Melodious Music Memoirs # 36: Dad, I Believe That's Love - Official Release (Original Song)
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Dad, I Believe That's Love, which will redirect you to the website soundcloud.
Full Song Lyrics and Due Credits provided below.
Song's Due Credits
Beat Produced by Q-Tip
Mixed & Mastered by Verbal D
Chorus Written, Created & Performed by D'Angelo
Verses 1, 2 & 3 Written, Created & Performed by Verbal D
Full Song Lyrics
Verbal D
Verse 1:
I walk around the city and people say I’m handsome,
But Dad, you’re the type to keep for ransom.
People compliment you, all proud shaking your hand some
'Cause you selling cars, working hard, sweatin’ and some
There’s no spitting these bars like I planned ‘em
So much to say in the way that seems random
See you at the top, so don’t you ever drop
But even if you did, then I’d be jumping for you, tandem
…Father-son relationship’s not quite a warzone
I hate when things pop off like a handgun
…Sometimes we have some disagreements rather than fun
But you’re only one phone call away on my Samsung
I wish we talked more, this love that we fought for
Lines be getting choked up and tied into knot, cords
Sometimes I can’t express the things I need to say
So I made this song purely for the love that I’ve brought forth
D'Angelo
Chorus:
That’s love, That’s love, That’s love(x4)
That’s love (x2)
Verbal D
Verse 2:
Some children grow up without having a father.
The ones who walk out like "Why should I bother?"
Where being a dad is more an inconvenience.
And raising their kids with no love or lenience
Some people weren’t meant to be parents
Living for themselves, like their kids were transparent
Or translucent, what a nuisance
Some people beat their kids for amusement
That’s not something to laugh about
Seeing the value of the children by half amounts
When I’m father, I won’t have a doubt
That I’ll love 'em all regardless whether short and stout,
Got a thick snout, big mouth, small face, tall base,
All waist, smart, dumb or accident prone
I will love them all the same
Just like you love me now and in the past, so don’t change
D'Angelo
Chorus:
That’s love, That’s love, That’s love(x4)
That’s love (x2)
Verbal D
Verse 3:
In this moment I record, it’s never, I be bored
You can feel my feelings in the way that I keyboard
Open up your arms and let me just lean forward
'Cause when I think of you, there’s a place that I reach for
It’s your heart, your soul, your mind
And I’m very proud of you from the distance you climbed
You took our family from the ghettoes, from the gutter to the meadows
Just to bring us up another level
Not sleeping on the ground ,Ggt a bed with a pillow
That’s deep appreciation like the notes on a cello
For less you never settled, did whatever it took
To raise us right, so you never got shook
Even through hard times, you never got hooked down
Now we at the top, so we're looking around
Many haters everywhere, only looking to clown
Cause they’re jealous that my father brought us up from the ground, yeah
Song Lyrics Copyrighted by Verbal D
If you missed my other previous Melodious Music Memoirs, including Open Mic Contest Wk Entries, Please click on the provided links below:
Melodious Music Memoirs # 1: Change The World
Melodious Music Memoirs # 2: Impact
Melodious Music Memoirs # 3: My Mother
THE STEEMIT SONG
Melodious Music Memoirs # 4: Statements
Melodious Music Memoirs # 5: Love, Passion, Passion, Love
Melodious Music Memoirs # 6: Nothing But Bliss - Open Mic Night Contest Wk 2 Entry
Melodious Music Memoirs # 7: The Bitcoin Song - Open Mic Night Contest Wk 3 Entry
Melodious Music Memoirs # 8: Vacay - Open Mic Night Contest Wk 4 Entry
Open Mic Night Wk 5 Entry: Grim Is Out Stretching Death Fields
Melodious Music Memoirs # 9: When Darkness Falls
Open Mic Night Wk 6 Entry: Amnesia
Open Mic Night Wk 7 Entry: Last Day
Open Mic Night Wk 8 Entry: Spaceman Jones
Open Mic Night Wk 9 Entry: Somehow
Melodious Music Memoirs # 10: Structural Adaptation Acoustic and Oriental Versions
Melodious Music Memoirs # 11: All Dogs Go To Heaven - R.I.P. Bear
Melodious Music Memoirs # 12: Epic Arena
Melodious Music Memoirs # 13: Fast Lane
Open Mic Night Wk 10 Entry: End Of My Season
Melodious Music Memoirs # 14: Industrial Flames All Fired Up
Open Mic Night Wk 11 Entry: Get With The BlockChain
Melodious Music Memoirs # 15: Shattered Rainbows, Broken Skies
Melodious Music Memoirs # 16: Whip
THE BIGFOOT SONG
Melodious Music Memoirs # 17: Romance & Bliss
Open Mic Night Wk 12 Entry: Crime Lord
Melodious Music Memoirs # 18: Do You See What Chia Seeds?
Open Mic Night Wk 13 Entry: Dad, I Believe That's Love
Open Mic Night Wk 14 Entry: Barz
Melodious Music Memoirs # 19: Recuperation, Rejuvenation
Melodious Music Memoirs # 20: Wisdom Of The Ancients
Open Mic Night Wk 15 Entry: M.A.S.H. Theme
Open Mic Night Wk 16 Entry: Lass Gehn, Let's Go!
Melodious Music Memoirs # 21: It's Hard To Trust But To Love… I Must
Open Mic Night Wk 17 Entry: What Could Go Wrong?
