countryside
We ride the winds and flow with the breeze
Could you be the one to drive away these fears?