in the waiting room...

"easy"
chanté moore

spoken:
good morning baby,
how did you rest last night?
did you rest well?
I love waking up to you
what would you like for breakfast?
I think you're what i'd like to do today
it's so easy...it would please me so much
to please you
what would you like to do today?
nothing is too much, come here baby.

1
i'll massage your back, run your bath
it's never too much for me to do
anything you ask, whatever the task
dont even ask, it's done

2 (with adlibs)
it's never too much ooh lovin you is easy
lovin you is what id like to do
what id like to do today- easy
ooh lovin you is easy and cause
you're the one...lovin you is fun


3
breakfast in your bed on sunday mornin
what would you like today? today, today?
when you retired, shall i light your fire?
what do you require its done!

4
i'll be your sugar in the mornin
your shade in the noonday sun
i'll be your honey in the evening babe
and i'll get down sweet and low
and in the midnight hour
i'll give you what you require
lovin you is so sweet...easy!

spoken:
no don't say a word
let me read your mind
I know what you want!
come here!

5
lovin you is easy cause you're the one man
morning noon and night working hard as I can
and anything you want baby anything you need
want it, say it, do it, cause you're so easy
anything you need it's done

in the waiting room...

chaka khan & rufus
"everlasting love"

When I feel you dreaming
I think of sunsets
How high my high gets

[Chorus:]
I wanna give to you an everlasting love
I fill your life with a satisfying love
All you need is an everlasting love
All you want is a satisfying (mystifying) love

Sun breezes, moonlight teases
Friendly invasion
Late night persuasion

[Chorus]

Each time you pass me by
You saw me fade away
I'll give you more each day

in the waiting room...

jesse boykins iii
amorous

sorry, lyrics not available

in the waiting room...

yahzarah (purple st. james)
"four alarm fire"

sorry, lyrics not available

in the waiting room...

"window seat"
erykah badu

So, presently I'm standing
Here right now
You're so demanding
Tell me what u want from me
Concluding
Concentrating on my music, lover, and my babies
Makes me wanna ask the lady for a ticket outta town
So can I get a window seat
Don't want nobody next to me
I just want a ticket outta town
A look around
And a safe touch down
Can I get a window seat
Don't want nobody next to me
I just want a chance to fly
A chance to cry
And a long bye bye..
But I need u to want me
Need you to miss me
I need your attention
I need you next me
I need someone to clap for me
I need your direction
Somebody say come back
Come back baby come back
I want u to need me
Come back come back baby come back
Come back come back baby come back
Come back come back baby come back
So, in my mind I'm tusslin'
Back and forth 'tween here and hustlin'
I don't wanna time travel no mo
I wanna be here
I'm thinking
On this porch I'm rockin'
Back and forth like lightning hopkins
If anybody speak to scotty
Tell him beam me up..
So can I get a window seat
Don't want nobody next to me
I just want a ticket outta town
A look around
And a safe touch down
Window seat
Don't want nobody next to me
I just want a chance to fly
A chance to cry
And a long bye bye..
But I need you to miss me
Need somebody come get me
Need your attention
Need your energy yes I do
Need someone to clap for me
Need your affection
Somebody say come back
Come back baby come back
I want u to need me
Come back come back baby come back
Come back come back baby come back
Come back come back baby come back
But can I get a window seat
Don't want nobody next to me
I just want a ticket outta town
A look around
And a safe touch down
I just need a chance to fly
A chance to cry
And a long
Bye bye..

in the waiting room...

sade
"soldier of love"

