WANNA BE FREE

KING SIS, JOBII
SONGWRITERS: GABRIEL MILLMAN & BRITTNEY MILLS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: MAMA’S FREE
LABEL: EPIDEMIC SOUND
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 2020
 
          Sis is a Los Angeles, CA based artist (originally from the DMV) who began singing at the age of 7 in her grandfather's church in Alexandria, VA. Growing up in a musical family, and having been taught to play the classical piano at the age of 8 by her cousin, Dt Lamont, songwriting and performing came naturally to her. She became interested in the recording arts after completing her first job at the age of 9 doing voiceover work for a BET commercial. She first sang on studio recordings in a high school acapella group, Flint Hill Major Minors, and continued her early career as a recording artist with commissioned projects such as theme music for local radio shows and comedians, and songs for local special events. While studying art in college, she started two gospel groups with childhood friends, REIGN & His City, and began performing across the DMV area. After moving to Los Angeles, Sis continued her performing career as a world-touring background vocalist, working with prominent artists such as Kelela. Being somewhat shy, Sis always found confidence and refuge in the comfort of poetry and songwriting, and developed an inseparable relationship with music. Her songwriting centers around love and a return to the natural world in a modern life filled with virtual realities. Raised in the 90s during the ""golden age"" of hip-hop, remnants of social consciousness and a sense of royal self-awareness (hence the moniker ""King Sis"") can also be found in her songwriting.

Living for weekends
Wishing I could take
A break from this world
Running on a hampster wheel
But searching for something I can feel
I just wanna be a lost girl
And fly
 
Take a breath
Feel my wings spread
Levitate above the ground
And make eye contact with clouds
Now I'm rising
I'm soaring
Above it
It all, I just wanna be
 
Free
(Finally finally, finally)
Wanna be free
(Finally finally, finally)
Wanna be free
(Finally finally, finally)
Wanna be free
(Finally finally, finally)
 
Always daydreaming
Never imagined
I'd lose my spark
Living in this crazy time
Putting back the pieces of my mind
I know how to run from the dark
And fly
 
Take a breath
Feel my wings spread
Levitate into the clouds
I'm so high above the ground
I'm rising
I'm soaring
Above it
It all, I just wanna be
 
Free
(Finally finally, finally)
Wanna be free
(Finally finally, finally)
Wanna be free
(Finally finally, finally)
Wanna be free
(Finally finally, finally)
 
Higher, I gotta go higher
(A bird's eye view)
 
I'm rising
I'm soaring
Above it
It all, I just wanna be
 
Free
(Finally finally, finally)
Wanna be free
(Finally finally, finally)
Wanna be free
(Finally finally, finally)
Wanna be free
(Finally finally, finally)

WON’T GO HOME WITHOUT YOU

MAROON 5
SONGWRITER: ADAM LEVINE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: IT WON’T BE SOON BEFORE LONG
LABEL: A & M OCTONE
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2007
 
         Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. It currently consists of lead vocalist Adam Levine, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Jesse Carmichael, lead guitarist James Valentine, drummer Matt Flynn, keyboardist PJ Morton and multi-instrumentalist Sam Farrar. Original members Levine, Carmichael, bassist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick first came together as Kara's Flowers in 1994, while they were still in high school.
        After self-releasing their independent álbum We Like Digging?, the band signed to Reprise Records and released the album The Fourth World in 1997. The album garnered a tepid response, after which the record label dropped the band and the members focused on college. In 2001, the band re-emerged as Maroon 5, pursuing a different direction and adding guitarist Valentine. The band signed with Octone Records, an independent record label with a separate joint venture relationship with J Records and released their debut album Songs About Jane in June 2002. Aided by the singles "Harder to Breathe", "This Love" and "She Will Be Loved", the album peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 chart and went quadruple platinum in 2005. In the same year, the band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. In 2006, Dusick left the band after suffering from serious wrist and shoulder injuries and was replaced by Matt Flynn.
       The band's second álbum It Won't Be Soon Before Long was released in May 2007. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and the lead single "Makes Me Wonder", became the band's first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2010, the band released the third álbum Hands All Over, to mixed reviews, re-releasing a year later to include the single "Moves like Jagger", which topped the Billboard Hot 100. In 2012, Carmichael left the group and was replaced by musician PJ Morton, as the band released the fourth album Overexposed, with the song "One More Night", topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart for nine consecutive weeks.
        "Won't Go Home Without You" is a song by American band Maroon 5. It was released on November 6, 2007, as the third single from their second studio album It Won't Be Soon Before Long(2007).

I asked her to stay
But she wouldn't listen
And she left before I had the chance to say, oh
The words that would mend
The things that were broken
But now it's far too late; she's gone away
 
Every night you cry yourself to sleep
Thinking: "Why does this happen to me?
Why does every moment have to be so hard?"
Hard to believe that
 
It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you
The taste of her breath
I'll never get over
The noises that you made kept me awake
Oh
The weight of the things that remained unspoken
Built up so much it crushed us everyday
 
Every night you cry yourself to sleep
Thinking: "Why does this happen to me?
Why does every moment have to be so hard?"
Hard to believe that
 
It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you
 
It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you
 
Of all the things I felt but never really shown
Perhaps the worst is that I ever let you go
I should not ever let you go, oh, oh, oh
 
It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you
 
Oh, oh, oh
It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you
And I won't go home without you
And I won't go home without you
And I won't go home without you.

