After relocating to Hamburg in 2003, Nneka has been working closely with the hip hop beatmaker DJ Farhot. As a young singer she first gained public attention in 2004 while performing as an opening act for dancehall reggae star Sean Paul at Hamburg Stadtpark. After much acclaim, Nneka released her debut EP The Uncomfortable Truth with the music label Yo Mama's Recording Company after which she performed on her first tour with Patrice, playing shows in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
She finished recording her first album in the autumn of 2005. Entitled Victim of Truth. Garnering rave reviews from the media, the UK's Sunday Times later declared it “the year’s most criminally overlooked album”, comparing it favourably to 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'.
In February 2008, she released her second album, No Longer at Ease. The title of the album is taken from a novel of the same name by Chinua Achebe and reflects the lyrical content of the record. Most of the songs are political, talking about the plight of the Niger Delta and the corruption in Nneka’s homeland. “No Longer at Ease” combines the political and the personal in “a winning mix of soul, hip-hop an reggae”. The lead single from it, "Heartbeat", became her first song to break into the German Top 50.
In November 2009, Nneka staged her first concert tour of the United States where she performed shows in New York City, Vienna (Washington DC), Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Furthermore she was a special guest on The Roots Jam session. Her first US release Concrete Jungle was set for 2 February 2010.
Nneka recorded her last album Soul Is Heavy in Nigeria. She also co-founded a charity foundation called the "ROPE foundation" with Genda, Ahmed Nyei from Sierra Leone. She has worked extensively in charity and arts with the foundation in Sierra Leone. Nneka has also worked with Reebok and her track "Shinning" topped global charts in 2013.
Come With Me
Nneka Lyrics
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Come let us be truthful
Surrender our pride
Admit
The stains on our
Our chest
Our hands
We find
We take
We kill
Our love
Is hate
Our smiles
Are fake uhm
Take my body take my hands
Take everything
You created
Take your riches take your money take everything
But not my experience
Oh no
No you can't take my experience away
No you can't take my soul away
No you can't make me go astray
Because I know where I stand
No you cannot take my experience away
No you can't take my soul away
No you can't make me go astray
Because I know where my father is
Come
Let us be truthful
Surrender
Our pride
Admit
The things
We've been doing oh oh whu
Oh it seems
As if we deal with others
To gain self profit
Oh oh why
Why why why why why
Oh no
But you cannot take my experience away
No you can't take my soul away
No you can't make me go astray
Because I know where I stand
No you cannot take my experience away
No you can't take my soul away
No you can't make me go astray
Because I know where my father is
Come
Let us admit
That we are living a lie
Come
Let us speak out
That we have been sinning
We have been sinning
Oh oh oh come
Let us take a look
At the mirror
See how sad it looks uh uh
Come
Let us take a break go into selfsame
Find the peace and silence saying
His breaking nothing your experience away oh oh oh
Nor is His angel sold away oh oh oh
No they can't make you go astray oh oh oh
Because you know where you stand today oh oh oh
This ground cannot take your experience away oh oh oh
No they can't take your soul away oh oh oh
No they can't make you go astray oh oh oh
Because you know where your father is oh oh oh
I know I know I know
I know wu wu wu where my Father yeah yeah e
Don't you know
I know I know I know yes I do
I know I know I know don't you see
I know I know I know yeah you can't take my soul away
I know I know I know no no no no no no no
Yes I don't know o o o yeah uhm uhm uhm uhm
Umh umh uhm uhm uhm uhm
Umh umh uhm uhm uhm uhm uhm yeah yes I eh eh eh
I know o o o
The song "Come With Me" by Nigerian-German singer Nneka is a call for honesty, self-reflection, and a rejection of materialism. In the first verse, Nneka sings about the hypocrisy and violence that exists within human nature: how love can become hate and how smiles can be fake. It is a call for people to surrender their pride and take an honest look at themselves, to admit to the mistakes they have made and to the harm they may have caused others in their pursuit of self-profit. However, amidst this message of self-criticism and self-reflection, Nneka also emphasizes the importance of one's individual experience, soul, and standing. She sings that while people may take everything else away from her - her body, her riches, her money - they cannot take away her experiences or soul, because she knows where she stands and knows where her father is. The second verse is essentially a continuation of the first, where Nneka urges people to speak out and admit to their sins, to examine their own reflections, and to find peace within themselves. Ultimately, the song is an invitation to join her in rejecting the societal and cultural expectations that lead to materialism and the exploitation of others, and embrace a more authentic and truthful way of living.
Line by Line Meaning
Come let us be truthful
Let's be honest with ourselves
Surrender our pride
Let's stop being arrogant
Admit
Acknowledge
The stains on our
The wrongs in our
Our chest
Our heart
Our hands
What we do
We seek
We look for
We find
We discover
We take
We grab
We kill
We destroy
Our love
Our hate
Is hate
Is not love but hate
Our smiles
Our fake happiness
Are fake uhm
Are not genuine
Take my body take my hands
Take all that is physical
Take everything
Take all my possessions
You created
That you've acquired
Take your riches take your money take everything
Take all that you believe brings you wealth
But not my experience
But not my life lessons
Oh no
Absolutely not
No you can't take my experience away
You cannot erase my life's knowledge
No you can't take my soul away
You cannot rob me of my inner strength
No you can't make me go astray
You cannot mislead me
Because I know where I stand
Because I know my beliefs/goals
Come let us admit
Let's confess
That we are living a lie
That we are being untrue to ourselves
Come let us speak out
Let's voice our wrongdoing
That we have been sinning
That we have done wrong
Oh oh oh come
Come on
Let us take a look
Let's examine
At the mirror
At ourselves
See how sad it looks uh uh
See how depressed we appear
Come let us take a break go into selfsame
Let's take a pause and reflect
Find the peace and silence saying
Find serenity in silence
His breaking nothing your experience away oh oh oh
No one can devalue your life experience
Nor is His angel sold away oh oh oh
One's belief cannot be removed
This ground cannot take your experience away oh oh oh
Life experiences cannot be taken by the physical world
Because you know where your father is oh oh oh
Because you know your foundation
I know wu wu wu where my Father yeah yeah e
I know where my principles/faith comes from
I know I know I know
I am sure
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: NNEKA EGBUNA, SVEN WAJE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Andrea
Come let us be truthful, surrender our pride
Admit the stains on our, our chest, our hands
We seek, we find / we take, we kill
Our love is hate, our smiles are fake
Take my body, take my hands,
Take everything you have created
Take your riches, take your money, take everything
But not my experience
No no
No you cannot take my experience away,
No you can't take my soul away,
No you can't make me go astray
Because I know where I stand
No you cannot take my experience away,
No you can't take my soul away,
No you can't make me go astray
Because I know where my father is
nancy gonzalez
Simplemente la voz más increíble!
dearmalika
I love her voice!
Alexus Rutling
I Just Cry At How Beautiful This Song Is .
Nomad FLEASKI
Nneka brought me here. seeing her live keeps me coming back and back and back!
Andreas Rømer
amazing voice
nathalie jacqueline
cette femme me fais frémir mais god of mercy me transperce.Exellente interpretation sur les nuits live de direct star
Julien Rioult
Alta cantante ! La amo ! <3
djent Bleft
hermoso!
Sophisticated Yi
beautiful!
D!CKESCOBAR1
She's healn my writers block...love this...