Alone
You and I intertwine
Refreshing
Conversation for the mind
As we stare
We both seek and hope to find
Real love
Purified

[CHORUS]
Use your heart and not your eyes
(Baby, just relax and ride)
If you got time then I got time
(Yeah, yeah)
Free your thoughts
And watch them fly
Use your heart and not your eyes

I sigh
As I watch you sleeping there (sleeping there)
So easily
I did things I’d never dare (never dare)
I say to myself
I’m glad that we share
Real love
Purified, oh
[CHORUS]

My goodness
How it seems like yesterday (yesterday)
She crushed you
Hurt you in the strongest way (strongest way)
You hurt so long
Reward come to those who cry
Real love
Purified

Just a second
I look at my watches dial
And you love me
pampered me like a child
As we lay
I close my eyes and I smile
At your real love
Purified

If you’re confused, I’ll say it again

Can’t split this pie so don’t even try

There’s only One for me

There’s only One for me

Fine as you are…he’s my star

All that money…don’t want your car

You’re a nice guy, but you’re wasting your time

U want to get twisted, go find yourself a Dime

He’s the Only One for me

He’s the Only One for me

My busy busy man…no he’s not around

But that don’t matter…it don’t change my sound

There’s only One for me

There’s only ONE for me

You used to love me…now its tears

Don’t roll with the devil’s design

All mistakes, let’s put them behind.

Remember when our love was pure?

Never twisted…didn’t need a cure

Now you doubt me…it looks like rain

All my efforts..All in vain

I am you and you are me

Tell me why we’re fighting?

The enemy within

I know that I know that I know that I know

Your love is what makes me glow

I am you and you are me

Tell me again why we’re fighting?

Bad thoughts are creeping

Now we argue…we have to win

Yet all I came to do was love you

Tell me baby, what you want me to do.

I don’t want to fight no more…

EB

A.N.G.E.L. Dwele

CALL ME Slum Village

Closer Slum Village

The Root D’Angelo

You Shouldn\’t Know These Things Maxwell

Sweetest Thing Lauryn Hill from Love Jones Soundtrack

Brown Skin India Arie

Honey Molasses Jill Scott

Angel Robin Thicke

Money Don’t Mean a Thing Dwele

Killing Me Softly Lauryn Hill

Beautiful Thing Tevin Campbell

Could It Be Tevin Campbell

Africa D’Angelo

You Shouldn\’t Know These Things Maxwell

Drown Deep Hula Maxwell

It\’s Love Jill Scott

Do You Feel Me Anthony Hamilton

My new shade of Blue

I’m transparent to you

Color me see through

When I’m wining

When I’m Red

When I’m Peach

All in my head

I shimmer honey gold and fleck

In your sunny disposition

Shimmer, shine, sparkle fine

I saturate in honey wine

While I reflect on you

My new shade of Blue

I look into your eyes

And breathe the sky

There is no limit

to the me in you

There is no border

There is no land

Time stands still

And rest descends

Perfect peace is mine

In this divine design

I Am conscious

All in the air

I am Love

Dwelling here

One Space by EB

The day was bright.  The hood rolled by.  The silence, the stillness, was a blessing.  The seconds stretched into minutes. The moment was forever-still a resting place to me.  Everything was right in that moment.  The ease, the easiness.  The nothingness, the one-ness, the sharing.  Silently sharing one endless space in time.

