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Obongjayar - Never Change
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Directed by Duncan Loudon.
Never change
I miss running round in the garden
Chasing dragonflies in the high sun
Screaming till we loose our voices
Hope we never loose our smiles
Remember when it’d rain and we’d dance outside
We didn’t have much but we have life
To me that is all that matters
Time was just a stranger then
Stay like this
Forever
Never change
Stay like this
forever
Never change
I wish the world would spin more slowly
I don’t recognise myself
Everyone around me’s changing
Colours fade to black and white
I’ll do all I can just to stay alive
And e no pretty
Look away
Look away
I write so you can know our stories
I fight so you don’t have to run
Stay like this
Forever
Never change
Stay like this
forever
Never change
The world is failing all around you
n’ Everything is upside down
n’ Everyday you start to notice
Everyday it breaks my heart
You’re too precious all you’re questions are parables that don’t make sense
You wish that you were big like me
I wish that I can see like you
Everyday we thread on open caskets
My sky is grey my air is blue
These motherfuckers took away my innocence
I won’t let them do the same to you
(say o)
Everyday we thread on open caskets
My sky is grey my air is blue
These motherfuckers took away my innocence
I won’t let them do the same to you
Stay like this
forever
Stay like this
Forever
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@Queen-of-Swords 2 жыл бұрын
I was watching that Little Simz thing. I LOVE IT. And I was thinking what is it I like so much about this. Rap is not really my thing. So I came to see what you do. Its YOU I like. Its so long since I've found any music that has really moved me. I wish you many more years making music, I don't even think you've hit the best of what you will do yet. You are finding yourself, your soft and quiet as well as your power. F*cking awesome. ❤
@eseoheifinedo7085 2 жыл бұрын
So awesome! His growth so far is amazing and will continue to be because I’ve realized obongjayar is one of the few artists/ human vessel that can effectively channel our ancestors through and create amazing timeless art that can heal, inspire and awaken the masses…..obongjayar is exactly who he thinks he is and I’m honored to watch him grow and elevate to his full potentials cause the world especially we his people Nigerians, need him…
@justanotherti4790 2 жыл бұрын
Wow..I think I need to take course in Obongjaya's music. I really like this pogniant song and I love his voice. But I know I am missing so much in this piece. I can't just can't figure out the full meaning and message. I can only feel this. His words go past your brain and straight to your heart. I need some type of course for my mind to understand it.
@Woopo83 5 жыл бұрын
Obongjayar, you’re my new favorite artist. Everything you put out is mindblowing. ALBUM TIME!
@kieranrmartin 5 жыл бұрын
4 mins of being visually gifted. Thank you
@MyriamBernard13 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Hit&Run!
@DJ-ev4sb 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, same
@muthoni5045 3 жыл бұрын
Just listened to this when I was drowning in negative vibes but this gave me life !thank you !
@badthe3rd 2 жыл бұрын
The kind of art that is so good it’s meaning limitless. The more you think about it, the bigger it gets
@arkadiuszmakowski2669 2 жыл бұрын
I came here from Netflix Hit&Run. This song is underrated! Love IT!
@kahinadjoued8266 2 жыл бұрын
The lyrics hit hard. I'm definetly a fan of you for the long run.
@thetechbrojoe Жыл бұрын
Never change. Nostalgiac, beautiful, and an absolute masterpiece. I wish that I can see like you
@smileyface15ful 2 жыл бұрын
This is probably the greatest song I have ever heard.
@paulsunday8738 4 жыл бұрын
I miss running round in the garden Chasing dragonflies in the high sun Screaming till we lose our voices Hope we never lose our smiles Remember when it'd rain and we’d dance outside We didn't have much but we have life To me that is all that matters Time was just a stranger then [Chorus] Stay like this Forever Never change X2 [Verse 2] I wish the world would spin more slowly I don't recognise myself Everyone around me’s changing Colours fade to black and white I'll do all I can just to stay alive And e no pretty Look away Look away I write so you can know our stories I fight so you don't have to run. [Chorus] Stay like this Forever Never change X2 [Verse 3] The world is failing all around you N' Everything is upside down N' Everyday you start to notice Everyday it breaks my heart You're too precious all your questions are parables that don't make sense You wish that you were big like me I wish that I could see like you [Bridge] Everyday we thread on open caskets My sky is grey my air is blue These motherfuckers took away my innocence I won't let them do the same to you X2 [Outro] Stay That way Never X5
@JdotTv-p9g 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@paulsunday8738 4 жыл бұрын
Jlife_tmc 🙏🏾 The pleasure is mine
@TheDb1973 Жыл бұрын
God bless you 🙏 x
@619sharksnap 11 ай бұрын
😎🥲
@neilleach5249 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you to the director for demonstrating that the art of music videos did not end in the late 70s.
