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Kofi Mensah

I didn't check, I didn't check

Plays his father's guitar and says the songs were already inside it

the numbers

bpm
129
key
C major
energy
0.72
dance
0.90
valence
0.50
vocal at
4.9s
length
3:29
language
En

lyrics

I woke by Adum, kettle on the stove

My phone face-down by the bowl of efo

I reached for your name, then let it go

The fan kept turning, slow and low

At Kejetia, I counted coins for bread

The trotro rocked, my mind stayed fed

I saw your old cap by the bed

Still, I washed my cup and left it read

By noon I found my hand was still

Not drifting there against my will

Your picture stayed, but I stood still

And let the quiet take its fill

I didn't check, I didn't check

I didn't check, I didn't check

Your page stayed closed, my thumb stayed back

I didn't check, I didn't check

At Suame Roundabout, the brakes went hard

Dust on my shoe, in the factory yard

Your name came once, then skipped my heart

Like a weak old light in the dark

Back home, I peeled yam by the sink

Set two plates out, then changed my think

I heard your laugh in the plastic bowl's clink

Then let it pass in a single blink

I didn't check, I didn't check

I didn't check, I didn't check

Your page stayed closed, my thumb stayed back

I didn't check, I didn't check

Maame's radio sang from the shelf

I sat with my tea and my own self

No tapping, no searching, just a breath held well

Like rain on zinc when the evening fell

I didn't check, I didn't check

I didn't check, I didn't check

Your page stayed closed, my thumb stayed back

I didn't check, I didn't check