Biography:
Kelela Mizanekristos (born June 6, 1983) is a Los Angeles-based vocalist and songwriter. Born and raised outside Washington DC, Kelela never received formal vocal training in her youth. Instead, she experimented with a range of vocal styles and writing before finding her sound in the street music emerging out of LA’s underground, most notably the producers of the Fade To Mind crew. Kelela brings forward-thinking and experimental songwriting into a prismatic context that fuses popular and club music.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro] x2
|C |C |C |C
|C |C |C |Am
[Verse 1]
F C Am
There’s a place you hold I left behind, I’m finished
C Am C
Since you took your time, you should know why I’m quitting
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Am C
The secrets I hide, I do nothing
Am
You'll always deny we're going in circles
C
But I'll override
Am
Could be winter but I burn inside
In the back of my mind, I hear nothing
Em G Am
Keep this feeling alive, I fear nothing now
Then I'm in my ride
Am C
Anything I left behind don't mean nothing now
[Chorus]
C
Couldn't take it back even though you wish I could
Am
If you think I'm going back, you misunderstood
D C
Cry and talk about it, baby, but it ain't no use
See you wasn't lookin' when I pushed
D C
Hold up, wait, you're fucking with my groove
Am
Gettin' on this plane, making moves
D C
Cry and talk about it, baby, but it ain't no use
I ain't gonna sit here with your blues
[Instrumental]
|D |C |C |C
|D |C |C |C
[Verse 2]
D C D C
If it ain't your life I don't know how to live it
D C
And it broke me down, I almost drowned
It's not the ending, it's not the ending
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C
The secrets I hide, I do nothing
Am C
You'll always deny that we're going in circles
But I'll override
Could be winter but I burn inside
Am
In the back of my mind, I hear nothing
C
Keep this feeling alive, I fear nothing now
It's a race against time when you're on the frontline
[Chorus]
C
Couldn't take it back even though you wish I could
Am
If you think I'm going back, you misunderstood
D C
Cry and talk about it, baby, but it ain't no use
See you wasn't lookin' when I pushed
D C
Hold up, wait, you're fucking with my groove
Am
Gettin' on this plane, making moves
D C
Cry and talk about it, baby, but it ain't no use
I ain't gonna sit here with your blues
[Bridge]
D
I'll tell you what, there's no luck, it's all me
Am
I'm staying up, don't wait up 'cause they're betting on me
F C
Coming up with the Sun around me
Am
Fire me up, now I'm up and I won't be taken down
D C
Little luck, tell you what, it's all me
Am
I'm staying up, don't wait up 'cause they're betting on me
C
Coming up with the Sun around me
Am
Fire me up, now I'm up and there's no coming down
[Chorus]
C
Couldn't take it back even though you wish I could
Am
If you think I'm going back, you misunderstood
D C
Cry and talk about it, baby, but it ain't no use
See you wasn't lookin' when I pushed
D C
Hold up, wait, you're fucking with my groove
Am
Gettin' on this plane, making moves
D C
Cry and talk about it, baby, but it ain't no use
F Am
I ain't gonna sit here with your blues
[Outro]
D C
Why are you testing me?
F Am C
No, no, no, I'm not the one
C
Why are you testing me?
Am
No, no, no, I'm not the one
D C
Why are you testing me?
Am D
No, no, I'm not the one
C
Why are you testing me?
Am C
No, no, no, no, I couldn't wait for you
D C
I couldn't wait for you
D C
I couldn't wait for you
[Outro]
|C |D
|C |C |C |C
|C |C |C |Am
[Verse 1]
F C Am
There’s a place you hold I left behind, I’m finished
C Am C
Since you took your time, you should know why I’m quitting
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Am C
The secrets I hide, I do nothing
Am
You'll always deny we're going in circles
C
But I'll override
Am
Could be winter but I burn inside
In the back of my mind, I hear nothing
Em G Am
Keep this feeling alive, I fear nothing now
Then I'm in my ride
Am C
Anything I left behind don't mean nothing now
[Chorus]
C
Couldn't take it back even though you wish I could
Am
If you think I'm going back, you misunderstood
D C
Cry and talk about it, baby, but it ain't no use
See you wasn't lookin' when I pushed
D C
Hold up, wait, you're fucking with my groove
Am
Gettin' on this plane, making moves
D C
Cry and talk about it, baby, but it ain't no use
I ain't gonna sit here with your blues
[Instrumental]
|D |C |C |C
|D |C |C |C
[Verse 2]
D C D C
If it ain't your life I don't know how to live it
D C
And it broke me down, I almost drowned
It's not the ending, it's not the ending
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C
The secrets I hide, I do nothing
Am C
You'll always deny that we're going in circles
But I'll override
Could be winter but I burn inside
Am
In the back of my mind, I hear nothing
C
Keep this feeling alive, I fear nothing now
It's a race against time when you're on the frontline
[Chorus]
C
Couldn't take it back even though you wish I could
Am
If you think I'm going back, you misunderstood
D C
Cry and talk about it, baby, but it ain't no use
See you wasn't lookin' when I pushed
D C
Hold up, wait, you're fucking with my groove
Am
Gettin' on this plane, making moves
D C
Cry and talk about it, baby, but it ain't no use
I ain't gonna sit here with your blues
[Bridge]
D
I'll tell you what, there's no luck, it's all me
Am
I'm staying up, don't wait up 'cause they're betting on me
F C
Coming up with the Sun around me
Am
Fire me up, now I'm up and I won't be taken down
D C
Little luck, tell you what, it's all me
Am
I'm staying up, don't wait up 'cause they're betting on me
C
Coming up with the Sun around me
Am
Fire me up, now I'm up and there's no coming down
[Chorus]
C
Couldn't take it back even though you wish I could
Am
If you think I'm going back, you misunderstood
D C
Cry and talk about it, baby, but it ain't no use
See you wasn't lookin' when I pushed
D C
Hold up, wait, you're fucking with my groove
Am
Gettin' on this plane, making moves
D C
Cry and talk about it, baby, but it ain't no use
F Am
I ain't gonna sit here with your blues
[Outro]
D C
Why are you testing me?
F Am C
No, no, no, I'm not the one
C
Why are you testing me?
Am
No, no, no, I'm not the one
D C
Why are you testing me?
Am D
No, no, I'm not the one
C
Why are you testing me?
Am C
No, no, no, no, I couldn't wait for you
D C
I couldn't wait for you
D C
I couldn't wait for you
[Outro]
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