Persia White is one of those artist (much like Cree Summer) that you forget one talent over the other. I watch episodes of "Girlfriends" and am drawn into Persia's acting in her portrayal of Lynn. Then I hear a song like tonight's choice and I am bowled away, forgetting that she is a phenomenal artist as well!!
I hope you all will enjoy "Wanting" by Persia White, from her 2009 release "Mecca".
Happy Monday, y'all!! What better way to start the week with a bit of Music Therapy that inspires all of us to embrace our true natural beauty? Here's a song from Dead Prez reminding us all that it's the beauty within that really matters.
Dedicated, not to America's Top Model...
But to the natural girls right next door
How they say in avatar...?
I see you.
This hollywood world so pretentious
Every other girl got a perm or extensions.
But you dont even really wear lipstick
Still your beauty is a natural mystic.
Indigenous strong cheek bones from your lineage
Not what the main stream image is,
Natural hair is your heritage,
But to see it without chemicals is rare as the pyramids.
I was coming from the gym again
Bumping 2Pac never call you bitch again.
She crossed the street, melanin glistenin.
Felt the energy, something about you so interestin.
The prototype Eve from Genesis.
Ghetto empress Nefertiti resemblance.
So sweet, so street, and genuine
Real black girl I salute your existance.
I could see us just kickin it.
Buildin an intimate friendship more than just hittin it.
Down to earth like greens and corn bread.
She dont need no weaves or contacts.
Not judging other girls that got that,
Im just sayin you the truth, never doubt that...
Cuz you got that.
Beauty's within, not just on the surface.
The skin that your in,
You're already perfect.
They got nothing on you baby.
Nothin on you baby
Beautiful girls come in all types of flavors.
When you love yourself, its always gon be haters.
They got nothin on you baby
Just keep doin you baby.
This is going out to my African queen
Dark skin, light skin, everything between
Lookin so good when you step up on the scene
Smelling so sweet, so fresh, and so clean
Even though we dont see you on the flat screen
Aint no doubt about what you got in them genes
I dont mean denim its your family tree
Yea its all about red, black, and that green
For Chianisa, and Falina, and for all the pretty little girls
Goin out to my Mama, my favorite woman
And for all the women in the world
No they dont love you on the radio
And they try to play you in the video
But you so beautiful and natural....oh...ooh..
Beauty's within, not just on the surface.
The skin that your in,
You're already perfect.
They got nothing on you baby.
Nothin on you baby
Beautiful girls come in all types of flavors.
When you love yourself, its always gon be haters.
They got nothin on you baby
Just keep doin you baby.
Hélène and Célia of Les Nubians have done it again, y'all!!! Their newest video is a Swaggerific Anthem for all of us Natural Hair Divas out there!!!!!!
I hope that all of you, regardless of your hair type will enjoy "Afrodance" this Saturday Night... and for my happily nappily people out there, I hope you will "Shake your Afro, Afro..." along with me!! :)
It's Saturday Night, y'all!!!! Are you as happy about it as I am?!?!? I am really really diggin' the collaboration in tonight's song choice, and I sincerely hope you all will, too!! Here's "I'll Take Care Of U"
I heard this song for the first time recently and was bowled away with how dope it was...
But truth be told, I really shouldn't be surprised, considering the sources!!
I think that you'll find "Pearl" by Tamar-Kali(featuring Jean Grae)on this Saturday Night, dedicated to all the women reading these words, and all the men who love us. We're all pearls!!
I love this woman's voice. It feels like a cool breeze in my head. And this song invokes all of the wonderful things about being in love... all that magical and inviting and exciting and adventurous. Truthfully, I need this song in my life right now. And I hope that it will be a welcome melody for you this Saturday Night. Enjoy!!
If you haven't heard more from this amazing, songstress... check her out!
Let's face it: sometimes the hardest part of your day is turning off the alarm and dragging your butt out of bed. I am sure I am not the only one who has felt this way, am I?
It's tough as hell to leave my honey snuggled into the bed to face the coldness of the bathroom at 7 AM sometimes. That's why I am always grateful when my iPod plays this week's selection for Music Therapy with Miss Moon as part of my morning mix. "Gotta Get Up", by Jill Scott, featuring 4Hero.
