To Be Released on upcoming ep, Soft | Donate here:  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/shaq-hester-s-debut-ep-soft/x/26205558#/

LYRICS: 
Intro:    
Self care  Saturday, 
restart and refresh , press play

Verse 1: 
I wake up, bright eyed bushy tailed
Meditating with spirit and self 
Breathing in and out in gratitude
Yesterday's gone, today's Brand New
Self care  Saturday, 
Restart and refresh , press play
Vitamin D gives  full body snooze
Vitamin Me gives energy boost

Chorus: 
I need vitamin me (I need vitamin me) 
I ain't no one way street
Empty cups leave nunn’ to pour 
No compromises any more (no compromises) 
Took me so long to say 
Shaq is me,  I am bae  (I am bae) 

Verse  2: 
Takin’ time to  embrace myself
Wash my face, 
Condition myself
Speaking LOVE to Shaq --  the miracle 
You’re Wonderfully made and beautiful 
self - care  Saturday, 
restart and refresh , press play
Vitamin D gives  full body snooze
Vitamin Me gives energy boost

Chorus: 
I need vitamin me (I need vitamin me) 
I ain't no one way street
Empty cups leave nunn’ to pour 
No compromises any more (no compromises) 
Took me so long to say 
Shaq is me,  I am bae  (I am bae) 

Verse 3:   
Finding ways to clear my ol soul 
Kiss the sun and let the music flow 
Spin around, drop it low & let it go, 
We release for space to  grow
Self care  Saturday, 
restart and refresh , press play
Vitamin D gives  full body snooze
Vitamin Me gives energy boost

Chorus: 
I need vitamin me (I need vitamin me) 
I ain't no  one way street
Empty cups leaves nuttin' to pour 
No compromises anymore (no compromises) 
Took me so damn long to say 
Shaq is me,  I am bae  (I am bae) 
 
OUTRO:  
Self care  Saturday,

Self Care Saturday (Live) by Shaq Hester

To Be Released on upcoming ep, Soft | Donate here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/shaq-hester-s-debut-ep-soft/x/26205558#/

LYRICS: 
Verse 1:
Many times, I ran away from feelings
scared of hurt and pain
Too many times I played into infatuation
Heart was empty, quite merely a tin man
Nothing real, not too deep, not too wild
Just protecting me
Walls put up, so closed off, just taking care of me

Prechorus: 
You changed that for me
You made me be — yeah!

Chorus: 
Wide open for the first time
Wide open — body, soul and mind
Wide open — wanting to be yours
Wide open — and you to be mine

Verse 2: 
Never was so honest to a stranger before
But your soul,  your vibe, your wisdom felt so secure, yeah
Revealed my  truth to you, you never ran away
You understood; accepted me, so I had to stay
A haven, a safe space, you held that for me.
A warm heart, such patience, my serenity

Prechorus: 
You did that for me, yeah!
You made me be

Chorus: 
Wide open for the first time
Wide open, oh, body, soul and mind
Wide open — wanting to be yours
Wide open and you to be mine

Hook: 
I'm wide open — open wide
I’m wide open — open wide

Bridge: 
I couldn’t see myself from the trees, I was so blind,
but you gave me surgery for my eyes, now I am found

Hook: 
I’m wide open — open wide, yea
I’m wide open — open wide
I’m wide open - I’m open wide
I’m wide open, open wide
O P E N   —— W I D E

Wide Open (Live)

Early One Morning, Britten

2018 Recital
Dr. Brian Gill, Piano
Cole Stover, Percussion

Master's Recital

Endless Night from Lion King

L'Hiver a Cesse, Faure

I attempt from Love's Sickness, Purcell

Music for a While, Purcell

Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'ete, Faure

On The Map Cabaret (NYC Debut)  
Richard Baskin, piano

February 2019

What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong Cover)

Shaq Performs Jazmine Sullivan's On it with some church sauce, a blacqueer perspective and some 80's soul sensual angst.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: 
https://youtu.be/K10l92mSNYk

On it - Jazmine Sullivan (Acoustic Vibes)

Shaq Hester is a Jersey-born and Southern-bred soul singer-songwriter, actor and creator based in Brooklyn.  As a bonafide ol’ soul, his music nestles between neosoul, funk and gospel with a sweet dose of quirk and transparency.

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