Hope seems like the summer birds, too swiftly flown away...

*** Mariah Carey's 1997 Interview With Tabitha Soren ***
               - MARIAH UNPLUGGED -


TABITHA SOREN: When I listened to the record, I felt like
I... I mean yes, there were some very sweet love songs
on there, but I felt like there were a lot of songs about hot
dates, and big crushes, and hot guys, and making out on
the roof --                                 

MARIAH CAREY: Did I say anything about hot guys?

SOREN: -- And getting between the sheets... I mean...
(Mariah laughs) I thought that this was going to be a lonely
summer of you separating. And I listened to this record
and I'm like, "Wait a minute, I'm confused."

CAREY: Well, I think the album reflects a lot of different
moods. I don't think it's all of a sudden, "Wooo! Here I am!
Wild, sexy chick."

SOREN: That's true, there are some ballads on there, but
those are about kisses that you can't forget, too, you
know.

CAREY: Right.

SOREN: So, what's the inspiration? I guess that's what
I'm saying.

CAREY: We have to keep some things secret. But you
know what is crazy is, since this whole, my whole
change has come about, every single time work with
someone, or bump into someone in a hallway, or like...

SOREN: The change not being menopause, the change
being the separation from your husband.

CAREY: Well, I should hope not, babe!

SOREN: Well, that's how people refer to "the change."

CAREY: Oh, oh, it is? I don't even think about that! Since
the whole, the personal changes with my life, and all that
stuff, and people looking at me as like, this single chick
or whatever, you know, every time I work with someone,
meet someone, take a picture with someone at a charity
event, or bump into someone in a hallway, there's a
picture that I'm romantically linked, and it's pretty funny to
me, because I've never been in this situation before.

SOREN: Q-Tip hasn't been making the moves on you?

CAREY: Oh, please with the Q-Tip thing! I am friends with
Q-Tip! This is so ridiculous. He and I are both just like,
"What is the deal with this?" Every other second there's
something written like, "Did you know that Q-Tip was
behind..." And, I'm like, we worked together, we did the
first single. Now, I'm fair game for people to speculate
about who's sleeping with this one and that one, and I
never, I never realized how crazy that could be.

SOREN: Don't you think the lyrics on this record are only
going to cause more speculation about your love life? I
don't know, maybe my mind's in the gutter.

CAREY: Well... Your mind is in the gutter, Tabitha! And I
can't help that.

SOREN: What's the song "Honey" about?

CAREY: What's it about? Honey. No, I'm just kidding.

SOREN: It's not a euphemism for anything? (Awkward
silence) All right, I just didn't know if you were getting
really raunchy.

CAREY: I'm getting totally raunchy here, man. No, I'm not
raunchy.

MTV: While a parental advisory sticker might not be
necessary, she is writing more sexual lyrics as evidenced
by the song "Babydoll," which Mariah co-wrote with
Missy Elliott.

CAREY: The really cool thing about Missy is that she's
just so down to earth. She's like, "Okay, let's get together
and work." We went into the hotel room and wrote the
song, had a little champagne -- that's where some of the
lyrics were inspired by -- but um...

SOREN: So, the "between the sheets" lyrics you're
blaming on her.

CAREY: Well, we were in a hotel room and we were
looking at the bed. I mean, we were sitting on the couch.
Whatever. I like to leave my lyrics open so that the fans
can apply...

SOREN: Right. Okay. Right. Interpret them themselves.
Right.

CAREY: Exactly. You've heard that one before?

SOREN: Yeah, I have.

SOREN: Tell me what it was like to work with Bone
Thugs , and how you learned to sing like them, because it
sounds like that would be really difficult.

CAREY: Okay, I worked with Krazie and Wishbone, of
Bone Thugs, and I was totally inspired by their style, first
of all. I mean it's obvious when you hear the song. And we
had quite the interesting recording session.

SOREN: Meaning what?

CAREY: It was just, it was interesting.

SOREN: You keep making these allusions to stuff that
went on. "It was interesting"...

CAREY: No, it was great. I loved them, I loved them. But I
was having an allergy attack. I was having a little problem,
and the studio was kind of smoky and things were going
on.

MTV: Another of Mariah's collaborations was a duet with
Dru Hill, a cover of the Prince song "The Beautiful Ones".

SOREN: Were you a huge "Purple Rain" fan when you
were younger?

CAREY: Yes. My friends and I went to see "Purple Rain"
oh, numerous times.

SOREN: I think I wore a lot of bad fashion during that
period. How about you?

CAREY: A lot of people wanted to be Prince in my
school, you know.

SOREN: You've got kind of an Appalonia getup on today. 

CAREY: I do?

SOREN: Kinda.

CAREY: Next question. (They both laugh).

