Nigerian singer Tems appeared on ‘Open Mic’ for a live performance of her single, “Higher”. The track is produced by Oddio and is one of the standouts on her 2020 EP, ‘For Broken Ears’
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Mmh Ooh Higher Higher Saying higher Ayy Tell me why you're crying now kini big deal (Higher, higher, higher, higher) When you gave me something I don't really feel (Higher, higher, higher, higher) But you knew that already When I found you on the ground You were dying (higher, higher, higher, higher) Now you come into my yard, uninvited Can you see me on the edge? I'm enlightened (higher, higher, higher, higher) If the world was ending Would you cry or would try to get me? Tell me now, I want you to be clear, yeah (tell me) Tell me now, I need you to be clear, yeah (tell me) I will wait for you, for you I will wait for you I will wait for you Get me Can you put the time on a rewind, yeah? Help me understand, can you tell me now? Why you made the war that we're fighting now? (Higher, higher, higher, higher) And you fall and you run when you see my big guns Run around, run away as the rebel comes out Then you call, call on me when you call me I come But there you go again (there you go) With your deaf ears Open your mind to the sound of the trumpet What do want from a life of the hopeless? (of the hopeless) Now here you are and you're begging and crying (and your crying) I want to fly, yeah, I'm flying 'til morning Running away to the land of discovery Running away from the suffering, I'm gone, yeah Running away from the darkness, I'm out here, yeah (higher, higher) Higher than all the limits Going way beyond the noise and your feelings When you speak all I can hear is silence Turning back from from all the pain and violence Big tunes, now it's big tunes I'm killing Cry now from the side now, call my name Fall down when you see me, you know that You know that I won't stay for you, you I will wait for you for you, for you I will wait for you I will wait for you
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released August 29, 2022
Creative Producers: Yaro + Tommy
DP: Johnny Esparza
Cam Op: Sergey Nikitenko
AC: Sergey Loba
Guitarists: Sonic Major and Israel
A North Of Now Production
The London singer-songwriter crafts comforting, yet off-kilter, alternative pop fleshed out with elements of folk and soul. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 23, 2023
