Originally being from Kansas City, Missouri, and still having a number of friends from there who never left, I can at times get the word on what some of the hot musical acts are that are making the rounds of the bars in that area. That is how I first heard about rapper TechN9ne and about rock band Puddle of Mudd. And, since the year 2013, that is how I kept hearing about this blues rocker named Samantha Fish.
As the years have gone by, she has broadened her style to include elements of country, pop, jazz, and even hip-hop in her music and singing style, and changed her image from long-haired honey blonde to bleach-blonde with a hairstyle a la Marilyn Monroe combined with big fake eyelashes. But her playing and singing style is as fierce as ever, still very rooted in the blues, and it seems like her star keeps inexorably rising, even though what she plays isn't what would be considered trendy.
Back in mid-2021, feeling restless from the pandemic having shut down many live music shows for months and months, then things were starting to open back up and live performance began being more common once more, I talked a friend of mine from New York into going to see Samantha Fish with me. She was playing a club in Tucson that might hold 250 people, maximum, and he went along with the idea, though he emphasized that he was just trusting my judgement, as he had never heard any of her material. And she and her band just TORE IT UP on stage, climaxing with several tunes where she was using her home-built cigar-box guitar. And my New Yorker friend became a hardcore fan, having seen her live twice since, and talking me into seeing her again next September when she rolls back in to the southern Arizona desert. Right now, she is working her way through Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, having already played dates in the U.K. and Spain. Don't know with today's musical climate if she will become a blockbuster act, headlining festivals, but she certainly deserves to be! Here is one of her signature songs, from 2019's Kill or be Kind.
BULLETPROOF
(Written by Samantha Fish)
You got me trained to sit on a stage
Not show my rage for you
You got my love, its not enough
I need to prove it to you
What's the difference, what's the difference
What's the difference in me, now?
I can change, I can change, I can change oh tell me how, oh
I'd turn this on you, I'd turn it on you, turn it on you
Oh...but you're bulletproof!
Turn it on you, I'd turn this on you, I'd turn it on you
But you're bulletproof!
You got my gaze, I'm just a phase
A shift in your point of view
Rocks are off, you demagogue
I'm just someone to talk to
Make me feel something real, I'd fall for your muse
Where's the spark thru the dark for you light my fuse?
But it's all about you!
I'd turn it on you, turn it on you, I'd turn it on you
Oh...but you're bulletproof!
I'd turn it on you, turn it on you, I'd turn it on you, yeah
But you're bulletproof!
Oh...it's all about YOU, baby!
Broken things, I kick and scream, I'd fall apart to move you
Shot down in vogue, I got the joke, you need me bulletproof
Twisted up and turned out, you say I'm crazy now
You're bellicose, I loved you so, I'm on my way out
I'm on my way out!
I'd turn it on you, turn it on you, I'd turn it on you
But you're bulletproof!
I'd turn it on you, turn it on you, I'd turn it on you
But you're bulletproof!
Oh, I make you bulletproof
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rbPZSM8R-o
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The title track from SF's 2021 album Faster, where she sings in more of a country music style. But the guitar solo still comes straight out of the blues.
FASTER
(Written by Martin Kierszenbaum, Samantha Fish)
Come on, right here, I'm gonna be a little forward
So shy, locked eyes, why you sitting in the corner
I'll be nice, I won't bite, can ya come a little closer?
It's alright, I just might be the type to wanna be a little bolder
I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh
You're gonna ooh-ooh-ooh
That's how I'll make your heart beat faster, faster
I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh
You're gonna ooh-ooh-ooh
That's how I'll make your heart beat faster, faster
Oh well, do tell, do you need some motivation
Come here, right now cause I got an inclination
Let's fight and make up, like a story in a movie
One night, break up where ya, role play like a groupie
I wanna
I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh
You're gonna ooh-ooh-ooh
That's how I'll make your heart beat faster, faster
I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh
You're gonna ooh-ooh-ooh
That's how I'll make your heart beat faster, faster
I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh
You're gonna ooh-ooh-ooh
That's how I'll make your heart beat faster, faster
I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh
You're gonna ooh-ooh-ooh
That's how I'll make your heart beat faster, faster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7deWpfw-sHg
FASTER
(Written by Martin Kierszenbaum, Samantha Fish)
Come on, right here, I'm gonna be a little forward
So shy, locked eyes, why you sitting in the corner
I'll be nice, I won't bite, can ya come a little closer?
