"Fire on the Mountain," Asa (African Blues - Music to Your Ears - GBB#1)

At first her magical voice stuns you, then it begins to thrill you, and then you find yourself uncontrollably lost....

Fire On the Mountain (2009)

In 2009, Asa released Fire on the Mountain, her groundbreaking single. If you like call her a prophetess of doom, this song is Asa's wake up call to all the peoples of the world, especially the African people, about an impending apocalypse and the need for them to be prepared.

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Asa

Asa Bukola was born in France to Nigerian parents who were working and studying cinematography. Asa's parents returned to Nigeria when she was two and she spent most part of her growing up years in Lagos, Nigeria.

At 20, Asa returned to Paris to study Jazz before returning to Nigeria to start her musical career. In 2004, she met Cobham Asuquo who would later become the producer of her first studio album - including this song.

Asa's musical influences include legends such as Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, etc.

There is fire on the mountain
And nobody seems to be on the run
Oh there is fire on the mountain top
And no one is running

I wake up in the morning
Tell you what I see on my TV screen
I see the blood of an innocent child
And everybody's watching

Now I'm looking out my window
And what do I see
I see an army of a soldier man
Marching across the street

Hey Mr. soldier man
Tomorrow is the day you go to war
But you are fighting for another man's cause
And you don't even know him

What did he say to make you so blind
To your conscience and reason
Could it be love for your country
Or for the gun you use in killing

There is fire on the mountain
And nobody seems to be on the run
Oh there is fire on the mountain top
And no one is running

Hey Mr. Lover man
Can I get a chance to talk to you
Cause you are fooling with a dead man's corpse
And you don't know what you do

So you say you have a lover
And you love her like no other
So you buy her a diamond
That someone has died on
Don't you think there's something wrong with this?

Tell me who's responsible
For what we teach our children?
Is it the internet?
Or the stars on television?
Why o why o

So little Lucy turns sixteen
And like the movie she's been seeing
She has a lover in her daddy
She can't tell nobody
'Til she makes the evening news

There is fire on the mountain
And nobody seems to be on the run
Oh there is fire on the mountain top
And no one is running

One day the river will over flow
And there'll be nowhere for us to go
And we will run, run
Wishing we had put out the fire

References

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