BREATHING ALBUM LYRICS
Can’t Fight the Feeling
You can’t fight can’t fight it. Fight the feeling baby. You can’t fight it can’t fight it.
Verse:
I see you moving. I like the way you don’t hold nothing back you just do it do it. Like it is your last day to do it. I said there is freedom on the dance floor do it.
First you get your toes to tapping. Then you get your head to bobbing, your hips to swaying from side to side and you jump up on this beat and you right. Ay you feel that. I know that you…
Chorus:
Can’t fight the feeling. Can’t fight the feeling feeling. You can’t, I said you can’t fight the feeling. Why you want to fight it baby. Just get up on this beat and just ride it baby.
Verse:
It’s not a hard thing to do. If you really want to all you’ve got to do is move move. As if you had a choice. Though you try to avoid you can’t help but to move.
First you get your toes to tapping. Then you get your head to bobbing, your hips to swaying from side to side and you jump up on this beat and you right. Ay you feel that. I know that you…
Chorus:
Can’t fight the feeling. Can’t fight the feeling feeling. You can’t, I said you can’t fight the feeling. Why you want to fight it baby. Just get up on this beat and just ride it baby.
Bridge:
Just ride. Just ride. Just ride. Come on baby ride, ride. Why you wanna fight it. You should just ride ride. Gonna take you on a trip, trip. We should just ride, ride. Gonna take you higher babe. Gonna take you higher baby. Gonna take you higher baby. Gonna take you higher baby. Why you wanna fight it baby? Why you wanna fight it baby?
Can’t fight the feeling. You can’t I said you can’t fight the feeling.
Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
Verse:
You’ve rearranged my thinking babe. Got me so I can’t think straight (Got me all discombobulated).You changed my strut to a skip and I’m like what is going on here. Can somebody tell me what this means, cause I don’t know what to say.
Chorus:
I can’t get you out of my head. (3x)
Can’t get you outta my
Can’t get you out of my head.
Verse:
Not that it’s a bad thing. You’ve just got me a little scrambled. Fear sets in when things start happening to you that you can’t explain. Love was a stranger to me. Almost like a myth, always heard of but never experienced. Now you’ve given love a face that I just can not erase.
Chorus:
I can’t get you out of my head. (3x)
Can’t get you outta my
Can’t get you out of my head.
Bridge:
I can’t even sleep cause my life is better than my dreams. I can’t even think for myself. No one else matters in the world but you.
No one but you yeah no one no one matters but you.
Oh baby I can’t get you out of my head. Not that I wanted to. Not that I want to but I.
I think about you night and day. I don’t know what more to say. Let the piano say it for me.
Exhale-ude
Oh this is not a love song. (Repeat)
Come a little closer baby. Let me whisper in your ear see that I’m wearing something special for you. Seems that’s the only way that you know I’m alive. So I whisper ever so gently good bye.
This is not a love song.
Get Out
This is not a love song.
Kick Rocks
This is not a love song love song love doesn’t live here any more neither do you.
I know this seems cold bolded but I couldn’t think of any other way to tell you that I’m over you.
I Need You
Verse:
I don’t want there to be a question baby . On just what u mean on just what u mean 2 me.
You are my world. And you make it spin around and around.
Chorus:
I need you 4x
Verse:
I need you like the earth needs the sun. To keep it warm. You are my photosphere you ignite heat and light
I need you 4x
Bridge
I need you like I need to breathe.
I need you like birds need wings.
I need you like plants need water.
I need you like a book needs an author.
I need you like the fish need the sea.
I need you like this world needs peace.
Inhale-ude
I eat sleep and breathe this. Whatever it makes you feel. However you want to interpret it.
That’s the beauty of music. That’s the beauty of music. However you take my music. I don’t mind. However it makes you feel well you decide. That’s your decision.
I’m very claustrophobic. I’m an artist. One such as a painter, sculpture, or writer, who is able by virtue of imagination and talent or skill. To create works of aesthetic value.
Aesthetic?
Characterized by a heightened sensitivity to beauty. A heightened sensitivity to beauty.
Intervention
Lyrics by Yolanda Johnson
Music by Larry D. Griffin Jr.
