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Kesho

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
D# minor
energy
0.72
dance
0.92
valence
0.57
vocal at
5.8s
length
3:09
language
En

lyrics

(Kesho! Kesho!)
(log drum enters)

I was raised to sing up at a ceiling
Hands up, eyes closed, waiting on a sign
Now the ceiling is the sky over Ngong Road
(over Ngong Road)
And the sign was always me, I just took my time

Five in the morning and the city is still going
(still going)
Same hands up, different room

Kesho! (Kesho!)
Tomorrow already started
Kesho! (Kesho!)
I am not waiting for permission
Twende! (Twende!)
Everything I asked for, I became
Kesho, kesho, kesho

Mama said the church would miss my voice
The church has a thousand voices, this floor has mine
Sweat is holy water if you mean it
(if you mean it)
Everybody here is somebody's answered prayer

(layered harmonies, no drums)
Kesho... kesho...
(build, hands, claps)

Kesho! (Kesho!)
Tomorrow already started
Kesho! (Kesho!)
I am not waiting for permission
Twende! (Twende!)
Everything I asked for, I became
Kesho, kesho, kesho

(Kesho! Kesho!)
(hands, whistles, fade)