Y I LIKE ... OI VA VOI - REFUGEE

This is a song that has resonated with me since the first time I heard it all those years ago.

I remember listening to it at five in the morning heading to my dorm room after a night of hanging out with some cool people and having drinks and all that cool university students' talk vibe, whatever. It was too early for buses, and I walked home. it was breaking dawn and this was on my then MP3 player. for some reason, tears started rolling down my cheeks when this song came on. Perhaps because the lyrics hit me so hard.

Have a listen and see for yourself:

and the lyrics:

You ask me
Why it is I come to you
When someone else is just as good
I asked them but they said the same
Didn't even ask my name

Explain to me
Just what it is you have to lose
Take a minute in my shoes
Don't you feel like you've paid your dues
Already

I'll show you
That all our fates are so entwined
Don't lose your faith in humankind
Just don't forget my state of mind
Is fragile

Together
We can enjoy the taste of dignity
As long as you believe in me
I'll show you my reality
I've seen a few

You ask me
Why it is I come to you
When someone else is just as good
I asked them but they said the same
Didn't even ask my name

There's another refugee
There's another refugee
Oh oh there's another refugee
Oh oh there's another refugee

Writer(s): Joshua Breslaw, Leo Bryant, Katie Tunstall, Stephen Levi, Sophie Solomon, Nik Ammar, Jonathan Walton

Copyright: Outcaste Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Uk) Limited

What do you think of this song?

RELATED POST: Y I LIKE... - Grace Jones - Victor Should've Been A Jazz Musician