Soul Beauty, Vol. 2: The Love EP

by BrotherSpanky

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The entire 10-track album, along with a hidden track and FREE BONUS MATERIAL (artwork, liner notes and more) will be available for purchase on 5/3/2011...stay tuned!

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1.	365 (Valentine's Day) 06:26	lyrics	buy track
valentine's day don't mean sh*t to me greeting cards and paper hearts ain't gifts to me misappropriated history fabricated in a cloud of mystery suddenly it only seems to be a one-day-only show of what you mean to me flowers, candy, cards and diamond rings like love is only worth the price of shiny things they're only meant for show but i want you to know i want to show want you to know this ain't no game it's the real thing you need to see need to believe i love you girl 365 days a year and it ain't necessary to believe that all those paper hearts are meant for you and me and i would rather that you always see that loving you ain't just a part time job for me i'd give you anything you want from me not just so all the people at your job can see a dozen roses on your desk would only mean i gave my money to the flower company they're only meant for show but i want you to know january ain't so cold february, i'm still sold march and april, i'll be true may, june and july with you august and september sun october and november comes december, when the winter's here i'm loving you throughout the year
2.	Faraway 05:30	lyrics	buy track
for better or for worse days are brighter when i'm around you a blessing and a curse they grow longer when i'm without you and time just seems to stall the clock up on my wall don't seem to move at all until i hear your call and now i feel like all of a sudden all i want is to be right beside you i'm feeling more that every day is better than in the beginning i'm feeling more like i can't wait until the day that you're here with me but you're so faraway, faraway, faraway from me so faraway, faraway, faraway from me you're so faraway, faraway, faraway from me so faraway, faraway, faraway from me no place i wouldn't go nothing i wouldn't do to be near you the sweetest thing i know is the sound of your voice when i hear you most nights i stay at home i lay beside my phone i feel so all alone the moment you are gone i couldn't write a song if i wanted when i do, all the words are about you i'm feeling more that every day is better than in the beginning i'm feeling more like i can't wait until the day that you're here with me and it's the same from day to day i know i can't fight this feeling and every day i lay and wait while i'm staring at the ceiling 'cause you're so faraway, faraway, faraway from me so faraway, faraway, faraway from me you're so faraway, faraway, faraway from me so faraway, faraway, far...
3.	Crash & Burn 04:57	lyrics	buy track
they say the world is getting warmer well, at least that's what I'm told I've got to say it's hard to notice when everybody acts so cold no one seems to care and no one's even truly there and no one knows the way to go so if you see me standing here please don't even stop and share 'cause I don't even want to know if everything's gon' crash and burn can I be the last to learn? so I don't have to turn and run away from all the things I'd leave behind can I have some peace of mind that when it all comes crashing down I'll be with you?... the economy has fallen don't nobody got no dough the unemployment line is longer than it's ever been before everybody's lining up when all the money's drying up 'cause we don't know what else to do the banks are failing now they even need some bailing out but baby, all I need is you and I don't care if the world flies right by us 'cause either way, it's gon' fall down beside us we run away to where the whole world can't find us you soothe me like blue sheets clutched by Linus this world is tough; I need a touch like midas but everything I clutch turns plus into minus worthless when everything once was priceless the only thing coming up now is gas prices and add that to the cost of my bills dough low, flow go like the oil when it spills those over the hill all know it was real when a whole dollar bill was the dough for a meal I pined for the limelight, gloss of a deal the house on the hill that would cost me a mil but all I know now is how awful it'd feel if I gained the whole world, but I lost you, for real I need you
4.	The Answers 03:53	lyrics	buy track
when all is said and done will you still love me? when all my money's gone will you still want me? when we're both 81 will you still need me? I just wanna know for sure would you ever leave me? I already know the answers it's yes, yes, yes, no I already know the answers it's yes, yes, yes, no when I am old and grey would you stay beside me? if I went blind today would you be there to guide me? and when you've got something to say can you confide in me? I just wanna know for sure would you ever lie to me? know that I only want to be with you know that I could never see me leaving you know that I will always be there for you and I know that you feel the same way too when I've had an awful day would you hug and kiss me? if I came back from far away would you tell me you missed me? and when I sometimes make mistakes would you show me mercy? 'cause that's what love's all about I just wanna know for sure would you ever hurt me? but I've already figured it out
5.	Are You Listening 04:48	lyrics	buy track
are you listening when I say to you there's nothing left for me to do for you you tell me that you want my company well baby, that's the way it's gonna be and are you listening when I'm telling you there's nothing left for me to give to you but if it's loving that you want from me then baby, that's the way it's gonna be if love is what you want from me, babe love is what you'll get from me, babe all the times I've thought of you lately and all the times I've uttered your name and I imagine talks with our neighbors and big backyard where we can raise babies and big front porch that we can play spades in i don't know babe, maybe I'm crazy and do you hear me when I'm telling you I close my eyes and I see me and you and maybe someday we'll live comfortably don't even need the lap of luxury and do you hear the things I say to you cross my heart, I swear my love is true next to you is where I want to be so baby, that's the way it's gonna be maybe I'm crazy but I can see me and you you and me, baby 'cause I can't stop loving you...