@zagisaologija2 2 жыл бұрын
How you spell crazy? GENIUS!
@designcoyote1 2 жыл бұрын
Hit and Run Series - Episode 4 - Shazam and now am here. Lovely track.
@jonesteves4286 2 жыл бұрын
Little Simz brought me here n I never left. Absolutely all the way in on this vibe. Musical content, the range of the voice, the message.... Still trying to get my head around what's just happened. Pure vibes. What a gift.
@Boogalyhu 2 жыл бұрын
Best songwriter since Kendrick imo Absolutely incredibly poetry in this man’s songs.
@priscaaniemeke 2 жыл бұрын
This has been my favourite song for weeks now. I'm so happy I found it and I found your music ♥️
@josephshaw9467 5 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable visuals, Unbelievable sounds
@loserscorner6746 2 жыл бұрын
everytime i listen to this song i wish i'd had it when i was younger. i got bullied plenty as a kid, i was always a little weirdo. what's worse was i was always blamed for it by the kids and them teachers. "if i got better at sports then it would stop", "if i changed this about myself", "if i joined them in this and that". i felt truly worthless, because they told me i was. and i believed them. it got to a point where i couldn't deal with being here anymore. but i realised, if i changed or gave up on this world and myself, then they would have won. and so although i've grown and learnt over the years, it is the qualities i value in myself the ones they tried to take from me, that have never changed. thank god i didn't. and thank god for this banger. big up obongjayar. thank you.
@selimlaanan4167 6 ай бұрын
Masterclass of artistic direction WOW
@nashonodondi4788 3 жыл бұрын
Hit & Run brought me here 😀
@carmenfernandez5396 2 жыл бұрын
I just found Obong, amazing artist, I am overwhelmed by the beauty. I see a bit David Bowie last period. The videos imagery is beyond, in this videos in particular there are parts that remains me of Buñuel (the surrealist film director) movies, like the hand- ants clips at the end... so creative and complex art packages. I am so happy I have the chance of finding his art, looking forward to get to know more ❤️.
@ChakaIvey7 Жыл бұрын
I csny stop crying. Damn. This my life
@skapitybap2183 4 жыл бұрын
This video and song is so rich and full of passion talent and emotion I truly love this song visually stunning and lyrics that sound so good with obongjayars voice and has a very deep meaning that is hard to even start to digest it's actual meaning and true intentions
@richardjahn9141 5 жыл бұрын
Don’t think I ingested even 2% of that fully.. nuts work all round
@AnnaAnna-cq4ff 2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes words can’t describe how your music makes me feel 🙃
@thetechbrojoe Жыл бұрын
Stay like this, Never Change
@Loolella 2 жыл бұрын
I relate this song to an allegory of the African peoples. It describes the passage of assaulting maturation that all humans are forced through in life; but I see a grand picture of the centuries of my continent in this song. As an African, I will fight in life...so you don't have to run.
@iamqofi Жыл бұрын
huh?
@zacariasgoldstein5324 5 жыл бұрын
I thought this would have hundreds of thousands of views by now 😞
@davidmadden486 4 жыл бұрын
Most people wouldn't appreciate it anyways. Only the ones who've had their innocence stolen.
@tonyjuarez3034 4 жыл бұрын
"You're to precious all your questions are parables" wow👏
@davidmadden486 4 жыл бұрын
That don't make sense.
@simi104 2 жыл бұрын
@@davidmadden486 He's talking about a child. You know when a child asks a dumb question that makes no sense like a "parable", but it's cute because it shows how curious they are and how open their mind is, so it's "precious." He wants the child to stay like that forever, and never let the world change them. Hence the title "Never change."
@rr7firefly 4 жыл бұрын
Is Nigeria such a nightmare landscape? Obongjayar's videos often paint a picture of a dark or dystopian world.
