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Talented Cameroon-born, London-based soul singer/song-writer Debra Debs returns with a fresh new album entitled 'LifeCycles' - released late November 2013 and rapidly garnering rave reviews within the UK soul and jazz circuit. For music lovers with a penchant for sounds blessed with groove and soul, this is one album that is guaranteed to stay on rotate.
Recently winning Best RnB Soul Act 2014 at the Urban Music Awards, No 1 on the UK SoulCharts and Jazz FM’s January week 3 ‘Album of the Week’, ‘LifeCycles’ blend of "NeosoulfulJazzyRnBAfrosoulThings" and as much of a mouthful that is, the LP is an intricate blend of sounds infused with 90's RnB, Jazz, Gospel, AfroSoul and skilled lyricism that tend to impart socio-conscious messages or resonate poetic enchantments for those with a weakness at describing seduction and life’s multi-experiences.
There is no mistaking she's been influenced by the likes of Jill Scott, Ella Fitzgerald, Lauryn Hill, Sarah Vaughn, Mary J Blige and many other greats. Currently promoting ‘LifeCycles, Debra Debs is impressively one of the UK’s finest emerging artists and certainly one to watch in 2014.
The last 3 years have culminated in a growing music CV for an unsigned artist. First kicking off with her 2011 EP release ‘WHUMAN’ with it’s socio-conscious liberating track Africa ‘Higher Higher’. ‘LifeCycles’ has been on rotation in London’s Soul/RnB/Jazz specialist stations such as Jazz FM, Solar Radio, Mi-Soul, Starpoint etc culminating with shows at the infamous Jazz Cafe, tours with Incognito's Maysa Leak and closing the year with grammy nominee Chrisette Michele.
Other achievements include performing at London’s prestigious Royal Opera House; winning the Best Female Urban Act-Cameroon Academy Awards, making the Urban Music Awards ‘Ones to Watch list 2013’, performing at the UKs biggest Africa Fashion show [Africa Fashion Week London in 2013] , the National Reality TV Awards and British Young Business Awards to Vince Cable and the Mayor of Camden.
Debra Debs owes her early music days to her mother's Jazz collection and the missionary boarding school for girls she attended where she sang tenor in both the choir and girl band formed with 7 classmates. Encouraged by her drama teacher, in the summer of 2000 she pursued a degree in Film & Media with Drama in Winchester, UK although dropping out 5 months later saying “...I didn't want to analyse shadows in film noirs” Fortunately for music lovers a Popular Music degree at the Tech Music schools soon followed topped-up with a Masters in International Business…....and the rest as they say is history.
For bookings contact: pr.debradebs@gmail.com
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Buy****PRICE INCLUDES P&P**** From the 90's to the noughties and drawing inspiration from Jazz greats, "LifeCycles" is a 100% contemporary soulful album that combines Jazz, Neosoul, Afro and Gospel influences. - 13 tracks
BuyDrawing inspiration from the likes of Jill Scott, Ella Fitzgerald, Mary J Blige and many more, "LifeCycles" is a 100% contemporary soulful album that combines Jazz, Neosoul, Afrosoul and Gospel influences to give you head-bopping grooves, socio-conscious messages and Jazzy days.