Kissing A Fool by George Michael

You are far
When I could have been your star
You listened to people
Who scared you to death
And from my heart
Strange that you were strong enough
To even make a start
But you’ll never find
Peace of mind
Till you listen to your heart

People
You can never change the way the feel
Better let them do just what they will
For they will
If you let them
Steal your heart from you
People
Will always make a lover feel a fool
But you knew I loved you
We could have shown them all
We should have seen love through

Fooled me with the tears in your eyes
Covered me with kisses and lies
So bye
But please don’t take my heart

You are far
I’m never gonna be your star
I’ll pick up the pieces
And mend my heart
Strange that I was wrong enough
To think you’d love me too
You must have been kissing a fool
I said you must have been kissing a fool

But remember this
Every other kiss
That you’ll ever give
Long as we both live
When you need the hand of another man

One you really can surrender with
I will wait for you
Like I always do
There’s something there
That can’t compare with any other

You are far
When I could have been your star
You listened to people
Who scared you to death
And from my heart
Strange that I was wrong enough
To think you’d love me too
You must have been kissing a fool
You must have been kissing a fool
You must have been kissing a fool

Sukiyaki by A Taste of Honey

It’s all because of you
I’m feeling sad and blue
You went away
Now my love is just a rainy day
I love you so
How much you’ll never know
You’ve gone away and left me lonely

Untouchable memories
Seemed to keep haunting me
Of love so true
That once turned all my gray skies blue
But you disappeared
Now my eyes are filled with tears
I’m wishin’ you were here with me
Soft with love are my thoughts of you
Now that you’re gone
I don’t know what to do

If only you were here
You’d wash away my tears
The sun would shine
And once again you’ll be mine all mine
But in reality
Your love will never be
‘Cause you took your love away from me
Hoooo-ooooh-ooooh

[Instrumental Interlude]

If only you were here
You’d wash away my tears
The sun would shine
And once again you’ll be mine all mine
But in reality
Your love will never be
‘Cause you took your love away from me
Hoooo-ooooh, baby
You took your love away from me

It’s time for you to know, that I’ll alway’s love you so…

because you’re so beautiful to me.  So glorious, in me.

I wanted you to know, so I had to tell you so.

You’re Glorious, to me.

Eyes they cannot see, inside of you, honey

Your Glorious, to me.

EB

The air, your breath. I breathe, I flow

Ease, Charity. Grace, Clarity

Love U, Love Me. Let’s Be

I am, you are. Let’s spark

My fire, you’re ice. Let’s try.

Our love, it spreads. We Fly.

But, I never could really understand these little “accidents” that people talk about…I just don’t understand the phrase “it just happened” when someone describes a pregnancy. Abstinence is 100% effective birth control..I both proudly and sadly attest to that.  The other forms of birth control, pills and chemicals and condoms and such are also greatly effective when used with care.  So what’s with all these “accidents”?  I know I’m controlling, uptight, and repressed, but really!!!

Recently, I was telling one of my siblings that it should be illegal for people to have babies before age 28 (or so) to give people time to get to know themselves and work out their kinks.  She kindly and wisely advised me that I had skipped over the ‘normal’ childbearing years altogether.  Obviously I’m on a completely different biological clock or schedule…I’m on geologic or biblical time or something.  And yet…I always planned to have a large family…at least when I was a spacy teenager. At one point in marriage and family class in high school I discussed my desire to have 6 children with my handsome assigned husband, Mr. Strong. While he was blown back by my revelation, he was very quick and quite willing to acquiesce with my plans, and was ready to get down to business whenever and wherever I desired.  Funny thing is, out of all the wonderful men I’ve met I have yet to come across the right one who incited my desire to take the plunge into procreation.  I just can’t imagine bearing a child by someone that I might later come to dislike strongly. In other words…I just can’t be no baby mama. YUCK!!!!!!!!

I know I’m overly analytical about the whole thing. And at times I look around at all the women who seem to drop babies after babies effortlessly with men who stay and men who come and go with the wind…and I wish that I didn’t have to think at all.  I wish that I could just let instinct take over and jump the right guy and drop the bundle of joy.  Then I am always drawn back to Proverbs 3: 5 “Trust in the Lord and lean not into thine own understanding”.

Meanwhile…I’ve been blessed to care for three highly intelligent, incredible, mild mannered crumbsnatchers and I didn’t even have to go into labor once!!!  Maybe I can still make my quota after all!!!  Now I finally understand how children can be serendipitous little “accidents”.