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04:12
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1ST MOVEMENT
LA LA LA
LA LA LA
LA LA LA
LA LA LA
IN THE MORNING WASH N' GO
GLAM IT UP WITH THE SOUL GLOW
WATCH ME ROCK A TAPERED AFRO
FUNK IT UP LIKE A DIVA
FUNK IT UP LIKE A DIVA
FREE TO DO THE THINGS
THAT I WANT TO DO
WITH MY CROWN
WITH A WIG
WITHOUT A WIG
I'M STILL GONNA STAND MY GROUND
IT'S PLAIN TO SEE I'M
IT'S PLAIN TO SEE I'M FREE
I'M FREE
DON'T YOU KNOW I'M FREE
I'M FREE
SOMETIMES
I DO IT MOTOBO STYLE
BREAK THE RULES
AND STRAIGHTEN UP FOR A WHILE
HEY I DON'T FORGET TO SMILE (SMILE)
I COULD SHAVE MY HAIR LOW
GROW IT BACK IN CORNROWS
I COULD DYE IT YELLOW
FUNK IT UP LIKE A DIVA
FUNK IT UP LIKE A DIVA
FREE TO DO THE THINGS
THAT I WANT TO DO
WITH MY CROWN
WITH A WIG
WITHOUT A WIG
I'M STILL GONNA STAND MY GROUND
FREE TO DO THE THINGS
THAT I WANT TO DO
WITH MY CROWN
WITH A WIG
WITHOUT A WIG
I'M STILL GONNA STAND MY GROUND
IT'S PLAIN TO SEE I'M FREE
I'M FREE
DON'T YOU KNOW I'M FREE
I'M FREE
IT'S PLAIN TO SEE I'M FREE
I'M FREE
DON'T YOU KNOW I'M FREE
I'M FREE
2ND MOVEMENT
LA LA LA + (AD LIBS)
WONJA EH WONJA EH
WONJA EH WONJA EH
TALKING BOUT WONJA
TALKING BOUT THAT WONJA WONJA
FREE TO DO THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO OOOH
I'M SO FREE, I GOT IT TOGETHER, GOT IT TOGETHER
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Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color of my true love's hair
His face so soft and wondrous fair
The purest eyes and the strongest hands
I love the ground on where he stands
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color,
The Color of my true love's hair
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color,
The Color of my true love's hair
Oh, I love my lover and well he knows
Yes, I love the ground on where he goes
And still I hope that the time will come
When he and I will be as one
When he and I will be as one
One, One
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color,
The Color of my true love's hair
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color,
The Color of my true love's hair
I'd go to the Nile
And I'd moan and weep
For satisfied I never would be
I would never be
I'd write you a letter
Just a few short lines
And fix my hair a thousand times
And fix my hair a thousand times
Times, Times
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color,
The Color of my true love's hair
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color
Black is the color, the color,
The Color of my true love's hair
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Touching my Hair
03:47
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UNDER THE BAOBAB TREE
WE FED ON LOVE AND POETRY
SCENT OF THE EARTH MIXED WITH HIS
THERE WAS SUN KISS
AND THERE WAS PURE BLISS
DRAW ME NEXT TO YOU MY BELOVED
SCENT OF YOU DELIRIOUS
KEEP ME NEXT TO YOU MY BELOVED
JUST DON'T BE IMPERIOUS, WE ARE LIGHT
I'M A BROKEN SOUL,
GOD WILL MAKE ME WHOLE
I'M DONE LIVING IN THE PAST, IT'S SO OLD
I DENY // ALL THE SILVER AND GOLD
FOR YOU TO BE BY MY SIDE
THERE'S NO PLACE I'D RATHER BE
THAN HERE WITH YOU TOUCHING MY HAIR
THINKING OF THE THINGS TO BE
YOU'RE NEXT TO ME TOUCHING MY HAIR
Ooooooooooo
COUNTING STARS WITH YOU MY BELOVED
MY HAIR IS REBELLIOUS
CRYSTALS IN THE SAND MY BELOVED
BOND IS SO MYSTERIOUS, DIVINE
IN A WORLD SO COLD
LOVE WILL MAKE US BOLD
I'M DONE LIVING IN THE PAST, IT'S SO OLD
I'D DENY // ALL THE SILVER AND GOLD
FOR YOU TO BE BY MY SIDE
THERE'S NO PLACE I'D RATHER BE
THAN HERE WITH YOU TOUCHING MY HAIR
THINKING OF THE THINGS TO BE
YOU'RE NEXT TO ME TOUCHING MY HAIR
Ooooooooooo
TAKE ME TO A PLACE
WITH NO SPACE OR TIME
WHERE OLD LOVERS CHIME
MOONLIGHT ON MY FACE
AS OUR LYRICS RIME
LEAVING IS A CRIME, JUST TOUCH MY HAIR
THERE'S NO PLACE I'D RATHER BE
THAN HERE WITH YOU TOUCHING MY HAIR
THINKING OF THE THINGS TO BE
YOU'RE NEXT TO ME TOUCHING MY HAIR
THERE'S NO PLACE I'D RATHER BE
THAN HERE WITH YOU TOUCHING MY HAIR
THINKING OF THE THINGS TO BE
YOU'RE NEXT TO ME TOUCHING MY HAIR
Ooooooooooo
