O'hene Savant - Nina Simone by O (Bio) lyrics

Verse 1: Eunice Waymon, February 21, 1935 was her date of birth North Carolina was the state She was the sixth of the seven kids that her poor parents raised Was a child prodigy played piano at age four Thanks to her music teacher lessons were paid for With that support she really studied y'all Went to Juilliard, a school in New York She gave the family financial support Working hard as a pianist until fifty-four Took a job at the bar, playing of course The owner told her she could play but she had to sing along Changed her name to The Little One Nina that is, Simone like the French actress In the late ‘50s she did tracks with Bethlehem Records Where she had that hit “I Love You, Porgy” from ‘Porgy And Bess' Nina was a star before she could rest And boy she was blessed playing Carnegie Hall Town Hall and the jazz festival at Newport She would include all kinds of music Blues, folk and even opera fusions A bomb that k**ed four kids in Birmingham Nina replied with “Mississippi Goddam,” angry with all the k**ings ‘Nina Simone In Concert' was released on Philips Even the critics felt Nina Simone, a.k.a. The High Priestess of Soul In '66 Nina had wrote The song for women some deemed offensive to black folks Next she signed with RCA The first album with them blues was all she sang It included a song called “Backlash Blues” Based on the poem to her about Langston Hughes Her repertoire includes Music of protest, peace and of course the truth And a few would surprise her fans though With some heart to heart songs just her and piano She had folks shook from the words she performed Next album out was ‘Emergency Ward' Around '74 problems with the label That and racism sent Nina to Barbados Liberia, Switzerland, Netherlands Finally in France she became a resident In '78 she released ‘Baltimore' Containing a rendition of a Judy Garland[?] song Then in '82 came ‘Fodder On My Wings' Then in '88 an album rerelease But she would keep working as a writer and In '89 worked on ‘The Iron Man' Both in '90 and '91 did features, Maria Bethania and Miriam Makeba She would see her life story in a book ‘I Put A Spell On You' - the title that it took They translated it in mad languages There are folks throughout the world that pay for it 1993 another album is published Now from a single woman ‘A Single Woman' Nina Simone still a renowned act now has songs on movie soundtracks Found that she even touched the kids In [?] '98 she had another hit “Ain't Got No, I Got Life” was the track Same song that was large thirty years back Festivals she did several Headlined Nice Jazz in France, '97 too July 24, '98 was her day to chill with Mandela on his eightieth birthday '9-9 Lifetime Achievement Award In Dublin where her and Lisa performed Her daughter, now in 2000 they award her Some more for the music of wisdom she brought us Sure was a genius as by now you can see So the next thing was a honorary degree Now Dr. Nina Simone is the name We honor her forever and a day 4-21-03 our mother pa**ed away And music will never be the same Nina was one of the last griots in our day And she was the keeper of the flame Verse 2: I'm in an exclusive side street club In Baltimore before Nina Simone and her friends pull up She was wearing black gold, silk and soul Sister was so fine brothers had no real control Word had it she was a single woman I saw her once in Village Gate But pretty much she wasn't too deep in clubbin' I heard I missed the show at Carnegie Hall Heard she did a set at Newport I had already saw Turns out the show at Town Hall didn't get canceled At one point it was just Nina Simone and piano A fan so I'm about to fall out This folksy[?] Nina yo, I'm ‘bout to let it all out She at the bar now ordering forbidden fruit drinks I wait 'til it's finished, oh now she ordered wings She said, “I'd like fodder on my wings” Let it be me, I would've gotten something hotter on my wings But that is the same thing that hurt me before All them wings had me up in the emergency ward Nina finishes the bowl of wings The chef has the album Nina Simone With Strings He wants a autograph She sort of laughs as she signs her name Then I see Nina Simone In Concert tapes How many t-shirts she gotta sign first? Y'all said enough ‘nuff said I've been waiting all this time for her I wanna meet the amazing Nina Simone Move, ain't you just talk to her? Leave her alone It's alright to love somebody while they live and kickin' But y'all leanin' on Nina's back, man y'all guys is trippin' Boy I'm wild as the wind and I'll put a spell on you Don't make me have to yell on you I ain't the selfish one I got ‘Nina Simone Sings Ellington' I want her to tell me some', now here comes the sun So now she's gotta run ‘cause it's five o'clock She's supposed to be performing live at Ronnie Scott's From ‘The Rising Sun Collection,' maybe one selection And ‘Broadway-Blues-Ballads' that's without a question That's when Nina yells, “let me speak to the O” Speak to the O? The High Priestess of Soul? Nina Simone, who sings the blues Well excuse me a little if I seem confused She said, “I like the ‘Rapademics' and ‘Inner City Soul' And that song about the piano you did is really dope” I said, “dope?” I'm really confused now But if Nina like it that means that I'ma be huge now Then it's like she disappeared into the huge crowd All I heard was ‘wake up, O, turn that ‘Pastel Blues' down' Just follow me through Nina Simone's discography, elder savant, child prodigy, I said follow me through this discography, nobody can do it hot as me, hot as me? hot as she Just follow me through Nina Simone's discography, elder savant, child prodigy, I said follow me through this discography, nobody can do it hot as me, hot as me? hot as she