You’ve proven to me time and time again.
(You were no good for me didn’t take much for me to see that)
I tried so very hard to leave
(But just like a boomerang…I kept right on coming back.)
I tried to ignore my gut feeling yeah
(Should’ve listened…uh huh uh hunh)
I should’ve followed my women’s intuition yeah
(But I didn’t uh unh…no way)
But I just can not seem to get you out my system
(But they tell me)
I’m in need of an intervention
(And they say)
Desperate times call for desperate measures
(They tell me that)
I’m in need. I’m in need of an intervention
Got wrapped up in the spontaneity
(lets call it what is …plain ole drama)
Never knowing what each day would bring
(in other words noncommunication….again drama)
See I take a negative and then I paint a pretty picture
(Why do I even bother)
It’s all in black in white as long as I am with you
(and I’m meant for Technicolor)
Still I just can not seem to get you out my system
(But they tell me)
I’m in need of an intervention
(And they say)
Desperate times call for desperate measures
(They tell me that)
I’m in need. I’m in need of an intervention
Bridge.
My momma tried to warn me
Oh yeah
What seems good aint always good for ya
My grandmomma prayed for me.
Oh yeah
Cause she saw you had a hold on me
And I just can’t shake it loose. Help me now….I got it bad I can’t break loose.
Living
Verse:
I’ve decided from this day on I’m gonna be in control of me and my destiny.
I don’t need negativity around.
Negative people always bring me down and I can’t afford that now.
I’ve been told my whole life what I should and should not do.
What I’ve made to be impossible. Is possible through you.
I have heard opinion after opinion to find.
In the end it’s me how has to live my life.
Chorus:
Living my life
Living my life
Living my life
Living my life
Living my life
Living my life
Living my life
Living my life
Verse:
Let’s take a minute to speak about those people who try to discourage you and it really gets to you.
That’s because they don’t want to see you succeed.
So they make you doubt your abilities of reaching your dreams.
You have to turn a deaf ear to their words and do your thing.
It doesn’t matter what nobody says or what the outcome may bring.
What matters most is that you believed in yourself and tried.
In the end it’s you who has to live your life.
Lose Control
Hey, Hey, Hey Make me lose control (Repeat)
Go on baby loose control (Repeat 3x)
Lose it (4x) uh uh hunh
Verse:
Aint no use in crying over spilled milk. No use complaining bout the cards that you’ve been dealt. It is what it is and what it is is this. Worrying don’t equate to change. It’s okay scream go insane. Lose it with no hopes of being found go on
Get down
Like your life depends on it.
Get down
You’ve got my full permission to..
Get down
What you waiting for go on lose control go crazy.
Chorus:
You gon’ make me lose it (3x)
Lose it lose it hey.
You gon’ make me lose it (3x)
Well go on then
Go on baby lose (3x)
(Now simmer down now.)
Lose it (4x) uh uh hunh
Verse:
Tell me what is worrying gonna do? Will it change your circumstance for you? No, so get your dancing shoes baby. Go cut a rug or two dance away your blues. I know what you need to do.
Get down
Like your life depends on it.
Get down
You’ve got my full permission to..
Get down
What you waiting for go on lose control go crazy.
Chorus:
You gon’ make me lose it (3x)
Lose it lose it hey.
You gon’ make me lose it (3x)
Well go on then
Go on baby lose (3x)
(Now simmer down now.)
Love is Just a Game
Verse: What happens if you love someone who doesn’t even notice you are around. You have this whole scenario in your head that one day he will look your way and he will say.
Chorus He will say
Where have you been all my life baby.
He’ll say
Lets run away and forget everything
He’ll say
Just let me love you I’ll take your blues away
But I’m watching from the sidelines
Love is just a game.
I’m rocking the bench.
I’m ready to play and give 100%
Won’t you put me in
Verse: Oh once you get that attention you better keep it. It’s the thrill of the chase so do not make it easy. Try not to learn the hard way.
He will say
Baby I’m really not ready to settle down
He’ll say
It’s best if you and me were friends just for now
He’ll say
Baby It’s not you it’s me but he’d be lying
Cause he’s trying to spare your feelings.
