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This is in remembrance of our ancestors
Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway And all that came before You opened up a door Cause of you A change gon' come…… |
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| 2. |
| 4:10 |
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Sometimes I shave my legs and sometimes I don't
Sometimes I comb my hair and sometimes I won't Depend of how the wind blows I might even paint my toes It really just depends on whatever feels good in my soul * I’m not the average girl from your video And I ain’t built like a supermodel But I learned to love myself unconditionally, Because I am a queen I not the average girl from your video My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes No matter what I’m wearing I will always be India.Arie When I look in the mirror and the only one there is me Every freckle on my face is where it’s suppose to be And I know my creator didn’t make no mistakes on me My feet, my thighs, my Lips, my eyes, I’m loving what I see * Repeat Am I less of a lady if I don't where panty hose My momma said a lady ain't what she wears but what she knows… But I've drawn the conclusion, it's all an illusion Confusion's the name of the game A misconception, a vast deception, Something got to change Now don't be offended this is all my opinion Ain't nothing that I'm saying law This is a true confession Of a life learned lesson I was sent here to share with y'all So get in when you fit in Go on and shine Clear your mind Now's the time Put your salt on the shelf Go on and love yourself 'Cause everything's gonna be alright * Repeat Out Keep your fancy drink, and your expensive minks I don’t need that to have a good time Keep your expensive cars and your caviar All’s I need is my guitar Keep your crystal and your pistol I’d rather have a pretty piece of crystal Don’t need you silicone, I prefer my own What god gave me is just fine… * Repeat |
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| 3. |
| 4:38 |
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When I think about the turn my life has taken
I know it's because of you, that I receive so many blessings I had a home but no privacy, I didn't know a thing about my legacy When I realized you were there for me, I called on your name and you came And you did, just what you said, for that I'll love you forever You kept, your word to me, for that I'll love you forever * A promise, is a promise in my eyes Can't say you're gonna just to compromise The very thing that keeps two hearts intertwined A promise is a promise you can't deny, there's no way I think of when there was a young boy, not even two years old Blessed with a mother who loved him so, she abandoned her dreams to nourish his own It wasn't easy for the two of them, but she knew she had to give him a chance At a better life, it was only right, so she worked and she prayed And she did, just what she say, for that he'll love her forever She kept her word to him, for that he'll love her forever * Repeat A man's only as good as his word Her wedding day and she's thinking 'bout the way he won her affection She was so cynical about love 'cause she didn't want to be heart broken again He looked her in her eye with sincerity, said he only wanted to protect her so she Took a chance on him and she's glad she did because he came for real And he did, just what he said, for that she'll love him forever He kept his word to her, for that she'll love him forever * Repeat No way, there ain't no way A man's only as good as his word |
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| 4. |
| 4:56 |
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* Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I cant tell where yours begins, I cant tell where mine ends Brown skin, up against my brown skin Need some every now and then~ oh hey~ Where are your people from? Maybe Mississippi or an Island Apparently your skin has been kissed by the sun You make me want a Hershey's kiss, your licorice Every time I see your lips, it makes me think of honey-coated chocolate Your kisses are worth more than gold to me I'll be your almond joy, you'll be my sugar daddy * Repeat Every time you come around, something magnetic pulls me and I cant get out Disoriented, I cant tell my up from down All I know is that I wanna lay you down Every time I let you in, abracadabra magic happens as we swim Higher and higher finally we reach heaven Come back to earth and then we do it all again Yeah~ * Repeat Skin so brown, lips so round Baby how can I be down? Beautiful mahogany, you make me feel like a queen Tell me what's that thing you do that makes me wanna get next to you, yeah * Repeat * Repeat |
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| 5. |
| 4:58 |
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Inside my head there lives a dream that I want to see in the sun
Behind my eyes there lives a me that I've been hiding for much too long 'Cause I've been, too afraid to let it show 'Cause I'm scared of the judgment that may follow Always putting off my living for tomorrow * It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my faith It's been illusive for so long, but freedom is mine today I've gotta step out on faith, It's time to show my faith Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found ** Strength, courage, and wisdom And it's been inside of me all along, Strength, courage, and wisdom Inside of me Behind my pride there lives a me, that knows humility Inside my voice there is a soul, and in my soul there is a voice But I've been, too afraid to make a choice 'Cause I'm scared of the things that I might be missing Running too fast to stop and listen * 반복 ** 반복 I close my eyes and I think of all the things that I want to see 'Cause I know now that I've opened up my heart I know that Anything I want can be, so let it be, so let it be~ Strength, courage, and wisdom It's been inside of me all along, Strength, courage, wisdom It's been inside of me all along now everyday I'm praying for Strength, courage, and wisdom To find me, yeah Strength, courage, and wisdom Inside of me I found it in me, I found it finally I'm sure to keep it, 'cause I like it, I say thank you |
