Kano is a city in Nigeria and the capital of Kano State in Northern Nigeria. Its metropolitan population is the second largest in Nigeria after Lagos. The Kano Urban area covers 137 km2 and comprises six Local Government Area (LGAs) - Kano Municipal, Fagge, Dala, Gwale, Tarauni and Nassarawa - with a population of 2,163,225 at the 2006 Nigerian census. The Metropolitan Area covers 499 km2 and comprises eight LGAs - the six mentioned above plus Ungogo and Kumbotso - with a population of 2,828,861 at the 2006 Nigerian census.
The principal inhabitants of the city are of the Hausa people. As in most parts of Northern Nigeria, the Hausa Language is widely spoken in Kano. The city is the capital of the Kano Emirate, and the current Emir, Ado Bayero, has been on the throne since 1963. The city is home to the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, the main airport serving northern Nigeria and was named after Nigerian politician Aminu Kano.
In the 7th century, Dala Hill, a residual hill in Kano, was the site of a hunting and gathering community that engaged in iron work; it is unknown whether these were Hausa people or speakers of Niger–Congo languages. Kano was originally known as Dala, after the hill, and was referred to as such as late as the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th by Bornoan sources.
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I see the way that the sun spits in your face
Our love is to big for us to break
You got me wishing for the stars in outer space
I'm holding on to this life and love, and for...
The possibility, you and me, let me be
I need to find a way
To put this trouble behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
Making light of these dark days
I see the way that the rain spits in your face
Just falling apart your lips to taste
If I could give to you the stars in outer space
I'm holding on to this life and love, and for..
The possibility, you and me, let me be
I need to find a way
To put this trouble behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
(ba da ba ba ba ba ba da)
Making light of these dark days
Another time and place
To put this trouble behind us
(ba da ba ba ba ba ba da)
Can't spend my life in shame
(ba da ba ba ba ba ba da)
Making light of these dark days
So far away
So far away
(so far away)
Look into your heart
And let time heed this place
We're not so far away (we're not so far away)
The possibility, you and me, let me be
I need to find a way
To put this trouble behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
(ba da ba ba ba ba ba da)
Making light of these dark days
Another time and place
(ba da ba ba ba ba ba da)
To put this trouble behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
(ba da ba ba ba ba ba da)
Making light of these dark
Light of these dark
Light of these dark days
All as one, you made me come home.
All this, I'm one...to never follow.
In all this I'm one...who will ever love you.
All this I'm done....all this I'm done.
I see the way that the sun spits in your face
Our love is to big for us to break
You got me wishing for the stars in outer space
I'm holding on to this life and love, and for...
The possibility, you and me, let me be
I need to find a way
To put this trouble behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
Making light of these dark days
I see the way that the rain spits in your face
Just falling apart your lips to taste
If I could give to you the stars in outer space
I'm holding on to this life and love, and for..
The possibility, you and me, let me be
I need to find a way
To put this trouble behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
(ba da ba ba ba ba ba da)
Making light of these dark days
Another time and place
To put this trouble behind us
(ba da ba ba ba ba ba da)
Can't spend my life in shame
(ba da ba ba ba ba ba da)
Making light of these dark days
So far away
So far away
(so far away)
Look into your heart
And let time heed this place
We're not so far away (we're not so far away)
The possibility, you and me, let me be
I need to find a way
To put this trouble behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
(ba da ba ba ba ba ba da)
Making light of these dark days
Another time and place
(ba da ba ba ba ba ba da)
To put this trouble behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
(ba da ba ba ba ba ba da)
Making light of these dark
Light of these dark
Light of these dark days
All as one, you made me come home.
All this, I'm one...to never follow.
In all this I'm one...who will ever love you.
