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Ascendance

by Ayo Bamidele

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Ascendance 03:27
Ascendance Ascendance aint nothing but higher ground When your caught up in your undertow And life can bring you all so low Into the chasm where you might find some semblance of something Just like Ascendance Ascendance yeah aint nothing but Nothing but Nothing but Nothing but higher ground Your heart strings break they’re pulled so tight You’re rolling in the dead of night Say when the nightmare becomes a sweet dream Of something just like ascendance Ascendance aint nothing but Nothing but Nothing but Nothing but higher ground Ascendance is not hard to find it’s just freedom in your state of mind To choose the highways and byways to vistas of new life And something just like ascendance Ascendance yeah aint nothing but Nothing but Nothing But Nothing but higher ground Repeat Ascendance yeah ©Ayo Bamidele 2020
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Navy Blue 03:02
Navy Blue Hey Navy Blue Mother nature never got a hold on you Where’d you come from? Hey Navy Blue Did you come here from another realm? On a spaceship with you at the helm Hey Navy Blue You enter hearts at a tender age And in those hearts there you stay Older folks want to thank you too You stayed true Navy Blue Hey Navy Blue I get a sense of security Some semblance of certainty, melancholia and healing too There’s warmth down in the roots of you – Hey Navy Blue I’ve got a feeling that there might be A universe I could crawl to Through a worm hole so I can see where our origins might be And of you too Navy Blue Hey Navy Blue Mother nature never got a hold on you Hey Navy Blue Where’d you come from? Hey Navy Blue ©Ayo Bamidele 2021
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Birds Fly South for The Winter Birds fly south for the winter, They look for warmer climes They take their lives at their command They are not tide to just one land Birds fly south for the winter They don’t wait for need and hunger Through cross winds west and east For harvest for a feast Oh sweet soul of mine Won’t you learn to clime When I reach those times I need some peace of mind Birds fly south for the winter - yes they do Birds fly south for the winter – oh yes they do Birds fly south for the winter - they do, they do, oh yes they do Birds fly south for the winter to drink from pure clean lakes Oh they fly as one To find that healing sun Oh sweet thirst of mine Won’t you be satisfied with some pure clean water To sooth this soul of mine Birds fly south for the winter - yes they do Birds fly south for the winter – oh yes they do Birds fly south for the winter - they do, they do, oh yes they do Birds fly south for the winter - yes they do Birds fly south for the winter – oh yes they do Birds fly south for the winter - they do, they do, oh yes they do ©Ayo Bamidele 2021
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Promises 02:51
Promises You’re stuck in a moment and you can’t escape You came here for just a while but it’s a permanent state Your leaning tower of lies fell down Your people disappeared long before it even hit the ground Promises – lies like butterflies have upped and flown Promises – words not worth the paper they were written on Promises - they washed us down Promises - we drank them down empty And it’s a long long road but you won’t get there You’re stuck here Promises - like an hourglass that can’t be flipped Life slips away in the depths of it The time you stole can’t be replaced But there’s such relief on everybody’s fsace Now you’re gone Promises - on your deceit a light was shone The power that you had is gone Promises - your leaning tower of lies fell down Your people disappeared long long before it even hit the ground Promises - words like butterflies have upped and flown Promises words not worth the paper they were written on Promises Promises ©Ayo Bamidele 2021
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The Journey’s the Prize It came down to me like a bolt from above How blessed we have been with this path before us We travel together not as two but as one And pray that this journey will never be done The journey’s the prize yes it is The journey’s the prize yes it is With no destination loves our guiding light We are surrounded by beauty So let’s take in the sight Days disappear and time never slows As years go by the more we come to know The Journey’s the prize yes it is The Journey’s the prize yes it is, yes it is The road may be long Let’s walk it together With no end in sight Let’s walk it for ever The Journey’s the prize yes it is The Journey’s the prize yes it is ©Ayo Bamidele 2021
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The Man Who Stole the Sun The posse left here just yesterday loaded their guns saddled up and now they’re on their way They are going to find him come what may Who stole the warmth from everyone The light that shone since time began Now they call dark times Now they call it dark times Who stole sun Who stole the sun In every doorway every alley way He can run but he can’t hide There are going to find him come what may And when they find him woe woe betide Who stole the sun Who stole the sun Who stole the warmth from everyone The light that shone since time began Now they call it dark times Dark times – who stole the sun Who stole the sun ©Ayo Bamidele 2021
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On Flows the River I took my dive many years ago Don’t know where it come from Don’t know where it goes But where it takes me that’s where I will go Can’t stop the river so let the river flow Don’t know where it come from Don’t know where it goes I know the pain I’ve felt it just stems the flow So I guess I’ll just have to let it go Can’t stop the river I lay on my back and just enjoy the view Blessings fall on me like pure mountain dew I don’t know where it comes from don’t know where it goes But where it takes me that’s where I will go Can’t stop the river so let the river flow Can’t stop the river so let the river flow Can’t stop the river so let the river flow Can’t stop the river so let the river flow Repeat ©Ayo Bamidele 2021
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Good To Be Alive I awoke one wonderous morning at sunrise Light filled the room and choral voices they sung to me Said it’s good to be alive, it’s good to be alive So I went for walk and heard the wind rustling leaves In top of the trees and sunlight seeped through All glistening white and it spoke to me Said it’s good to be alive it’s good to be alive It’s good to be alive I only hope I always feel inside A sense of thanks For this sweet earth and all it provides it’s good to be alive It’s good to be alive Ain’t it strange how the simplest things can shine so brightly Like point cut diamonds in lines of gold it’s good to be alive, it’s good to be alive it’s good to be alive, it’s good to be alive ©Ayo Bamidele 2021
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Once was a seeker Once there was a seeker sought this world to find All they thought they needed Didn’t know that they were blind Walked this earth in circles only to find All the thing the needed were there at their side Once there was a seeker searched this world to find All they thought they needed Didn’t know they were blind Walked this earth in circles only to find All the thing the needed they had left behind Once there was a seeker Once there was a seeker ©Ayo Bamidele 2021
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Late to be wise It’s clear to see that you think the world’s on fire And you’re running low on desire But way we live here today brings so much more than yesterday And you have hope in tomorrow yeah You have hope in tomorrow yeah And we won’t be late to be wise It’s clear to see the weight of the world on your shoulder But you’re looking strong and bolder Cause way we live here today brings so much more than yesterday And you have hope in tomorrow yeah in tomorrow yeah You have in tomorrow And we won’t be late to be wise We won’t be late to be wise You still have in tomorrow In tomorrow yeah ©Ayo Bamidele 2021

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Ayo Bamidele recorded solo acoustic, live with no overdubs or editing, all songs written and performed by Ayo Bamidele

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released March 11, 2021

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Ayo Bamidele London, UK

Acoustic folk and soul artist that has played his own original material for over 25 years. Often compared to artists such as
Richie Havens, Tracy Chapman, Labi Siffre and Nina Simone. Early Influences include The Jam The Clash and The Specials, a social conscious streak is still evident in his music today. Expect soulful vocals, delicate guitar work and songs of life’s loves, losses and joys.
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