Happy Mother's Day to my mother and sister. I see you giving all that you've got and I love you!

Lyrics: 
I've seen you loving through all this living, 
I've seen you've given us all that you've got
and you're still  growing, what a pleasure knowing you, 
you're life shows the fight that you've got 

\Can my words do justice, there's no way, no way
Can I write a song, that's speaks as strong, as the love you convey, there's no way
Can my heart fill these lyrics, will you know it when you hear it
Will my sentiment come near it (to the depths of your love), still no way


I've seen you loving, through all this living, 
I've seen you've given us all that you've got
and you're still  growing, what a pleasure knowing you, 
you're life shows the fight that you've got 

I see you trying, I see  you crying, 
I see you giving it the best that you've got, 
There's no denying, I'd be lying, 
if I said you weren't the best thing I've got

Once more, again, you are there when
I need to depend on someone, 
Fi- na- lly I, recoginize, recognize
that your love has given so much life 

You poured your love in my heart
You painted a picture in the deepest 

I've seen you loving, through all this living, 
I've seen you've given us all that you've got
and you're still  growing, what a pleasure knowing you, 
you're life shows the fight that you've got 

I see you trying, I see you crying, 
I see you giving it the best that you've got, 
There's no denying, and I'd be lying, 
if I said you weren't the best thing I've got

The Best That You've Got

Air Raid

Oh My Lord

Build Something New

This song is the result of me trying to process through black folk all around me being marginalized and spit out in life and in professional settings. My personality, lightheartedness, smile, lighter-skinned hue, and code switching seem to make me more palatable for white people around me. I'm seen as a nice negro, and exceptional negro, and a safe negro (However, I don't buy into these things). I see those who don't 'fit' the bill being stigmatized by 'well-meaning' people. These were all specific situations within my circle and my life experience that led me to write this song.

Nice Negro

Cool little ditty from back when I was doing children's music. Nice little dance went with it, too

The Rules

This song came about when a friend of mine gave me a few of her favorite bible scriptures. They were all from 'Song of Solomon'. So I wrote a song for her based on these. These is way back in my early days of recording years ago.

Beautifully Yours

Natasha Thomas & Hakeem Leonard created this song as a creative collaboration for Natasha's Black CreativeHealing project. This is a musical tribute to the work and ideas of Toni Morrison 🙌🏾🙌🏾. We are both grateful for this collaboration and for Black creatives all over.✨Check out the entire conversation and collaborative process leading to the song at https://www.instagram.com/p/B_m-2hfAqEo/?igshid=mcw7yfzz5qe4

Toni (Song Lyrics)

Verse 1
I tried it once, my mother stopped me.
From writing the word she didn’t want to see.
This is the way we don’t move, because this ain’t been written

HOOK
This rememory won’t let me go. But I don’t want it to. I don’t want it to.

Verse 2
Life is heavy, but I need my words to hold weight
It broke the levies but the culture holds steady
We hold the pain and our bodies keep the score
Pour us down the drain still we keep our eyes forward

HOOK

Verse 3
The bird in the hand is language that stands for freedom or for oppression
Once that truth is made manifest, believe us, we can fly new directions

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