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| 7. |
| 5:11 |
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She is, twenty five, spent over half of her life
So afraid to speak her mind, it's such a shame 'Cause what a brilliant mind she has And now she's been introduced to confidence She doesn't see, that she is bordering on arrogance When will she learn, to come back to the middle He is, a young black man, grew up without his father And now it falls into his hands, to protect his mother 'Cause if he doesn't, well then who will, his older brother lives in fear Of everything, especially, trying to fill his father's shoes Respectively, they go to extremes, of masculine and feminine Chasing dreams, but they keep on falling 'Cause they don't know no balance When will they learn, to come back to the middle You must take the good with the bad, and you might hit the wall Sometimes you'll fly and sometimes you'll fall There isn't any way, to avoid the pain But it's getting burned, that's how you will learn To come back to the middle Needing to protect your self now that is just a part of life If you let your fears keep you from flying, you will never reach your height To get to the top you must come back to the middle When will we learn, to come back to the middle Come back to the middle, Come back to the middle Don't make no mind about falling down 'Cause it's when you're in that valley You can see both sides more clearly Come back to the middle |
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| 8. |
| 4:29 |
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I am ready for love
Why are you hiding from me I'd quickly give my freedom To be held in your captivity I am ready for love All of the joy and the pain And all the time that it takes Just to stay in your good grace Lately I've been thinking Maybe you're not ready for me Maybe you think I need to learn maturity They say watch what you ask for Cause you might receive But if you ask me tomorrow I'll say the same thing I am ready for love Would you please lend me your ear? I promise I won't complain I just need you to acknowledge I am here If you give me half a chance I'll prove this to you I will be patience, kind, faithful and true To a man who loves music A man who loves art Respect's the spirit world And thinks with his heart I am ready for love If you'll take me in your hands I will learn what you teach And do the best that I can I am ready for love Here with a offering of My voice My Eyes My soul My mind Tell me what is enough To prove I am ready for love I am ready |
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| 9. |
| 1:25 |
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India Arie - Interlude
John Coltrane and Miles Davis Dizzy Gillespie This is a song for you Jimi Hendrix Stevie Ray Vaughn And Robert Johnson And Charlie Patton The list goes on and on…. |
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| 10. |
| 4:41 |
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You're like a cool breeze, on a summer's day
You are a river running through the desert plain You are my shelter, from the pouring rain You were my comfort, even before the pain I can hear the sound of five drummers in the wind The leaves blowing in the breeze, ring out like guitars A tin can rolls across the gravel like a tambourine I am but a vessel, so I sing, because you are In my head, you're always in my head In my dreams, you're always in my head In my pain, you're always in my head In my peace, you're always in my head A rainbow of rhythm stretches across the sky An airplane in the distance, plays a beautiful cello line It's no coincidence; it's in tune with the music in my head If you were a shoulder you're where I would rest, but I am your vessel so I hear, you In my head,you're always in my head In my fears,you're always in my head In my joy,you're always in my head In my tears, you're always in my head You're like a cool breeze, on a summer's day You are a river, running through a desert plain You've been my shelter, from the pouring rain You were my comfort, even before the pain:'cause I hear you In my head, you're always in my head In my dreams, you're always in my head In my pain, you're always in my head In my peace, you're always in my head In my head,you're always in my head In my fears, you're always in my head In my joy, you're always in my head In my tears, you're always in my head |
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| 11. |
| 3:18 |
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Every day that you pass my way, I wonder, I wonder about your life
What is your age, are you connected if so, does she treat you right Now please, excuse me for being so forward Bur I couldn't let this chance go by without lettin' you know I I wonder, I wonder if you really knew, that I see God in you And I wonder if you can see, how much you mean to me I know you cannot read my mind, but I hope you feel my vibe I think it's time I let you know that, I see the God in you Every time that I see your face, I wonder, what lies beneath your smile What are your dreams, what are your fears, what does your heart hold dear I know, that you don't know me at all But if you know yourself, well then you know me very well I wonder, I wonder if you really knew, that I see God in you And I wonder if you can see, how much you mean to me I know you cannot read my mind, but I hope you feel my vibe I think it's time I let you know that, I see the God in you I wonder, I wonder if you really knew, that I see God in you And I wonder if you can see, how much you mean to me I know you cannot read my mind, but I hope you feel my vibe I think it's time I let you know that, I see the God in you |
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| 12. |
| 3:27 |
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Now that you're right here,
