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