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Alive - 5:38
by Michael Wimberly - featuring Sharief Hobley
Wake up in the morning
5 am the dawning
I feel your breath and your yawning
Sounds like music to my ears
And girl, you are the one that’s on my lips
You are the one that steers this ship
I just can’t believe you chose me
To be your one and only
Said I’m happy to be here
I’m happy to be here...together
So happy to be here (yea)
Said I’m happy to be here and alive (Alive)
You make me feel so alive (Alive) (Hey yea)
I’m thankful to be alive (thankful and happy to be here)
When I wake up in the morning and I see you yawning
It makes me so grateful, thankful to be here > I’m happy to be here and alive (vocal ad lib)
Guitar solo
Aww with the all the love we can be...
Happy to be here alive
Said I’m happy to be here together
I’m so grateful for your lovin’
So grateful for your love
The little things you do make me feel so happy to know our love is true Love is true
Said, said I’m so happy to be here alive
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Mack Daddy’s Woman - 5:02
by M. Wimberly featuring Sharief Hobley
(Spoken)
Now see every Mack Daddy has got a bottom babe
You know that one that’s there fo’ him through and through That real hardcore love she’ll do anything for her Mack Daddy
Baby got weave down her backside
Baby’s got back and that’s no lie
Hundred dollar tips on her fingernails
Wearing perfume number 5 Channel
Eight thousand dollar dress by Versace
Pumps from Milan and the UK
Walks with some style and a touch of class
Got’sta pay top dollar fo’ dis here ass
A Mack Daddy’s Woman
A Mack Daddy’s Woman
A Mack Daddy’s Woman
Dedicated real love
Woman
A Mack Daddy’s Woman
A Mack Daddy’s Woman
Dedicated real Love
(Sax solo)
Dedicated to the pimp that knows the game
Living a street walkers’ life is full of stress and pain
Her pimps gotta sometimes bail
‘cause sometimes she’s gonna land in jail
The Life is always glorified
This Life is a living suicide
Pimps and Ho’s dress from their heads to their toes
G’s and Boo’s making up the rules and the game unfolds
A Mack Daddy’s Woman
A Mack Daddy’s Woman (Woman)
Dedicated real Love
Baby’s been raped by her uncle
Verbally abused since the age of 4
Never had no one to look up to
Been hoeing since 14 now she’s 22
Always had a thang fo’ dem rough boys
Aborted 7 times now can’t have no mo’
It’s a crying shame where her life has been
She believes in god but not in sin
A Mack Daddy’s Woman
A Mack Daddy’s Woman
A Mack Daddy’s Woman
Dedicated real Love
Woman
A Mack Daddy’s Woman
A Mack Daddy’s Woman
Dedicated real Love
Bottom babe till the end of days
Doing her thang for her Mack Daddy
Mack Daddy’s Woman
Mack Daddy’s Woman
Mack Daddy’s Woman (Woman)
A Mack Daddy’s Woman (Woman)
A Mack Daddy’s Woman (Woman)
Dedicated real Love
Woman
(ad lib) Woman Woman
Dedicated real Love
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Revolution - 4:56
by Michael Wimberly and Laurence Goldman
In the midst of a revolution
We’re In the midst of a revolution
In the middle of a revolution
In the midst of a revolution
We’re In the midst of a revolution
In the middle of a revolution
Everybody to arms – come on
Protect yourself from political genocide Or else we’re all gonna die
In the midst of a revolution
We’re In the midst of a revolution
In the middle of a revolution
Stop putting us in the institutions
Gonna ‘cause a revolution – (aw) wait a minute
Make love not war
that’s what I’m on the planet for
On the planet for
Don’t bring me no guns - nah we don’t need ‘em
This is a love war One on one One on one
In the midst of a revolution
We’re In the midst of a revolution
In the middle of a revolution
(organ solo)
In the midst of a revolution
We’re In the midst of a revolution
In the middle of a revolution
(Uh) Here we go again
Genocide on earth when will it end
Peace be released Deflect the racist beast Deflect the racist Deflect the racist
Get up Stand up Make love not war
Peace in the house Love forever more Love forever more
Love forever more
You know that it is time for lovin’ everywhere
You know that it is time for love and peace
You know that it is time for lovin’ everywhere
You know that it is time for love and peace
You know that it is time for lovin’ everywhere
You know that it is time for love and peace
You know that it is time for lovin’ everywhere
You know that it is time for love and peace
(guitar solo)
You know that it is time for lovin’ everywhere
You know that it is time for love and peace
You know that it is time for lovin’ everywhere
You know that it is time for love and peace
You know that it is time for lovin’ everywhere
