Malaria

from IaM by Athieno

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lyrics

Ai suru

My knees are shaking, palms are sweaty, n‘nahemahema (I'm panting)

Stomach is churning, heart is burning, wondering what I had to eat lately

I’ve been feeling weak, can hardly walk

Don’t got no appetite at all

Can’t keep nothing down, I’m losing sleep

Got me turning inside out

Spinning head, can’t hold my ground

What could be wrong? I think I’ve found

This happens every single time you come around

It’s like you’re malaria

Ai suru

I swear I’m not myself lately, it’s like I’m caught in delirium

And there’s just no use trying to fight it, to your will I have succumb

I’ve been feeling weak, can hardly think

You’ve got me swooning helplessly

Built up restless febrility

I need a little room to breathe

Spinning head, can’t hold my ground

Please tell me how on earth you found

A way to do this every time you come around

Malaria

Ai suru

He’s like malaria to me

credits

from IaM, released April 4, 2016
Engineered and mixed by Wendyam Emerson; Additional engineering by Annette Oduor

Piano - Annette Oduor
Acoustic Guitar – Newman Owor
Bass – Giovanni Giusti
Drums – Kazuhiro Odagiri
Percussion – Dillon Zahner
Tenor Saxophone - Sagit Zilberman
Trumpet - Kai Sandoval
Trombone - Michael Prentky

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about

Athieno Nairobi, Kenya

Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Athieno is a performing singer, pianist, songwriter, music producer and audio engineer who has skillfully and creatively fused her musical influences in R&B, Jazz, Funk, Hip-Hop, Gospel and African music into her signature African-infused urban music. ... more