Fatima Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Picture the morning taste and devour
We rise early pace up the hour
Streets is bustling hustling their heart out

[Verse 2]
You can't have the sweet with no sour
[G]Spices herbs the sweet scent of flower
We came out precisely the hour
Clouds disappear the sun shows the power

[Verse 3]
No chance of a probable shower
[G]I fell in love with my neighbors daughter
I wanted to protect and support her
Never mind I'm just 12 and a quarter

[Verse 4]
I had dreams beyond our border.
[G]Is it true when they say [C]all
you need is just [G]love,
Is it true
[C]What about [G]those who have [C]loved
[G]Only to find that it's taken away
And why do they say that the
[C]children have rights to be [G]free
To be free
[C]What about those who I've [G]known
[C]Whose mem[G]ory still lives inside of me.

[Verse 5]
[G]Fatima,
What did the Young Man [D]say
Be[G]fore he stole you [C]away
On that fateful [G]day Fatima
Fatima,
Did he know your [D]name
Or the plans we [C]made,
To go to New York [G]City, Fatima

[Verse 6]
And [G]after school we studied the lessons
I ask God to slow down the seconds
He does the opposite that's
what I'm guessing
I better chill and count my

[Verse 7]
own blessings
[G]Fatima, Fatima what is the matter
How come you ain't come up the ladder
So we can be like there's no tomorrow
Damn you gonna make

[Verse 8]
me wait until tomorrow
[G]She spoke Arabic and Swahili
She'd say Upendo (Swahili for love)
Anta Habibi (Arabic for, you are my
love, dearest friend)
You so bright, you shine like my TV

[Verse 9]
Then one day she never came to meet me
[G]Is it true when they say [C]all
you need is just [G]love,
Is it true
[C]What about those who have [G]loved[C]
[G]Only to find that it's taken away
And why do they say that the
children have rights to be free
To be free
[C]What about those who I've [G]known
[C]Whose mem[G]ory still lives inside of me.

[Verse 10]
[G]Fatima,
What did the Young Man [D]say
Before he stole [G]you [C]away
On that fateful [G]day Fatima
Fatima,
Did he know your [D]name
Or the plans we [C]made,
To go to New York [G]City,
[D]Fatima [Repeats]
[G]If

[Verse 11]
[C][G][D]
[G]bea[C]uty[G]
was in the eyes of beholder
How come everyone hushed
when she walked by
How come girls would
look just to scold her
How come the angel
wanted to hold her?

[Verse 12]
[G]Fatima, Fatima I'm in America
I make rhymes and I make them delicate
You would have liked
the parks in Connecticut
You would have said I'm working

[Verse 13]
too hard again.
[G]Damn you [C]shooter,
Dam[G]n you the b[C]uilding
Whose walls [G]hid the blood
she was [C]spilling
[G]Damn you Country so good at killing

[Verse 14]
Damn you feeling, for persevering
[G]Is it true when they say all
you [C]need is just [G]love,
Is it true
[C]What about [G]those who have [C]loved
[G]Only to find that it's taken away
And why do they say that the
[C]children have rights to be [G]free
To be free
[C]What about those who I've [G]known
[C]Whose mem[G]ory still lives inside
of me.
[D][C]

[Verse 15]
[G]
[Repeats]
[D]Fatima,[C][G]
What did the Gun Man Say
[D]Before he [G]took you[C] away
on that fateful [G]day
Fatima
Did he know your name,
or [C]the plans we made
To go to New York [G]City

[Verse 16]
[G]Fatima
Now I just want to make it clear,
[D]I d[G]on'[C]t want you to shed a tear[G].
Because this here, is a celebration,
[D][G]
We're not mourn[C]ing,
We're celeb[G]rating
Yeah
[D]So baby don[G]'t cry[C],
Please [G]don't let the tears fall
So don't cry
[C]