@andreyking2062 4 жыл бұрын
Yes it dystopian theres progress, there's basic development, but no freedom, a lot of infrastructure still missing. Our leaders prefer to be beggars than to use our wealth to better us. And tribalism, loyalties are still to ethnicities instead of to the nation. We are not fully integrated. We have scientist, the Igbos are very good in science, the yoruba are very artistic, the hausa are unique put together you get a more harmonious nation .
@ruthlessruth4197 2 жыл бұрын
There's a dystopian underlayer to any society. It just takes a certain heart, and/or set of experiences. to be drawn to perceiving and conversing with it. Intrigued by it, haunted by it, growing inside it and at times emerging from it. The more common proclivity is to ignore, dismiss, simplify or minimise it. To turn toward the shiny, sugar coated and false. Thank God for the artists 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@rr7firefly 2 жыл бұрын
@@ruthlessruth4197 I want to thank you for your deep insight. Coincidentally, last night I had a nightmare about a time in my early life that was very difficult. In the dream I was alone, looking for a way out of my distress. I went from place to place, lost in a strange set of human landscapes. I knew deep inside that there was a way out of the mess -- I just had to find it. My suffering was internal yet it was keeping me from being all that I could be. The cause of the suffering was an authority figure who was filling my head with the reality of inherent human evil. By extension that meant me. I realized at the end that there were people who could help me find a way to resolve this crisis. I just had to get to them. // In the case of art and artists, I think that they should lead people to the truth and if it is horrible they should point people to a better place, solutions that lie beyond the problems. Nothing unrealistically optimistic but genuinely in the direction of real salvation. Healing can be a long process.
@ruthlessruth4197 2 жыл бұрын
@@rr7firefly wow, thank you so much for sharing! That's a very interesting dream! Also an interesting perspective on the role of artists-- my own feeling is that artists *can* take on a guiding, directive or visionary role. I also have been blessed just as much by art that locates me/us accurately. That paints a picture of where we are, and plays the scene of how it feels. Honestly. and without the dictates of social graces, or the responsibility of having to prop a seemingly grim or dark reality up with future hopes and promises. To find and feel ourselves truly where we are, is a successful piece of art. To me. Not necessarily to guide us - but to find us. From there, many possible things may lead us forward... other artists, other inspirations, our experiences, conversations, the visions in our own heart....
@Jackdemno 9 ай бұрын
My guy Nigeria is just like any other African country, travel to sub saharan Africa and you will find out Nigeria is even better than majority, and besides all countries got dystopia aspects just look around where you from
@williamlopes7614 5 жыл бұрын
What attracts me to this song is the beat is very good
@williamlopes7614 5 жыл бұрын
and the voice did very well on her
@spencershack9201 5 жыл бұрын
yo who stuck their hand in the ant bed for the shot though. Noooooo 😂wouldnt have been me
@nicolenichols4917 Жыл бұрын
I'm in LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
@OnlyoneThankYou 10 ай бұрын
Trying not to change man thank you
@weslie9839 5 жыл бұрын
Never Change. Beautiful Piece.
@jdworkz 5 жыл бұрын
i've listened to this track at least twice day since it came out
@martin-pz6ds 5 жыл бұрын
Make a wish. A star is rising.
@dalekdude180 5 жыл бұрын
Bro. Beautiful sound. Awe-inspiring video :) Thank you for your art, and thanks to all you involved in making this art ❤️
@fir3tiddi3s 2 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️
@gloriamwivanda2717 2 жыл бұрын
I Love You ❤️.
@bafangbabale2868 Жыл бұрын
Favorite song ❤
@cobanexo1607 3 жыл бұрын
I Come back here everyday. If more people can hear this I guarantee they'll love it.
@Ruqkii 2 жыл бұрын
How am i just finding this! Gosh!! The break at 1:31 then followed by the one at 1:52 is magical. Soul connecting. Brilliant! Great Video!
@lifeslingua3717 2 жыл бұрын
Never too late to find good music brother 💯❤️
@loserscorner6746 Жыл бұрын
@@lifeslingua3717 amen.
@EyonDreams 2 жыл бұрын
fire
@Borgointer 2 жыл бұрын
I see Obong playing the Joker.. omg I’d lose my mind
@violetselene244 Жыл бұрын
I just found you today. Your music moves me. Keep on keeping on 😌♥️✨
@okoloagozie7507 4 жыл бұрын
From Nigeria
@Thirty3mad 5 жыл бұрын
Good talent shall not go unrecognized
@Xerne 2 жыл бұрын
Best Lyrical experience I ever had
@gianmarcoiuele9850 5 жыл бұрын
incredible song and visuals. one of the best I’ve seen this year.