I hope that this particular Music Therapy choice will inspire you to face the day.... the mellow soul way!
This week's selection for Music Therapy with Moon goes out to the ladies... with a message. We are stronger than we sometimes give ourselves credit for. Every once and a while, we need to hear an anthem. One that motivates us and reminds us that no human would be here without us. This anthem comes from Neneh Cherry, and the song is "Woman". Enjoy!!
Woman
You gotta be fortunate
You gotta be lucky now
I was just sitting here
Thinking good and bad
But I'm the kinda woman
That was built to last
They tried erasing me
They couldn't wipe out my past
To save my child
I'd rather go hungry
I got all of Ethiopia
Inside of me
And my blood flows
Through every man
In this godless land that delivered me
I've cried so many tears even the blind can see
This is a woman's world
This is my world
This is a woman's world
For this man's girl
There ain't a woman in this world
Not a woman or a girl
That can't deliver love
In a man's world
I've born and I've bread
I've cleaned and I've fed
And for my healing wits
I've been called a witch
I've crackled in the fire
And been called a liar
Died so many times
I'm only just coming to life
(Woman)
This is a woman's world
This is my world
(Woman)
This is a woman's world
For this man's girl
(Woman)
There ain't a woman in this world
Not a woman or a girl
(Woman)
That can't deliver love
To a man's world
And my blood flows
Through every man and every child
In this godless land that delivered me
I cried so many tears, even the blind can see
(Woman)
This is a woman's world
This is my world
(Woman)
This is a woman's world
For this man's girl
(Woman)
There ain't a woman in this world
Not a woman or a girl
(Woman)
That can't deliver love
In a man's world
(Woman)
I'm back, y'all!!! My week sailing the Caribbean was a much needed dose of fun, rest and relaxation... and between you and me, I am exhausted! LOL
I have so much to share with you (Yes, I have photos!!) this week, but this is my first day back to the usual routine, so I am going to start the week with a great little ditty that will be sure to make you do the monkey on the way to work!
I hope you enjoy the newest tune by Raphael Saadiq, called Radio!!!
We've all had instances where we've taken blessings that have entered our lives for granted: whether its in the form of people, lessons or opportunities. This week's Music Therapy with Miss Moon comes with the reminder to appreciate what you have if it's valuable to you because (Joni Mitchell never lies) you don't know what you've Got 'til It's Gone.
Happy Monday, Everybody!!! Am I the only one who thinks that time is going by so very very fast? It seems like yesterday it was summer and now we're two weeks into a whole new year! Wow!!!
I am so very excited to share a song I have been loving for a while. It's the perfect kind of song to listen to on the subway, headed for work.... Aloe Blacc, "I Need a Dollar". Enjoy!!
What better way to start the week than with a song that moves your feet and makes you want to dance your way into whatever adventure the next seven days have to offer you?!? I discovered this song this past weekend and promptly fell head over heels!!
I love me some Shingai Shoniwa... Dope hair? Check! Dope voice? Check! And the last thing you all need to check is this fantastic rendition of Miriam Makeba's "Kilimanjaro" the Noisettes recorded exclusively for Shape What's To Come...an online community courtesy of Levi's where women can find (based on shared interests and passions, regardless of age or location.) perspective and support from women like themselves…or perhaps from women nothing like themselves!
I got very excited when I read the title of this song, thinking "Manchild" might be a remake of the Neneh Cherry song of the same title. It wasn't Neneh's song (Which is one of my favorites), but this definitely was a beautiful tune. I love Amanda Diva because she is really a renaissance woman, something there aren't too many of out there today.
Today in Washington D.C., Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and a few thousand friends tried get themselves a paragraph in the story that is this country's history. To grab a piece of the light that is the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with their "Restoring Honor" rally. It is of my opinion that they did it in vain, as nothing possible could discount Dr. King's "I Have a Dream Speech". But bless their (very) little hearts for trying.
This week's "for a Saturday Night" song goes out to Glenn, Sarah and their posse. It's about someone they could all relate to. A real American..... Boy.