I've lost the use of my heart
But I'm still alive
Still looking for the light
And the endless pool on the other si e
It's the wild wild west
I'm doing my best
I'm at the borderline of my faith
I'm at the hinterland of my devotion
I'm in the front line of this battle of mine
But i'm still alive
I'm a soldier of love
Every day and night
I'm a soldier of love
All the days of my life
I've been torn up inside
I've been left behind
Tall I ride
I have the will to survive
In the wild, wild west
Trying my hardest
Doing my best to stay alive
I am love's soldier
I wait for the sound
I know that love will come
I know that love will come
Turn it all around
I am lost but i don't doubt
Tall I ride
I have the will to survive
In the wild, wild west
Trying my hardest
Doing my best to stay alive
I am love's soldier
I wait for the sound
I know that love will come
I know that love will come
Turn it all around
I'm a soldier of love
I'm a soldier
Still wait for love to come
Turn it all around
I'm a soldier of love
I'm a soldier

in the waiting room...

erykah badu f. lil wayne
"jump up in the air"

[Erykah Badu - Chorus]
I know you want to
Jump up in the air and stay there
[repeated]

Jumped up out my seat
I know you want to
Something musta got in me
I know you want to
Church neva felt this good before
I know you want to
'Cept I was at the club
Oh Oh
I know you want to
Bounce Hey come on
I know you want to

I know you want to reach to the higher level
Much further from the devil
Until you feel the weather
[repeated]

[Chorus]

[Lil Wayne]
Hi – G H2O down never
My level far from the devil
Have some manners say hello to to angels
And watch out for Uranus
I go nuts like a Danish
Then vanish into thin air
And stay in there
This is D Carter better bring ya swimwear
Huh, but I’m shallow and when ya this high
Everybody else is balow, oops I meant below
Mijo, zero degreeyo, frio
Get into your soul like Neyo, weeyo
Oh I meant ohwee or is it oohwee
Truly I don’t give a fuck I am on the ceiling stuck
Like a fan full of dust
Like her hand full of bucks
I’m spending like crazy
I’m in Wayne’s World
Where the women like ladies
And you don’t need a telescope to see Weezy F baby

[Erykah Badu]
Elevate with us
We're on the ceiling stuck
Like a fan full of dust
Like a hand full of bucks
We're spending like crazy

Come fly with us
We're on the ceiling stuck
Like a fan full of dust
Like a hand full of bucks
We're spending like crazy
[repeated]

[Chorus]

in the waiting room...

"dealing"
eric roberson feat. lalah hathaway

Where do we go from here
What do I do with these feelings
Longing to have you near
Knowing...we shouldn't be dealing

Verse:
Why must the bad thing always feel so good
Why cant I just stay away
Though are situation was understood
Still does not mean its ok

{Chorus}
Where do we go from here
What do I do with these feelings
Longing to have you near
Knowing...we shouldn't be dealing

Verse:
Why cant these memories just be erased
Why must I yearn for your kiss
The first moment we're not face to face
Reminds me how much your missed

{Chrous}
(where do we go) Where do we go from here
What do I do with these feelings
Longing to have you near
Knowing...we shouldn't be dealing

{Bridge}
When the morning comes
(When its time for us to go our separate ways )
When this night is done
(I'll be wanting to hold on to u)
Though the sun
wish we could push it all away
cause then will know
that we can show
what we have from the day

{Chorus}
Where do we go from here
What do I do with these feelings
Longing to have you near
Knowing...we shouldn't be dealing

love for haiti / amor pour ayiti

yanvalou dance from haiti...celebrating the rada nation



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vive l'ayiti! l'union fait la force!

in the waiting room...

carol riddick
"flirtatious"

sorry, lyrics not available

in the waiting room...

"couldn't hear her"
eric roberson
left

sorry, lyrics not available

soldier of love

she's back.

yes!

giving up...is hard to do...

over the weekend, a friend told your author that he was "giving up" on black women. 

you've heard the reasons why--too many issues, too much pain.

the most interesting part of the conversation was when he referenced a conversation with a white woman.  apparently, she assumed he already only dated white women because, in her view, it would be difficult for him to find a black woman who shared his interests, tastes in music, aesthetic, etc.  

which got the wheels turning.  where do all the "different" black women go to find love?

