‘Her eyes sparkled like lights along the new city. Her lips pursed as if her breath was too sweet and full for her mouth to hold. I said, “You are the beautiful, distress of mathematics.” I said, “For you, I would peel open the clouds like new fruit. And give you lightning and thunder as a dowry. I would make the sky shed all of it’s stars like rain. And I would clasp the constellations across your waist. And I would make the heavens your cape. And they would be pleased to cover you.’ -MOS DEF u speak to my heart!
Andrée Belle
music love inspiration
Tagged with lyrics …
come a little closer
so you can sing along…
i feel your energy/slowly come over me/it makes me do things/say things/beyond my craziest dreams/didn’t know i could be so bold/with you i’m so exposed/i’m coming out my body and i’m fallin into yours
getting heavy i can’t pull away/so come a little/come a little closer now/our hearts are brave atleast that’s what they say/so come a little/come a little closer now
our star divides in two/which creates me and you/found universal truth/your love it was the root/the way we stir it up/we cannot hide/behind your left shoulder i saw the light
getting heavy i can’t pull away/so come a little/come a little closer now/our hearts are brave atleast that’s what they say/so come a little/come a little closer now…
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“behind your left shoulder i saw the light” is a reference from a Paulo Coelho book, where he says that you see a light over the left shoulder of your soul mate…
“the way we stir it up” Bob Marley reference. i love putting references in songs from other artists that have inspired me 
listen on myspace.com/andreebelle
overflow
the lyrics of overflow came so organically … inspired from a poem i wrote that explores the connection of our sexuality to our spirituality…
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come into it deep/do me till i weep/put it on repeat/vibrate till we fall asleep (x4)
can i dance for you/pray to your shrine/ give me communion/taste your holy wine/ make me fly beyond the sun with your heat/rock so deep so hard/breathe me bitter sweet.
come into it deep/do me till i weep/put it on repeat/vibrate till we fall asleep (x4)
create a blue flick/ooh it’s gettin obscene/gritty gritty dirty dirty/like i’m high on caffeine/fuck the routine/he went on a mission like a submarine
come into it deep/do me till i weep/put it on repeat/vibrate till we fall asleep (x4)
when you’re away
when your’re away
my world just ain’t the same boy
when you’re away
my sky turns purple to grey boy
i can’t smile for days
it’s impossible
every little thing reminds me of u
when ur away
i don’t laugh the same boy
and when ur away
i forget my own name boy
i might be a bit obsessed
like Romeo and Juliet
when ur away
every little thing
reminds me of u
(x million)
Dance With Me
The most pop oriented track of the album… It’s fun, feel good, jamiroquai inspired… It’s all about elevating yourself through dance…. So you can sing along…
Music unites the human race/So let the melody take you to that place/Where you feel so good, so high/Come on baby dance to feel alive/Spreading positivity/We are one yeah you and me
This requires all your senses/Dance with me/Dance with me/So let down your defenses/Dance with me/Dance with me/This requires all your senses (baby)/Dance with me/Dance with me/So let down your defenses (yeah)/Dance with me/Dance with me
To receive you must allow/Sometimes I don’t know how/But I’ll find a way/Dance into the break of day/This requires all your senses/So let down your defenses/Baby you’re a superstar/Burn bright and show them who you are
This requires all your senses/Dance with me/Dance with me/So let down your defenses/Dance with me/Dance with me/This requires all your senses (baby)/Dance with me/Dance with me/So let down your defenses (yeah)/Dance with me/Dance with me
(one of my dreams- to be the dancer in the ipod ads!)