I didn't know it could get so dark so fast
But from here on it's not gonna last
The days are getting longer and I'll have my time
Tomorrow is not far away
From where I stand all alone today
Just add another minute for the sun to shine
My shadow falls hard against this world
It leads me to a special place
It looks away from the shortest day
But it stares right back in my face
The sun at my back gives me a long look
And it won't fail me now
I'm walking straight to a warm embrace
To a day that's never gonna end at all
Don't you feel the chill lift from the air
The sky shines clear to someplace where
There will be no more waiting for the night to end
I didn't know I could get so far so fast
Overcome my shadow and walked right past
Straight into the sunlight
'cause I know my own way now
I know the darkness will return
The numbing cold and the freezing burn
The days are getting shorter
The sun no longer shines as bright as it
Use to do
The world no longer breath as easy as it
Used to do
We're trapped inside
These are dark days
We're left behind
In so many ways
We're burnt alive
These are dark days
Are coming for us now
The water is no longer running as smoothly as it
Used to do
And the air is not as clear as it
Used to be
See the stone is bleeding
Hear the wicked thunder
Fell the earth is shaking
The whole world's going under
Our time is slowly running
It's burning under our feet
See the creatures in pain
What will you tell your children when they ask you "what went wrong"
How can you paint a picture of a paradise lost
To eyes that know only a wasteland
How will you justify watching the world die
The clock is ticking, can't you feel our days are numbered
Head first into disaster from which there will be no return
With narrow minds we decimate our one true home
Cast into oblivion, judgment is calling
Behold the pale horse
This is the funeral of the Earth
Behold the pale horse
This is the funeral
The blind eye can no longer be cast
The clock is ticking, there is no second chance
The blind eye can no longer be cast
There will be no future, if we can't learn from our mistakes
The clock is ticking, there is no second chance
There will be no future, if we can't learn
A forced extinction closes out the age of apathy
The final act, sacrifice the world's ecology
The death of beauty, the death of hope
Cast before the throne of avarice, judgment is calling
Behold the pale horse
This is the funeral of the Earth
Behold the pale horse
This is the funeral
The blind eye can no longer be cast
There will be no future, if we can't learn from our mistakes
The clock is ticking, there is no second chance
There will be no future, if we can't learn
I can't watch it burn
It feels like abuse
So subtle the noose
So subtle the noose
There is no light
That's what they say
I'm checking out
Not checking in
Drawing lines
Growing out of favor
Out of favor
If it's meant to be
Then set it free
If it's meant to be
It'll come back you see
Watch what you say
And what I don't
Heard what you've asked
And no I won't
Drawing lines
Growing out of favor
Out of favor
If it's meant to be
Then set it free
If it's meant to be
It'll come back you see
Dark days, dark days, dark days
Dark days, dark days, dark days
Oh no! I feel it!
Oh no! I feel it!
Dark days, dark days, dark days
Dark days, dark days, dark days
If it's meant to be
Then set it free
If it's meant to be
DARK DAYS
(Turner/Kajiyama)
Living on the wrong side a gun
We've got no place left to run
Desperation closing in
Situation we can't win
Living on the wrong side of a gun
Say a prayer tonight - That the children will be free
Send the world a light - And a reason to believe
Right now it's just you and me
And this dark days
It's suicide here everyday
Out on the streets there's hell to pay
Everything is going hazy
Everyone is going crazy
It's suicide here everyday
Say a prayer tonight - That we shall be released
Send the world a light - Maybe someday we will see
Right now it's just you and me
(Spineless. Worthless. Self-Absorbed. Self-Assured.
Don't tell me it's fine. Don't tell me to calm down.
I am not afraid to end this hard way.
So it's come down to this. Your lies, my hate, and one
bad decision.
This is beyond hypothetic. This is as real as it gets.
And I can't wait to forget you.)
(And to think I believed you.)
Subliminal thoughts leak from my mind.
Because I just cant, I can't wait to snap the next time
you try and test me.
Dark days! You say you feel shame?
Just wait until you're exposed.
Dark days! You think you know pain?
I can't wait to cut you out.
(Oh God, I think I'm gonna be sick.)
I am infected beyond hate.
I'm gonna make you question your safety.
You never belonged here.
You never belonged here.
We are infected with a hate beyond control.
(No! No! And to think I believed you.)
Subliminal thoughts live beneath my skin.
But I have held my tongue.
I cant wait to prove that we never needed you at all.