SOREN: You were saying something about you were just
getting around to acting, you're just getting around to so
many things in your life that you haven't had time for in
the past. I also get the feeling that you're just getting
around to really enjoying your youth. And I feel like you're
really making an effort to start having fun in life.

CAREY: I'm trying to. I just got done with the album a
week ago, and the problem is, when I go out, and you're
in these smoky clubs and environments, it totally goes
right to my throat. So the next day, I can't sing. So I'm
like, "Wooo! I'm out!" I think I'm happy, singing up and
down the club, and then the next day, I can't sing. So,
you can go crazy and think there are no repercussions,
but really, I have to be so careful of my (makes the
quotation sign with her hands) "instrument."

SOREN: Do you feel more at ease at this point in your life
than you have perhaps in the last four or five years?

CAREY: Mmm-hmm. Definitely. I feel more at ease about
some things, and then, I don't know if I feel more
vulnerable in some ways, but, I guess it's just that I'm
more exposed to the world.

SOREN: Because you are, at this point, separated from
your husband? Exposed in that way?

CAREY: Well, because of that, I'm much more fair game
for all those little things that we were talking about, all the
little comments, she's with this one, Puffy, Q-Tip, Donald
Trump.

SOREN: But that's all external stuff, how about internally?

CAREY: It is all external, but it does effect you, because
you have to be so self-protective with all this nonsense...

SOREN: But I feel, at the same time, that hasn't stopped
you from making major changes in your life. Like splitting
with your manager, and your lawyer, and your husband.
Do you feel like the image that those folks helped you
create over the last couple years is not really what you
want to be now?

CAREY: Well, I think it was fitting for a time. And now,
I'm just more comfortable in my own skin, where I can
just be like, this is who I am. You like it? Good. You
don't? Good-bye.

SOREN: Well, I feel like that really shows.

CAREY: Yeah, well, again, I think it's just learning about
myself, and dealing with my feelings and stuff.

                                 
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*** MARIAH QUOTES ***

- "Any women operating within the genre are competing
 for radio play and chart space, but that's as far as it goes. 
Janet Jackson has a record out the same week as me? 
Good. There's room for everyone."

- "If you see me as just the princess, then you misunder-
stand  who I am and what I've been through."

- "No matter how inadequate I felt i was, no matter how 
poor I was, no matter what - I'm here."

- "I've worked my ass off to get where I am."

- "When I wear something on stage, I have to be super 
careful of the details. I can't wear anything that's extremely 
tight fitting in the midle section, because I need so much 
abdominal control to hit the high notes. I can't risk anything."

- "If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their 
problem. Anybody with half a brain would realise that it's the 
charts that count."

- "I'm a loner with a few close friends. But those old school 
friends, who went off to college thinking i was mad while I 
was struggling in Manhattan phone me up again now and it's 
like, 'Hi, remember me?' It's sad but i have to tell them that 
we have nothing in common anymore."

- "I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people 
miles worse to be compared to. But if you listen, there's 
a difference."

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*** ALLURE DETAILS ***

The group members: Akissa Mendez, Alia Davis, Linnie
Belcher and Lalisha McLean.

Where Are They From?:  New York

Fact: Mariah Carey appeared in their filmclip "Head
Over Heals" and taught the girls how to strengthen
their voices. Alia says of Mariah, "She's very cool,
she's very down to earth, she's more like a big sister!"

Their single "All Cried Out" reached platinum
status in Australia after breaking the Top10.

Write to Allure at: 
C/- Sony Music International
550 Madison Ave, New York
NY 10022-3211 USA

See our exclusive Allure page!

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*** RARE SONG LYRICS ***

"Do You Think of Me "

I wonder if you think of me
Somewhere in the shadows of your mind, oo
Although our love could never be
I found I think about you all the time, oo baby

Am I in your fantasies
The way you always wander into mine, oo
Are you longing endlessly
Just like me deep inside, oh baby baby

Chorus
When the nights are dark and cold
Do you think of me? Do you think of me?
And when you're lying all alone
Do you think of me? Do you think of me?
When you feel the touch of another love
Do you think of me? Do you think of me?
Am I the one you're dreaming of?
Do you think of me? Do you think of me?

I picture you embracing me
We drift away and leave the world behind, baby
But it's only make-believe
Love can be so unkind, oh baby baby baby

Chorus 3x

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"Just Be Good To Me"

Friends - Tell Me I get crazy
that I'm waisting time with you
you'll never be mine - ohoo
That's - not the way I see it
'cause I feel you're ready mine
whenever you're with me - ohoo

People always talk about - reputation
I don't care about the other girls
just be good to me - ohoo
Friends are always telling me - you're a user
but I don't care what you do to them
just be good to me - ohoo

You - may have many others
but I know when you're with me
you are all mine - ohoo
Friends - seem to always listen
to the bad things that you do,
you never do them to me - ohoo

People always talk about - reputation
I don't care about the other girls
just be good to me - ohoo
Friends are always telling me - you're a user
I don't care what you do to them
just be good to me - ohoo

Ooh..