in the hierarchy of difference, men of all races are hailed as trailblazers and mavericks when they flout convention and do their own thing. brothas can certainly be chastised for doing things outside of "real man" parameters or for not being "black enough", but that probably won't deplete their dating pool, only shift the demographic.

right underneath men on the dare-to-be-different scale are white women.  yes, there are the effects of sexism and the pressure of embodying (or not) the epitome of beauty in a culture founded on the notion of white supremacy.  white women are indeed asked to fit into many boxes.

but, because of their whiteness, they are also allowed to break free from--or are not as heavily penalized for ignoring--those boxes in a way that colored women have to seriously think about.  again, being seen as different, weird, or a glowstick carrier does not impact a white woman's dating choices.  just shifts the demographic.

and then we have the quirky black ladies: uniquely minded black women who, typically, do not have asian and white men knocking down their doors, nor do we go looking for them. 

all too often, open minded sistas can become exhibits, fascinations; lofty empresses solely responsible for the evolution (or failure) of their kingmen.  in other words, this is the realm where having locs and enjoying bacon is not allowed.

does the goddess-loving black woman have a fully present, reflective partner who shares her interests and dreams?  does the long-loc'ed empress have a mate who doesn't hide his affections behind some palatable, pretty form of patriarchy?  are there men she doesn't need to minister to, but who can fall in step and meet her where she is?

...and if she does, has he already "given up" on finding her?

does any of it even matter?

in the waiting room...

alicia myers / one way
"if you play your cards right"

something on your mind
i feel it every time i'm with you
it's what you like to do, something i like, too
let's get it tight

if you play your cards right
everything will be alright with me
if you play your cards right
everything will be alright with me

you won't have to hide what you feel inside
can't be afraid to talk to me
love is guaranteed
you play them right with me and you will see

if you play your cards right
everything will be alright with me
if you play your cards right
everything will be alright with me

{repeat chorus / ad lib to fade}

in the waiting room...

jeff buckley
"everybody here wants you"

lyrics embedded in video

in the waiting room...

"bad habits"
maxwell

Lately, Lady
Make me queasy
Don't speak no sound
I want you to prove it to me in the nude
Addicted to the way you move

Honey, if anything ever should change in you
Don't worry I'm standing still
I'm moving with the right wheel

This is the highest cost,
Take you and make you off
Live you and leave you lost
Will you forgive me?

Asked out all over town
Drags you and keeps you down
Two times in a day around
Will you forgive me?

I can't control the feeling
Girl cause I know you're here
I fill you from the floor to the ceiling
Girl, I'll feel you when you comb your hair

Lady, when we lock it low (ah, ah)
We get together, it's an overdose
I'm slippin', I'm here, I'm on my knees
I feels my heart's about to explode

This is the highest cost,
Take you and make you off
Live you and leave you lost
Will you forgive me?

Asked out all over town
Drags you and keeps you down
Two times in a day around
Will you forgive me?

Baby, to tell the truth
When I'm sober I jones for you
When it's over I'm overdue (huh)
Girl, it's no one as bad as (no one as bad as you)

You got me, you got me
You got me
Slippin around with it
Around with it, awhile

You got me sick with this love, baby
I'm so, I'm so in love
I can't come down

This is the highest cost, oh
Take you and make you off
Live you and leave you lost (baby)
Will you forgive me? (will you forgive me?)

Asked out all over town (ah)
Drags you and keeps you down (and I know)
Two times in a day around
Will you forgive me?

You're my bad habit baby
Oh my, you're taking
My soul, down to the level
Can't escape the way you got me locked up baby
I gotta break from you, break from you
Break from you

This is the highest cost
Take you and make you off
Live you and leave you lost
Will you forgive me?

Asked out all over town
Drags you and keeps you down
Two times in a day around
Will you forgive me?

Will you forgive me
Will you forgive me
Will you forgive me

Will you forgive me
Asked out all over town
Drags you and keeps you down
Two times in a day around
Will you forgive me?

