Track 10 of the album Voice Notes from the Back Row · 2015
Kente Cloth Cartwheel
by Zuri Bell
“We closed the album with a cartwheel on the washing line. Gold, green and red, laughing the whole way out.”
afrobeats · playful afrobeats · highlife · 2:16
Lyrics
Colours on the washing line Gold and green and red so fine Courtyard's full of Saturday Little kids come out to play Arms up high, feel the ground Here I go, spinning round Cartwheel, cartwheel, flip the sky Kente colours flying by Cartwheel, cartwheel, laugh out loud Dancing with the happy crowd Hey! Cartwheel! (Cartwheel!) Hey! Cartwheel! (Cartwheel!) Auntie claps along the beat Dust is dancing round our feet I've not done this in a while Landed wobbly, still I smile Arms up high, feel the ground Here I go, spinning round Cartwheel, cartwheel, flip the sky Kente colours flying by Cartwheel, cartwheel, laugh out loud Dancing with the happy crowd Hey! Cartwheel! (Cartwheel!) Hey! Cartwheel! (Cartwheel!) Don't be shy, give it a try Hands down, kick up high Everybody, one by one Cartwheel in the morning sun Cartwheel, cartwheel, flip the sky Kente colours flying by Cartwheel, cartwheel, laugh out loud Dancing with the happy crowd Hey! Cartwheel! (Cartwheel!) Hey! Cartwheel! (Cartwheel!) Upside down and feeling free Cartwheel, cartwheel, dance with me