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lyrics

[Verse 1: Imagine]
Yo, uh

Things have changed but you’re not that different
Just bits and pieces that you brought back with you
Struggling through the cold ass winter
Life is hard you know we all have issues
Sometimes it would be easier to just runaway
But if you think about it you’ll feel better when the sun awakes
Another way we wish we’ll find before we leave
The less life we have left the more we breathe
Don’t leave it all behind, when she don’t show no signs
Love and happiness are two feelings that will cure your mind
And what’s yours is mine, that’s what we all say
The world is fucked up but it ain’t nobody’s fault here
Let’s make it all clear, we are the cause here
If we don’t stand up you know we’re bound to fall here
What’s new in stores here? Words from yours truly
Looking at the earth, just tell me how can we ignore beauty?

[Chorus: Imagine & Dr Koul]
Uh, yo

Looking at the earth, just tell me how can we ignore beauty?
How can we ignore beauty? (Eh)
Looking at the earth tell me just how can we ignore beauty

Eh, said I’m looking at the, uh, uh


[Verse 2: Dr Koul]
First to be last, last to be first
Thirst to expand like birds from the nest
Open hands outlast closed eggs
But groping hands caused an outbreak of closed legs
Like open banks cause an overdose in hopelessness
And no-man’s lands cause an influx in homelessness
Don’t pretend you didn’t notice this:
The more a man lends, the more his friends owe him shit
And you could say I need an optimist lens
I’m no optometrist, but with the cause 100 percent
I’m all in 20-20 with nothing left
And despite my pessimism I’m in love with my life
Don’t need rose-tinted glasses I don’t see with my eyes but with my heart,
And the heart never ignores the beauty of life, even in dark

[Chorus: Imagine & Dr Koul]
Looking at the earth, just tell me how can we ignore beauty?
Uh, how can we ignore beauty? (Eh)
Looking at the earth tell me just how can we ignore beauty

[Verse 3: Evita Koné]
Feeling weak through bleak times
I’m showing evidence of peaks through deep likes
On the sides of my cheeks I show sings
That I am meek though I once smiled
I nosedive into a blissful oblivion
Where there’s no balance within the meridian
An elusive and ethereal comedian
I ask if hiding is a part of healing when you’re
Already in the deep end
When you're already in the deep end
I’m losing sight of what to do
Getting tangled as i trip over my roots
I’m tryna understand that
To be strong, you gotta be loose too

credits

from When The Moon Goes Around The Sun, released May 8, 2020
"Runaway" produced by Honey Beats
Vocals : Imagine, Dr Koul, Evita Koné
Bass : Yohanan Ermias
Guitar : Erwan Valazza
Saxophone : Esther Vaucher
Violin : Julian Azkoul
Trumpet : Zacharie Ksyk

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Geneva's leading English-language Hip Hop crew constantly evolves through creative lyrics and orchestral arrangements over hard beats & smooth melodies. Principle vocalists: Evita Koné, Dr Koul & Imagine.

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