Akua Naru - This Mo(u)rning feat. Drea d'Nur //'Live & Aflame Sessions' (MTV TheWrapUp Premiere)

[KaraboM]

It’s 2024 and I still find myself here ❤️

[NicolePoliskey]

"self-love is the very first romance" Perfection!

[ll.lxaaaa]

'Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.'

[NanaOsei_]

Drea D'Nur soothing voice! Akua Naru killin it! best female rapper alive! (my opinion) Digflo band Instrumentals on point ! ! !

WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE?! #DOPE #GROOVE

[hexalvarez]

Been missing out on such a beautiful gem, glad I came across this queen

[undefinedlesbshow]

I Miss real music. Underground music is the best.

[benjo]

Everytime I listen to this... it pulls up so many feelings, that I just can't do anything else than enjoy it in tears.... Sorry for bad English - love doesn't need proper language. Thanks for this masterpiece.

[s.a.prodigytv]

If God was human it would reside in a Soul Such as Akua Naru...Your band is out of this world too..kudos to them..

[lizziebusisiwemkhabela]

I love your music Akua Naru, may the Lord bless you and your team

[lorenaandreea]

Who s been listening to this song this month hands up 🌸🤙🏼💓🦋🌿🙏

[CT-lydu]

just found this absolute gem of an artist....never too late I suppose....very very special....goosebumps

[nowanimolibeli]

Still my favourite track of all her tracks :* :* ❤❤

[hyperyss]

Honestly I’m wondering how they could dislike this art 🤔

[planetmomi.]

[Intro: Akua Naru and Drea D'Nur]
Mo(u)rning
(Weepin', baby) Mo(u)rning, yeah
(Weepin') Mo(u)rning, uh-huh
(Weepin', baby) Mo(u)rning
(Weepin', baby)

[Verse 1: Akua Naru]
Yo, woke up this mornin', rested deep from a fire sleep
No water caught my flame, my thought form be pure heat
Watch your head, your step, your Sunday best
Your auric depth, known to suck sound from your place of rest

[Bridge: Drea D'Nur and Akua Naru]
(Ooh) I suck sound from your place of rest
(Ooh) Said, I suck sound from your place of rest
(Ooh) I suck sound from your place of rest

[Verse 2: Akua Naru]
Yo, hip-hop Toni Morrison, confused historian
Should I rhyme or sing a Song of Solomon? Beloved
For the rhyme-lovers, lost femcees never discovered
For my little brother's struggle, work nine-to-five, a hustle
'Nother corporation, the land suffers of cries for justice
I guess, questions keep comin', rhyme for justice or nothin'
I chose the former, though the latter could keep me warmer, fatter
Towards [?] bliss from ignorance
Mini-skirts and Hummers, rappin' 'bout names and numbers
Caught up in the slum as if the work is done, but it's not
My people still suffer, you wonder why I can't sleep at night
I guess it's just the plight, the plight of the weary eye
Carry the world with me, too much to bear
Don't look over here, my pain raw, could cause stares
Draw tears, strum your chords here
Lani sung the song of black women's lamentin'
Yeah, and let the world hear, let 'em
[Chorus: Drea D'Nur and Akua Naru]
Weeping may endure for a night (Uh, let' em hear, let 'em, yeah)
But joy, joy comes in the morning (Uh, nod your head to me)
Weeping may endure for a night (Ay, oh yes)
Oh, but joy, joy comes in the morning (Look at my hands, y'all)

[Verse 3: Akua Naru]
I write with my grandmother's hands
The same veins that shuck sugar cane
Pulled us up from the pain
Parted afros and curled bangs
Been off the hook since escape was off the chain
You dare touch the name?

[Bridge: Drea D'Nur and Akua Naru]
(Ooh) Uh, you dare touch the name, y'all?
(Ooh) Hey, who touch the name, y'all?
(Ooh) Oh dear, test, oh dear, testin' me

[Verse 4: Akua Naru]
Dig, my mother's strength, search for her garden
Intense, beg no pardon
I'm just a woman, wholehearted
Make you frown as if my flow farted, inhale
The show start, I leave the crowd postpartum
Who you know go hard on my plot?
A soul saga, Edgar Allen Poe drama, study Naru
Pre- and post-Garner like Joe Carter
My blues cruise the throat chakra
Plus the verse bring dope karma
It make you wonder, uh
In this modern day jungle, will I be taken under?
Undressed and naked, covered
Taken from the day before old age
Warm summers 'nother phone rings, I'm comin'
This morning, talk my favorite cousin, balm wounds with lovin'
Whisper the soft somethin', comma, sore eyes, anger bubblin', abuse
Body illusion, too much frontin', I could relate
A little somethin' says she gave all, got nothin'
I can see she can't see herself but lookin' for a husband
I wrestle through her heart's bruises
Like the pain, I watch a modern day Whitney Houston uncover what truth is
A ruthless journey of inner movement
My [?] whisper, hopefully soothin'
As we grooved in the moment
My words a slow dance as our souls hold hands
Had tell her self-love is the very first romance

[cogbeatz]

5 years later...I'm still digging this!!!

[erubey]

hey the mixing at 0:26 is Notorious BIG...the song WARNING...thats respect

[MrElsonMachado]

their amazing .. akua will rescue rap music .. and Drea she's so talented!!

[utilitarian]

this needs to get out there. whole session she did here is incredible. super chilled version, got big respect for Akua

[AXELINETYG]

She the best melanin female M.C grant raising poetry 📓❤️ one of my fav ones

[nestaleo]

Los coros Drea d'Nur de este tema son el paraíso musical !!!