Akala – Old Soul Lyrics
Lyrics
Verse 1
- I don't wanna romanticize another time that's gone by
- But I have to be honest and tell you that
- I am an old soul, sold,
- Some Nina Simone is gonna put me in the zone
- Quicker then some talk of Petrone
- Or Crystal or Pistol it's oh so tedious
- I want to hear some tunes
- Like strange fruit with meaning in
- I want to hear the wolf howling and the waters muddy
- I want it to dance, want it to make me cry but also funny
- Feeling that inner city blues, Marvin's the town crier
- Some soul-to-soul, some azwad with dubfire
- Some Gregory Isaacs, a little touch of Dennis Brown
- I love the soul but nothing moves me like that Reggae sound
- Jamaican blood, sound system upbringing
- Our black american cousins are big influences
- On the songs we are singing.
- It's all Soul with Africa at it's base
- So Fela and Masakela, Makeba play from the same place
Hook: Asheber
- I remember, I remember
- Do you remember?
- I remember
- I remember, I remember
- Cause I'm just an old soul
- I'm just an old soul
- I'm just an old soul
- Do you remember?
Verse 2
- I'm quite sure the right chords are a cure for disease
- If music is the food of love, let us feast
- An open appetizer, whose songs cannot retire
- The legend Stevie Wonder comes bursting out through the wire
- The main course, of course, is Hendrix and Marley
- James Brown will get down and start the after-party
- After dark is only Pendergrass,
- Grab a partner and do the slow-grind wallpaper dance
- There is something about the old sound on the analogue
- And real musicianship that we just can't carry on
- Or maybe I just am an old soul romanticizing
- About the good old days when Miles Davis was a commercial artist
- When singers could sing soul
- And had a message
- And if you saw them live they sounded better than the record
- But how would I know I was not even on the globe
- When most of these artists rocked
- Simple, I'm an old soul
Hook: Asheber
- I remember, I remember
- Do you remember?
- I remember
- I remember, I remember
- Cause I'm just an old soul
- I'm just an old soul
- I'm just an old soul
- Do you remember?
Bridge: Asheber
- Old souls, old souls
- Old souls, old souls
- And it feels like
- And it feels like
- Like I've been here before
Verse 3
- Are you like me, are you an old soul?
- Do you only like music from before you were born?
- When you're listening to records
- Or contemplating the questions
- Do you ever get the feeling that you've been here before?
- Do you find yourself talking about the kids these days
- Then have to remind yourself about your actual age?
- If it's only Reggae or Soul since you were five years old
- A little Blues, a little Jazz
- You know you're an old soul
Hook: Asheber
- I remember, I remember
- Do you remember?
- I remember
- I remember, I remember
- Cause I'm just an old soul
- I'm just an old soul
- I'm just an old soul
- Do you remember?