THE LYRICS THAT MOVE ME

22 Jun 2012
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In ‘The Lyrics that move me’ (page 38) in our July issue we ask local stars from the world of music and fashion to tell us which lyrics stop them in their tracks. Here we share with you three more hot acts in the world of music and the tracks that touch their souls. Now we want to hear from you! What song lyrics move you? Share them with us by commenting below!

ANDILE NDLOVU, South African ballet dancer

Andile

Kanye West ‘Never Let You Down’ (featuring Jay-Z and Saul Williams)

Determination, dedication, motivation

I’m talking to you of my many inspirations

When I say that I can’t let you or self down

If I were on the highest cliff, on the highest reef

And you slipped off the side and clinched on to your life in my grip

I would never, ever let you down

And when these words are found

Let it been known that God’s penmanship has been signed with a language called love

That’s why my breath is felt by the deaf

And while my words are hardly confined to the ears of the blind

I, too, dream in color and in rhyme

So I guess I’m one of a kind in a full house

Cuz whenever I open my heart, my soul, or my mouth

A touch of God reigns out.

‘I love these lyrics because they remind me of my childhood friendships and how my friends and I had dreams bigger than ourselves. Now we are in distant places and still strive for those goals, never to slack off and let each other down.’

KanyeWest

Letoya Mangezi, singer, songwriter, actress and producer

Letoya

Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack (Strumming my pain with his fingers…)

‘What a beautiful way to open a song. It’s one of those lines that’s eternally engraved in your heart. It’s such an old song but I’m sure I was with my parents when I first heard it. My dad is a musician and my mother was a lover of music, so I was always surrounded by beautiful music. I also love ‘Tonight is the Night’ by Betty Wright (Tonight is the night, that you make me a woman…) Hello! Anyone in touch with their sexuality knows what this means. Another beautifully written song by an African American woman in the 70s. Again, this is only the opening line of this song – you should hear the rest –poetry at its best! And, believe it or not, another song introduced to my sisters and me by our parents. ‘Is it Love’ by Bob Marley (I wanna love you, and treat you right…) Well, no wonder the brother could make so many babies all over the world. He just had a way with words and melodies. Women gave themselves to him. Beautiful words written by a beautiful soul. He just has you wanting to make sweet love to your man by the end of this song!  Another one of my parents’ influences – I love my folks!’

Roberta-Flack

 

Yo-Landi VI$$ER of Die Antwoord

DieAntwoord

‘I love the lyrics to the song by 50 CENT called Many Men.’

Many men wish death on upon

Blood in my eyes and I can’t see

I’m just trying to be what I’m destined to be

But niggaz trying to take my life away.

‘I relate to the lyrics emotionally, they are a true reflection of the world we exist in. I first heard this song in some club in New York a while ago.’

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Vuyelwa Dlulane on 7/3/2012: I loved this article in the July issue! I'd like to share the lyrics that move me, that I find to be absolutely beautiful, from Luaryn Hill's "To Zion": 'Unsure of what the balance held, I touched my belly overwhelmed by what I had been chosen to perform. But then an angel came one day, and told me to kneel down and pray, for unto me a man-child would be born. Through all this crazy circumstance, I knew his life deserved a chance. But they told me to be smart. "Look at your career," they said,"Lauryn, baby, use your head." But instead I chose to use my heart. Now the joy of my world is in Zion...'