Labi Siffre (born June 25, 1945) is an English poet, songwriter, and singer… Read Full Bio ↴Labi Siffre (born June 25, 1945) is an English poet, songwriter, and singer. Born the fourth of five children to a Barbadian/Belgian mother and a Nigerian father and raised in Bayswater and Hampstead, London, he was educated at a Catholic monastery school, St Benedict's School in Ealing. His musical influences included Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Jimmy Reed, Wes Montgomery, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Reed, and Mel Tormé. In July 1964, he met his partner Peter Lloyd, and the two officially became partners under the Civil Partnership Act 2004 when the Act entered into force in December 2005.

Siffre released his first six albums of songs between 1970 and 1975, and a further three albums between 1988 and 1998. During this period he had several solo hits, including "It Must Be Love" (No. 14, 1971) (later covered by and a No. 4 hit for Madness, for which Siffre himself appeared in the video); "Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying" (No. 11, 1972); and "Watch Me" (No. 29, 1972). In 1978 two of his songs, "Solid Love" (performed by Siffre) and "We Got It Bad" (co-written and performed by Bob James) reached the UK finals of the BBC's A Song for Europe. His 1987 hit "(Something Inside) So Strong", which reached No. 4, was an anti-Apartheid anthem that won the Ivor Novello Award for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically", and has since been used in Amnesty International campaigns, a television advertisement and Alice Walker's film against female genital mutilation: Warrior Marks.

In 1997, Siffre's play "DeathWrite" was staged at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff and later televised.

His song "I Got The..." was sampled in rapper Eminem's hit single "My Name Is," Siffre, who is openly gay, said in an interview that he turned down the offer to approve the song at first until the original sexist and homophobic lyrics were removed: "Dissing the victims of bigotry – women as bitches, homosexuals as faggots – is lazy writing. Diss the bigots not their victims." Siffre eventually allowed its usage when he was sent a censored "clean" version, not realizing that he was also allowing the riffs use on the alternative "dirty" versions with the original lyrics.

In 1984 Siffre began writing poetry and has since released three books of poetry: "Blood on the Page" 1995 and "Monument" 1997. His poetry addresses a variety of themes, from theology and childhood to sociology, love, hate, language, critical thinking, and communication. In 2006, he released a new album, The Last Songs.

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Labi Siffre Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Labi Siffre:

A Feeling I Got I got the blues but I don't mind All I have…
A Little More Line Sitting here and it′s getting late Should I go or should…
All I Wanna Do Our conversation Is mad of inevitability You walk the ocea…
bless the telephone It's nice to hear your voice again I've waited all day…
Blue Lady Blue lady Blue in your hair Butterfly glasses and sensible s…
Cannock Chase Sitting in the back seat of my car With my arms…
Cannock Chase - 2006 Remastered Version Sitting in the back seat of my car With my arms…
Crying Laughing Loving Lying Crying, crying never did nobody no good no how That's why…
Crying Laughing Loving Lying - 2006 Remastered Version Crying, Crying never did nobody no good No how, no how That'…

Dreamer Dreamer, dream away the night When you wake I will be…
Fool Me a Good Night I don't mind if you lie to me I don't mind…
Gimme Some More Oh it's a beautiful day Oh I never felt thsi way…
I Got The I got the blues but I don't mind All I have…
I Got the Blues I got the blues but I don't mind All I have…
I Will Always Love You I'm walking in your fire And diving in your sea Burning wi…
If You Have Faith If you have faith, If you have faith, If you have faith Well…
It Must Be Love I never thought I'd miss you half as much as…
La-De-Da-De-Da If you believe in me Like I believe in you Then you…
Listen to the Voices Old man Your race is run You think it's over It's only be…
Listen to the Voices (12" edition) Old man Your race is run You think it's over It's only begun…
Love Oh Love Oh Love Last night I had another dream And when I woke up…
Make My Day Pretty little girl Pretty little girl in a blue dress Pret…
Maybe Tomorrow Maybe tomorrow I′ll find the answers I'm looking for Maybe t…
motivating songs Something inside so strong The higher you build your barriers The taller I become The f…
My Song This is my song And no one can take it away It's…
Nothin's Gonna Change Life can be funny Sometimes a shame Making the same…
Nothing In the World Like Love There's nothing in the world like love. It's a feeling you…
Nothing's Gonna Change Life can be funny Sometimes a shame Making the same…
Prayer When the morning light Tries to hold you tight You snuggle d…
Remember My Song This is my song and no one can take it…
Sadie and The Devil Sadie was a country girl, she believed in the bible Sadie…
Saved And my father he was a slave I have been broken…
So Strong The higher you build your barriers the taller I become The…
Something Inside The higher you build your barriers The taller I become The…
Something Inside So Strong The higher you build your barriers The taller I become The f…

The Life I Got I got the blues but I don't mind All I have…
The Vulture They call me the vulture cause that's my name I…
Too Late Send me a picture of the way you look I'll get…
Watch Me Watch me when you call me See me sparkle, see me…
Why Isn't Love Enough They say this love is a lier I only know I…

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