AND I LOVE HER

THE BEATLES
SONGWRITERS: JOHN LENNON & PAUL MCCARTNEY
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: A HARD DAY’S NIGHT
LABEL: PARLOPHONE RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1964
 
         The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The group, whose best-known line-up comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are regarded as the most influential band of all time. They were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and popular music's recognition as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways; the band later explored music styles ranging from ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects of the music industry and were often publicised as leaders of the era's youth and sociocultural movements.
     Led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over three years from 1960, initially with Stuart Sutcliffe playing bass. The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, together since 1958, went through a succession of drummers, including Pete Best, before asking Starr to join them in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act, and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings, greatly expanding their domestic success after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962. As their popularity grew into the intense fan frenzy dubbed "Beatlemania", the band acquired the nickname "the Fab Four", with Epstein, Martin and other members of the band's entourage sometimes given the informal title of "fifth Beatle".
        By early 1964, the Beatles were international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market, breaking numerous sales records, and inspiring Britain's cultural resurgence. They soon made their film debut with A Hard Day's Night(1964). From 1965 onwards, they produced records of greater complexity, including the albums Rubber Soul(1965), Revolver(1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band(1967), and enjoyed further commercial success with The Beatles(also known as "the White Album", 1968) and Abbey Road(1969). Heralding the album era, their success elevated the album to be the dominant form of record consumption over singles; they also inspired a greater public interest in psychedelic drugs and Eastern spirituality, and furthered advancements in electronic music, album art and music videos. In 1968, they founded Apple Corps, a multi-armed multimedia corporation that continues to oversee projects related to the band's legacy. After the group's break-up in 1970, all four members enjoyed success as solo artists. Lennon was shot and killed in 1980, and Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001. McCartney and Starr remain musically active.
        A Hard Day's Night is the third studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 10 July 1964 by Parlophone, with side one containing songs from the soundtrack to their film of the same name. The American version of the album was released two weeks earlier, on 26 June 1964 by United Artists Records, with a different track listing. In contrast to the Beatles' first two albums, all 13 tracks on A Hard Day's Night were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, showcasing the development of their songwriting partnership.
         The album includes the song "A Hard Day's Night", with its distinctive opening chord, and "Can't Buy Me Love", both transatlantic number-one singles for the band. Several of the songs feature George Harrison playing a Rickenbacker 12-string electric guitar, a sound that was influential on the Byrds and other groups in the folk rock movement.

I give her all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her, too
I love her
 
She gives my everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love her
 
A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me
 
Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her
 
Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her.

SAY YOU LOVE ME

JESSIE WARE
SONGWRITERS: ED SHEERAN; BENJAMIN ROSS ASH; BENNY BLANCO & JESSIE WARE
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: TOUGH LOVE
LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2014
 
        Jessica Lois Ware(born 15 October 1984) is a British singer-songwriter and podcaster. Her debut studio álbum Devotion(2012) peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart and produced the single "Wildest Moments". Her follow-up record, Tough Love(2014), reached number nine in the United Kingdom. In October 2017, Ware released her third studio album, Glasshouse, by Island Records. Her fourth album, What's Your Pleasure?, was released in June 2020 to critical acclaim, and reached number three in the United Kingdom. Ware presents a food podcast called Table Manners with her mother.
        "Say You Love Me" is a song by British singer Jessie Ware from her second studio album, Tough Love(2014). The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 28 September 2014 as the second single from the album. The song was written by Ware, Ed Sheeran, Benny Blanco and Ben Ash. Sheeran also provided uncredited vocals for the track.
       The oficial music video for the song was released on 11 September 2014 in Ware's YouTube account and was directed by collective Tell No One. The video features Ware with a black dress, barefoot and sitting on a rock with a tropical background and leaves on the floor. As the video goes, the lights turn off focusing on Ware. The video has over 128 million views, making it her most watched video.

Say you love me to my face
I need it more than your embrace
Just say you want me, that's all it takes
Heart's getting torn from your mistakes
 
'Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If you don't wanna try
But all that I've been thinking of
Is maybe that you might
And babe, it looks as though we're running out of words to say
And love's floating away
 
Just say you love me, just for today
And don't give me time 'cause that's not the same
Want to feel burning flames when you say my name
Want to feel passion flow into my bones
Like blood through my veins
 
'Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If you don't wanna try
But all that I've been thinking of
Is maybe that you might
And babe, it looks as though we're running out of words to say
And love's floating away
 
Won't you stay
Won't you stay
Slowly, slowly you run for me
But do you know me at all
Some one told me love controls everything
But only if you know
 
'Cause I don't wanna fall in love
(No no no no)
If you don't wanna try
(Could you try some time)
'Cause all that I've been thinking of
(I just think)
Is maybe that you might
(You might)
 
'Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If you don't wanna try
But all that I've been thinking of
Is maybe that you might
And babe, it looks as though we're running out of words to say
And love's floating away
Won't you stay
Won't you stay.