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From the Garden

by Nikbo

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Melanie Ida Chopko
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Melanie Ida Chopko "Gold" a celebration, a spell of protection, a declaration of power. What a gift to hear this song, as I witness my country reckon with the lie of whiteness, the lie of capitalism, mid-pandemic.

And, the mix is just **delish**. Favorite track: Gold.
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1.
Every morning In the garden I pray sweetly For our protection Every morning In the garden I pray sweetly For our protection Peace defenders Tender artists Punks + lovers The broken hearted We need each other We need each other We need each other We need each other Help me, cousin Hear me, kasama Speak the feeling Shift the trauma Rage is power And hope’s a drug But grief is love Grief is love We need each other We need each other We need each other We need each other We need each other, we need each other We need each other, we need each other We need each other, we need each other We need each other, we need each other We make mistakes We keep on moving We celebrate We keep on moving Hold the vision Trust the longing There’s no map for where we’re going We need each other We need each other We need each other We need each other Every morning In the garden I pray sweetly For our protection
2.
Without You 04:59
I’m touching down wheels hit the ground How do I know what’s real? I’m home but you’re not here You taught me to stand with your broken hands And always demanded Everything I could give You raised me to whisper to flowers Showed us how to fight for what’s ours The night is longer, the morning colder without you It burns inside, but I’ll let that guide me without you Oo, without you Oo, without you Climb into bed, sleep to forget Your empty room We said goodbye too soon That hunger for sky, relentless desire The grit and the fire I got it all from you You raised me to whisper to flowers Showed us how to fight for what’s ours The night is longer, the morning colder without you It burns inside, but I’ll let that guide me without you The last time I saw you, you could not remember me So I waited, holding your hand Until my name was safe in your mouth again The night is longer, the morning colder without you It burns inside, but I’ll let that guide me without you Oo, without you Oo, without you
3.
Gold 03:53
We paint our faces bright To outshine the sun We cruise in chariots Underneath the palms This is our place These are our streets Our secret corners Try to make us small Like we don’t belong But we won’t fracture We are gold Like sun on the water The first day of summer Leaving home We are gold Got no scars to cover Can’t fade the color When we know We are gold They’re trying not to stare But we own the light See them whispering But we won’t be quiet Try to hold us down Make it hard to breathe We keep on rising We’re not going home We’re where we belong Look at that horizon We are gold Like sun on the water The first day of summer Leaving home We are gold Got no scars to cover Can’t fade the color when we know We are gold Gold Sun on the water Can’t fade the color Gold The first day of summer Can’t fade the color Gold Sun on the water Can’t fade the color Gold The first day of summer Can’t fade the color We know we are We know we are

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This EP is dedicated to my fellow Golden Earthlings, Third Culture Kids, and families in diaspora.

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released March 20, 2021

All songs written by Nikbo (Nicole Bonsol), except "Gold" which is also co-written by Jay Stolar & Cari Cole.
Produced by Dave Lewis.
Mixed by Keith Armstrong, Pie Town Sound.
Mastered by Piper Payne, Infrasonic Sound.
Cover art by Jerilyn Guerrero.

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Nikbo Oakland, California

Nikbo is a shapeshifter. Born in Morocco, and raised in Canada, Malawi and Kazakhstan, she weaves pop hooks with global influences to create genre-fluid songs about belonging. This is Third Culture Pop.

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