William Onyeabor
William Onyeabor (Enugu, Nigeria, 29 March 1946 – 16 January 2017) was a Ni… Read Full Bio ↴William Onyeabor (Enugu, Nigeria, 29 March 1946 – 16 January 2017) was a Nigerian afro-funk, musician, singer and songwriter.
Onyeabor's songs are often heavily rhythmic and synthesized, occasionally epic in scope, with lyrics decrying war and sung by both Onyeabor himself and female backing vocalists. In recent years a number of his songs have appeared on various compilations, most often his biggest hit, "Better Change Your Mind", which has appeared on Africa 100, World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's a Real Thing - The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa, and Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970's Funky Lagos, through labels such as Luaka Bop.
Some biographies claim that he studied cinematography in Russia, returning to Nigeria in the 1970s to start his own Wilfilms music label and to set up a recording and production studio. He was later crowned a High Chief in Enugu, where he still lives as a businessman working on government contracts and running his own flour mill. According to the Luaka Bop record label, Onyeabor "self-released eight albums between 1977 and 1985 and then became a born-again Christian, refusing to ever speak about himself or his music again." The label reports that through attempting to speak with Onyeabor himself, and by talking to people who seem to have firsthand knowledge, it has been trying to construct an accurate biography of him for the past 18 months, without success.
In 2014, the music website Noisey, affiliated to Vice magazine, released a 31-minute documentary entitled Fantastic Man that documents Onyeabor's history and legacy as well as Noisey's attempt to track him down for an interview. 2014 also saw a touring supergroup called the Atomic Bomb! Band come together to play Onyeabor's music at a series of concerts and festivals around the world. The group includes David Byrne (of Talking Heads) and Money Mark (of the Beastie Boys).
In December 2014, William Onyeabor made his first radio appearance on the Lauren Laverne Show on BBC 6 Music, where he stated "I only create music that will help the world," whilst also admitting that he has never played live, and announcing that he had plans to release new material.
William Onyeabor died aged 72, peacefully, on January 16, 2017.
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Onyeabor's songs are often heavily rhythmic and synthesized, occasionally epic in scope, with lyrics decrying war and sung by both Onyeabor himself and female backing vocalists. In recent years a number of his songs have appeared on various compilations, most often his biggest hit, "Better Change Your Mind", which has appeared on Africa 100, World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's a Real Thing - The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa, and Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970's Funky Lagos, through labels such as Luaka Bop.
Some biographies claim that he studied cinematography in Russia, returning to Nigeria in the 1970s to start his own Wilfilms music label and to set up a recording and production studio. He was later crowned a High Chief in Enugu, where he still lives as a businessman working on government contracts and running his own flour mill. According to the Luaka Bop record label, Onyeabor "self-released eight albums between 1977 and 1985 and then became a born-again Christian, refusing to ever speak about himself or his music again." The label reports that through attempting to speak with Onyeabor himself, and by talking to people who seem to have firsthand knowledge, it has been trying to construct an accurate biography of him for the past 18 months, without success.
In 2014, the music website Noisey, affiliated to Vice magazine, released a 31-minute documentary entitled Fantastic Man that documents Onyeabor's history and legacy as well as Noisey's attempt to track him down for an interview. 2014 also saw a touring supergroup called the Atomic Bomb! Band come together to play Onyeabor's music at a series of concerts and festivals around the world. The group includes David Byrne (of Talking Heads) and Money Mark (of the Beastie Boys).
In December 2014, William Onyeabor made his first radio appearance on the Lauren Laverne Show on BBC 6 Music, where he stated "I only create music that will help the world," whilst also admitting that he has never played live, and announcing that he had plans to release new material.
William Onyeabor died aged 72, peacefully, on January 16, 2017.
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William Onyeabor Lyrics
Anything You Sow One merry morning I went to pray to my God in…
Atomic Bomb I want to realize, man The way I feel in me…
Beautiful Baby Baby beautiful baby, I'm gonna take you go home Baby, o…
Better Change Your Mind America You ever think this world is yours, eh? And you Russ…
Body And Soul When I play my kind of music I’m playing for your…
Crashes in Love Right on! Let us fall in love Let us fall in love To…
Everyday Hook Every day, you keep on telling me You're very much in…
Fantastic man Since I came to know you babe I've been telling you…
Good Name Good name is better than silver and gold And no money,…
Great Lover You have seen, you have seen the way I love…
Heaven & Hell When I get to my God in heaven I will tell…
Heaven and Hell When I get to my God in heaven I will tell…
I've Got Love I'm a poor man A very poor man I've got no money And…
let's fall in love Right on! Let us fall in love Let us fall in love To…
Love Is Blind When you're in love, when you are in love When you're…
Love Me Now Love me now Love me right now You want me to love…
Ride On Baby Ride on baby I said to her ride on baby I don′t…
Shame I gotta say it, I mean I gotta say it…
Something You Will Never Forget Ladies & gentlemen Everybody listen I wanna tell you somethi…
Something You'll Never Forget Ladies & gentlemen Everybody listen I wanna tell you somet…
Something Youll Never Forget Ladies & gentlemen Everybody listen I wanna tell you somethi…
The Moon and the Sun I know You are the moon that shines in the…
The Way To Win Your Love I want you show me the way The way to win…
This Kind of World Verse 1 Have you ever seen this kind of world? (I have…
Tomorrow No one knows tomorrow Tomorrow, no one knows tomorrow Anythi…
Try And Try You are born to live and die you're not gonna change…
When the Going is Smooth Intro C'mon! Verse 1 When the going is smooth and good Man…
Why go to War Why go to war, why not find peace? In this world All…
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on Shame
the chorus is "and never gives to help the poor"
jesus these bad lyrics are all over the internet. shame to the man who doesnt have ears