It's another Saturday Night, and I've got another song from one of my favorite female artists to share with you. This week's song choice comes from none other than Imani Coppola. This song is one I listen to quite a bit when NYC gets on my last good nerves (I love my home, but it happens)... and I hope you all will enjoy it as much as I do. Here's "Over It"!!! If there's anything in your life you're over, feel free to sing along with me!!
Everything you need in life begins with you. It's biological: your body needs oxygen to survive, so you breathe... your body craves rest, so you sleep. And it doesn't stop with our basic bodily functions. LOL
We spend so much of our lives, straining to hang on to just a finger's length grasp of what we want, when there are more effortless ways of getting it.
This is what this week's Music Therapy with Miss Moon is all about. "Love" can represent anything you aspire for, or it can be finding the one that fills your heart with joy. Take the energy out of pulling and fighting and use it to lifting yourself up. Meditate, read, laugh, cry, feel and grow. As you lift yourself up, you'll recognize you won't have to stretch and pull anymore, as you've reached a height where the love (or the job, or the vacation, or the life) that you want is right in front of you.
My life thus far has been held together
by band aides and safety pins,
nothin quite fits but I'm still tryin
to squeeze my body into it,
I've been frontin, I've been wantin
someone who fits me effortlessly,
with ease and room to spare,
cause I've endured some wear and tear
with all these meaningless love affairs,
fake smiles and dishonest laughter,
fast forward to the morning after
I'm all dolled up lookin like a disaster
I just wanna wash off the lipstick
take off the stilletos
play my music and get with my own flow
and love will find me eventually
I'm gonna dance with my shadow
I'm goin all out, never forgettin what I'm all about
and love will find me eventually
you just wait and see yeah
I'll just sit here and look real cute
while he buys me drinks I'll look for an escape route
grab my purse and exit through the back door
get in my car put the petal to the floor and
I'll fly home singin out loud
life's too short so get off my cloud,
if I can't be myself
I don't wanna be with nobody else.
I just wanna wash off the lipstick
take off the stilletos
play my music and get with my own flow
and love will find me eventually
I'm gonna dance with my shadow
I'm goin all out, never forgettin what I'm all about
and love will find me eventually
you just wait and see yeah
cause they always just crash and burn
crash and burn, when will I learn
to stop lyin, stop hidin, quit cryin stop tryin
I just wanna wash off the lipstick
take off the stilletos
play my music and get with my own flow
and love will find me eventually
I'm gonna dance with my shadow
I'm goin all out, never forgettin what I'm all about
and love will find me eventually
you just wait and see yeah
I've been a fan of Imani Coppola's ever since I first saw her music video for "Legend of a Cowgirl" many many years ago. I consider that song one of my personal anthems to this day. And don't get me standard on Little Jackie and "The Stoop", I am super psyched about the new album Made for TV... I downloaded it a few weeks ago and it's DOPE AS HELL. Of course aside from her phenomenal music, she also has a simply terrific head of hair!!!
I am so envious of her daring color choices and I wish I could do that without the damage (If I keep things up, I might lighten Frieda up for my 40th birthday...six years from now!)
Happy Monday, Everybody!!! This week's pick was seemingly MADE for the morning commute! I think this time of year brings out a lot of hostility in people... The weather is beautiful, they want to be on vacation, on a beach maxin' and relaxin'.
Unfortunately that isn't the reality for some (Myself included)... instead they're riding a crowded stuffy train, or stuck in traffic on the freeway, trying to keep from screaming. It's my belief that this is why there have been so many reports of people fighting on the trains and buses here in NYC... and how ridiculous are those videos?!?