(4x)
La la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
Just be good to me - ohoo

Just be good to me - in the morning
Just be good to me - in the afternoon and evening
ooh- yeah - just be good to me - ohoo

La la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
Just be good to me - ohoo - O yeah

They're jealous that
I won't tie you down in the evening
I'll be around
I'll be good to you
You'll be good to me
And we'll be together - be together - ooh

La la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
Be nice to me
Be sweet to me - yeah
Just be good to me!

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"My All/Stay Awhile"
(So So Def Remix Featuring Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz)

(I told you, if Jermaine likes it... then I like it)

I am thinking of you
In my sleepless solitude tonight
If it's wrong to love you
Then my heart just won't let me be right
'Cause I've drowned in you
And I won't pull through
Without you by my side

I'd give my all
To have
Just one more night with you
I'd risk my life to feel
Your body next to mine
'Cause I can't go on
Living in the memory of our song
I'd give my all
For your love tonight

Put your lovin arms
Around me boy
Hold me like I was
A cuddly toy
Let me feel that warmth
Of your embrace
Don't let go

'Cause there could be no sadder
Sight to see
Than if we were to miss this
Opportunity
So send me up a signal
And I'll catch the line
If there's no time
You know it's up to you

So why don't you
Stay a little while child
Stay a little while child
Stay a little while child
Stay a little while child

(Now let's take it uptown)
[Peter Gunz]
Well since you put it that way
Honey I'm gon stay
And only your love can make Peter parlay
So let the limo leave
And cancel the flight
And not only will I stay
Girl I'm spendin the night
And if its right
I'm spending my life
All out
If it seems like i'm rushing
Then I'll sleep on the couch
MC it's your call
I'm ready to ball and
If you need me I'm ready to brawl

[Lord Tariq]
And thats forever by law
Together we ball
We takin it all
I'll make you feel the way a woman
Never felt before
I see women on many levels
Never higher than yours
With a body like that
That face no flaw
You got to be heaven sent
Sayin yous a dime
You off to meater
It's evident
You like the way I rhyme
Yeah I shine
I'm a veteran
Picture me and honey
Spendin money like whatever then

Mariah:
why don't you
Stay a little while child
Stay a little while child
Why don't you
Stay a little while child
Stay a little while child

I don't need
To act surprised
'Cause there's no room
To serve us right
So let's push love to the limit
And life to the edge
I've only one request of you
Stay for a while

I'd give my all
To have
Just one more night with you
I'd risk my life to feel
Your body next to mine
'Cause I can't go on
Living in the memory of our song
I'd give my all
For your love tonight

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"Don't Play That Song For Me"
(from "The First Vision" home video)

Don't play that song for me
Cause it brings back memories
Of days that I once knew
Those days that I spent with you
Oh no don't leave me
Cause it fills up my heart with pain
So please stop it right away
Cause I remember just what he said

He said, "Darling I love you"
But I know that he lied
"Darling I need you"
Know that he lied
"Darling I love you"
Darling you lied
You lied
You lied
To me

Hey mister!
Don't play no more
Don't play it no more
I can't stand it
Don't play it no more
No more, no more
No more I can't stand it

I remember on our first date
He kissed me and he walked away
I was only 17
I never dreamed he'd be so mean

He told me Darling
"Darling I love you"
But baby baby you lied
"Darling I need you"
You lied
"Darling I love you"
Darling you lied
You lied
Lied
You lied
To me

"Darling I love you"
But I know that you lied
"Darling I need you"
I know that you lied
"Darling I love you"
Darling you lied
You lied
Lied you lied
Lied to me and hurt me
You lied
Don't play it no more
Don't do it
Don't play it no more
Cause I can't stand it no more

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"Sweetheart"
(With Jermaine Dupri)

JD:
Verse 1:
Uh, ha
What you thinkin' about?
You and me goin' one-on-one (say what)
JD y'all (uh huh, So So Def)
MC y'all (what you think about)
I'm the man to fulfill your needs
Get you everything that you see in your dreams (c'mon)
Baby, lighten up and let nobody tear us apart
If forever you'll be my sweetheart

Mariah Carey
Verse 2:
Boy, haven't you noticed (say what)
The gleam in my eyes (uh, huh)
Because of you
I'm a little hypnotized (yeah)
But everytime you're with me (uh)
Feel so positive
That with you a little love
Somethings gotta give

Mariah Carey
Hook:
A full moon is waiting in the twilight
Maybe soon you will come to be my light
Here we are
Hoping that we'll never part
Stay with me