It's alright, I just might be the type to wanna be a little bolder
I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh
You're gonna ooh-ooh-ooh
That's how I'll make your heart beat faster, faster
I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh
You're gonna ooh-ooh-ooh
That's how I'll make your heart beat faster, faster
Oh well, do tell, do you need some motivation
Come here, right now cause I got an inclination
Let's fight and make up, like a story in a movie
One night, break up where ya, role play like a groupie
I wanna
I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh
You're gonna ooh-ooh-ooh
That's how I'll make your heart beat faster, faster
I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh
You're gonna ooh-ooh-ooh
That's how I'll make your heart beat faster, faster
I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh
You're gonna ooh-ooh-ooh
That's how I'll make your heart beat faster, faster
I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna ooh-ooh-ooh
You're gonna ooh-ooh-ooh
That's how I'll make your heart beat faster, faster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7deWpfw-sHg
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Sam's latest single, from this year's Paper Doll.
LOSE YOU
(Written by Samantha Fish)
I could wear you down in only just one weekend
You think you're tough, but babe you ain't been in the deep-end
Cause I I wanna be your god
You, you only see a fraud
But I could still kiss you in ways you'd find indecent
Don't wanna lose you, but I'm on the loose now baby
Sweet talk seduce me, come on and move me baby
Don't act so innocent, you've got a touch of taboo yeah
You want it all but can't commit to a tattoo now
You, you wanna take a shot, before I take what you got
You think you're all I need, but baby that's the bad news
I don't wanna lose you, but I'm on the loose baby
Sweet talk, seduce me, come on and move me baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Oh baby are you gonna give it away?
Are you gonna lose me now? Hey hey
Don't wanna lose you, but I'm on the loose baby
Sweet talk, seduce me, come on and move me baby
I could wear you down now just give me a reason
You think you're tough but you won't be the one who's leavin'
So do you wanna run with me?
Or kill my fantasy?
I'm tired of giving, and giving, and giving and giving baby yeah
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMY6TRQM-yc
LOSE YOU
(Written by Samantha Fish)
I could wear you down in only just one weekend
You think you're tough, but babe you ain't been in the deep-end
Cause I I wanna be your god
You, you only see a fraud
But I could still kiss you in ways you'd find indecent
Don't wanna lose you, but I'm on the loose now baby
Sweet talk seduce me, come on and move me baby
Don't act so innocent, you've got a touch of taboo yeah
You want it all but can't commit to a tattoo now
You, you wanna take a shot, before I take what you got
You think you're all I need, but baby that's the bad news
I don't wanna lose you, but I'm on the loose baby
Sweet talk, seduce me, come on and move me baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Oh baby are you gonna give it away?
Are you gonna lose me now? Hey hey
Don't wanna lose you, but I'm on the loose baby
Sweet talk, seduce me, come on and move me baby
I could wear you down now just give me a reason
You think you're tough but you won't be the one who's leavin'
So do you wanna run with me?
Or kill my fantasy?
I'm tired of giving, and giving, and giving and giving baby yeah
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
Would you give it away, give it away, give it away tell me now baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMY6TRQM-yc
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In the early days, circa 2013, I'm guessing: Samantha Fish playing "Lay It Down".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8mTTneBsv4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8mTTneBsv4
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A quieter mood from her:
DREAM GIRL
(Written by Samantha Fish, Jim McCormick)
Say I'm your dream girl, drift away with me
We spread our wings and fly as far as we can see
But when you're ready you go back to the ground, and I can't come down
If I could give up, a happy ever after
I'd be gone
If you could live up to the dreams that I've been having
I'd hold on
Say I'm your dream girl, come to your aide
I fight your demons as it was my own crusade
And in the morning when you go, I face a darkness you will never know
If I could give up, a happy ever after
I'd be gone
If you could live up to the dreams that I've been having
I'd hold on
Say I'm your dream girl, you call on my love
Give the parts of your heart you think I'm worthy of
I wish you'd take the rest of me, these tears they kill your fantasy I know, oh I know
If I could give up, a happy ever after
I'd be gone
If you could live up to the dreams that I've been having
I'd hold on
If I could give up, a happy ever after
I'd be gone
If you could live up to the dreams that I've been having
I'd hold on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb11JsFdk2c
DREAM GIRL
(Written by Samantha Fish, Jim McCormick)
Say I'm your dream girl, drift away with me
We spread our wings and fly as far as we can see
But when you're ready you go back to the ground, and I can't come down
If I could give up, a happy ever after
I'd be gone
If you could live up to the dreams that I've been having
I'd hold on
Say I'm your dream girl, come to your aide
I fight your demons as it was my own crusade
And in the morning when you go, I face a darkness you will never know
If I could give up, a happy ever after
I'd be gone
