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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Donna Summer
Lead Vocals
Quincy Jones
Choir
Bill Champlin
Background Vocals
Brenda Russell
Choir
Christopher Cross
Choir
Dara Bernard
Choir
David Paich
Synthesiser
Dionne Warwick
Choir
Don Dorsey
Synclavier
Dyan Cannon
Choir
Ernie Watts
Tenor Saxophone
Greg Phillinganes
Synthesiser
James Ingram
Background Vocals
Kenny Loggins
Choir
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
Drums
Lionel Richie
Choir
Louis Johnson
Bass
Michael Boddicker
Synthesiser Programming
Michael Jackson
Choir
Michael McDonald
Choir
P. Lipton - Jones
Choir
Paulinho Da Costa
Percussion
Steve Porcaro
Synthesiser Programming
Steven George
Background Vocals
Stevie Wonder
Choir
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Evangelos Papathanassiou
Composer
Jon Anderson
Composer
Vangelis
Songwriter
Quincy Jones
Vocal Arranger
David Paich
Percussion Arranger
Greg Mathieson
Arranger
Rod Temperton
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Quincy Jones
Producer
Bruce Swedien
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
State of life, may I live, may I love
Coming out the sky, I name me a name
Coming out silver word for what it is
It is very nature of the sound, the game
Shablamidi, shablamida
Shablamidi, shablamida
Shablamidi, shablamida
Siamese, Indonese
To Tibet treat the life
As a game, if you please, hey
Coming up Caribee such a freedom
Derives from a meditative state
Movin' on, believe that's it, call it magic
Third world, it is, I only guessed it
Shablamidi, shablamida
Shablamidi, shablamida
Shablamidi, shablamida
Shablimidi, shablamida
Shablimidi, shablamida
Shablimidi, shablamida
Shot to the soul the flame of Oroladian
The essence of the word
The state of independence
Sounds like a signal from you
Bring me to meet your sound
And I will bring you to my heart
Love, like a signal you call
Touching my body, my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here
Home, be the temple of your heart
Home, be the body of your love
Just like holy water to my lips
Hey, hey
Yes, I do know how I survive
Yes, I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all in His wisdom hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This state of independence shall be
This state of independence shall be
Say, yeah-e-yay, yeah-e-yo
Yeah-e-yay, yeah-e-yo
Be the sound of higher love today
Yeah-e-yeah (hey, hey)
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all in His wisdom hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This state of independence shall be
This state of independence shall be
This state of independence shall be
This state of independence shall be
This state of independence shall be
Writer(s): Jon Anderson, Evangheos Papathanassiou
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