The land of plenty is the land of privilege
For your blue-eyed culture deprived American boy
You got your dicks in a twist and you're raising your fist
But your argument has been bought and paid for
American boy
So flex that corporate muscle with your media circle jerks
While you sell out humanity
ADHD, OCD, social anxiety
It's money baby!
Hey!
You're pushing me
Hey!
I'm pushing you
No rhyme or reason
Watch your television
Hey!
You're pushing me
Hey!
I'm pushing you
No rhyme or reason
Watch your television
Frat boys and military toys
All I see is white noise
With your pussy collection and your simple minds
I never knew tits could sell so many cars
And you fucking debutantes with your skin-flicks
What the fuck's the matter with you?
Gloss up your lips, Show us your tits
All for your fifteen minutes of nothin'
I just gotta laugh at you
I am feeling very very much like a Brooklyn Geechee today, y'all... There's been a great deal of Marcy Ave-type Magick afoot....... and I am loving it!
First after weeks of searching, I finally found a bottle of Absolut Brooklyn. Then I heard the AWESOME video "Stuy (On My Mind" by Fresh Daily, and lastly, courtesy of the Afro Punk Blog,I discovered that Mos Def and Lenny Kravitz (Two of Bed-Stuy's Finest!!) have joined together with the Gulf Aid All-Stars to record this great blues meets hip hop collaboration called "Ain't My Fault".. Check it Out!!
What do you think about the video? Want to help with Gulf Aid, click here!
This is my first time posting a Lamya song on my blog because her death over a year ago continues to be a shock to me. Her album, Learning From Falling has helped me through many dark days in my 20s and it continues to be one of my favorites. It's such a shame that we won't ever get to hear new music from her.
But oh I am not afraid
To be a lone bohemian
I can paint a portrait of myself
I will call me a black Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa
Come to discover - I am your daughter
The sky above me is silent and empty
I am an island
A little freak of melancholy
But these hands
They unbead your rosary of wisdom
Bewitched, spellbound I'm found
And returned from superstition
You are my martyr
I'm a vestige of a revolution
My alma, my mater
And now I can let go
My old addictive solutions
But oh I am not afraid
To be a lone bohemian
I can paint a portrait of myself
I will call me a black Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa
Come to discover - I am your daughter
I used to be a connoisseur
Of hate, self hate, paternal hate
Hate cum gratis
I connected every kind
Sipping it like red wine
The insecurity was mine
The ties that bind were
My design
But oh I am not afraid
To be a lone bohemian
I can paint a portrait of myself
I will call me a black Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa
Come to discover - I am your daughter
The sun is still unkind
To those like you and me
Seekers of sanctuary
Though I'm not afraid
I'm sanctified and fortified
Because you sacrified
I can call myself Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa,
Men have adored you
But oh I am not afraid
To be a lone bohemian
I can paint a portrait of myself
I will call me a black Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa
Come to discover - I am your daughter
Earlier this week, my song selection for this Saturday Night, played when I had my iPod on shuffle. The song played as I rode the bus down Fulton Street and I remarked how happy I am to be back in Brooklyn.
I loved living Upstate in Corning, and was loved by my hubby-to-be and his fantastic family, but I felt at times very much like a fish out of water. My race made me a minority, but the fact that I have natural hair, a nosering and tattoos made me much more of a minority.
Hearing this song this week reminded me of the wonderful things about "Where I'm From", so with gratitude, I share this song... Enjoy your Saturday Night!!
Peace.. peace.. peace y'all!
(Strange!) Real strange.. real strange..
(An overdose..) A.. nickel bag of funk
(WE GOT BEAT!!)
Now move on.. move on.. yeah..
("Hey man are you ready to go?") Yeah..
