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Sampha – What Shouldn't I Be? (2017) | Track profile | Dork

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Sampha
Process
What Shouldn't I Be?

TRACK

What Shouldn't I Be?

Release date: 3rd February 2017

From Process

Track 10

3:33

Electronic Music R&B/Soul

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About This Track

"What Shouldn't I Be?" is a track by Sampha, from the album Process, released 3rd February 2017. The track is 3:33 long. It's filed under Electronic. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Sampha.

About the Artist

Sampha

Sampha

Lyrics

What Shouldn't I Be?

You can always, you can always come home
I know you've been out there, out there on your own
Out there on your own
I wake up in my own skin again
Thinking all about me

What shouldn't I be?
What shouldn't I be?
What shouldn't I be?
What shouldn't I be today?

Family ties
Put them 'round my neck
I'm walkin' 'round high
A ghost by my side
Challenges come
Challenges come and they go
I need someone to help me down
You can always come home
You can always come home
A mother always knows
I needed to grow
Just, it's all about you now

And what shouldn't you be?
What shouldn't you be?
What shouldn't you be?

I should visit my brother
But I haven't been there in months
I've lost connection, signal
To how we were

What shouldn't I be?
(What shouldn't I be?)
It's not all about me
(What shouldn't I be?)

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Track details

From Process

3:332017

Listen

Album

3rd February 2017

Track number

10

Release year

2017

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3:38

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5Take Me Inside

6Reverse Faults

8Timmy's Prayer

9Incomplete Kisses

10What Shouldn't I Be?

3:33

—Take Me Inside

—Plastic 100°C

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Sampha
Producer: Rodaidh McDonald, Sampha
Engineer: Riccardo Damian
Mastering Engineer: Matt Colton
Mixing Engineer: David Wrench