Egbé afon kpodo avi kpo
Do wézoun kan wè
Nou dé adoo bi vo dowé
Avi djin kpo
Totoé mantin
Nontowé kou bo yé han dowé
Egbé awa toun vivé éton
Do gbé towé min
What you want
Is not always what you need
Looking everywhere
Except right in front of me
Inner peace
Or private war
Lose the key
Just when you find the door
'Cause you never know what you've got
Till it's gone
Mondji irorun kossi mon ééé
'Cause you never know what you've lost
Till it's found
Irorun, irorun, irorun egbamin o
Ado gandji ma djia zon
Gbé nou vivéé wé
Enin o wou o lin tamin kpon
Bo djo avi do
Gbè élo wè djo mon min
Min bi do nan sou
Do vivè min wè min bi
Kplon soussou dé
What you want
Is not always what you need
Looking everywhere
Except right in front of me
Inner peace
Or private war
Lose the key
Just when you find the door
'Cause you never know what you've got
Till it's gone
Mondji irorun kossi mon ééé
'Cause you never know what you've lost
Till it's found
Irorun, irorun, irorun egbamin o
Featuring Cassandra Wilson Egbé afon kpodo avi kpo Do wézoun kan wè Nou dé adoo bi vo dowé Avi djin kpo Totoé mantin Nontowé kou bo yé han dowé Egbé awa toun vivé éton Do gbé towé min What you want Is not always what you need Looking everywhere Except right in front of me Inner peace Or private war Lose the key Just when you find the door 'Cause you never know what you've got Till it's gone Mondji irorun kossi mon ééé 'Cause you never know what you've lost Till it's found Irorun, irorun, irorun egbamin o Ado gandji ma djia zon Gbé nou vivéé wé Enin o wou o lin tamin kpon Bo djo avi do Gbè élo wè djo mon min Min bi do nan sou Do vivè min wè min bi Kplon soussou dé What you want Is not always what you need Looking everywhere Except right in front of me Inner peace Or private war Lose the key Just when you find the door 'Cause you never know what you've got Till it's gone Mondji irorun kossi mon ééé 'Cause you never know what you've lost Till it's found Irorun, irorun, irorun egbamin o Explain Request ×
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