Absent Mindedness 
music and lyrics by Akenya.

featuring...

Akenya (lead vocals)
Tara Kannangara (trumpet)
Brad Linde (tenor sax)
Guy Mintus (piano)
Kavita Shah (background vocals)
Immanuel Shuford (tuba)
Alexa Tarantino (alto sax)
Carole Turcotte (flute)
Joe Vilardi (guitar)
Lindsay Woolgar (bass)
Ian Wright (drums)


Recorded at the
2013 Banff Centre Workshop for Jazz and 
Creative Music 
located in
Banff, AB, CAN.


Ensemble Coached by 
Esperanza Spalding. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUgOhjGLlIA

-Lyrics-

-Intro-

Chorus: If I could just remember the words I said
I would be alright
If I could just remember the words I said tonight
Then my intentions never would be misread
We wouldn’t have to fight
If I could just remember the words, my love…

Verse 1: But abstract eruptions 
of emotions manifest and congest
my inner vision when I try to recollect.
And my breath is getting heavy, 
I bereave the hidden phrases that just
can’t seem to make their way into the forefront
of my blunt mind. I’m running out of time.
I’ve gotta find my way back
to a linguistic type of tongue that’s in tact.
And in fact, if I’m not on track, 
My rhythmic dialect will disturb
our overture of love and words…

(Chorus)

Bridge: But they always leave me. Why?
Say that you believe me!

Verse 2: It’s like every single time I begin, it’s the end.
No more sentencing. I’m slowly losing touch with what’s within.
My meaning is slipping, I mean there’s no definition,
I’m falling into submission, I black out and fade in.
Now I’m closer to knowing the words I was going for 
then out of nowhere I’m stumbling and muttering
nonsense. Can’t seem to clear my subconscious 
mind, I sound obnoxious, the worst part about it is
you and I falling apart in the dark pit that stirs
all of my forgotten words…

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

-Outro-

Absent Mindedness

@Deathvialove @MindsFlawed @THEMpeoplemusic
I really want #deathvialove to be more then just a musical project i want it to be a vessel I want it to be a somthing Somone looks back on and goes "wow what was she thinking?" I want people to hear me and understand me I want them to forget to breathe and skip a heart beat and when they've ran out of air and time stops they come back to reality a little less empty i want them to be able to think for them selves and ask questions I want to feed their curiosity make them imagine i want to see how far does the mind go how deep can it grow I want people to question everything anyone has ever told them and think do I believe this cause I really believe it or do I believe this cause the people Ive been doomed to associate with believe this and if I defy them I defy "god" if I defy them I'm considered ill or mentally unstable I want people to know its ok to be afraid and to cry to love and to leave or be left and to grow its okay to make mistakes and break rules it's okay to test boundaries just don't find yourself testing boundaries for anybody else but your self i want to inspire and be inspired by those who surround me I want to love uncontrollably till my heart explodes and my voice is lost some where between the things I'm afraid to say and the things I've said that i didn't mean. I want people to hear my story and know that magic is real and to never loose sight of what really matters not money not time but love unconditional unselfish no egos no secrets honest genuine compassionate plutonic love That's what matters and to know that even when it feels like someone has ripped that love from your stomach and your heart feels like it's been attached to a million bricks and cast into the ocean life goes on and the only thing left to do is forgive and continue loving and it sucks and it hurts and you'll cry but at least your not alone cause I feel you.

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From the forthcoming Bee Honey album, Dreamy.

Written by Bee Honey.
Produced by Mufasa Enzor, Bobby Earth, and Amaru TMN.
Drums and bass by Mufasa Enzor.
Keys by Mufasa Enzor and Amaru TMN.
Recorded and mixed by Mufasa Enzor.

Art direction by Mars and Bobby Earth.
Cover illustration by Mars.
Words written by Bee Honey.

Bee Honey - Whirlwind

ANNOTATE HERE http://genius.com/Jean-deaux-act-right-annotated
LYRICS:
can you feel it?
when you all alone
in yo chromosones
hummin thru ya bones

give you healing
in the early morn
stuck in outer space
then a star was born

it aint even fate
but you know its time
aint no greater love
than this paradise

can you feel it?
will you empathize
cuz when i return
you wont recognize me

underneath the blue lights
vibing to the sonic
how ironic we on pluto
but we not platonic
i got that bomb
and you fishin to be subatomic
would you like a gin and tonic
or maybe some skin and chronic
take you to the philharmonic
make you sing the highest octave
sweating and captivated
i tell you let it go
if im pushing your limit
well baby just let me know
can we lose control til we overflow, comatose? i propose that we transcend like jean deaux and romeo
though this not Shakespeare
life is a stage and you know i always play fear
i cannot play fair, riding in the spaceship
cant afford to pay fare
can i take you to those dimensions,
where joy is in apprehension
fault is always forgiven
and panties are not permitted
freedom is never scripted
im in the lightest position
but we belong in shadows
dont wanna bring attention
who we kidding? its just not fitting for us to ask permission
and if its true u might be poison
then i got yo prescription
u got the voodoo for these bitches
im not superstitious
Im used to playing dumb for the sake of magicians
now you saying im the one and i got my suspicions
rightfully so
now im tryna talk to you
privately though

i dont want no big time baller
i dont need no midnight crawlers
i dont like no morning caller
i dont go through no revolving doors
i dont look for no true lovers
i dont know when i might suffer
i dont wish for wings and further more
(i just want that act right
to get me thru tonight
before im on the next flight)


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