You know that it is time for love and peace
You know that it is time for lovin’ everywhere
You know that it is time for love and peace
I know it’s time... take a look around it’s time for love and peace
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Afrofuturism (radio edit)
by Michael Wimberly – remix by Mike Meurin 4:30
We’re moving through space
We’re moving through space
We’re moving through space
We’re moving through time
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
We’re moving through space
We’re moving through time
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
Universal Groove Everybody Move
Get out on the dance floor chase away your blues
Turn to your honey Turn to your g’
Tell’em that you luv’em Tell’em that you see
A Universal Groove flowin’ through their mind
The rhythm is euphoric - The rhythm is divine
We’re in the universe - The rhythm is unrehearsed
Check it out Check it out What’s the next verse
Afrofuturism, Afrofuturism
Afrofuturism Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
We’re moving through time
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
We’re moving through space We’re moving through time
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
You’re on the spaceship earth
And you’re outward bound
Destination unknown Destination unknown (Sun Ra)
You’re on the spaceship earth
And you’re outward bound
Destination unknown (Sun Ra) Destination unknown (Sun Ra)
And you haven’t met the captain of the spaceship yet
Where’s he at now... I just saw him... Sun Ra
And you haven’t met the captain of the spaceship yet
Get on board yeah yeah - interplanetary...
It’s the power of love
Afrofuturism
It’s the power of love
Afrofuturism
It’s the power of love
Afrofuturism
It’s the power of love
Afrofuturism
(trumpet solo)
Africa, take me back, take me back to the rhythm of the drum (Africa) C’mon, Moving through time
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind - Say we’re moving
We’re moving through space we’re moving through time
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
We’re moving through time Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
We’re moving through space
We’re moving through time Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
Time and Space
Space and Time
Groove on my mind - Going through my mind It’s the power the power of love
(“on the spaceship earth” lyric by Sun Ra used by permission)
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You know that it is time for lovin' everywhere
You know that it is time for love and peace!
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Dance with you 3:07
Written by Michael Wimberly, Joss Stone, Jonathan Joseph, Foday Musa Suso)
[Chorus] in Mandingo
Verse
I pour my time into the sea
Let go of my head and let it fly free
I’ll be beautifully
turning and twisting to the sound of the kora’s melody
Morning wakes me
Evening soothes me - it lets my soul be
[Chorus]
Heads to the earth - gaze to the sky Drink of the Nile - arms open wide
I call to you Yemenja
[Chorus]
[Chant]
Ney no na ney Ney ney no na ney Ney no na ney Ney ney no na ney Ney no na ney Ney ney no na ney
[Chorus] (extended)
Pray for me kora
Come on be
Balafon just be with me
I just love the sound And I want to be free...To dance with you
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Madiba (Dedicated to Nelson Mandela) 5:37
(written by Michael Wimberly, Jonathan Joseph, Foday Musa Suso)
A luta continua (The struggle continues)
27 years they took from his life
27 years he fought against apartheid
No, he never stopped, he never tired
With the weight of the world they couldn’t put out his fire
He was as great as King and Ghandi
He did what he had to do to set his people free
A diplomate a great inspirer
A voice of change a revolution starter
We’ll never forget you
I know, we’ll never forget you
Madiba Madiba Madiba Madiba
You were attacked - all sides
Didn’t know who was with you
Always looking left always looking right
Always defending the people’s truth
We’ll never never forget you
You’ll live forever
Our children will remember the things Remember the things
Madiba Madiba Madiba Madiba
(balafon solo)
Liberator, agitator, educator, peace maker, optimist
Even Mr. President
He was one of the greatest men who ever lived
Chaka un teyla
Chakun ta Chaka un teyla Chaka un teyla
Chakun ta Chaka un teyla Chaka un teyla
Chakun ta Chaka un teyla Chaka un teyla
Chakun ta Chaka un teyla
The struggle continues The struggle continues The struggle continues
The struggle continues
We’ll fight on and on and on and on
We’ll never forget you We’ll never forget you