I will tell you from personal experience, playing this song on your headphones while riding the bus or train (or playing it on your car stereo while in traffic!) will get you in to work in one piece... as well as the other people getting to work along side of you! LOL
There's a tree in the city
It ain't lookin' pretty
Blessed with stress
Smog clogging feelin' shitty
There's a river on the highway
Things aint goin' my way
Turn around, go away
Come again another day
To the bed I go
Stumble to and fro
Tired from another day of lookin' for my glow
It's hard to get up
You can say I'm fed up
One things for certain
I gotta keep my head up
Keep your head up - keep my head up
Keep your head up - keep my head up
Keep your head up girl, keep your head up
Keep your head up - keep my head up
Keep your head up - keep my head up
Keep your head up girl, keep your head up
The sun ain't hard to see
Just turn off your TV
Everything around you is just part of every other thing
I am a tree
Why you gotta do what you do
Why you gotta tell me how to be
Gee, make me feel like you do
I'm tried of messing around
It's time to let these people know
A tree in the city
It needs somewhere to grow
River on the highway
I've never seen a grayer day
It's sad, its crappy, it needs somewhere to play
As for me, I'll sit under the tree
Cuz there ain't no better place to be
Keep your head up - keep my head up
Keep your head up - keep my head up
Keep your head up girl, keep your head up
Keep your head up - keep my head up
Keep your head up - keep my head up
Keep your head up girl, keep your head up
The sun ain't hard to see
Just turn off your TV
Everything around you is just part of every other thing
I am a tree
Aahh, aahh
Yo, what a freak
Are you all staring at me? I'm a tree
Yo, what a freak
I'm a tree! (no you're not)
I'm a tree! (stop lying)
Keep your head up - keep my head up
Keep your head up - keep my head up
Keep your head up girl, keep your head up
Keep your head up - keep my head up
Keep your head up - keep my head up
Keep your head up girl, keep my head up
The sun ain't hard to see
Just turn off your TV
Everything around you is just part of every other thing
I am a tree
The sun ain't hard to see
Just turn off your TV
Everything around you is just part of every other thing
I am a tree
Happy Fourth of July, All!!!! I admit to being a woman who daydreams about leading a life of adventure, as I'm sure a lot of us do. While I don't have it like Liz Gilbert to be able to chuck it for a year, I can enjoy my daydream... which is never complete without the perfect adventure soundtrack. So I hope you all will enjoy Imani Coppola's "Legend of a Cowgirl"
I'm gonna drink my whiskey, gonna have my man
I know you got nothing to say
I'm gonna have my man, I'm gonna steal their hearts
And save them for another day
Ain't gonna hang my hat, ain't gonna take off my boots
Ain't nothing gonna stop me in my pursuit
My stage, time to rehearse
Gonna see all the wonders of the universe
Pack my bags and mount my horse
I'm gonna ride on into the next town
Spend all my money on absolutely nothing
Need no man to pay for anything
Ain't got no shame, nobody knows my name
I'm gonna ride on into the next town
Pecos Bill, couldn't hang for long
A female legend with a song, yeah
Such a beautiful day, such a beautiful day
I think I'll wear my brand new negligee
I'll probably change my mind
It happens every time, just speak to my ex-fiance
I'm gonna hunt the hunter, gonna serve 'em well done
Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run
Up goes the moon, down comes the sun
Cook my dinner while I shine my gun
Pack my bags and mount my horse
I'm gonna ride on into the next town
Spend all my money on absolutely nothing
'Cause there ain't no thing like a chicken wing
Ain't got no shame, nobody knows my name
Ride on into the next town
Pecos Bill, couldn't hang for long
A female legend with a song
I'd give my life to be her
I'd give my live just to be her
I'd give my sight to see her
I'd give my sight just to see her
So here's the way I'm gonna break it down
Speak my mind any time 'cause I got the master plan
Power in my soul, strength from my hand
I'm going up north to claim my land
Won't settle by river, might make me shiver
So look out and hide your fans
I'm a woman on fire with a huge desire
To be as good as any man
Pack my bags and mount my horse
I'm gonna ride on into the next town
Spend all my money on absolutely nothing
Need no man to pay for anything
Ain't got no shame, nobody knows my name
I'm gonna ride on into the next town
Pecos Bill, couldn't hang for long
A female legend with a song, yeah
My name is Audrey. I have been called many, many things. My Pirate Sistahs dubbed me Pirate Yemaya Chalice Moon, Mother of the Secret Realm (or Yemmy for short), which I remixed P-Diddy style into Miss Moon the Brooklyn Geechee. This blog is basically all about me and my life. I call it the rantings, ramblings and revelations of your average Brooklyn Geechee.
I have a lot of interests, and I admittedly get a bit dorky about them. So this blog will be about music, movies, politics, tv, getting healthy, and as Lisa Jones dubbed her book Bulletproof Diva (a must read!)... tales of race, sex, and hair.
I hope you like it. And if not, I welcome constructive criticism.
My only rule is be nice or leave.
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