Melodious Music Memoirs # 22: Summer Gladness
Melodious Music Memoirs # 23: The Marvellous Matriarch
Melodious Music Memoirs # 24: The Cool Cats On Steemit
@Soundlegion's SuperNova Steemit Producer Challenge Entry
Open Mic Night Wk # 18 Entry: Your Dreams
Open Mic Night Wk 19 Entry: The Flute Of Fools
Melodious Music Memoirs # 25: On The Ball
Open Mic Night Wk 20 Entry: Sea Of Love
Open Mic Night Wk 21 Entry: No Defeat
Melodious Music Memoirs # 26: Ethereal Presence
Open Mic Night Wk 22 Entry: Eye Contact
Open Mic Night Wk 23 Entry: PizzaGate
Melodious Music Memoirs # 27: Shadow Man-Dala
Open Mic Night Wk 24 Entry: Cherish
Melodious Music Memoirs # 28: Official Song Release Of "Cherish"
Open Mic Night Wk 25 Entry: I'mma Be A Father AKA "Harmony's Song"
Melodious Music Memoirs # 29: Sliver's Edge Of Ledd's Silver Lining
Open Mic Night Wk 26 Entry: Soulmates
Open Mic Night Wk 27 Entry: Beyond Words
Melodious Music Memoirs # 30: Beyond The Veil
Open Mic Night Wk 28 Entry: Waves
Open Mic Night Wk 29 Entry: The Echoes Of One Who Pondered
Open Mic Night Wk 30 Entry: God Gave Me A Solid Vision
Melodious Music Memoirs # 31: Ingrained
Open Mic Night Wk 31 Entry: Warning To The devil, Message To The People
Open Mic Night Wk 32 Entry: Thank God, I'm No Island
Open Mic Night Wk 33 Entry: Haven
Open Mic Night Wk 34 Entry: God's Cityzen
Melodious Music Memoirs # 32: POWER SPIRIT
Open Mic Night Wk 35 Entry: Silent Whispers
Melodious Music Memoirs # 33: Here & Now
Melodious Music Memoirs # 34: Life Stands Still
Open Mic Night Wk 36 Entry: Live Life Today
Open Mic Night Wk 37 Entry: Where We Are
Melodious Music Memoirs # 35: Official Song Release Of "Where We Are"
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I really want to play this but it doesn't play on all three browsers I tried :/.
"Dad, it's not meant to be"
Thanks for trying to listen, here is the soundcloud link, I had also provided it above. I find that Google Chrome works well also.
https://soundcloud.com/verbald/dad-i-believe-thats-love
Hope you like it
That's the thing, soundcloud won't start playing the song. And I tried Google Chrome as I expected it to work there :/.
That's strange, everyone else can listen to it. The best I can do is email it to you if you message me on steemit.chat at @verbal-d
Wow.. this is a very nice post, upvoting and following you..
Thank you very much for listening, I hope you enjoyed the song, I appreciate the support.
Two MMMs in one? What a deal! This has got to be one of my favorite headbobbers of yours, brother! It sends a powerful message, and it has a very uplifting beat. Great job all of you involved! :D
Yes, and I am far from done bro! So glad you enjoyed this one, it is also one of my favorites, it is an oldie but goodie with a very impacting message we both can stand by!
My friend Jeanette is a huge fan of r&b and also a follower of Christ, many times I've thought of her while listening to one of your awesome songs...she was just recently up from NC and is actually coming back this weekend to stay with us. I am going to set up a playlist of your music for her, I have a feeling you will become her new favorite! She can also sing, really sing, and she just recently wrote a song. I'm going to work on her to get on steemit. In the meantime, after she gets here and I show her all of this, I'm going to have her request you on facebook. If you wanted to check her out, she's the one who most frequently posts on my page.
In fact, she just put up a video of our sons (they're both 13 and the best of friends like us which is awesome) You should watch it, it's hilarious. Mine is the bigger one with the 'can't fix stupid' shirt lol.
I regrettably had to vote for you at a percentage because I haven't gotten the formula for the new hf changes worked out and my voting power keeps dropping really low. I still made sure to add several dollars to your post, and I think what I might do is designate certain days where I hit my friends with the full force (if my vp is in the nineties, that's like an eleven/twelve dollar vote) and others where I do a percentage.
xo my friend.
Thank you so much my dear friend, i am clueless about voting power, I always up vote everyone with a full 100% and it never drops low because i do things manually, but it;s all good, i love your support and can't wait to hear your best friend's wonderful singing, i hope she likes my music, i'll check out that video for sure, the hf19 is amazing!!!
Oh, you should really go to steemd and check, the hardfork, it changed everything. I never had a problem with my power going low before yesterday either. Even Ezzy had to put his voting on pause because his power totally sunk. I stopped my bot and went back to manual, and after only ten votes yesterday my power was almost down to fifty percent!
I just looked at yours, not too bad, 78%. But trust me, if you were to vote on ten of your friends at a hundred percent power right now, you would see it drop, and if you keep doing it it will drop even faster. I'm hoping that if I take a break from voting overnight my power will go back up to the high nineties, but right now it's at eighty percent.
Edit: I'm not going back to the bot, at least for now, so I will also be entirely manual again.
That's crazyyyy lol thanks for the heads up, i'll be looking that up for sure! And now I have more time to catch up on Reborn, did you see that I am doing @papa-pepper's Audiobook now as well?