If you could live up to the dreams that I've been having
I'd hold on
Say I'm your dream girl, you call on my love
Give the parts of your heart you think I'm worthy of
I wish you'd take the rest of me, these tears they kill your fantasy I know, oh I know
If I could give up, a happy ever after
I'd be gone
If you could live up to the dreams that I've been having
I'd hold on
If I could give up, a happy ever after
I'd be gone
If you could live up to the dreams that I've been having
I'd hold on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb11JsFdk2c
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From her third album Wild Heart (2015), an acoustic cover:
I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU
(Written by Junior Kimbrough)
I'm in love
Been in love a long time
With you, baby
With you now
Nobody (nobody)
Nobody but you
On my mind
Give me your hand
Let me make love to you
Let me make love to you
Yeah, yeah, oh, oh, oh
Let me make love to you
Baby, be true to me
If you'll be true to me
I'll be true to you
I'll be true to you
Eye-eh-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll be true to you
I'll be true to you
Let me make love to you
'Cause I'll be true to you
Let me make love to you
I'll be true to you
Let me make love to you
'Cause I'll be true to you
I'll be true to you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceiINOUy-kE
I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU
(Written by Junior Kimbrough)
I'm in love
Been in love a long time
With you, baby
With you now
Nobody (nobody)
Nobody but you
On my mind
Give me your hand
Let me make love to you
Let me make love to you
Yeah, yeah, oh, oh, oh
Let me make love to you
Baby, be true to me
If you'll be true to me
I'll be true to you
I'll be true to you
Eye-eh-yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll be true to you
I'll be true to you
Let me make love to you
'Cause I'll be true to you
Let me make love to you
I'll be true to you
Let me make love to you
'Cause I'll be true to you
I'll be true to you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceiINOUy-kE
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The title track from her all-covers 4th studio album, released in 2017:
CHILLS AND FEVER
(Written by Bobby Rackep, Billy J. Ross)
Woah, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
When you hold my hand
Tell me that you're my loving man
Kiss me and squeeze me tight
Tell me baby, wanna love all night?
I get low, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
When it's late at night
And when you hold me tight
Tell me that you love me so
Never, ever, ever let me go
I get low, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
I get low, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
Oh, why
Oh!
You can call me anytime
I'll come running rain or shine
Tell you that I love you so
Never, ever, ever let you go
I get low, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
I get low, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
I get low, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRILQk5ydU0
CHILLS AND FEVER
(Written by Bobby Rackep, Billy J. Ross)
Woah, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
When you hold my hand
Tell me that you're my loving man
Kiss me and squeeze me tight
Tell me baby, wanna love all night?
I get low, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
When it's late at night
And when you hold me tight
Tell me that you love me so
Never, ever, ever let me go
I get low, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
I get low, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
Oh, why
Oh!
You can call me anytime
I'll come running rain or shine
Tell you that I love you so
Never, ever, ever let you go
I get low, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
I get low, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
I get low, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Oh, chills and fever
Chills and fever's what you give to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRILQk5ydU0
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A cut from Sammy's fifth studio album Belle of the West, also released in 2017:
BLOOD IN THE WATER
(Written by Samantha Fish)
Run from your people
Run from your home
What is the matter?
What's goin' on?
I see the panic
I hear the howl
Tell me what did they do now
There is blood in the water
There is blood in the water
Where will you go?
I'd like to know
'Cause I've been thinking 'bout cutting out too
I see you still
It's just a chill
A thought that haunts everything that I do
There is blood in the water
There is blood in the water
A far wind blows
The bones exposed
While I was staring at the ground
All of those fears finally disappeared
How could we forget you now?
There is blood in the water
There is blood in the water
There is blood in the water
There is blood in the water
Oo-oo, woo-oo!
Oo-oo, woo-oo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMfMtbUr-BA
BLOOD IN THE WATER
(Written by Samantha Fish)
Run from your people
Run from your home
What is the matter?
What's goin' on?
I see the panic
I hear the howl
Tell me what did they do now
There is blood in the water
There is blood in the water
Where will you go?
I'd like to know
'Cause I've been thinking 'bout cutting out too
I see you still
It's just a chill
A thought that haunts everything that I do
There is blood in the water
There is blood in the water
A far wind blows
The bones exposed
While I was staring at the ground
All of those fears finally disappeared
How could we forget you now?
There is blood in the water
There is blood in the water
There is blood in the water
There is blood in the water
Oo-oo, woo-oo!
