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River Tigris
03:22
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Hear the story of River Tigris and its soul sister River Euphrates
Both rose from the dephts of the Mesopotamian earth,
Children of the world separated at birth, each followed its own path
Its own destiny
Witnesses of the past, liquid memories
Fluid odysseas, flowing history and secret wisdoms
Long gone but not forgotten...
After a long journey through the valleys of life and death,
Tigris and Euphrates joined again now old and heavy with a million years
They merge together and become one, and the waters are brighter and shinier
And stronger with a million souls...running towards the sea inexorably
Dissolving themselves into the deep blue sea...the Afterlife...inexorably
I hear the rivers chanting my name waiting for me to come home
And when I find them, we'll be just as one ready to dive into the sea
Come dive with me into the sea...flow with me x2
River Tigris...River Euphrates
Come dive with me into the sea....flow with me
River Tigris is D.A.J.L.A...
D to the A to the J to the L to the A...DAJLA
The afterlife..chapter One..
Liquid souls rising from the water
Liquid swords rising from the water
River Tigris....is DAJLA
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I Don't Care
03:44
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Your skin is much darker than mine and people are watchin'
They're waitin' for our cultural clashes and religious fightin' but
As long as I got you baby I, I don't no, oh!
I don't think about, I don't care about the way
They keep looking at us, at me oh!
I don't think about I don't care about the way
They keep criticizing us, judgin me
The ocean stands between us baby but
I don't mind swimming
There's clouds ahead and stormy nights but
My heart is shining enough for two
I'll drive miles and miles and miles and miles
Along your giant highways and
There's always someone to put me down but I don't no no
I don't think about…I don’t care…
Society, boy, we're livin' in oh
the world is losing its humanity
Well it is so hard to keep my sanity
When everyone around seems to think it is the real shit!
It's so frustratin' when all I got is my love to give
And my eyes for cryin
People tell me I take it too personal
but I don't no no no
Chorus
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Routine
04:13
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Routine (D. Lalia / D. Lalia- B. Bouton)
This is a song I call Routine Routine
When the relationship goes down the drain
Down the drain
I thought I'd exorcice
My loneliness in your arms
But all I got was sex and stress
And sex and stress....
With no feeling, no feeling
I thought I' d finally found,
found a nice guy
To hold me in his arms
And be my lucky charm
But all I got was sex and stress
And sex and stress
But no feeling...no feeling, no no no
Week after week desire fades away as
Routine settles in Routine settles in
x2
My loneliness has blinded me
Fooled me into hopin you should be
The one
My helplessness had tricked me
Fooled me into hoping you should be
The one...And...
Yesterday mesmerized
Today you're sick and tired of my dreams
My melodies my hopes my fantasies
You used to call me your wife
Now you wanna fly away from me
Away from me, oh
Chorus
I tried making it work so hard
I convinced myself
Things weren't that bad at all
After all I tried makin' it work so hard
I convinced myself I convinced myself
I called a witch doctor please bring my baby back
Bring him back to life 'cause I love him
Yes I love him I called a witch doctor
Please bring my baby back
Bring him back to life 'cause I love him so
I' ll swallow my pride I will let go my stormy ego
For my baby oh yes I would oh no
Chorus
Bring my baby back Bring him back to life
Bring my baby back Bring him back to life
I'll do anything, anything
I'll do anything...
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4. |
Never Too Late
04:07
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Never Too Late (Dajla Lalia/Benjamin Bouton)
My brother I know I hurt you bad that day
We argued over things that we can't comprehend
Education has never shown us how to share
The love we have for each other
Oh Mother don't you worry about my ways
My world is different, oh yeah
But it's the woman that I am
Forever loving you
I wanna tell you how I care And I try, I try
I'm sorry baby
It's Never too late to hold me baby
It's Never too late to feel me baby
Never too late to love me baby
You mean the world to me
Sorry baby
I feel the same for you
I'll keep on loving you always always
I'm sorry baby
My lovers Wherever you may now stand
The love that we once shared
Turned into a lonely game
Yes we had passion But relationships had to end
And I keep in my mind
Oh Sugar I see your doubts I hear your pain
Life can be cruel and mean
But don't be bitter, don't be sad because
Sometimes we can only witness
What we cannot change
But we try, we try
Chorus
Got this feeling some days It's like I try to explain
It's like I' m lost I'm lost in a maze
But no one no one is to blame
I got my troubles I got my troubles and my pain
I'm trying hard to change the bad habits that I have
My solitary ways are driving me insane But I try, I try
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Hard To Get
04:45
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Hard to Get (D. Lalia-B. Bouton)
Pieces of the past unravelling on my dreams screen
Uncensored memories of my life, A thousand faces and smiles, kisses and cries, Scattered scenes, vivid colours... The director's choice..uncut and commented
I never knew it'd be so hard to get there But I'd do it again
If I only knew it'd be so hard to get there I'd do it the same
Foolish choices silly mistakes I made, well I'm here anyway
If I had the chance to travel the past and change it,
I'd keep it the same, keep it the same I ...wouldn't change a thing.
