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from Soutoura by Oumar Ndiaye

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Now I've come to say Goodbye
It’s time to go
I have to go
I have no choice

I am a young man
But I can not take care of you
If I go away now
Your prayers will help to give me strength

I have to go
I have no choice

I know it will not be easy
Because the white man does not want to see
Immigrants coming
They close the gates
They lock it up
And throw away the key in the ocean

I have to go
I have no choice

Gold and Silver alone won't make a happy life
And Money alone won’t make a happy life
Gold and Silver alone won't make a happy life
And Money alone won’t make a happy life

No matter what you gain
What will be will be
It is God who decides your destiny

You see people always leaving Africa
To find a better life
Whatever good they find
They send back home to help their loved ones

They work to help the younger generation
So they won’t starve
They escape so they can leave
The endless debt behind

The ones that loan the money
Never let them pay it off
Whatever good they make
They must always pay their endless debt
They must always pay their debt
they must always pay their debt

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from Soutoura, released May 7, 2021
Oumar Ndiaye : acoustic guitar, vocals
Smokey Hormel : electric guitar, keyboards, hand claps, vocals
Ngor Jallow : dundun drums, kis kis, hand claps
Sory Kouyaté : electric guitar
Stephen Hodges : drumset
David Ralicke: bass clarinet

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Oumar Ndiaye New York, New York

Oumar Ndiaye is a Senegalese musician, singer and guitarist who was born in Dakar and raised on the island of Gorée. He is a descendant of Ndiadiane Ndiaye, the 12th century founder of the Wolof empire. His musical style is a mixture of traditional meloodies from Fouta (northern Senegal on the border of Mauritania) and Wolof rhythms. His melodious and bewitching voice leaves no one unaffected. ... more

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