Oo-oo, woo-oo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMfMtbUr-BA
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KILL OR BE KIND
(Written by Jim McCormick, Samantha Fish)
Back before I was a homewrecker
I was a goodie good, good girl
Back before I was your heartbreaker
I was someone you could adore
Back before the love we made made me out a fool
I was looking for something more
Back before I put the fear of God in you
I was afraid to walk through your door
Oooooo
Make up your mind, I can kill or be kind
Baby, you decide, I can kill or be kind
Back before my kiss branded you
You were wild and free to roam
Back before I made a mess of the man in you
You were happy to be alone
Ooooooo
Make up your mind, I can kill or be kind
Baby, you decide, I can kill or be kind
Oooooo
Make up your mind
Baby, you decide, I can kill or be kind
Baby won't you make up your mind, I can kill or be kind
Baby, you decide, I can kill or be kind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEDgMsI7fd8
(Written by Jim McCormick, Samantha Fish)
Back before I was a homewrecker
I was a goodie good, good girl
Back before I was your heartbreaker
I was someone you could adore
Back before the love we made made me out a fool
I was looking for something more
Back before I put the fear of God in you
I was afraid to walk through your door
Oooooo
Make up your mind, I can kill or be kind
Baby, you decide, I can kill or be kind
Back before my kiss branded you
You were wild and free to roam
Back before I made a mess of the man in you
You were happy to be alone
Ooooooo
Make up your mind, I can kill or be kind
Baby, you decide, I can kill or be kind
Oooooo
Make up your mind
Baby, you decide, I can kill or be kind
Baby won't you make up your mind, I can kill or be kind
Baby, you decide, I can kill or be kind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEDgMsI7fd8
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Another track from Faster:
TWISTED AMBITION
(Written by Martin Kierszenbaum, Samantha Fish)
Gimme -- What's already in me
Sell me -- What you're into, tell me
Help me -- With your promise, empty
See me -- Take your crown, don't need you
Twisted ambition, I'm in control
Switch your position, time to let go
Break you -- Take the parts, remake you
Shape you -- Raise you up, create you
Won't you -- Be the one, devoted
Don't you -- Feel your heart's corroded
Twisted ambition, I'm in control
Yeah
Switch your position, time to let go
Whoa
Twisted ambition, I'm in control
Switch your position, time to let go
Oh
Twisted ambition, I'm in control
Switch your position, time to let go
Hey, yeah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEMnrnIqaEM
TWISTED AMBITION
(Written by Martin Kierszenbaum, Samantha Fish)
Gimme -- What's already in me
Sell me -- What you're into, tell me
Help me -- With your promise, empty
See me -- Take your crown, don't need you
Twisted ambition, I'm in control
Switch your position, time to let go
Break you -- Take the parts, remake you
Shape you -- Raise you up, create you
Won't you -- Be the one, devoted
Don't you -- Feel your heart's corroded
Twisted ambition, I'm in control
Yeah
Switch your position, time to let go
Whoa
Twisted ambition, I'm in control
Switch your position, time to let go
Oh
Twisted ambition, I'm in control
Switch your position, time to let go
Hey, yeah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEMnrnIqaEM
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From SF's 2nd album Black Wind Howling (2013):
SUCKER BORN
(Written by Samantha Fish)
Vegas left me weary, LA bled me dry
Skatin' on fumes as I cross the Nevada line
Witness left me hanging, like nobody seen
The place where you stood when I sold you all my dreams
Think you're gonna come on down
Think you're gonna show me round
I'd like to give you a piece of my mind
Think you're in it to win it
Sucker born every minute
Child gonna burn you every time
Little miss know it all
A cross I came to bear
Spot you from a mile out
They got tricks out there
He drowned in the desert
I truly believe
I tried to bring him up
Then he brought me to my knees
Say you're gonna come on down
Think you're gonna show me round
I'd like to give you a piece of my mind
Think you're in it to win it
Sucker born every minute
Child gonna burn you every time
Buckle up now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w929i0urXlo
SUCKER BORN
(Written by Samantha Fish)
Vegas left me weary, LA bled me dry
Skatin' on fumes as I cross the Nevada line
Witness left me hanging, like nobody seen
The place where you stood when I sold you all my dreams
Think you're gonna come on down
Think you're gonna show me round
I'd like to give you a piece of my mind
Think you're in it to win it
Sucker born every minute
Child gonna burn you every time
Little miss know it all
A cross I came to bear
Spot you from a mile out
They got tricks out there
He drowned in the desert
I truly believe
I tried to bring him up
Then he brought me to my knees
Say you're gonna come on down
Think you're gonna show me round
I'd like to give you a piece of my mind
Think you're in it to win it
Sucker born every minute
Child gonna burn you every time
Buckle up now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w929i0urXlo
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Another one from Fish's seventh album, Faster, featuring a guest appearance from Kansas City-based rapper Tech N9ne (real name Aaron D. Yates):
LOUD
(Written by Aaron D. Yates, Jim McCormick, Samantha Fish, Martin Kierszenbaum)
We're far away from the good ol' days
When we used to say what was on our mind
We pull away, don't get too close
But we both know that it's time
It's time, it's time
Ooh yeah, no, it's time, yeah, baby
Ooh, to bring it all on, to use your touch
To come on too strong, to say too much
'Cause I want you, baby, uh
And I want you loud, yeah
Baby, can you hear me?
