Choose You

Download Ian Kamau - Love & Other Struggles Mixtape http://www.iankamau.bandcamp.com | http://www.iankamau.com Twitter (Follow) http://www.twitter.com/iankamau Facebook Fan Page http://www.facebook.com/iankamau79?ref=profile#!/pages/Ian-Kamau/231762898536?ref=ts Facebook Note (The Mixtape Tradition) http://www.facebook.com/iankamau79?ref=profile#!/notes/ian-kamau/the-mixtape-tradition-vol-3/353851710728 (Original song Players Anthem produced by DJ Paul and Juicy J for UGK & OUTKAST, Interlude from George Washingtion a film by David Gordon Green and The Mack by Willie Hutch) Lyrics: (verse one) She was a friend of a friend with beautiful brown skin / said I looked kinda habesha parents were east african / child of the east, her smile brought me peace / already knew African women made me weak / down to earth fell into the intelligent few / not to mention that she was young and beautiful too / but realized that that wasnt as important as her soul / her beauty was just one small part of the whole / I saw spirit in her eyes she made me feel alive / realized that Ive been waiting every since 79 / and I had to stop now couldnt care about kamau / cared about how I was going to give her all the clouds / in the sky if she asked me at times she harassed me / and when I tried to act bright she just laughed at me / thats because she was humble / so when we spoke on occasion there was no kind of trouble / I loved it when she stared she used to wrap her hair / and pray every day to the one without compare / her spirit it was pure she seemed to know the cure / didnt waste her time with people who were less grounded than her / she was shy and she was quiet you could see that she was wise / she knew that liars they are cheaters and cheaters they often lie / so I had to be true even when it made her cry / but didnt want to be the one to put a tear inside her eye / we tried to wait and see / she would call me on the phone and often said kamay leke / and she would say dahan / I hoped that it was true / do you remember on pangea when I wrote this verse fo r you / young girl you are a diamond inside of the world / drowning in your thoughts in them finding a pearl / life is so complicated / Im fighting and biding my time I waited / for years / to clear up the ignorance that I had stated / and feat I cant escape it like death and the day of judgment appears / outside my window in the daylight while I fight with my peers / lover, why is it we cant get along with each other / when all of us were born to the same mother / Ive changed and grown away from all that remains the same / because of this you say that I dont with to stay around / come on now / I say these things so I can try to make a difference / i wish that you could see all the specifics that I dreamed off / and dreams love is what our lives could be made of / but it seems that its even hard to say love / damn, Im still struggling to figure out just who I am / and figure out of this was in the plan / but