DESCRIPTION:
EMMANUEL JAL, the Toronto based Hip Hop Artist was born into the life of a child solider in South Sudan. Through unbelievable struggles, Emmanuel managed to survive and go on to emerge as a recording artist, achieving worldwide acclaim for his unique style of hip hop with its message of peace and reconciliation born out of his personal experiences.

The video for ‘Scars’ was shot on location in the slums of Kibera, Kenya by celebrated Canadian director Daniel Palmer with ‘The Field’, and funded by MUCH FACT. The video premiers through MUCH MUSIC on Monday 26th October before being released worldwide on Monday 2nd November.

‘Scars’, the stunning ballad written with Grammy award winning Canadian artist Nelly Furtado is released off Emmanuel’s 5th JUNO nominated studio album ‘The Key’, where all proceeds are driven into Emmanuel’s African social enterprise ‘The Key is E’.

Track
Produced: Marshall for Hitroom Recordings
Music: Nelly Furtado and Jeff Gunn
Lyrics: Nelly Furtado and Emmanuel Jal
Guitar: Jeff Gunn
Bass: Ian Koiter

Music Video
Director: Daniel Palmer (Grandson & Son)
Production: 'The Field' with J.Blessing
Location: Kibera, Kenya
Funded by MuchFACT

2015 Gatwitch Records Inc.
www.gatwitchrecords.com

Key is E Social Enterprise: www.thekeyise.com

AVAILABLE NOW!
'The Key' album on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/the-key/id911042550

Scars - Emmanuel Jal with Nelly Furtado
Lyrics

Verse 1
I’m a trouble,
I’m a trouble,
I’m a troubled child.
Could you see my smile?
I walked many miles
My story’s the Nile.
I know what is mine,
I don’t live in denial.
Ahhhhhhhhhh

Chorus
My scars are what got me this far
And now I can touch the stars
Coz it don’t matter who you are
Who you are
We’ve all got scars.

Verse 2
As a little girl
Painted my whole world
With a strange palette, but a palette that was mine
And if I felt pain, I washed it away
With the melody and a smile
It worked every time

Chorus
My scars are what got me this far
And now I can touch the stars (every star)
Coz it don’t matter who you are
Who you are

My scars are what got me this far
And now I can touch the stars
Coz it don’t matter who you are
Who you are
We’ve all got scars

Verse 3
Walaah
Chi shodah wang [My leg is burned]
Walaah [Light]
Chi lojda wang [My heart Is burned]
Walaah [Light]
Chi tedah wang [My hand is burned]
Walaah walaah [Light, light]
Chi wijdah wang [My head is burned]
Oh walaah walaah [Oh Light, light]
Nguodah Bomah [Am still strong]
Oh walaah walaah [Oh Light, Oh light]
Lojdah bome [My heart is strong]
Oh walaah walaah [Oh light, light]
Power to the people
Walaah walaah [Light, light]
Power to people
Oh walaah walaah [Light, light]
Power to people
Walaah walaah Walaah walaah [Light, light, light, light]