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- 1. Caught Up [c.Written/Composed by Debra Debs]Verse 1It’s been a minute since I left you. It’s been a minute since we said hello. I wanna come back baby [Cus everyday I miss you]. I can’t see tomorrow, nor what the weather brings But winter’s here and [baby boy I need you]Pre-ChorusLove can be a painful game, a painful game but we just keep on playing, we keep on playing And even when it hurts so hard and keeps us feeling torn we keep on playing, we keep on playing.ChorusI’m so caught up I don’t know what to do So damn caught up I’ll prove my feelings for you So caught up I can’t find no other man So caught up, so damn caught upVerse 2Oh Oh Oh we used to get down low, take it slow, why don’t you want my love no more Well well well, I know it’s my fault I left [I left] I’m trying to make it up and prove to you that I’m the lady for you ain’t no other compares to me All my friends they say they want me to be open date and go out some more Socialise some more But I find it hard it seems a little crazy to get up and let go Don’t wanna pretend no more2. Clear My Name [c.Written/Composed by Debra Debs]Verse 1Excuse me miss I’ve been wanting to come talk to you, to address this accusation that I’ve got your man It seems that everybody’s talking ‘bout the way we hang And now it’s gotten to your ears, just don’t believe what they say Don’t you listen to the words I don’t want your man, I can’t have your man They’ll say anything that’s twisted to you Don’t believe the lies, so let me clear my nameChorusLet me clear my name – Girl you know I’m spoken for it’s only right if you Let me clear my name – I don’t need another man, there’s only one enough for me Let me clear my name – It seems that you don’t believe me but Let me clear my name – And keep this situation under controlVerse 2Sometimes we lie to give some meaning to the tale Everyone becomes a victim, we can’t control the pain The things you hear are the true distortion of the truth – distortion of the truth Don’t you go don’t listen to their lies – I don’t want your man, I can’t have your man Misery loves company, bad news travels fast Bad news travels fast so let me clear my name Bridge Girl I know I shouldn’t care what you think But it’s your man and you can’t resist the urge to believe the things that you hear But I can assure you3. Love Galore [c.Written/Composed by Debra Debs]Chorus:Very handsome man. Encase me in your clay. I’ve got my eyes on you. Go ahead and apprehend me Verse 1 I’ve been hoping that you and I could chill out in the sun sometime/Papi I got my eyes on you And it seems that I will never (never never) Take my dreamy eyes of you I got you on my mind and I hope that you, swim so deep in my love galore (HHah-aah, hha-aah, hhah-aah)Verse 2I’ve been thinking if it’s alright I’mma dress up nice for you When it’s pretty quiet and the suns out as our only company I will wear cornrows I’ll clear the kitchen for you baby If you feeling cool, then no reason to get out I hear you’re good with them soft lips, strong arms, biceps curled across my shoulder Back, stroke my breast, stroke, you make me rain in summer, weak at knees It will be so easy when you come around and sow your reign, let love galoreBridgeSay (You’ve been single and I’ve been single) What’s it gonna be Say (I been chilling and you’ve been chilling) Where we gonna be (where we gonna be) Verse 3 I’m trying to get you on my team, trying to play right cus I’m a winner within (I got my mind right yeah) I’ll touch your hmm as your 6 foot over my 5 foot 5 tall athletic toned Make me wanna push dumbells like Stallone (Provoke my sensuality) It will be so easy when you come around, let love galore4. Fizzy Lemonade [c.Written/Composed by Debra Debs]Verse 1Maybe Maybe not, We could get together with coffee pot Light vanilla candles until we’re hot Ignite a session to mega kilowatts.Pre-chorus:Tell you what, let’s take it from the top Play your map right and you’ll find that spot Oooh touch that (AAH) and you’ll know when you get tucked Don’t switch places, no game playing My mind’s racing, take me on a cruise In your limousine, to the gates of ecstasyChorus:I’ll be your wine, you’ll be my fizzy lemonade, Drink me so much I’ll make you wanna stay What you need I’ll provide I’ll be your red, your white and your roseVerse 2:Don’t stop, you can be my lemonade, don’t stop Cus I wanna taste your sweets on top. Open me like a book, my manual’s scribbled all over me Legible, sensible, you ain’t gotta read between me5. Sometimes [c.Written/Composed by Debra Debs] Verse 1 Sometimes it’s rainy, sometimes the stormy weather gets you Sometimes the sun don’t shine on your face Sometimes you feel low, sometimes you think they’re out to get you But it don’t matter what the weather throwsChorusAin’t no manual to life, its all about keeping alive Let your faith do the walking, let your heart do the talking But the secret to it all is saying if they can do it, then I can do it tooVerse 2Sometimes you’re single, sometimes it don’t mean they don’t love you Matter of fact you’re damn beautiful in everyway – hey It’s all their loss if they can’t deal with you