Joy - Akua Naru

I want friendship, uh

Ooh, uh, joy

Yo, uh, daughters of different worlds flowin' past on the foreign soil

Makin' meaning of seasons unexpected as little girls

The heart is pure, the art of the dress I wore

White linen garb, y’all exchange vows to children born

An hour long phone call at six in the morn'

Days when you need a pep talk just to get goin'

You in these arms, you safer than State Farm

Sage in the storm, we the saviors we pray for

Whisper and avoid the late night talks, the day brought

A glass of Malbec get you lit, Lord, you can’t walk

Unashamed to talk shit, offer strange thoughts

Joy in the place when the flame caught

First to applaud when our report works for the Lord

The one flicker in the dark became torch, that says it all

Tender is the name, heart soft as Autumn rain

Reach for me when I’m distant, never too far away, come on

Mama said there’d be joy in the mornin' time

(Uh, check it out, y’all, uh, I told my sister)

Lord knows I want it, waited all night for it

(Lord knows y’all, uh, okay, uh, yes)

Mama said there’d be joy in the mornin'

(Uh, I’m so grateful for your friendship)

Lord knows I want it, waited all night for it

(Lord knows, uh)

Look, uh, my dear brother said «I love you for a long time

Hold you close, you’d be the first to understand this heart of mine»

Nurse the same pain, questions plagued the artist’s life

Turn out the lights, applaud fades, uh, who am I?

Crying on your couch between tours under a sky

Lost African shores and found a lullaby

My black butterfly, never wonder 'cause its love is tight

Even when I ugly cry, you remind what beauty’s like

It’s magic when you laugh, find Heaven in that high pitch

Peace for those weary eyes, joy in your kindness

, you so dramatic when you step out

Till that face invisible, crown weighing your head down

Heavy is the load carried, lone, but not alone

Your sister, your guarded heart’s all broken and whole, let me

Love you through listening, rue on this poem through the storm

Just called to let you know, uh

Mama said there’d be joy in the mornin' time

(Uh, look, uh, yo, in the mornin', come on, uh)

Lord knows I want it, waited all night for it

(Uh, I said I want it, y’all, uh, waited all night, come on)

Mama said there’d be joy in the mornin'

(Uh, I’m grateful for your friendship)

Lord knows I want it, waited all night for it

(Oh yes, I, yeah, yeah, uh, look, it’s like)

Mama said there’d be joy in the mornin' time

(Joy, come on, uh)

Lord knows I want it, waited all night for it

(Uh, alright, yeah, first in line for the joy y’all)

Mama said there’d be joy in the mornin'

(In the morning, yes)

Lord knows I want it, waited all night for it

Mama said there’d be joy in the mornin' time

Lord knows I want it, waited all night for it

Mama said there’d be joy in the mornin'

Lord knows I want it, waited all night for it

Mama said there’d be joy in the mornin' time

Lord knows I want it, waited all night for it

Mama said there’d be joy in the mornin'

Lord knows I want it, waited all night for it

Go get it, you’ve got to go get it (Oh, go get it)

Go get it, it’s time to claim your joy (Oh)

Go get it, you’ve got to go get it (Get it, oh)

Go get it