[Butterfly]
Boogie jive and rap is life where I'm from
Where I'm from, I might play with Izzy where I'm from
Where I'm from, it be like, "run your coat black"
Jupiter, keeps her fat beats by the pack
Where I'm from, nappy hair is life
We be reading Marx where I'm from
The kids be rockin Clarks where I'm from
You turn around your cap, you talk over a beat
and dig some sounds boomin out a jeep
Where I'm from, cocoons hide the youth, swoon units 100 proof
You want some beef, they will cut you some
Where I'm form, the beats is infinite where I'm from
Voodoo, ashubani, gangsta lean where I'm from
I'm interplanetary, my insect movements vary
It's kinky if it's hair, G, where I'm from
The firehoses blow, it's purple wind and snow
I do a hit and go, SPLIT
It's hip, what's hip? When hip is just the norm
Cause Planets pledge allegiance to the funk in all it's forms
The kinks, the dance, the prints in all the shirts
My grandmother told my mother it's Africa at work
On vibes, we freak, them universal beats
You find it at the spot you hit at ends of every week
We twist, exist, to spin the maddest hits
Up here funk is our neighbor so we paid her a visit
The lip we sip can't house the nine zips
For rock we can't do nothin, for this we come equipped
Off disc, off tape, rap blastin til from 8
The really truly fat the fly on the flip
Cocoa gotta know, how Planets, gotta roll
Speak the mega cool, get funky as a goal
It's calm, relax, we're only some new jacks
that acts from the funk but don't play the role
Where you from?
....
[Doodlebug]
Weekend "Dig Plans" got T's where I'm from
Where I'm from, it's Collins 13 where I'm from
Where I'm from, brothers took the beat and got fly
(Why?) That's most asked by 85, where I'm from
Fakin the funk you get did
Projects, tenements, pyramids
Where I'm from, we're livin off the boom boom crack
It's that hip hop rockers jazz when I max
Peace be the greeting of the insect tribe
Pestilent forces can't catch the vibe
We live to love and we love to rock mics
We speak in ghetto tongue cause ghetto's the life
Food for thought so get a buffet plate
The lyrics are so fat you might gain weight
So just watch me step alone, into the sunset
Left foot right foot 1-2 mic check
Brewin funk inside my soul kitchen
So pull up a chair here's a bit have a listen
of hardhead intervene, damn I know you're fluent
Yeah, cause Doodle ain't havin it and Butterfly knew it
Where you from?
....
[Ladybug]
Venus acts a fool at the square right? (Yeah)
Doctors engineer in apparel right? (Yeah)
Hip-Hop made a point last year right? (Yeah)
But Planets is the joint this year right? (Yeah)
Planets got the dubs and live to grass-hop
Duck out from the fuzz, that sweat the hip-hop
Risin like we foam, get it from the dome
I'm from where the fat beats stretch for mad blocks
We can get a kit, without, no thread
Feelin funky beats go straight, to the head
Fall into a club, dig on what we love
It be past six, before we reach bed
Butter freaks on relics we say, those are fat
Doodle makin silk, LaQuan, where it's at?
We need to stack a sack, for rap to take us dap
So we treat our clips, just like, bustin caps
Rip it til dawn, kick it til dawn
Hip-Hop is the fix, or else, we be gone
People thought they canned it, rap is not by bandits
Digable Planets got it, goin on
{all together}
Everywhere, every every where (yeah) *8X*
So NYC is in the midst of a heatwave... we have had temperatures in the 90s (Yesterday it was actually 105 degrees!!) . While I love the sun, the heat can really be a drag sometimes. So I decided to pick a really cool song for this week's Music Therapy with Miss Moon. A song that feels like a cool breeze...
So I hope you all will enjoy "Little Red Boat" by Angel Grant.
Tonight was a lovely day for yours truly. I relaxed in the house, washed, deep-conditioned and braided my hair, gave myself a lovely manicure and pedicure (I am head over heels in love with the color... to be blogged about later, I'm sure!) and just flat out enjoyed my day.
Throughout the past few hours of this day, this song has been in my head... I was humming it while washing my hair, while applying top coat and while munching on a delicious pizza my honey brought me.
I love Zap Mama to death, and it shouldn't come as a surprise to me that this song is dope as hell!!! I hope you all will enjoy "Drifting" by Zap Mama featuring G. Love.
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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has helped me through many dark days in my 20s and it continues to be one of my favorites. It's such a shame that we won't ever get to hear new music from her.
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