Go flaunt your blessing, boast about what HE gave you – hey6. Blew Your Mind [c.Written/Composed by Debra Debs]Verse 1So so it’s done. Now it’s over. You pick up the phone and call me telling me you miss my company I tell you what boy you’re seeing things so wrong. Some screw’s lose in your head. How you gonna pick up the phone cus she’s leaving you? Now you know my worth yeah?ChorusI thought she blew your mind, I thought she blew your mind (Blew your mind) Some things don’t change (The grass ain’t greener on the other side) I thought she blew your mind, I thought she blew your mind (Blew your mind So she’s got it going on. Size 10. And her double D’s got you in Verse 2 Where I come from they say ‘na you find am’ (na you find am) We had something special, you left na you find am Boy you got yourself to blame thinking about the way she moves She got boodoonkoodoongtoongtoongs turning all heads wherever she goes Ohh the girls round the way say (óoh la la la la) Don’t you wish you had what she has bla bla re re re chat chat they tell me Well my security don’t rely on vanity and you know my worth That’s why you came looking for meBridgeOccasionally (Occasionally), I think about you dear (You dear) When I’m free (I’m free) And my headspace so clear (So clear) I know that we (that we) Could fix this tainted love but she got something that I don’t have oh Blows your mind (Your mind) I hope that she keeps blowing your mind your mind (Your mind) Cus yesterday is history. We can’t go back to where we were before baby, Cus our love is tainted So she got it going on? So she got it going on [Oh- just leave me alone, Oh Oh - hang up the phone. Leave me alone]7. Daddy [c.Written/Composed by Debra Debs]Verse 114 years I dealt with you, I went to you when I needed love and thought my father figure was my pride I put my love at risk and I put my trust at stake when I thought that you were the real deal 2 years on a teenage girl I’m still out of your life. Now’s the right time to include me in your family right? You told me in my face that won’t be necessary and that killed mePre-ChorusI’d only visit you up in your office. There you would hand me some cash Thinking that was all that I needed and away to your life you would dash Still I would make excuses for you Daddy. Was this an illusion or was this realChorusSo long farewell. I’m done hearing this all time. I’m done telling you this all the time. Got no time to be your daddy So long farewell. I can’t deal with you seeing you this time. Kid I just don’t have the time cus I got my own family Verse 2 Backtrack to my younger days in primary school when I’d see you pick your other kids up and I would want to belong where they belonged Was this an illusion or was this real? All you’d do is shake my hand for hellos and goodbyes. Where your mother at say Hi. Couldn’t even explain why You couldn’t be there for me why – DaddyVerse 320 odd years gone. graduation’s coming on. Now you wanna be a part of my life. A few years back I switched you off cus loss without ownership ain’t loss, no loss, no loss. I never had you, you never had me. So I didn’t lose you, we were never family. Please understand me, I forgive you but I dunno when to call you. I dunno what to say to you. I dunno how to vibe with you. I dunno when to write to you. God I dunno how to be with you Daddy8. Blending Colours [c.Written/Composed by Debra Debs]Verse 1He spun his globe, pointing to that new life Unsure of where the road to happiness leads Frustrated with the laws and regs to put up with It’s all or nothing, I gotta book my flight out of herePre-ChorusHe falls in love with a stranger, who spoke a different language But every word they shared, was clearly understood A touch just means I love you, a smile I’m safe with you But how do we work this through?ChorusI come from another country. You come from another world We live in the same city, and always wanna be free I come from another culture. You come from another race But what’s stopping us, what’s stopping us from blending colours? Breakdown Oooh nothing can I be myselfVerse 2She learned how to speak Chinese, and taught him how to speak Dutch Trying to break society’s boundaries. Though we try to move with the times, not everybody’s booked for the journey Generations before won’t let us be Pre-chorus He fell inlove with a stranger, against his mother’s dream We’ve never planned this for you, your family won’t be pleased If she don’t look like we do, then she just won’t fit in Cus our race is pure and cleanBridgeYour dreams don’t mean nothing my history You get for marry somebody from where we come from We no di go around, we no di think about nobody else We don’t marry no tribes, don’t marry no races out of our own Ooohhh9. Chasing Dreams [c.Written/Composed by Debra Debs]Vocal introFollow me, Follow me, Follow me, Follow me Verse 1 So I admit that when I get too busy, I’m too busy to chill with you And I commit that when I’m done with this music we gon’ see this love thing through I could never put a time on it or hold you back so you forfeit your dreams for me baby I aint about imposing restrictions on you Relax, relax. Relax, relax See a girl’s gotta