Neneh Cherry

Released: February 25, 2014

Pullin all the weight to trick a path
Moves are some impervious at last
Good things comes to those who wait
I saw you when you were brought in here

[Pre-Hook]
I was in your love for so very long
And I can't save you
If I had to bring you back I think
By no means I could save you

[Hook]
Don't think I'm so cynical now
I've found my ground
We will prevent your system
Put it around
Don't think I'm so cynical now
I've found my sound
We will prevent your system

Pick up everything recycle trash
And minimize all my carbon ash
Footprint fingered on my clothing lights
Instant strobe when we may own the night

[Pre-Hook]

[Hook]

I know what the art to go on is
Hard dry paints put on the canvass
Why you waiting over there on the phone?
Who you think is gonna call ya?
It's a mountain of relief up above ya
Someone's gotta love ya
Phone's gotta sing pictures of indictments
Suck it up to know come entrapment
Just grease for your heart and food for your thoughts
And someone to uphold ya
It's grab what you need or the living makes you bleed
I'm keeping it in order

[Hook]

Neneh Mariann Karlsson was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and a father from Sierra Leone. Her mother raised her in a commune with her stepfather, jazz musician Don Cherry (father of Eagle Eye Cherry).

She moved to London in the 1980s and immersed herself in the Bristol music scene (where Massive Attack and Portishead would form), getting involved with bands such as The Cherries, The Slits, New Age Steppers, Rip Rig + Panic and Float Up CP.

But it was her collaboration with the duo Morgan-McVey, who released only the one single “Looking Good Diving”, that would be the springboard to launch her into international stardom. The single’s B-side featured Cherry rapping over the A-side’s instrumental tracks with what later became the lyrics to her 1988 debut breakout single “Buffalo Stance” (its music reworked by Bomb The Bass' Tim Simenon) – which reached the top 10 in eleven countries.

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