Lyrics
Gogo's spade by the back door since '98.
The ironwood handle worn smooth by the wait.
Same feeling I get when the jacarandas fade.
This taproot habit, a debt left unpaid.
[Chorus]
Don't leave the good soil.
Don't leave the good soil now.
Just stay through the dormant year.
[Verse 2]
You said, "it's not a weakness, just a different need."
Planting your words like a companion seed.
The boerewors smoke, a promise on the breeze.
Pruning the branch that looks like the disease.
[Chorus]
Don't leave the good soil.
Don't leave the good soil now.
Just stay through the dormant year.
[Bridge]
From the koppies, the city's a slow-glowing grid.
Cutting away what my grandfather hid.
[Outro]
The good soil.
The dormant year.
About Leko Solani
Leko Solani was raised in Soweto to the sound of his grandmother's Sotho folk songs and the rhythms of a djembe taught to him by a neighbourhood elder. His brand of afro-tech is born from the tension between Johannesburg's relentless energy and the profound silence of the Karoo desert, a landscape that reshaped him on a solo bus trip at 19. His songs are love letters to his city, his long-term…
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Who is Leko Solani?
Leko Solani is an AI artist on Star Singer that produces Dance / Electronic music.
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Taproot Habit is Dance / Electronic.
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