Madiba
Madiba
Madiba (liberator) Madiba
Our struggle continues
We’ll fight on and on and on Madiba
Talk for his life
27 years
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Radio 4:12
by Gary Pinto and Michael Wimberly
Frequently I hear frequencies that keep messing with my brain
Soundtrack that plays in the background always sounds the same
You see the purpose of music is made to lift us to a higher plane
We must create
Don’t follow the way that it’s come you’ll already be too late
What ‘cha got, but then your spirit is yearning to escape
See nothing in this world can substitute what god has made
We must create We must create
Give me my radio
Be the ruler of your own domain be the planner of your own ascent
Give me my radio
It will relent
Give me my radio
Be the ruler of your own domain
Give me my radio
The people speaking the loudest are sometimes the most ignorant
We must be the voice that it says so in future we don’t lament
Be the ruler of your own domain - Be the planner of your own ascent
It will relent (spoken: it will relent)
When the covers are pulled and no one has nothing left to hide
Everybody will know the truth and the broken will come to light (but it ain’t right)
Take a limb from under the bush and we’ve got to see a light This is your time – This is your time...
Give me my radio
Give me my radio
Give me my radio (We got to see a light)
Give me my radio
Give me my radio (Take a limb from under the bush) Give me my radio
Give me my radio (We got to see a light)
(rap verse)
I want my radio back, you shouldn’t jacked it in the first place
And about the time it took me to lace the track we could have put all the nonsense back
So, let me ask you... is it a reason for feeding me all this emptiness, a mixture of apathy,
A quota of laziness, cause the radio I had before I could play for days and it used to always amaze...give back my radio
Give me my radio
Give me my radio
Give me my radio (I want my radio back you shouldn’t jacked it)
Give me my radio
Give me my radio (I want my radio back you shouldn’t jacked it)
Give me my radio
Give me my radio (Be the ruler of your own domain be the planner of your own ascent) (You will relent) Give me my radio (You will relent)
I want my radio back you shouldn’t jacked it
I want my radio back you shouldn’t jacked it
I want my radio back
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Afrofuturism (written by Michael Wimberly – remix by Mike Meurin) 7:17
We’re moving through space / We’re moving through space / We’re moving through space We’re moving through time
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind We’re moving through time Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
Universal Groove Everybody Move
Get out on the dance floor chase away your blues
Turn to your honey Turn to your g
Tell’em that you luv’em Tell’em that you see
A Universal Groove flowin’ through their mind
The rhythm is euphoric The rhythm is divine
We’re in the universe The rhythm is unrehearsed
Check it out Check it out What’s the next verse
Afrofuturism, Afrofuturism, Afrofuturism
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
We’re moving through time
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
We’re moving through space
We’re moving through time
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
You’re on the spaceship earth
And you’re outward bound
Destination unknown Destination unknown (Sun Ra)
You’re on the spaceship earth
And you’re outward bound
Destination unknown Destination unknown (Sun Ra)
And you haven’t met the captain of the spaceship yet
Where’s he at now... I just saw him... Sun Ra
And you haven’t met the captain of the spaceship yet
Get on board interplanetary...
It’s the power of love Afrofuturism
It’s the power of love Afrofuturism
It’s the power of love Afrofuturism
It’s the power of love Afrofuturism
(trumpet solo)
Africa, take me back, take me back to the rhythm of the drum (Africa) Moving through time Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
Say we’re moving
We’re moving through space we’re moving through time
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
We’re moving through space
We’re moving through time
Afrofuturism is the groove on my minde
Time and Space
Space and Time
Groove on my mind
Going through my mind It’s the power the power of love
We’re moving through time
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
Afrofuturism is the groove on my mind
Gotta move... I see a universal groove
Groove on my mind
I see a universal groove
Time and Space
Space and Time
Groove on my mind Groove on. I see a universal groove
Ad lib...
