MARKET OF GOLD

[Intro – Highlife guitar + crowd ambience]

Noise everywhere…

But somehow…

I only see you.

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[Verse 1]

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Market alive in the afternoon sun,
Voices and colors all blending as one.
Drums in the distance, children running free,
But the whole world stopped when you looked at me.

Gold on your neck catching light from the sky,
Head wrap tied and your head held high.
You walking like you know who you are,
Like the earth itself know your heart.

I try to look away but I can’t pretend,
Like my story just turned a bend.
Out of all the faces in the land…
Why I feel like you understand?
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[Hook]

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In the market of gold I saw your face,
And the whole wide world fell into place.
Don’t know your name but I know this feeling…
My heart just started revealing.

In the market of gold you walked by slow,
And I felt something I can’t control.
Maybe love don’t need a plan…
Maybe it just takes one glance.
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[Verse 2]

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You buying fruit from a wooden stand,
Sunlight dancing on your hands.
You laugh with a voice so calm and low,
Like a song only this place know.

I ask the vendor “who is she?”
He just smiles and looks at me.
Says “that girl from a family strong,
If you love her, you love her long.”

That line hit deep, I don’t know why,
But I felt truth when he caught my eye.
And when you turned and looked my way…
I knew my life just changed that day.
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[Hook]

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In the market of gold I saw your face,
And the whole wide world fell into place.
Don’t know your name but I know this feeling…
My heart just started revealing.
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[Bridge – Soft vocals]

Funny how life change
in a moment.

One look.

One smile.

One person.

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[Final Verse]

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Now the sun going down, market getting thin,
But I know this ain’t where it end.
Cause something in the way you glanced…
Felt like more than just chance.

So I ask the sky as the daylight go…
Was that love?

Or a road I’m supposed to go?
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[Outro – Guitar fading]

Yeah…

I came here looking for something.

Didn’t know
it was you.

Highlife guitar, Afrobeat drums, warm bassline, shakers, live percussion, bright piano chords, vocal chants