My darkest times made me who I am today... x2
What a price to pay for what I have today But I'd do it the same...
What a price to pay for what I have today, But I'd do it the same All over again,
Wastin' time headin' in the wrong direction
Just to prove myself I can control myself
Wastin' time rushin' with the wrong decisions,
Just to show myself I can choose for myself
What's right or wrong
Wastin' time messin' with the wrong addictions
So I don't shoot myself, somehow I had to hold on
Wastin time messin' with the wrong relations
So I can choose for myself
Just to prove myself I got my own freedom
I never knew it'd be so hard to get there, But I'd do it again,
If I only knew, it'd be so hard to get there, I'd do it the same
Foolish choices silly mistakes I made well, I'm here anyway
If I had the chance to travel the past erase it
I'd keep it the same keep it the same keep keep keep ....
What a price to pay for what I have today But I'd do it the same. x2
Motherfuckers who turned my life a hell, Well, we'll talk someday
Wastin' time headin in the wrong directions
Just to prove myself, I can chose for myself
Wastin time messing with the wrong decisions, relations
So I can prove myself, so I can prove the world
I got my own definition of FREEDOM
I don't care if you like it or not, I'ma live my life the way I want, and where I want
It's not what you do, It's the way you do (ad lib)
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6. |
Nobody's Fool
03:43
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Nobody's fool (D.Lalia-B. Bouton)
Another phone call from ya
You want me back in your world don't ya
You say you need a favour from me
Remember what the last time cost me?
Dealin' hustlin, cheatin
That's all you do x2
But I ain't dissin the life we shared
But I don't belong anymore to you
And I ain't dissing the life we shared
But I ain't live my life by anybody's rules
I ain't anybody's wife
Nobody's fool
No I ain't live my life by anybody's rules
I ain't anybody's wife
Nobody's fool
Don't wanna stick around - Let me go
I gotta break the bound - Let me go
You know I still feel for ya
You know I cry in dark don't ya
You say you'll change you'll settle one day
Remember what happened yesterday
Dealin' hustling cheating
That's all you do, that's all you do
But I ain't dissin the life we shared
But I don't belong anymore
No I ain't dissin' the life we shared
But I don't belong anymore
No I don't belong anymore
Chorus
Another phone call from you
You want me back in your world don't you?
You say you need a favour from me
Remember what the last time cost me...x2
Remember!
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Remember Me
05:28
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Remember Me (D. Lalia/ D. Lalia- B. Bouton)
It's been such a long
A long long time
I haven't felt
Felt this way
It's such a long long time
I haven't smiled at the day
Such a long long time
I haven't felt so great
I was going down I was going down
I knew things wouldn't stay the same
Somehow I knew that my life
Had to change some day
I just really want to get a break for a day
let my mind break free
fly away to the sunshine away
I just really want to get a break for a day
let my soul go free
fly away to the heavens away
you make me feel
make me feel so real
you gave me strength when I was down the drain
that's why I
remember you Remember you
remember you when the days are so long
when my nights are so confused
when my dreams bring back the love
that should have made history
remember you, remember you
remember!
I hope you won't regret the choice you've made
you know what you lose,
you don't know what you get
the grass is always greener
on the other side of the town
you may well run but you cannot hide
from the truth that looks you in the eye
no matter how hard you try
Chorus
no matter what the people said
especially for what the people said
I had to give ya all that you had to get
I had to give you all that you had to get
and I'm sorry for their crazy jealousy
they'll do their best but they won't get to me
cause the strenght of our lovin' goes a long long way
you'll remember me remember me
remember me when your days are so long
when your nights are so confused
when your dreams bring back the love
that should have made history
remember me, remember me
Chorus
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8. |
How?