variety pack
this was the 1st song Dre and i wrote. i thought of the concept after hearing this man telling another man that he can’t be with just one woman cause it’s like eating the same cereal everyday… and i thought well maybe he needs a woman that’s a variety pack…lol… and why should women be limited to only be thought of as one flavor…we are complex creatures- with many colors/layers/and flavors if you will… (there are many things that make us up and maybe if he’s bored with his one woman- he’s just stopped rediscovering her… because we are always evolving… but i digress… )
lyrics:
being with one woman/heard a man say/is like eatin the same cereal/every single day/but what he don’t know/bout women like me/the variety pack/kinda woman that you need
give u what u lack with my apple jacks/get u back on track on honey smacks/come on baby for a little midnight snack/you’ll keep coming back to this variety pack
salty one day/so so sweet the next/satisfy your every taste/ one you can’t replace/you’re craving for me cause i got what you need/delicious lovin all varieties
give u what u lack with my apple jacks/get u back on track on honey smacks/come on baby for a little midnight snack/you’ll keep coming back to this variety pack
you like my coco puffs/yeah i can give it to you rough/with my frosted flakes/all natural/nothing fake/come get a scoop of my fruit loop/i wanna make your day like some special k
give u what u lack with my apple jacks/get u back on track on honey smacks/come on baby for a little midnight snack/you’ll keep coming back to this variety pack
listen to the song on http://www.myspace.com/andreebelle
DiScOmBoBuLaToR
this song was 1st inspired by Dre’s discombobulator pedal… but evolved into an anthem for those that want to live outside the box so to speak…so u can sing along… lyrics for Discombobulator ..
i’m tired of f*cking, i need some romance,
i’m tired of fake chicks with their tits and ass enhanced
i’m tired of them callin me sayin a lot of nothing,
(laugh) think they’re saying somethin…
they can’t tell u who you are no,
they can’t tell me who i am inside
so put on your headphones, make your body move
dis-com-bob-u-la-tor
i’m breakin the funk out this box they put me in
i’m breakin open your head so i can breathe again
inject your heart, lose your mind,
explore dimensions, alter time
they can’t tell u who you are no,
they can’t tell me who i am inside (just shine)
so put on your headphones, make your body move
dis-com-bob-u-la-tor
listen on myspace.com/andreebelle or andreebelle.com
THE HOUSE OF ENDLESS LOVE
one of the songs that didn’t make it on the album was inspired by my favorite poet, Rumi… just wanted to share some lines from his many works…
drink in this inspiration from his words…
“Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul? I cannot stop asking. If I could take one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks.”
“But don’t be satisfied with poems and stories of how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth, without complicated explanation, so everyone will understand the passage, WE HAVE OPENED YOU…”
“You’ve been in love with reflections, now embrace their origin. Come, let nothing stand between us.”
“YOU ARE THE ROOT OF HEAVEN, THE MORNING STAR, THE BRIGHT MOON, THE HOUSE OF ENDLESS LOVE.”
detours to our dreams and lessons learned
our dreams often don’t unfold the way we planned… we can envision our dream becoming a reality, work towards our dream diligently, and trust that the universe (or God) will make everything align and still the dream doesn’t SEEM to come into fruition… but i believe we should dare to adjust our perception and think perhaps this is just a detour, a lesson to be learned before our dream comes true… and perhaps our dream might come true in an even grander way… there are INFINITE POSSIBILITES!!!!…
now that the album is in the completion phase, i can reflect and see the detours to my dreams and the lessons i’ve learned…. here’s the cliffs notes version on the reflection of how i’ve arrived to where i am today…..i grew up singing, knowing this is what i wanted to do… i loved growing up in North Carolina but was super focused on going to NYC after high school to pursue music. unfortunately, i was discouraged by many to go to a place so big where i would be swallowed up by heathens or something like that…so i ended up staying in NC and going to study opera for 2 years at UNCG… (detour: Greensboro, NC) (lesson learned: don’t let anyone tell you where/how you should live your life)… my music education was valuable and i made some great friendships yet i didn’t really get a sense of the music business in the small town of Greensboro… fortunately, my uncle mario heard me sing at my mom’s wedding and encouraged me to come to LA to sing and live with him there. so july 4, 2001, i left to drive across country to explore this other world (because it IS another world)… the first year here i sang back up gigs, made a pop demo (that was supposed to