I Be Where I Wanted To Be Lyrics – Kwesi Arthur

Read the full I Be Where I Wanted To Be lyrics by Kwesi Arthur from the album Redemption Valley along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy Kwesi Arthur’s music, you can also explore Yawa (Hosana) and Immigrant, two other songs by Kwesi Arthur.

[Verse]
I be where I wanted to be when I was 16
From a city we no dey sleep with many dreams
Blinded by desires for more
Turned shot to gold, this is alchemy
Nyame dey keep blessing me
The world keeps testing me
Fu*k slavery, I want freedom, it’s my destiny
Had to take sometime away
Them no want lemme breathe
Wherever I dey, Africa I dey bleed
Talk Lele say I won’t be s*it without you

When I put the battery wey dey make you operate inside you
Fefe ne fe, it’s a banger yes I knew
If you made me, then make another Arthur
Kwesi this, Kwesi that
Anytime I come online, You people just dey chat
Ebe me inspire your faves
Make we talk the facts
If I no dey, like neɛ ɔmo yɛ nyinaa yɛ wack
I had fake n!ggas back biting
Fake hoes thought they tricked me
I dabodabo
E no dey pay my rent
Fu*k who no like me
All my life I’ve been an outsider
They call me Uncle Bowleg when I was 6 years
Confused young kid why am I so different
Started to tick bad at 10 years
You always find way show say I no normal
All the pain, I had to deal with am alone
Cos nobody show care so quickly I gad to grow
Plenty people for wanna house but nobody dey at home
Felt like the African version of home alone
I no you no go give it to me if I no fit to handle
I trust you, so I get to it
Had a feeling one day e go be different

No go be like this forever
Saw the throne empty and I took it
But all the glory never fill my void
So I stepped back just to see it all
Them figa man down them dey take shots
E no be direct, so can’t respect it at all
Them dey work so hard to get rid of me
Every time they try to forget I pop right back
And remind them of just who I am
And who I fu*king be
Forever I made history
Who told you it’s cool to be yourself
And who told you it’s cool to want more
I dey think for myself, I no go conform
Who showed you if them lock it, you go fit kick in the door
Yeah this crazy paddy
Them wan’ replace me but they can’t
It’s why they hate me paddy
Who hold you down 6 summers from redemption valley
Who jam squad from Barcelona to Cali
I be where I wanted to be when I was 17
Moved out the hood to show the kids say
There’s way more to life than death bro, you for live
Every second I breathe, to me be a win