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"Vanity" produced by Gabriel Ryder is a 90's R&B/Soul influenced duet written and performed by Davina Oriakhi and Preyé whose voices mesh beautifully as they lament over the meaningless chase for material possessions and fickle pleasures.

lyrics

Lyrics:
Put those hands in the air (air)
and wave em like you just don’t care (care)

Seen all the works under the sun
seen all the works under the sun
Vanity
Vanity
Seen all the works under the sun
seen all the works under the sun
Vanity
it's vanity

What good is the world when your soul is lost
what's silver and gold to a priceless cost
tell me
tell me
what are we chasing?
tell me

cos the money is just numbers
numbers do not end
how long will you be chasing
the hunt it never ends
oh
the more you get, and the more you want
do you even know if you've got enough
when there's always something to spend it on

Seen all the works under the sun
seen all the works under the sun
Vanity
Vanity
Seen all the works under the sun
seen all the works under the sun
Vanity
it's vanity

Satisfaction never
the illusion of what's better
tell me
tell me what are we chasing
tell me

cos the money is just numbers
numbers do not end
how
how
how
how long will you be chasing these
the hunt it never ends
oh
the more you get, and the more you want
do you even know if you've got enough
when there's always something to spend it on

spend it, spend it
spend it spend it on
Seen, seen, seen all the works under the sun
seen, seen, seen all the works under the sun
under the... Vanity

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released April 6, 2018
Written and Performed by Davina Oriakhi and Preyé
Produced by Gabriel Ryder
Engineered by Tay Iwar

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Davina Oriakhi London, UK

British-Nigerian artiste, Davina Oriakhi is a singer-songwriter aptly described as a musically fluid lyricist writing songs about life, love and spirituality. Her influences range from Lauryn Hill to Alicia Keys, Sade to Erykah Badu.
Her debut Album “Love to a Mortal”, weaves through R&B/Soul to Jazz , Hip Hop, spoken word & reggae to AfroFusion highlighting her musical fluidity. ... more

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