“Wishing Well” featuring Aquil & Ibrahima Faye
(A. Pascoe, S. Kelly, A. Foster, I. Faye)

Intro (Ibrahima Faye)

So deme ci albi (In the countryside)
Nit naangi dox lu sori (People walk for miles)
Ngin mene root ci teen bi (Before they reach the well)

Kep ku nek (Every one of us)
Sa waru gar may nga benup teen (Must dig a well)
Ba sa nja boot dica naan (For family)
Ba sa waa gox dica naan (For neighbors)
Ba sa waa reer dica naan (For country)


Life
Life is a jar of water
Do have a drink and pass it over
Lets take care of the Earth and pass it on to future generations

Dund bi potu ndaala (Life is a drinking jar)
So naane joxal samorom munaan (Let's pass it around)
Dund bi potu ndaala (Life is a drinking jar)
So naane joxal samorom munaan (Let's pass it around)
Ndox mo waral Ndox mo menel (Water is the root)
Sunu nekkiu ci kaw suuf (Of our being on earth)


Verse 1

This the type of groove
Make you wish upon a star
While chillin’ in the car
With the doors ajar
Gotta spit it in a bar
Just to refresh the feeling
Moonlight crescent
Breath of the evening was brisk
My queen she gave me a (kiss)
Softly on the cheek
Then gently on the lips
I dipped
Making a move for solitude
Calm scenery
Still waters in my view
Dug up in my pocket
Clutched it, dropped it
Unclenched my fist as I opened my eyelids
I wished
We didn’t embrace ignorance
That we could live life fully and make a switch
That Mandela didn’t have to sit for 27
To show we need patience
If we seek redemption
Garvey did his thing
Never got sabotaged
And that we didn’t think black love was mirage
The youth knew that gun clapping and
Drug trafficking, doesn’t have to be the route for young Africans
I wished
That the radio would play this
Showing we can stand tall
And still makes hits
(You what would that look like?)

Chorus

Yo it be like Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime
Yo it be like Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime
Yo it be like Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime
Pennies and Quarters
Hopes and dreams
Floating in the…
Yo it be like Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime
Yo it be like Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime
Yo it be like Nickel Dime, Nickel Dime
Pennies and Quarters
Hopes and dreams
Floating in the…
Water

Verse 2 (Aquil)

Am I awake or lucid
it’s no mistake coincidences life and dreaming
shaping every thought and movement
seeking much improvement
I recollect of ideals
willing my feelings into something that’s real
as time stands still
my old wounds heal, my cancer is diminished
AIDS rates zero percentage
Malaria’s upended
famine and greed defeated
economic elite, don’t pull the strings of global monopoly
erasing poverty
nobody state property, jail and prison rehab
criminals that’s made by the nations part is minimal
I reach back, reclaiming our greatness
refusing using drugs avoid living praying sedated
frustrated, won’t grab guns cause no one owns one
unafraid to show love cause plenty people showed them
realize connections or the oneness with God
Allah the most high
reflecting wishes swell throwing nickels in the well


Verse 3

Yo just gimme couple minutes
‘Cuz I’m runnin’ outta time
Nickels all gone
Runnin; outta dimes
It’ll be all fine
Once they sink to the bottom
Flaws of the world
Wish that water could dissolve ‘em
I wish that people said what they meant
Meant what they said
You had a clean heart
You could still get ahead
Every mouth was fed
Every shed tear dried
Every shoe had wings
We could all touch the sky
The insecure were reassured
Diseases were cured
That understanding was the key to all doors
Marginal living wasn’t romanticized
We made moves-Said less
That we pantomimed
Not instantly gratified
Same time denied
But after counting our blessings
We would be satisfied
Wish my mother and her mother
Had another summer
To bask in the warmth that they shared for one another
That laughter would linger
Good times would last
And having it all wasn’t too much to ask
(Man!)

Chorus