Dark days! You say you feel shame?
Just wait until you're exposed.
Dark days! You think you know pain?
I can't wait to cut you out.
Dark days! You want to see rage?
But you can't begin to know.
And to think I believed you.
You cast the first stone and I can't wait to watch you
The dead lay rotting in their beds,
On the road, piled beside their half-dug graves
For now they outnumber the living
And soon the living will carry the dead
As the relentless Winter closes colder
There is little of food and less of warmth
As the cursed lay untended and thrashing in filth
In the depth of the darkest days
The huddle in black cold, alone or in pairs
By the weakening flames of a fading fire
As they await the dire marks of the curse
And they shiver into the throes of deadly fever
In their lonely death, in the cold dark days
They will never know if they were the last
Empty vistas of moor and mountain
Embrace this valley of burgeoning green
Where amongst the silent houses
The crops have gone to seed
And the fould have fled the coup
A door hangs ajar, beats lowly in the breeze
The wood rots slowly in the swirling wind
In the endless silence, every child of this place
Every mother, father, friend and fiend
Is cursed now with the same grim face
Of sunken eye and putrid skin
Shrivelled lips bare grinning teeth
And in the lonely silence, there is not a soul
Sure enough listen to me
Dark days, black nights,
Now you say, it's gonna be alright
Your way, my plight
All you ever want do is fight
Chorus:
Watcha are gonna do
Why do you wanna stay?
Such a waste of time
Can't stand another day
Nothing to this game
Go and get a life
I got to get away
Away and save me
Sure enough listen to me
My way, your way
Don't you know something's got to break
Get out
Nothing left to take.
Got to save a little piece of grace
Watcha are gonna do
Why do you wanna stay?
Such a waste of time
Can't stand another day
Nothing to this game
Go and get a life
I got to get away
Away and save me
Watcha are gonna do without me
Now, that I've got away?
This last time was the last time again
You'll never look the same
Watcha are gonna do
Why do you wanna stay?
Such a waste of time
Can't stand another day
Dark days, black nights,
skin hardens and my eyes burn
as my lips form the shapes that I’ve learned
to speak all the colours that my face buries
every year I die and I’m born again
every day I learn my name
as shapes and colours all move all around me
the brightest day, metallic grey
the darkest days escape you
a simple face, metallic grey
the darkest days await you
this surface of glass and stone
this faint reflection that I’ve known
will take me over as it grows colder
and every year I die and I’m born again
everyday I learn my name
as shapes and colours all move all around me
the brightest day, metallic grey
the darkest days escape you
a simple face, metallic grey
the darkest days await you
(face to face, face to face)
these dark days, they still await
a new train, the buildings change
the shapes and colours all stay the same
it’s not what happens and not what you do
it’s only the eyes you choose to look through
Learning to breathe again
for the first time
In so long now
Learning to see again
through my pride
Learning to speak again
from my heart
Learning to be a friend
for the first time
for the first time
in so long
for so long (x7)
Feel like I'm losing time
when I worry
'cos yesterday won't change
Starting to free my mind
from the shadow of doubt
that keeps me in darkness
testing the air outside
my chamber
into the danger
pushing my limits high
to the red line and over
and why have i waited
so long
for so long (x6)
why have I waited?
why have I waited, yeah
well it's hard to be happy
in a world that's so cruel
where the weak just get weaker
where the powerful feud
where the children go hungry
where the soldiers stand by
lay down your weapons
take hold of your lives
and when will we learn
that it's hate that we taint
only love is the cure
don't leave it too late
get up, and feel it
the truth that won't wait
if we choose to do nothing
A shadow covers this city again.
You gotta wonder is this the end.
When was the time that the city slept.
It’s a change and the whole entire city wept.
When were the days that weren’t so fucking dark.
A history that we all seem to forget.
Dark days they come so fast,
I can only hope that they don’t last.
Cuz every second is getting worse
I can't believe that I'm not cursed.
The dead city is calling out.
Gotta wonder why were in doubt.
When was the crime at its very least,
another vision of a perfect society.
When was the corruption of these police,