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NNEKA GOLD

I CARRY FIRE

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
A# minor
energy
0.73
dance
0.94
valence
0.51
vocal at
7.6s
length
3:32
language
En

lyrics

(hey! ...hey!)
(the log drum answers)

Red dust road taught me my stride
Brass bangles sing on either side
They said the well ran dry for me
I walked until I found the sea
(walk! walk!)

Put your sorrow on my head
(on my head)
I've carried heavier instead
(heavier, heavier)

I carry fire, I don't burn
I carry fire, I don't burn
Watch the whole horizon turn
I carry fire, I don't burn
(fire! fire!)

My mother's wrapper round my hips
Her thunder sleeping on my lips
The drum remembers every name
It calls, I answer, I'm the flame
(the flame!)

(eh-eh, eh-eh)
Low like embers... then we rise
(rise! rise!)

I carry fire, I don't burn
I carry fire, I don't burn
Watch the whole horizon turn
I carry fire, I don't burn
(fire! fire!)

(fire... don't burn...)
I CARRY FIRE — NNEKA GOLD · FERAL