Picture the morning taste and devour
We rise early pace up the hour
Streets is bustling hustling their heart out

You can't have the sweet with no sour

Spices herbs the sweet scent of flower

We came out precisely the hour
Clouds disappear the sun shows the power
No chance of a probable shower


I fell in love with my neighbors daughter
I wanted to protect and support her

Never mind I'm just 12 and a quarter
I had dreams beyond our border.


Is it true when they say all you need is just love,
Is it true
What about those who have loved

Only to find that it's taken away
And why do they say that the children have rights to be free
To be free

What about those who I've known
Whose memory still lives inside of me.


Fatima,
What did the Young Man say
Before he stole you away

On that fateful day Fatima
Fatima,
Did he know your name

Or the plans we made,
To go to New York City, Fatima


And after school we studied the lessons
I ask God to slow down the seconds
He does the opposite that's what I'm guessing

I better chill and count my own blessings

Fatima, Fatima what is the matter

How come you ain't come up the ladder
So we can be like there's no tomorrow
Damn you gonna make me wait until tomorrow


She spoke Arabic and Swahili
She'd say Upendo (Swahili for love) Anta Habibi

You so bright, you shine like my TV
Then one day she never came to meet me


Is it true when they say all you need is just love,
Is it true
What about those who have loved

Only to find that it's taken away
And why do they say that the children have rights to be free
To be free

What about those who I've known
Whose memory still lives inside of me.


Fatima,
What did the Young Man say
Before he stole you away

On that fateful day Fatima
Fatima,
Did he know your name

Or the plans we made,
To go to New York City, Fatima
(Repeat)


If beauty was in the eyes of beholder
how come everyone hushed when she walked by

How come girls would look just to scold her
How come the angel wanted to hold her?


Fatima, Fatima I'm in America
I make rhymes and I make them delicate
You would have liked the parks in Connecticut

You would have said I'm working too hard again.

Damn you shooter, Damn you the building
Whose walls hid the blood she was spilling
Damn you Country so good at killing

Damn you feeling, for persevering

Is it true when they say all you need is just love,
Is it true
What about those who have loved

Only to find that it's taken away
And why do they say that the children have rights to be free
To be free
What about those who I've known
Whose memory still lives inside of me.



Fatima,
What did the Gun Man Say
before he took you away on that fateful day

Fatima
Did he know your name, or the plans we made
To go to New York City
(Repeat)

Fatima..


(Spoken)
Now I just want to make it clear, I don't want you to shed a tear.
Because this here, is a celebration, We're not mourning,
We're celebrating
Yeah
So baby don't cry, Please don't let the tears fall

So don't cry..