@OrphicMonkey 2 жыл бұрын
this song made me cry, thinking about my niece
@sackiteytesa 5 жыл бұрын
Nice Visuals, as usual.
@James.k1373 4 жыл бұрын
I like how there's a bit of pidgin English in his songs
@WestAfricano 4 жыл бұрын
This truly is a masterpiece. What else can it possibly be?
@mcjc7451 2 жыл бұрын
Can feel this in your soul
@kahikicow3824 5 жыл бұрын
Ur voice is so good
@thevasvip 3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite artists from our Era. And the visuals of this video are marvellous as well
@Cynthiakhumalo7 5 жыл бұрын
Wow wow wow ✊🏾
@ApolloMclaren 5 жыл бұрын
This video makes me sneeze
@TheMillionDollarDropout 5 жыл бұрын
it made me sneeze and I hit the LIKE button by "accident" cause of it.
@maris9559 Жыл бұрын
Moved so moved. My new favourite artist music video voice… everything. 🇿🇦❤
@Allyourneedsmet Жыл бұрын
This man's concepts are creative, this is what we should use as an example of creativity
@nazimusi 2 жыл бұрын
🔥
@SGazer 11 ай бұрын
Why is his voice so beautiful and unique?
@aaronfuller5250 3 жыл бұрын
greatness
@ngalaflo 2 жыл бұрын
THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING
@virginiaroque1383 Жыл бұрын
Qué video! 🙌🏼
@elisajulia6727 2 жыл бұрын
This is just beautiful and touched me so deeply..
@diamondgray4792 Жыл бұрын
This guy s is different
@Weirdkauz 2 жыл бұрын
Seriously wonderful, thanks!
@dhirajyedaskar5122 2 жыл бұрын
Who else is come here after watching hit & run s1e4
@crispymalawi 2 жыл бұрын
Life 🔥🙏🏾
@yeremiahangeles7252 3 жыл бұрын
Who's here after: Hit & Run tv show?!
@el_apolloo 2 жыл бұрын
This so good
@streethalo 3 жыл бұрын
All of this is perfect what the hell
@moesalamander7012 4 жыл бұрын
Came from the new Danny brown. This guys voice is awesome
@TheMillionDollarDropout 5 жыл бұрын
oh this is a hidden gem!!! Thanks Hypebeast.
@Reaper._.795 8 ай бұрын
I've never heard a song fulfill its purpose until today, powerful, meaningful story voice as an instrument all in a touching manner😔
@joanapandolucas558 Жыл бұрын
Powerful sound and amazing voice. As always! You are big 💪🏽
@karinakerr6223 2 жыл бұрын
👏❤️
@DeTAYL. 5 жыл бұрын
Well damn. This is brilliant!
@alcom3101 2 жыл бұрын
MAGNIFIQUE🔬🎧😉🙏🌌
@see6 5 жыл бұрын
Universal
@jara7804 2 жыл бұрын
Tremendo video y canción 🎧🎤
@peacembhiza1552 2 жыл бұрын
Modern day FELA
@nickmiddleton7118 5 жыл бұрын
Elevates me 100% DALÌ for the 21C
@sadeghsadeghi5927 2 жыл бұрын
you are magnificent
@Halllovelo 5 жыл бұрын
i like this video really much! such good visuals!
@kikiandthetiger7890 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent Music Love
@siiicar7124 4 жыл бұрын
Still my favourite.
@siiicar7124 3 жыл бұрын
still bumping this gem, thanks OB.
@finnsawyer2239 4 жыл бұрын
woah
@RandySasquatch Жыл бұрын
This song is fantastic
@RLSTSuperman 4 жыл бұрын
Dude you are a talent... everyone needs to know you
@DeeJaySacFly 5 жыл бұрын
Deep
@ilttcom 4 жыл бұрын
Quand le clip est aussi beau que le titre
@RadioKoncao 2 жыл бұрын
Rewelacja! Thank For This Song !
@flunkd 4 жыл бұрын
art
@gamacomps 2 жыл бұрын
Lol, how am i just discovering this
@dylanjamesmoore 5 жыл бұрын
beautiful/truthful. Thank you.
@xxcott4966 5 жыл бұрын
Motivational af
What the Meowk!
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