Place Called Grace

from (S)Cream by Saidah Baba Talibah

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lyrics

I was born in a place called Grace
Mama said I was her tiny dancer
Daddy was running all over the place
Nowhere to be found when I came to this place
My mama sat me down one day
Just before I became a lady
She said she kicked Daddy out of our place
Just before I came to be in this place called Grace

While on my way to school one day
Long before I became a lady
I was daydreaming about a place with lots of glitz and glamour
Men all dressed in their three piece suits (crisp shirt, black boots and a slick fedora)
Ladies stepping high showing leg in their Mary Janes
Just a little taste of my imaginary place called Grace

Looking back on my journeys on this planet
Now that I'm grown and become a lady
I've done moved and found my own space
And the space that I found is this place called Grace

(this place, my place called grace)

credits

from (S)Cream, track released April 15, 2011
{Saidah Baba Talibah (SOCAN)/ Donna Grantis (SOCAN)}

Saidah Baba Talibah - all vocals, tambourine
Donna Grantis - electric guitars
Thompson Egbo-Egbo - wurlitzer
Rob Teehan - sousaphone
Mark Inneo - drums
Alex McMaster - cello
Anna Atkinson - viola
Jewelle Blackman - violin
Maya Chilton - violin
Jonathan "Jon" Jackson Jr. - baritone, tenor saxophones & horn arrangements
Reggie Grisham - trumpet
Elizabeth Lea - trombone
Michael Johnston - string arrangements

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Saidah Baba Talibah Toronto, Ontario

Satisfying and soulful. Raw and raunchy. Inspiring, tantalizing and scandalous. Dripping with sensuality.

discography

Revolution

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(S)Cream

Apr 2014
The Phone Demos

Oct 2009

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