I can't control the feelin' (feelin', feelin', feelin', feelin') huh uh
I can't control the feelin' (feelin', feelin', feelin', feelin') ha ha
I can't control the feelin' (feelin', feelin', feelin', feelin', feelin')
I can't control the feelin' (feelin', feelin', feelin', feelin')

In my soul, soul
In my soul, soul

in the waiting room...

jamiroquai
"morning glory"

All of my visions were untrue
Till I had a vision of you
And an untimely end for all
But it was only then, only then that I saw
Saw the morning glory.

Can't you take me there
Can't you take me there
Away from soliloquies of sadness
And prophecies of pain
And prophecies of pain
For us all to see.

I had a vision in my mind
I had a vision of peace
I had a vision of you.

full disclosure

beloveds,

sometimes you forget your bliss.

there can be many reasons for this.

life can, very simply, get in the way: family emergencies, the needs of babies, stress at work or school...

there are situations where we give a little too much, work a little too hard. it's entirely possible to forget to hold on to our gooey, sticky sweet center. and that neglect can even be necessary to get us through a particular challenge.

your proprietress, obviously, is above none of this. so this is a message for us all:

forgive yourself.

if you find yourself unhappy, under-loved, overworked, exhausted, it's ok.

forgive yourself.

if you've been letting someone else have the big piece of chicken* (or tofu), painting your house other people's colors, forsaking your naked full moon dance, it's fine.

forgive yourself.

all is in divine order, and there's beauty in the breakdown.

as soon as you've realized you've given and/or done too much, you can always stop, relocate your center, and change.

don't berate yourself; the why's and what for's will become clear soon enough. it is enough to know when it's time to pack your things and walk away.

in solidarity, with love,

~:~ ms. bliss ~:~


*copyright, ms. oyin

in the waiting room...

jaguar wright
"self love"

Caught up in a web of deception, from this shit I done learned new lessons
So what you do, you keep on playing, you play on, player
From love to confusion you keep gaining but you keep losing
So what cha find comfort in your bosom, bosom, heart bosom, I'm the one
From the high note to the low pains you see destruction but {???}
Only voices you hear in your own head, and they all laugh ha ha ha ha ha yeah
From your denials to your delusions everything you gain you keep losing
What you not know it's an illusion, so what the hell you doing?

Here's looking at love, kid
Here's looking at love, kid
Here's looking at love, kid
Here's looking at you, here's looking at me
Here's looking at love, kid
Here's looking at love, kid
Here's looking at you, here's looking at me, here's looking at us, here's looking at we, ah shit
Here's looking at

You wake up every morning but baby boy you not sleep
Your taste food but you not eat
Your running fast but your not on your feet and your speed is there
You run on but you not know, you climb inside but you can't grow
Festering and festering til you fall to the floor
You screamed no but don't {????}
You work and work with no pay, you punch a clock but never end your day
You take vacation but you not play what we say by this time here my friends drink three
You cry cry revolution, but yet you want a solution
But you more content with being a pollution jump in the motion, and ask the notion

Here's looking at love, kid
Here's looking at love, kid
Here's looking at you, here's looking at me, here's looking at us, here's looking at we
Here's looking at love, kid
Looking at love, kid
Here's looking at you, here's looking at me, here's looking at us, here's looking at we

Self love, self preservation, Self love, self preservation...

L O V E love
L O V E love yourself

If you don't like your job, maybe you should quit, stop being a bitch, and love yourself
If you believe things can work out easily,
I'm telling you if you don't like what your mama's telling you
Then be a grown man and stand up on your own two and love yourself
And if your girlfriends is on welfare, then baby walk away, you don't have to care,
Love yourself
And if standing on the corner and pushing rocks up in your socks
Ain't what you want to do then knock that...love yourself

L O V E your
L O V E yourself

ad lib out...

in the waiting room...

toney fountaine
"i found the girl"

sorry, lyrics not available