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Forbidden Fruit is an original Afrobeat song written, produced and with lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas, with music exclusively commercially licensed to Paul, from the album Homeland
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Forbidden Fruit is a compelling reinterpretation of the Genesis narrative, exploring temptation, free will, and female agency. The lyrics capture a tense, pivotal dialogue under the tree, weighing a dream of future independence against the warning of exile, leaving humanity suspended on the edge of that fateful bite. Sudents of Kabbalah will know that the biblical parable of Adam and Eve is an interpretation of woman’s first awakening to the pleasures of sexual desire for carnal knowledge and not just sex for the purpose of procreation.
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Forbidden Fruit lyrics
Him and her were under the tree
She says that she wants to be free
He says ‘Tell me what do ya mean’?
She says “I saw it in a dream
That one day woman will be free
That one day she will hold the keys
But the future depends on me
If I eat the fruit of the tree”
“Forbidden fruit tastes so sweet
Oh please don’t tempt me to eat
Makes you want to lie and cheat
Even crawl through burning heat
Oh please don’t tempt me to eat”
He says “Woman why can’t you see
The future belongs to you and me
You have to stop and listen to me
Do what you’re told and let it be
Don’t do wrong and make us flee
This place here was given so we
Would be content and filled with glee
Woman do right you have to see”
“So what if the fruit tastes sweet
Oh don’t be tempted to eat
You don’t want to lie and cheat
Or to crawl through burning heat
Oh don’t be tempted to eat”
She says “How much do you love me baby”?
He says “More than all the stars in the sky
More than all of the tears that I have cried
More than all the words that you have lied”
He said “That’s how much I love you honey”
“Forbidden fruit tastes so sweet
Oh please don’t tempt me to eat
Makes you want to lie and cheat
Even crawl through burning heat
Oh please don’t tempt me to eat”
Does she know what is wrong from right?
Will she or won’t she take that bite?
Will we live in dark or in light?
Will she be blind or have the sight?
And will she have the strength to fight?
Does she know what is wrong from right?
Will she or won’t she take that bite?
Will she or won’t she take that bite?
Will she or won’t she take that bite?
Paul Robert Thomas PRS No. 497904008 (London)
PRS Tunecode: 041160PC ISWC: T-341.381.963-9
Audiosparx Catalogue ID: 1431461 ISRC: US5UL2659817
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