Me'shell Ndegeocello : Free my heart

Me'shell Ndegeocello

Me'shell Ndegeocello (née Michelle Lynn Johnson le 29 août 1968 à Berlin) est une chanteuse, rappeuse, joueuse de guitare basse et d'autres instruments des États-Unis d'Amérique.

Biographie
Fille d'Helen Johnson et du lieutenant et saxophoniste Jacques Johnson, Michelle grandit à Washington, D.C.. Elle se fait d'abord connaître sous le nom de Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur mais avait déjà adopté le nom Ndegeocello, qui veut dire "libre comme un oiseau", à l'adolescence. Elle fait revivre la soul music, tout en mêlant dans sa musique funk, hip hop, reggae, rock et jazz.

Ecclesiastes: Free my heart

    (Me'Shell Ndegeocello)

the sun rises and the sun goes down

and hastens back to the place where it rose

that from thence it may rise again

finding all things wearisome unsatisfied

my eyes not satisfied with seeing,

my ears unsatisfied with hearing

wondering of that which is now

that which has been

and that which is to be

for my time on earth i pay so dearly

for my past

confusion embraces my heart

for to know self is to forgive self

on my sojourn of truth

free my heart, so my soul may fly

free my mind,

of my worldly wants and desires

i look towards heaven

with my arms open wide

take my hand, come and take my hand

sadness fills my heart

too weak to get by,

slave to discontentment and self-pity

one generation passes

and another generation comes

but change abides forever

i come forth from my mother's womb

and naked shall i return

to the earth to go as i came

taking nothing of this supposed worldly gain

i'm so ready to go

free my heart, so my soul may fly

so my soul may fly

free my mind,

of my worldly wants and desires

i look towards heaven

with my arms open wide

take my hand, come and take my hand