(“on the spaceship earth” lyric by Sun Ra - used by permission)
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A general translations from Famoro reflects on the strength the comes from the support of ones family. The response that's sung in the chorus is a joyful sound of encouragement.
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Veteran Percussionist and Composer Michael Wimberly Announces New Genre-Crossing Album Afrofuturism (Out 2/19/21)
Being released in three distinct parts, the album exhibits the breadth of Wimberly's sonic jouney and runs the gamut of musical traditions from Pop, Rock, R&B, Afrobeat, and West African music. Afrofuturism features guest performances and writing by Grammy award-winning singer Joss Stone, Australian pop singer Gary Pinto, Kora master Foday Muso Susa, and producer and guitarist Sharief Hobley.
released January 22, 2021
TMR_004-006: TMR Present’s Afrofuturism by Michael Wimberly
Release Date: Dec 11, 2020 / Jan 22, 2021 / Feb. 19, 2021
Track listing:
1. Alive: Featuring Sharief Hobley / Written by M. Wimberly (5:38)
2. Mack Daddy’s Woman: Written by M. Wimberly (5:02)
3. Revolution: Written by M. Wimberly / L. Goldman (4:56)
4. Afrofuturism(radio edit): Written by M. Wimberly / Remix by Mike Meurin
(4:30)
5. Lovin’ Everywhere (Acapella): Written by M. Wimberly / L. Goldman
(0:29)
6. Dance with You: Featuring Joss Stone/Written by
M.Wimberly/J.Stone/J. Joseph/F. Musa Suso (3:07)
7. Madiba: Featuring: Theresa Thomason / Written by
M.Wimberly/J.Joseph/Foday Musa Suso (5:37)
8. Djeli Song: Featuring Foday Musa Suso / Written by M. Wimberly
/J.Joseph, F. Musa Suso (4:54)
9. DDK Groove: Written by M. Wimberly/J.Joseph/F. Musa Suso
(5:15)
10.Radio: Featuring Gary Pinto / Written by G. Pinto and M. Wimberly
(4:12)
11. Afrofuturism (Ext. Mix): Written by M. Wimberly / Remix by Mike
Meurin (7:17)
12. Solei (Traditional): Featuring Missia & Famoro Dioubate / Written by F.
Dioubate (3:05)
13. Solei (Contemporary): Written by F. Dioubate (3:05)
Personnel:
Foday Musa Suso Kora / Vocals, Joss Stone Vocals, Gary Pinto Vocals, Theresa Thomason Vocals, Sharief Hobley Guitar / Vocals, Famoro Dioubate Balafon / Vocals, Missia Saran Dioubate Vocals, Trevor Allen Bass, Armando Gola Bass, Sekou Dioubate Bass, Jonathan Joseph Drums, Waldron Ricks Trumpet, Bruce Williamson Tenor Sax / Soprano Sax / Flute, Kofi Osei Williams Djembe, Cloe Parker and Imani Lewis-Shirley Background Vocals, Michael Wimberly Keyboards / Vibraphone Percussion / Vocals
Executive Producer: Michael Wimberly
Produced by Mike Meurin & Michael Wimberly / Mixing / Edited by Mike Meurin
Recorded by: Ken Rich @ Grand Street Recording Studios Brooklyn, NY
Assistant engineers: Jake Lumus, Luke Young, Gintas Norvilla
Additional Engineering by Steve Greenwell on “Dance with You”
Mastering by Jody Elff
Cover Art / Design & Logo: Mike Meurin
Promotion: Clandestine Label Services
Contact:
thumpinjumpin@gmail.com
Website:
www.michaelcwimberly.com
© 2020 Temple Mountain Records all rights reserved. Unauthorized Reproduction, Copying and Rental of this recording is a violation of applicable laws and strictly prohibited.
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Distribution: Level / Warner Music Group
© ℗ 2020 Michael Wimberly - BeeHumble ASCAP