Nneka Egbuna è nata nel 1981 a Warri, in Nigeria da padre nigeriano e madre tedesca, Nella lingua Igbo, il suo nome significa “la Madre suprema, la Madre migliore”.

Heartbeat è la seconda traccia di No Longer At Ease, suo album del 2008 che prende il titolo dal libro dello scrittore Chinua Achebe. Quasi tutti i testi del disco sono di condanna alla politica, sulla corruzione del suo paese natale e sulla sorte delle genti del Delta del Niger.

Il testo di Heartbeat – link per il download su iTunes

You said you’d be there for me
In times of trouble when I need you and I’m down
And likewise you need friendship
It’s from my side pure love but I see lately things have been changing
You have goals to achieve
But the roads you take abroad are heartless
That wants you make another way
You throw stones
Can you see that I am human I am breathing
But you don’t give a damn

Chorus:
Can you feel my heart is beating
Can you see the pain you’re causing
Can you feel my heart is beating
Can you see the pain you’re causing

Blood blood blood… blood is rushing

And now the world is asleep
How will you ever wake her up when she is deep in her dreams, wishing
And yet so many die
And still we think that it is all about us
It’s all about you
You sold your soul to the evil and the lust
and the passion and the money and you
See innocent ones die, people hunger for decades
suffer under civilized armedrobbers, modern slaveholders

Chorus
Can you feel my heart is beating
Can you see the pain you’re causing
Can you feel my heart is beating
Can you see the pain you’re causing

Blood blood blood… keeps rushing

Evaded, eliminated, erased, interrogated
Our tradition, our love for our fellow countrymen,
our property, our resources – our pride

Can you feel my heart beating
no no no… you don’t

Chorus:
Can you feel my heart is beating
Can you feel the pain you’re causing
Can you feel my heart is beating
Can you feel the pain you’re causing