Lauryn Hill: Ex-Factor

Obtuvo un rotundo éxito con su banda The Fugees por su novedosa forma de mezclar el rap, soul, reggae y RnB. La necesidad de dar rienda suelta a sus creaciones propias, fue el detonante que produjo su incursión en solitario con su disco debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill(1998). Catalogado por muchos como uno de los mejores álbumes de soul, obtuvo 5 grammys y contaba con colaboraciones de D'Angelo y John Leggend. En su interior canciones como "Doo Woop (That Thing)", "Everything is Everything" o éste que os dejo, "Ex-Factor", lograron dar un paso hacia el nuevo soul del siglo XXI.

Letra

It could all be so simple
But you'd rather make it hard
Loving you is like a battle
And we both end up with scars
Tell me, who I have to be
To get some reciprocity
No one loves you more than me
And no one ever will

Is this just a silly game
That forces you to act this way
Forces you to scream my name
Then pretend that you can't stay
Tell me, who I have to be
To get some reciprocity
No one loves you more than me
And no one ever will

Hook:
No matter how I think we grow
You always seem to let me know
It ain't workin'
It ain't workin'
And when I try to walk away
You'd hurt yourself to make me stay
This is crazy
This is crazy

I keep letting you back in
How can I explain myself
As painful as this thing has been
I just can't be with no one else
See I know what we got to do
You let go and I'll let go too
'Cause no one's hurt me more than you
And no one ever will

Repeat Hook

Care for me, care for me
I know you care for me

There for me, there for me
Said you'd be there for me

Cry for me, cry for me
You said you'd die for me

Give to me, give to me
Why won't you live for me
(Repeat)

Brook Benton: Rainy Night In Georgia

Alimentándose de las fuentes del gospel desde su niñez, fue a finales de los 50 cuando se empezó a hacer popular, pero dentro del sonido RnB de la época. Su voz de barítono -buena compañera para intimar-, la maestría en sus interpretaciones..., todo sumaba para crear una atmósfera acogedora. El mayor éxito de Brook Benton vino de la mano de su canción "Rainy Night In Georgia" en el año 1970, ya dentro del mítico sello Atlantic Records. Podemos disfrutar de su interpretación en vivo del año 1982, 6 antes de su pérdida para siempre.

Letra

Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin', seems I hear your voice callin' "It's all right."
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia
It seems like it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

Neon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night
A distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night
A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

How many times I wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it or think of it
It's life and you just got to play the game

[Instrumental Interlude]

I find me a place in a box car, so I take my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine
(minor scat) But it's a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it's a rainy night in Georgia I
Feel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now And it's rainin' all over the world

Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?
And you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's world
You're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',
Rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin' [etc. to end]