Questlove

He became the sun, I became the moon

Erykah Badu. "Other Side of the Game." Baduizm, Universal Records Inc., 1997.

🎶 Now, me and baby got this situation
See brotha got this complex occupation
And it ain't that he don't have education
Cause I was right there at his graduation

Now, I ain't sayin' that this life don't work
But it's me and baby that he hurts
Cause I tell him right
He thinks I'm wrong
But I love him strong
He gave me the life that I came to live
Gave me the song that I came to give
Pressure on me
But the seed had grown
I can't make it on my own
Summer came around and the flowers bloomed
He became the sun
I became the moon
Precious gifts that we both received
Or could this be make believe

Whatcha gonna do when they come for you
Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
(Work ain't honest but it pays the bills)
What we gonna do when they come for you
Gave me the life that I came to live
Yes, you did

Don't worry baby
Don't I know there's confusion
God's gonna see us through (yeah)
Peace out to revolution
But we paid though 🎶

What's a sassy girl to do?

D'Angelo, The Vanguard. "Sugah Daddy." Black Messiah, RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, 2014.

I heard Voodoo as a teenager when it came out at the turn of the century, and it hooked me, full line and sinker. Those drums from Questlove, those smooth vocals, the rhymes from Wu Tang Clansmen Method Man and Redman, that music video (you know the one).

Voodoo remains one of my most-often played albums from start to finish (best for a sexy dinner and date night at home), and when D'Angelo came back with the Black Messiah record in 2015 featuring his band, The Vanguard, I was over the moon. Seeing them perform at Outside Lands last year was the highlight of my summer festival-going experience. This track with the funky piano always puts me in a good mood.