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Supersonic (feat. Tupaï)
03:53
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I'M NOT DOING ANY WORK TODAY
LAZY LYING IN MY BED TODAY
I'M NOT DOING ANY WORK TODAY
LAZY LYING IN MY BED TODAY
APPLE CIDER ON MY MIND AND
COCOA BUTTER UNREFINED AND
4C NAPPY HAIR NEEDS
TENDER LOVING CARE, I
DAYDREAM EVERYDAY
SUPERSONIC GROWING HAIR
SUPERSONIC
SUPERSONIC
SUPERSONIC
SUPERSONIC
HORNS SOLO
APPLE CIDER ON MY MIND AND
COCOA BUTTER UNREFINED AND
4C NAPPY HAIR NEEDS
TENDER LOVING CARE, I
DAYDREAM EVERYDAY
SUPERSONIC
SUPERSONIC
SUPERSONIC
SUPERSONIC
(vocal scat + horn solo)
APPLE CIDER ON MY MIND AND
COCOA BUTTER UNREFINED AND
4C NAPPY HAIR NEEDS
TENDER LOVING CARE, I
DAYDREAM EVERYDAY
SUPERSONIC
SUPERSONIC
SUPERSONIC
SUPERSONIC
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Pass that Hair Gel
04:54
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Got a Wig?
03:16
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Take off your Wig
03:18
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This is my Crown
03:04
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Menoosha :
Welcome to the first ever hair cypher
Featuring melanated bars by Donniele, Kella and LyricL
Beat drop !
Donniele :
In North Cackalacky yeah your hair is your glory
But only if you fit their narration of your story
Too curly to be straight but not nappy enough
When image is everything then life can be kind of tough
They never wanted me to find out who I be
But then I loc‘d it up and felt my spirit fly free
They said “you’ll never get a job with your natural hair”
But I’ve performed for presidents and I didn’t see you there
Kella :
Si je veux raconter mes cheveux,
je dois commencer jeune en parlant
défrisages et tresses mais je n veux pas y penser!
Forcée de me coiffer sentir tirer ma tête de tous côtés,
mal au crâne : c'est trop serré, cheveux brûlés et trop cassés.
J'ai tout coupé ado, j'y mettais toutes sortes de couleur,
me les approprier, attacher toutes sortes de foulards.
Les dreads sur ma tête sont bien les fruits de ma quête spirituelle,
un retour au naturel et aux ancêtres ouais
Chorus
We're keeping it rolling
In a hair cypher
We're deep in the feeling
Won't you tell me a story
bout your hair connection now
your skin complexion now
Deep in the feeling
In a hair cypher
Menoosha :
Chevelure d'ébène
Jadis dense et belle
Mais les bémols de la vie et les peines
Me les enlèvent
Par centaine (x4)
LyricL :
So let me break down the molecular structure,
functional connection.
Crown on my head and celestrial direction.
Threaded beads and braids.
Freedom maps for slaves
Single married or queen, patterns ALL differentiate.
Hand-skills
Never chilled - so we celebrate!
Stories passed everlasting DEEP like DNA
Ancestors investing in my future, ‘Guides’
Even in a head-wrap Magic and Pride
wrapped up inside, THAT’S why!
Chorus
We're keeping it rolling
In a hair cypher
We're deep in the feeling
Won't you tell me a story
bout your hair connection now
your skin complexion now
Deep in the feeling
In a hair cypher
Bridge
Tell your story, your song
Sing your rhapsody all day long
It's your crown nothing wrong
Keep this hair cypher going strong
H-A-I-R Cypher
Chorus
We're keeping it rolling
In a hair cypher
We're deep in the feeling
Won't you tell me a story
bout your hair connection now
your skin complexion now
Deep in the feeling
In a hair cypher
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Oa Nd'o bi
03:11
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12. |
Like Samson
01:03
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MENOOSHA Strasbourg, France
In 2010 Menoosha received two nominations at the MP3 awards and the BEFFTA awards in London, following the release of her
first album 'Satellite Brown Chick'. Her R&B single 'Talk to me (Sweet Thing)' peaked at #14 of the UK Soul Charts in February 2017.
Her critically acclaimed second album 'Airs About Hair, Vol. 1' is now out and available.
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