6.	Destiny 05:44	lyrics	buy track
we gaze at stars that are already burned out sharing their rays from over lightyears away we stand on shores holding hands in the moonlight each wave that breaks there comes from miles away for a fleeting moment in the sand it travels to a distant land sun shines from east to west on a journey that leads to us and just like the stars and seas travel just to come to be well it must be in their destiny and that must by why you're next to me if stars and oceans, skies and seas all have their own destiny then why should it be hard to see that you and I are meant to be your size and shape is a divine formulation from head to toe, and all that falls in between the perfect sum of the creator's equation each day I'm thankful just to call you my queen and I can't even sleep unless I can feel your sweet caress your skin is like mahogany please tell me that you're drawn to me the way that I am drawn to you my love is what I offer you from the moment that I talked to you it was my destiny to fall for you I say I love you every time that I see you I even tell you when you're far away and I know that sometimes telling someone you love them can be the simple thing that's hardest to say but loving you ain't hard for me and baby it ain't hard to see that sometimes when you talk to me you're scared to give your heart to me but I never want to hurt you babe and I hope that I am worth you babe and I know that I ain't perfect babe but I love you and I'm certain babe
7.	Your Eyes 03:38	lyrics	buy track
how do you stem the tide of all the love that flows beneath the surface of your smile? and how do you say goodbye to all the feelings that we share, when we look into each other's eyes? you look to the side and up deciding what you wanna say to me don't sugarcoat it babe just say the way you want this thing to be you can't hide what you feel 'cause your eyes give you away can't deny this is real 'cause your eyes show what you can't say and how can you tell those lies that you ain't mad at me when you don't say the way you feel? and how can you say that I don't understand the way it is when you don't say the way it is for real? I recognize the look your eyes make when you won't say what you mean don't be afraid just go ahead and tell me everything you need and how will i know for sure the things that make you mad? the things that you can't stand? the things you wish we had? and baby, even though your eyes say things you've never told me i will never know until you start to show me
8.	Believe Me 03:54	lyrics	buy track
you think I'm just like other guys I can't convince you otherwise maybe I am the same but babe, it feels like I have changed I know I need you in my life you say you're tired of the lies but you don't seem to realize the words I say to you are true and baby, here's the proof you need to see the reasons why I love you, I love you I want you, I need you adore you, I'm for you I'd never ignore you you're perfect, my baby I need you, my lady stay here, please don't leave me you've got to believe me I know I've messed up more than once but I'd do anything you want to show you all I want again is just to be your man I'm just a sucker for your love I know that sometimes it's so hard for you to just let down your guard if you can see that I am genuine then let me in I want to just be where you are words are so imperfect 'cause they leave so much unsaid the things I say don't sound the way they do inside my head I try to show you how I feel in every other way it breaks my heart that all that I can do is simply say
9.	Runaway 04:17	lyrics	buy track
why don't you understand me? I'm not lying to you baby, I'm right here standing standing here like a fool I'm not being demanding all I'm trying to do I just want you to have me can I be next to you? but you runaway, runaway, runaway from my open arms why do you runaway, runaway, runaway leave my broken heart I would never deceive you I would always be true and I've seen the way he treats you I'd be better for you and how could you love a cheater? someone who lies to you I'd make you a believer baby, I'd die for you and you might think that I'm crazy baring my soul to you but you don't know how you make me feel when I'm close to you and I'm not saying I'm perfect I might make mistakes too but I know it'd be worth it just to make them with you
10.	Lullaby 03:25	lyrics	buy track
you take your clothes off, brush your teeth you take a shower and get dressed for bed so lay your head down on my pillow, I don't mind you use my chest instead (baby) and I've told you times before (baby) that I don't mind it when you snore (baby) I even miss it when you're gone (baby) and sometimes when I sleep alone (baby) don't be surprised if late at night I reach my hand out just to feel you're there goodnight to you, see you in the morning sweet dreams goodnight to you, see you in the morning my queen and I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't miss you in the time between but I know that there'll be plenty time to kiss you inside my dreams (baby) and I know it's hard to see (baby) and many people don't believe (baby) that even though we're both asleep (baby) that I can feel you next to me (baby) sometimes I need to feel you breathing right beside me makes it easier

about

this project is a culmination of love songs i had written over the past several years. they sat in the proverbial vault since i had nobody to sing them. then i got bored and decided to just sing them myself.

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released May 3, 2011

all vocals, instruments and production: BrotherSpanky

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BrotherSpanky Washington, D.C.

Brooklyn-born, DC-raised Jason "BrotherSpanky" Edwards is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and producer. Influenced by nearly everything and everyone he listens to, his music is inspired by his own personal experience and reflects the soul, r&b, hiphop, funk, gospel, rock and jazz music on which he was raised. ... more