consist of music i wrote but ended up being butchered, over processed, and unauthentic) (lesson learned: make music that truly represents who you are and what you’re about)… also, my dad stopped talking to me i think (i’m still not sure) because he was upset that i was dropping out of school-though i never said i was dropping out it was more of a break really- after a year of adjustment to LA, i ended up going to USC’s School of Music and studying jazz (much more fitting for my love of freedom and improvisation in music)… unfortunately, because i had a jealous, insecure boyfriend i didn’t gig that much- he was very threatened by me collaborating with others (lesson learned: don’t let others hold you back from living your dream- it they’re trying to hold you back they don’t really know how to love you)… also, i was working in a burlesque / gentleman’s club to pay for the other half of my tuition that wasn’t covered with grants…(so many lessons learned there – see my blog on empowerment through our sexuality)… not a very healthy environment… after school i took yet another 2 year detour (i didn’t know how to really go for it… and i was scared)… (detour: The William Morris Agency). after learning a ridiculous amount about the music business (my boss was amazing enough to let me sit in on all the meetings with these music biz geniuses), i still found myself unhappy on the business side of things and not doing what i was meant to be doing- SINGING damn it! (lesson learned: sometimes we have to take detours to gain information that will later help us excel in our dreams!!!). so i did some spiritual work (i need many blogs to express the spiritual work i did and am still doing), i read countless books one called “feel the fear and do it anyway” (i know -bad title but good book for me at the time), i reread “the alchemist” (the book that made me believe in signs and influenced my big move to LA in the first place), also took in “the power of the subconscious mind” and absorbed many, many other books… i’m a queen of inspirational reads- i can send you a list just email me … things shifted. i transformed. (well i’m still transforming!) then i just went for it! i even reached out to musicians way beyond my echelon for advice, guidance, and connections. why not? what did i have to lose? (lesson learned: always aim to surround yourself with people that know more than you do in order to grow)… and from reaching out to Prince’s keyboard player, who didn’t have time to produce my record as he was on tour with Prince, i was connected with the super talented Andre De Sant’anna who produced and co-wrote M.U.S.I.C. with me (a dream come true), which has been the last 2 years of my life (along with way too much for this blog – that’s more bio material 40 years from now)… And out of our musical collaboration a deep love flourished… (lessons learned: our dreams sometimes are intertwined (a dream of love and music), sometimes they don’t come true in the way we expect them to, and sometimes they unfold grander than we imagined)…
now to dream a bigger dream
moments
“moments” is a song from M.U.S.I.C. that grew from a poem i wrote awhile ago when my love and i were first starting our relationship… it came out so organically… and one night when dre was playing his upright bass, i started singing the poem…
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i lost myself inside your sex / subconscious desires that i suppressed / obsessed until i became possessed / thoughts in my head your soul undressed / in a craze for days / lost in this love maze / finally understood the deep purple haze / can’t count the ways your body gives me praise…
tonight i wanna get lost in u / find myself in the way u move / our love making will be your muse / i can feel your pain / and it’s the sweetest blues…
when the sun comes up / it’s my heart you’ve accrued, renewed, on it is your name tattooed/ they say with no attachment we can never lose / but it’s too late now / eternity together infused / with u there’s nothing i can’t say or do / in the world of life vs. death / it’s a life in love i choose…
tonight i wanna get lost in u / find myself in the way u move / our love making will be your muse / i can feel your pain / and it’s the sweetest blues…
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i love sharing lyrics- to me lyrics are just as important as the music in the creation of a song… and when we can take in the lyrics before hearing the music, it takes on new meaning when we eventually do hear the words combined with the melody, instrumentation, and arrangement… there’s also a little operatic part i sing in the background. Diana Booker lends her amazing vocals on the track for the bridge- she gives it some reggae flavor! the mixture of all of these elements makes “moments” very different, can’t wait for you to hear it!!!! it’s become one of my favorites on the album… “moments” of love are coming your way soooooooon (the mixing process has officially begun)!!!!!
