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NNEKA GOLD

Five A.M. Church

Ex-gospel choir lead who found four-to-the-floor

style

  • afro house
  • deep house
  • tribal percussion
  • log drum
  • soaring female vocal
  • powerful belt
  • Swahili chants
  • euphoric
  • festival-ready
  • east african accent

the numbers

bpm
123
key
B minor
energy
0.75
dance
0.93
valence
0.53
vocal at
17.9s
length
3:09
language
En

lyrics

(five a.m.! five a.m.!)

The last hour before the sun is the honest one
Everybody left who came to be seen
What is standing here now came to be moved
(to be moved)
That is the congregation I was looking for

The DJ is a deacon and he knows it
(he knows it)
He has been holding this room since midnight

Five a.m. church
(church! church!)
Nobody preaching, everybody praying
Five a.m. church
Sweat on the floor like an offering

My mother would say this is the devil's hour
My mother has never seen four hundred people forgive each other
At five in the morning for no reason at all
(no reason at all)
I will take her one day. She will understand or she will not.

(a cappella, layered)
Five a.m... five a.m...
(HANDS, CLAPS, DROP)

Five a.m. church
(church! church!)
Nobody preaching, everybody praying
Five a.m. church
Sweat on the floor like an offering

(five a.m....)
Five A.M. Church — NNEKA GOLD · FERAL