Biography:
Michael Samuel Kiwanuka (born 3 May 1987) is an English soul musician who is signed to Communion Records. He has been compared to Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Randy Newman, Terry Callier, and Otis Redding, as well as Van Morrison and the Temptations. In January 2012, he won the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll.
Kiwanuka grew up in Muswell Hill, London, the son of Ugandan parents who had escaped the Amin regime. He attended Fortismere School, leaving there in 2005 after completing his A-Levels.
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Other songs:
- Always Waiting
- Bones
- Cold Little Heart
- Home Again
- Love and Hate
- One More Night
- You Aint The Problem
- en-US
- Fathers Child
- I Wont Lie
- Ill Get Along
- Ill Never Love
- Im Getting Ready
- Lasan
- Love Is A Rose
- No More Running
- Place I Belong
- Rest Acoustic
- Rule The World
- Tell Me A Tale
- The Final Frame
- They Say Im Doing Just Fine
- Worry Walks Beside Me
- Youve Got Nothing To Lose
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Got to keep him close to you
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Got to keep him close to you
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You might be alright
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No more running through the alleys in the nighttime
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No more running through the wars in the days
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No more holding on to something just to leave you
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Who goes running through those alleys anyway?
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Mama she said
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Keep it behind you
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Keep it behind you
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You might be alright
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No more running through the alleys in the nighttime
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No more running through the wars in the days
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No more holding on to something just to leave you
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Who goes running through those alleys anyway?
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Mama she said
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Hold your head up high
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Keep your head up high
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You might be alright
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Hold your head up high
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You might be alright
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No more running through the alleys in the nighttime
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No more running through the wars in the days
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No more holding on to something just to leave you
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Who goes running through those alleys anyway?
Mama she said
Gm
Got to keep him close to you
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You might be alright
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Got to keep him close to you
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You might be alright
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No more running through the alleys in the nighttime
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No more running through the wars in the days
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No more holding on to something just to leave you
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Who goes running through those alleys anyway?
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N.C.
Mama she said
Gm
Keep it behind you
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Keep it behind you
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You might be alright
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Keep it behind you
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You might be alright
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No more running through the alleys in the nighttime
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No more running through the wars in the days
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No more holding on to something just to leave you
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Who goes running through those alleys anyway?
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N.C.
Mama she said
Gm
Hold your head up high
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Keep your head up high
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You might be alright
Mama she said
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Hold your head up high
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Keep your head up high
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You might be alright
Am Gm
No more running through the alleys in the nighttime
Am Gm
No more running through the wars in the days
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No more holding on to something just to leave you
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Who goes running through those alleys anyway?
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Michael Nesmith
Michael Pagliaro
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