05:15
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How? (D.Lalia/D.Lalia- B.Bouton)
As time goes by you lock yourself in a special cell
The one with red bars...
A cage that nobody sees but which keeps the sun from comin' in...
You've accumulated disappointment, anger, disillusion
You keep on blaming others for the troubles that arise,
Keep on blamin' the world when you have to compromise
Can't you free your mind, your material mind?
How could you ever get so small When the world is so big?
Get off the phone now Stop being that mean
Won't you take a look around now
Forget about your needs...Leave the bad vibes alone
And finally start to live!
Your such a preacher, yes you are! A lecturer yes you are...
You love to boast about your world,
What an attitude! you find rude what's different from ya
Once claiming tolerance Now so much arrogance
Despising the free the visionary And the risks they take
Chorus
I gave you my love Gave you my trust Gave you my faith
Always be by your side, Together we would ride
(Why did we have to let it go)
Loving devotion Sharing the passion
(why did we have to let it go?)
Until I found out about your calculating minds
(why did we have to let it go?)
Desires to be clones of the gifted
(why did we have to let it go?)
Proning rap music on prime time
But dissin my soul My rhymes
How could you ever get so small ? x2
Chorus
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9. |
Interlude
02:14
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10. |
Since The Day
02:59
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Since The Day (D. Lalia/ B.Bouton)
Since the day I met you
I haven't been the same
You chased the clouds away
It's like summer every day
You drive me crazy
There's nothing that I wouldn't do for you
Well you walked into my life the other day
Making this
Now I'm never going back again....
Well you walked into my life
The other day
Making this
Now I'm never going back again
To where I was before
You drive me crazy
There's nothing that I wouldn't do for you
(repeat)
Since the day I met you....
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Strong
04:37
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Strong (B. Bouton-D. Lalia/ B. Bouton)
The words you say
Are just what I want to hear
The songs you sing
Send me higher for real
The vibes you create
Show me colours, colours
The love you send me
Sets me on fire, on fire
Oh I wanna tell you baby
I wanna tell you that
The love you're giving me,
I'm gonna send it back to you
Send it back to you
Send it back
I'm gonna send
Gonna send you
Gonna send
Gonna send you higher
Gonna send you...
Chorus
You send me higher
You make me better
You ....
You send me higher
You make me better
You.....
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12. |
Go(o)d
05:34
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Go(o)d (D.Lalia/ B.Bouton)
It's a new dawn it's a new day
It's in your hands
It's a new form a new way
It's in my hands
whatever you do you change,
modify the issue of the running wheel
the cycles around go along
karma karma karma can you rate my behaviour?
I've done bad enough for you to blame me , yeah,
But I' ve suffered enough to learn my lesson well
I've understood the wrong from the good
I've seen, some kinda light
For me to find
The right
Way
And I hope, yes, i hope,
I'll be strong, i'll be strong,
Because
I believe the Good - God
With an extra "o" oh yeah
Believe the Good
I believe the Good
With an extra "O"
Every time I see ur face again,
I believe I believe
I'm in Heaven
I'm in Heaven
I'll be strong facing the wrong
The anger the storm the lies and the vices
The cries and the faces
Of those who once said
They were on my side, on my side
The ones who would do to their next woman
What they'd hate to get from their last woman
But I know, yes I know that deep inside, down in my heart,
I believe the Good, I believe the Good
-God with an extra "O"
But I thought you spoke the truth
Yes I thought we were the truth
I gave you my heart you broke it into a thousand cries
My world shattered and crumbled in misery
but I'll be over all Strong
Facing the wrong you did to me
Yes I will because
I believe the good - God with an extra "o" ....
And I knocked at other men's doors
I had joy in other men's arms
But destiny's driven me into yours arms
Your revengeful heart
Bad enough to hurt me bad but
Strong enough to let me know that
Deep inside deep down inside
I know yes I know
I believe the good
God with an extra "O"
I believe the Good....
Everytime I see your face again,
I believe I believe
I' m in heaven
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Scandalous
03:56
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DAJLA France
Dajla est une chanteuse, auteure compositrice et musicienne (pianiste, bassiste) connue pour son single Remember Me, (+1
Million de streams).
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sur des rythmes entraînants aux couleurs Afro, RnB, Hip-hop ou Reggae. Son univers touche les cœurs et les âmes de tous ceux qui l'écoutent.
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