Other Tracy Chapman appreciation thread

[Thegospel]

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

 

[mc_brew]

i can't believe this powerful woman is shown so little love in the lounge... my favorite album of hers is new beginning..... heaven's here on earth, the rape of the world, remember the tinman = classic songs...

other albums of hers i really liked... crossroads (the title cut is my joint), telling stories, and matters of the heart... cats need to listen to bang, bang, bang.... she's the NaS of folk music....

powerful discography....

tracy chapman (self titled) (1988)

crossroads (1989)

matters of the heart (1992)

new beginning (1995)

telling stories (2000)

let it rain (2002)

where you live (2005)

our bright future (2008)

 

[Thegospel]

Lol these fools don't Een know

 

[Thegospel]

Coli stay sleep

 

[rushing to paris]

Is she retired?

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Coli stay sleep

These lyrics
"Smoke And Ashes"

I'd heard rumors and I'd heard talk
About the trail you'd left of broken hearts
About the sea of tears too wide to cross
But a little bad press has never scared me off
So I burned a path to figure out
How to get me some of what you got

I've got a red hot heart
If the talk is true your's is the same
And we should be together
And let our passions fan love's flame

When I looked for you I almost passed you by
You were so cool and calm
I thought my friends had lied
But I thought so much reserve must make you wild inside
It was there and then that I knew
I had to get some of what you got


I thought I'd won your heart when I held your hand in mine
I thought it was true love the way we complemented each other
But my right is your wrong
And when you're right then I'm left with nothing
Your light and your heat have all been spent
Leaving only smoke and ashes
Only smoke and ashes baby

I've got a red hot heart
And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins
I say there's fire down below
You say it's only smoke and ashes baby

I'm crying all the time
Salty stinging tears
And mourning for the past carbon-dated years
But knowing now for certain that you were always right
Because if a breeze could blow you out of my life
It's only smoke and ashes baby
Only smoke and ashes baby

I've got a red hot heart
And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins
I say there's fire down below
You say it's only smoke and ashes baby

I was blinded by devotion
My unwavering love for you
So blinded that I thought all your lies were true
But now I know for certain since you've gone away
It was just a smoldering fire I mistook for a blaze
Only smoke and ashes baby

 

[mc_brew]

#blackexcellence .... i love me some tracy chapman.....

 

[Yehuda]

Love her first album.

 

[brownsugah]

She's dope as hell. Love her debut.

 

[mc_brew]

still loving her music..... she needs to make another album....