do what a girls gotta do and I know I gotta be where I gotta be I know you’re frustrated when I pack in so much into my time and a 9 to 5 and you’re not The first thing on my mind when I’m focusing on things So my vocal tape’s on reloadChorusI’m just chasing dreams, I’m just chasing dreams, I’m just chasing dreams, I’m just chasing dreams, I’m just chasing dreams, I’m just chasing dreams, I’m just chasing dreams, I’m just, justVerse 2I quit my job temporarily cus I know I’m seriously – Chasing dreams In reality my mind’s delinquently – chasing dreams I made an issue about writer’s block. Ain’t no excuse but I gotta get this thing on lock. No holds barred, recluse yeah I know Its hard to figure out this one this thing yeah I know I wanna be, thought I’d be, had to be the girl of your dreams It ain’t about the loot baby. It’s only what I do baby So no matter where I go no matter what I do This music be my crew and my, my time is overdue BreakdownThese dreams they got me going crazy And I know that I gotta spend time with you But it seems like every time I try to do something else They just, just always get in the way – ooh ooh I’m chasing dreams10. Speeches [c.Written/Composed by Debra Debs]IntroComplaining, fighting, we don’t get along When its fading, we’ve got to pull the plug Throw the towel in and call this to a stop Adjust to the change of not being spoken forChorusI’ll be missing you, I’ll be missing you, I’ll be missing you You you, you you you you Verse 1 Na weting with this pain and heartache? Babyboy you got me loving you the hard way. Sometimes I wish that I had never loved you. And when I pack my bags sey I di go, you ask me sey na for which other man I want di go? Na only this myself I want di find so? I said I wanted to be your lady I wanted to be the only one that you could call your baby I wanted to have your babies but this thing no be child’s play – hey! Na wetin with these feelings? I dey toss and turn ee dey like sick di catch me. But na ma choice I want di go so Speech So erhm …the thing na sey you know how I feel about you right? The only problem na say like I tok, I just get my own ting dem wey I really want go do And.. you want go do ya own ting dem But, you know if something nay a own it will always come back to you So I mean… no be really ting dis wey I want do but I don’t tell myself sey ee be better for us forBridgeThrow the towel in, pull the plug, Let it go we clearly had enough Compromise so we can close this tale, Free your heart so you can love again If we’re together in another world, dating you will be nothing Its gonna be easy to ride with you babe, but for now I gotta let you go Verse 2 I’ve been with you for so many years, even me I shock myself sey I don tire this here But I no regret the time that I spent with you I go write love letters for you, I go think about you daily when I’m feeling blue I go wonder where you go, I’ll wonder who you hold, I’ll wonder where you live and I’ll wonder who you dig. I’ll wonder if you’re achieving your dreams, I’ll wonder if she’ll give you everything that you need I’ll wonder who she is, I’ll wonder if she’s keen and I’ll wonder if she’ll leave cus I’m everything you needPre-ChorusI no want nothing from you. I’m trying to tell you that I’ll be missing you Say I don’t want nothing from you [2x]ChorusI’ll be missing you [I no want nothing from you. I’m trying to tell you that I’ll be missing you] I’ll be missing you [Say I don’t want nothing from you] I’ll be missing you [I’m trying to tell you that I’ll be missing you] I’ll be missing you [I don’t want nothing from you] You you, you you you you11. Awake with You [c.Written/Composed by Debra Debs]Vocal intro oohh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah oohh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Verse 1: As I lay on your chest and watch it rise in rhythms Simultaneous baby to that of my heart beat, my heart beat I clock on that this rhythm speech Is the sound of your thinking.ChorusEven in your sleep awake with me [6 x] Verse 2I never never, never, never, never loved before Baby if you call me I will go I’ll fly you to the moon you can take me through the skies We can fly forever and ever So many ways to tell you babe I’ll do anything you want me to for you baby So I clock on that this rhythm speech Is the sound of your thinkingRapYou see my heart beat once, for this good for nothing man/after everything we had he couldn’t even comprehend /the time I spent/ hanging unto his every word/ Every second, every minute my heart never took a turn/ But I /never read through the lines/ conversations would convince me darkness could turn into with light/ My girls must have phoned a thousand times, tried to convince me he would rob me of my Whuman and my breath/ But hey, miss busy body know-all, captive in this house I couldn’t see the writings on the wall/duped, fooled like a mule/abused and doomed/leaving me dazed and confused /Pre-ChorusNo memories lasting he got me love fasting/he got ma heart broken No memories lasting he got me love fasting/he got my heart crying But I wanna stay awake with you, I wanna stay awake with you, I wanna stay awake with you baby [2x]