Tell me, do you need me now?
Whatcha holdin' onto?
Babe, I only want you loud, yeah
Well, let it rip from the rooftops
I wanna know what you still got
What you still got, what you still got
Mm, oh, mm, wow
What you got, oh
To bring it all on, to use your touch
To come on too strong, to say too much, yeah
'Cause I want you, baby, oh-oh
And I want you loud, hey-eh
Baby, can you hear me?
Tell me do you need me, now?
Whatcha holdin' onto?
Babe, I only want you loud, yeah, yeah
Come on over here, oh
I can never keep it inside when I feel some way or I gotta release (Ooh, oh)
And I say a whole lot, they be hopin' it cease
People nowadays will make your word equivalent to a headshot
But when they really know what you say
It's cool and calm as TED Talk
Pride is in the way
All the fake and lies will end today
You're mistaken, why you in the grey?
I begin to spray lava, win the pay
'Cause I say what I wanna say when I wanna say it
What I come to lay if they're gonna play it
And you wonder why what you said fell
'Cause you walk around on eggshells (Yuh!)
People are so touchy
When I speak freely, never weak, we be
With the heat, please be tryna go roughly
When I'm beastly, you're gonna know dubbies
Emotions known to be a fight maker
But this heat is not a lightsaber
Stoop my truth when on white paper
If you come to me, I'll be the icebreaker (Yuh!)
Screamin' up into the heavens, I don't need a crowd (Oh)
At my highest decibel level, tryna beat it now
Not afraid of what I say and I can see you frown
'Cause you apprehensive and you hate the way I speak it LOUD!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMsz2hVUIYc
LOUD
(Written by Aaron D. Yates, Jim McCormick, Samantha Fish, Martin Kierszenbaum)
We're far away from the good ol' days
When we used to say what was on our mind
We pull away, don't get too close
But we both know that it's time
It's time, it's time
Ooh yeah, no, it's time, yeah, baby
Ooh, to bring it all on, to use your touch
To come on too strong, to say too much
'Cause I want you, baby, uh
And I want you loud, yeah
Baby, can you hear me?
Tell me, do you need me now?
Whatcha holdin' onto?
Babe, I only want you loud, yeah
Well, let it rip from the rooftops
I wanna know what you still got
What you still got, what you still got
Mm, oh, mm, wow
What you got, oh
To bring it all on, to use your touch
To come on too strong, to say too much, yeah
'Cause I want you, baby, oh-oh
And I want you loud, hey-eh
Baby, can you hear me?
Tell me do you need me, now?
Whatcha holdin' onto?
Babe, I only want you loud, yeah, yeah
Come on over here, oh
I can never keep it inside when I feel some way or I gotta release (Ooh, oh)
And I say a whole lot, they be hopin' it cease
People nowadays will make your word equivalent to a headshot
But when they really know what you say
It's cool and calm as TED Talk
Pride is in the way
All the fake and lies will end today
You're mistaken, why you in the grey?
I begin to spray lava, win the pay
'Cause I say what I wanna say when I wanna say it
What I come to lay if they're gonna play it
And you wonder why what you said fell
'Cause you walk around on eggshells (Yuh!)
People are so touchy
When I speak freely, never weak, we be
With the heat, please be tryna go roughly
When I'm beastly, you're gonna know dubbies
Emotions known to be a fight maker
But this heat is not a lightsaber
Stoop my truth when on white paper
If you come to me, I'll be the icebreaker (Yuh!)
Screamin' up into the heavens, I don't need a crowd (Oh)
At my highest decibel level, tryna beat it now
Not afraid of what I say and I can see you frown
'Cause you apprehensive and you hate the way I speak it LOUD!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMsz2hVUIYc