Love is just a game.
Still rocking the bench.
I’m ready to play and give 100%
Won’t you put me in
Rules
Act interested but not overly
Keep him guessing continuosly
Don’t make your self so available
Show your worth let him know.
Never act so desperate.
Don’t be too easy make him work
This is a two player game
Never ending game
End results may vary and are subject to change. Play with caution always
play smart and then you will win his heart.
Music and Faith
Verse:
As a little girl I was so insecure…tallest thing with scrawny little legs & big eyes galore
My mother always to me to hold me head high… introduced me to something that would change my life. .
Chorus:
What would I do if I didn’t’ have the music? If I didn’t have the music. What would I do if I wasn’t taught to have faith? Without the music and faith what would I do hey hey.
Verse:
I used to get frustrated when things would go wrong. And my grandmother would sit me down. She said baby girl this to shall pass. One day you’ll look back on this and laugh. Have faith.
Chorus:
What would I do if I didn’t have the music? If I didn’t have the music. Music can’t live with out it. Faith I can’t live without it. Music I can’t live without it. No x4
Bridge:
I don’t know what I would do. (Oh)
(Without music I’d be so…)
Empty inside Empty inside side side side. If I didn’t have music I’d be empty inside. Music is my lfie life life.
I don’t know what I what do. If I didn’t have the music 2x. If I didn’t. If I didn’t.
I don’t know what I would do. If I didn’t have the music. Music, Music, Music Hey.
Music and Faith….One I could make my own….…while the other is invisible….Both are very dear to my world…Music and Faith….a noun and a verb.
On the Inside
Please don’t keep. By all means do not keep it all bottled up inside.
You’ve got to. Sometimes oh yes you do. You need to break down and cry.
Note to self. I don’t ever want to be in this situation again.
Anybody else would’ve gone crazy by now. But I’m still standing.
(Ohhh)
Laughter is my remedy.
(Ohhh)
Helps me keep my sanity.
Please don’t keep. By all means do not keep it all bottled up inside.
You’ve got to. Sometimes oh yes you do. You need to break down and cry.
You are known for keeping your composure morning, noon and night.
You’ve got a reputation of never cracking under pressure but your cracking up inside.
(Ohhhh)
You feeling like crying is a sign of weakness.
(Ohhhh)
I feel you really do not to get it off your chest.
Please don’t keep. By all means do not keep it all bottled up inside.
You’ve got to. Sometimes oh yes you do. You need to break down and cry.
It’s alright.
Said it’s alright to cry sometimes.
I guarantee you’ll feel much better.
Take it from me.
I know cause I’m speaking from experience.
And it’s a good teacher so listen and learn.
Cause it aint good to keep it bottled like water.
You need to let it go.
Over You
Chorus: I am over you
(No need for talking)
It was a hard thing to do
(No need in fronting)
This well is dry
(You miss your water)
Got me confused
(Aint this what you wanted)
Verse: I saw you out. I was with my girlfriends laughing and talking and you
looked surprised .
(I could see it in your eyes)
You were on the verge of disappointed or maybe disgusted cause that
I was having the time of my life. What did you expect me to do?
Sitting and mopping and pining over you.
No not me baby you’ve got things twisted I aint singing the blues
Crying and feeling sorry for myself you’ve got me confused
I aint the one..I aint the one
Chorus: I am over you
(No need for talking)
It was a hard thing to do
(No need in fronting)
This well is dry
(You miss your water)
Got me confused
(Aint this what you wanted)
Verse: You thought I would be saying my baby done left me.
Never knowing I’d be throwing a party.
Call my girls so we can do our thing.
That’s right baby I’m doing fine
Baby funny how the tables turn.
Chalk it up as a lesson you can learn.
You miss me now the well is dry.
Bye Bye…Bye Bye …Bye Bye …Bye Bye
Chorus: I am over you
(No need for talking)
It was a hard thing to do
(No need in fronting)
This well is dry
(You miss your water)
Got me confused
(Aint this what you wanted)
Now you see the good in me.
It’s too late cause now I’m gone baby
I’m gone baby.