Let me whisper in your ear Now that you're listening, Let me tell you how I fill I've been trying to formulate The perfect words the perfect way I can't hold it back no more I gotta let you know today Its Simple (What more can I say) So Simple I Love you (What more can I say) Simple (What more can I say) So Simple I Love you (What more can I say) Now that you're listening let me tell you what I need Now that your holding me let me show you what I mean I've been trying to analyze just what it is I fill inside my heart But now I realize it don't have to be so hard Cause it's Simple (What more can I say) So Simple I Love you (What more can I say) Simple (What more can I say) So Simple I Love you (What more can I say) Once the power is for real And I gonna say it again And again I Love you I Love you I Love you I Love you I Love you I Love you Now you know how I feel Tell me what are you gonna do Now that I've said the words Tell me what do you have to lose I know that you feel it to I can see it when I look into your eyes You're scared, but you don't have to be It's alright cause it's Simple (What more can I say) So Simple I Love you (What more can I say) Simple (What more can I say) So Simple I Love you (What more can I say) |
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| 13. |
| 4:04 |
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India Arie - Part Of My Life
Chorus Can you be a part of my life? Can you be a part of my life? Oh it? easy to find some one to play with And almost anyone will do to fill your idle time But that very special someone, you can share all your dreams with is so hard to find And it use to be like me to settle for the physical But these days it ain? too easy to make up my mind Cause apparently you body just to temporally to take up my precious time See I?e got to know that That I can be free with you and You?e got to show that That you?e worthy of my time Can you stimulate my mind? And I know that it looks good, But can you be a part of my life And I? sure that it feels good But can you be a part of my life And it probably even taste good But can you be a part of my life I?e got to know I still appreciate the beauty of a man But there? more to what I need now than what meets the eye And if beauty? only skin deep, Then your pretty skin won? send me to my highest high Oh it? been along time come for maturity And I believe that it? truly what it has to be Cause as much as I admire you My sexual desire, ain? controlling me See I?e got to know that That I can be free with you and You?e got to show that That you?e worthy of my time Can you stimulate my mind? And I know that it looks good, But can you be a part of my life And I? sure that it feels good But can you be a part of my life And it probably even taste good But can you be a part of my life I?e got to know And I know that it looks good, But can you be a part of my life And I? sure that it feels good But can you be a part of my life And it probably even taste good But can you be a part of my life I?e got to know Can you be a part of my life? I got to know that Can you be a part of my life? I got to know that Can you be a part of my life? I got to know that Can you be a part of my life? I got to know that Can you be a part of my life? I got to know that Can you be a part of my life? I got to know that? |
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| 4:06 |
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The time is right
I'm gonna pack my bags And take that journey down the road Cause over the mountain I see the bright sun shinning And I want to live inside the glow Yeah I wanna go to place where I am nothing and everything That exists between here and nowhere I wanna got to a place time has consequence oh yeah The sky opens to my prayers I wanna go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, I wanna go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, I wanna go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, I wanna go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, Please understand that it not that I don't care But right know these wall are closing in on me I love you more than I love life itself But I need to find a place were I can breathe I can breathe I wanna go to place were I can hold the intangible And let of the pain with all my might I wanna go to a place where I am suspended in ecstasy Some where between dark and light Where wrong becomes right I wanna go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, I wanna go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, I wanna go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, I wanna go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, |
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| 1:19 |
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India Arie - Outro
Grandma Lousie Uncle Joe Aunt Joanne Uncle para And to all of the names That I do not know But whose blood runs thru my veins This is a song for you |
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| 16. |
| 5:32 |
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You are the sunshine of my life another
Shakespeare of your time You're like a ribbon in the sky You are a poet's endless rhyme You take me to a higher ground then you knock me off my feet Lately I been thinking'bout you, cause you been creeping in my dreams * You inspire me the way you make me feel inside is amazing Your honesty your artistry is engaging You are everything I hope to be You have touch my soul I want you to know you are my hero You got so much soul to put it plain and simple you are wonderful I am the woman in red, I am girl blue, I am the black or I am a golden lady too You bring the music of your mind to elevate human kind That's why I share my emotions with inner visions I explode * Repaet You have touch my soul I want you to know you are my hero You got so much soul to put it plain and simple you are wonderful -Bridge You so beautiful Yeah You are wonderful You are beautiful You are powerful You have touch my soul And I just want to say You have touch my soul In such a special way Stevie Wonderful Stevie Wonderful Stevie Wonderful You have touch my soul, your so Divine, you're so sublime You're wonderful You have touch my soul, to put it plain and simple you are wonderful You have touch my soul, your so Divine, you're so sublime You're wonderful |
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