Chorus: I am over you
(No need for talking)
It was a hard thing to do
(No need in fronting)
This well is dry
(You miss your water)
Got me confused
(Aint this what you wanted)
Bridge: I am I am over, I am over you babe.
Over, over over over.
I am over you babe.
I am over you babe.
Over, over over over
Chorus: I am over you
(No need for talking)
It was a hard thing to do
(No need in fronting)
This well is dry
(You miss your water)
Got me confused
(Aint this what you wanted)
Vamp: Clap your hands if you’re feeling me.
Clap your hands if I can get a witness
(Baby)
Clap your hands if you’re with me.
Clap your hands put your hands together like.
One, two, three, four, five uh.
I am over you and
Feeling more alive uh
More than satisfied uh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Breathing
I want you to know that your life has a meaning.
Even though you may not understand you’re here for a reason.
It was given to you before you even came to be.
If anything you get from me get that.
You have a reason to be here.
Said your life has a meaning.
Said we all have a purpose.
And it aint just for breathing….the air.
Don’t be so content with just existing.
You can leave you mark on the world.
Don’t let no one tell you different.
Don’t let go of your dreams.
What’s worth having don’t come easy.
Listen everybody.
You have a reason to be here
Said your life has a meaning.
Said we all have a purpose.
And it aint just for breathing…..the air.
Strut!
Verse: You knocked me down but you couldn’t knock me out. You weren’t
expecting that I have a nasty right hook and a mean stiletto. I put my
lipgloss on and straightened myself up and then strutted to the beat
of my own drum.
Chorus: You can’t take it (my power away from me)
You can’t break it (why waste your energy)
If you don’t like it (Bow out gracefully exit stage left)
You can’t take it (I see you breaking a sweat)
You can’t break it (Got you messed up in the head)
Just deal with it (This train will not be derailed no)
Verse: It took me a minute to get this confident now I’m gonna rock it.
Like it’s an outfit or a garment custom made for me and everywhere
my feet lands will be my runway. I’m not about to let you break my stride.
You can’t take it.
It took my momma nine months to make it.
Now I’m at the place where I’m embracing it.
I aint gonna let you take it away No.
Chorus: You can’t take it (my power away from me)
You can’t break it (why waste your energy)
If you don’t like it (Bow out gracefully exit stage left)
You can’t take it (I see you breaking a sweat)
You can’t break it (Got you messed up in the head)
Just deal with it (This train will not be derailed no)
B section So what are you gonna do when you see all that you’ve planned
For me failed. All of your schemeing, all of your planning and
All of your plotting and you still end up with nothing.
Deal with the fact that nothing you do will change my direction or
change where I’m headed. What’s for me is for me and that aint
gonna change so stop wasting your time trying to rearrange things.
You’ve got to change the way that you are thinking.
Stop wasting all your time and your attention
On something you can’t stop cause you can’t stop it.
Copyright 2009
Walk Away
Chance after chance I have given you. Night after night I’ve cried. Can’t keep believing you keep on misleading me and continually you lie.
Chorus.
You leave me no choice but to think it would be better if I just walk away
2x
Put one foot in front of the other.
6x
Verse
I think it’s getting to the point that you don’t believe a word that I’m saying no more. If I had a dime for every time that I told you that I’d walk out that door I’d be a billionaire but this time I mean what I say. I’m out the door get used to me not being in your life no more.
Chorus.
You leave me no choice but to think it would be better if I just walk away
2x
Put one foot in front of the other.
6x
I put one foot in front of the other and I step, step, step. I promise you this time around that I won’t look back. No, no, no I won’t look back.
When I see you
Verse: My heart it goes pitter patter baby. Everything else at the time doesn’t even matter baby. You’re the light at the end of my tunnel. The silver
lining in my gray cloud. You’ve got me writing songs about you.
Chorus: When I see you. (repeat 3x)
I get butterflies, hypnotized, when I see you.
Verse: It feels like the whole earth stands still. Like a scene in the movies but for real. It’s as if I’m living in a dream.
Chorus: When I see you. (repeat 3x)
I get butterflies, hypnotized, when I see you.
Bridge: Baby I can’t wait to see you. You are the love of my life. Can’t wait till
I can be near you. You light up my life baby.