Chorus: (2x)
MC: Baby, won't you be my sweetheart (my sweetheart)
MC: We can share a story book moment
JD: What you think about
JD: What you think about
JD: You and me, baby, goin' one-on-one
MC: Just deep in love

Mariah Carey
Verse 3:
You ain't no Casanova (ha, ha, ha)
I'll know that you'll be true
And that's why (uh)
I'm so in love with you (me, too)
But this romantic evening
You led me at my door (yeah, yeah)
But tonight, I'd like to explore

Hook:
Chorus: (2x)

Verse 4:
Na, na, na, na, na (say what)
Na, na, na, na, na (like that)
Na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na (bring it down, ooh)
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (putcha hand in the air)

JD
Verse 5:
JD y'all
MC y'all
See, I saw you at the party
With your eyes on me
Fittin' the description
On what I want my wife to be (ha, ha)
As live as me
Don't know the same guys as me
But a lot of style
And usin' wild name like Ivory
I agree with my niggas
You the baddest
I ever seen in a long time (uh)
But woman with her own shine
Is her own time
And I don't hit
Cuz I'm tired of dealin'
With the wrong kind
Getting non' but the bullshit
She got a playa
Tryin' to think of new things to say (sup, baby)
She up in the corner
Sippin' Don P, Rosee` (yeah)
Shakin' it up with the homegirls
Payin' no attention to us
They in they own world
'Hey, yo, girl'
I'm the man to fulfill your needs
Get you everything you see in your dreams
Baby, lighten up and let nobody tear us apart
If forever you'll be my sweetheart

Verse 6:

MC: MC: Sounds so right (uh, huh)
MC: The mood is right
JD: Say what
JD: MC, baby, sing it to me
MC: To keep me warm
MC: Away from home
MC: Nowhere better than my baby's arms
MC: MC: Sounds so right (uh, huh)
MC: The mood is right
JD: Say what
JD: MC, baby, sing it to me To keep me warm
MC: Away from home
JD: C'mon, baby, you can be my
MC: Won't you be my
MC: Sweetheart
JD: Sweetheart

Chorus to fade:

JD: Mariah, you're on fire
JD: JD y'all
MC: You know I need your love roaming
JD: Yeah, yeah, me too
JD: All that shit

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"Slipping Away"

So far
So far you're slipping away
Away
You're slipping away
From the life and the love we made
Baby, I'm so afraid
You're
So far
So far you're slipping away
Away
You're slipping right out of my grasp
And you're fading fast
It seems you know
You're slipping away from me

I keep on reaching
And I keep on trying
But you never even hold me
And it seems like you don't know me, baby
I keep on yearning
And I guess I'm learning
That it's just a losing fight
'Cause there's no passion in your eyes

So far
So far you're slipping away
Away
You're slipping away
From the life and the love we made
Baby, I'm so afraid
You're
So far
So far you're slipping away
Away
You're slipping right out of my grasp
And you're fading fast
It seems you know
You're slipping away from me

I keep denying that our love is dying
But it's all a big charade
And it's a fruitless game to play
I can't remember when
You last were tender
And it's always touch and go
The silence chills me to the bone

So far
So far you're slipping away
Away
You're slipping away
From the life and the love we made
Baby, I'm so afraid
You're
So far
So far you're slipping away
Away
You're slipping right out of my grasp
And you're fading fast
It seems you know
You're slipping away from me

Away, away
Away, away
Away

Further, further
Ooh yeah

You're so far

Time after time, I reach you
Try and I try, but you're so aloof
Where is the boy that you used to be
Baby, you're slipping away from me

Time after time, I reach you
Try and I try, but you're so aloof
Where is the boy that you used to be
Baby, you're slipping away from me

You're so far

So far
So far you're slipping away
Away
You're slipping away
Tell you, I just don't understand
You're
So far
So far you're slipping away
Away
You're slipping right out of my grasp
And you're fading fast
It seems you know
You're slipping away from me

Time after time, I reach you
Try and I try, but you're so aloof
Where is the boy that you used to be
Baby, you're slipping away from me

Time after time, I reach you
Try and I try, but you're so aloof
Where is the boy that you used to be
Baby, you're slipping away from me

Time after time, I reach you
Try and I try, but you're so aloof
Where is the boy that you used to be
Baby, you're slipping away from me

Time after time, I reach you
Try and I try, but you're so aloof
Where is the boy that you used to be








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* CJW'S Top15 R&B Singles *

1). The Roof - MARIAH CAREY
2). Have You Ever - BRANDY
3). No No No - DESTINY'S CHILD
4). Just Wanna Please You - MONA LISA feat. Q TIP
5). Too Close - NEXT
6). Sweetheart - MARIAH & JD
7). Head OVer Heals - ALLURE
8). Nobody's Supposed To Be Here - DEBORAH COX
9). One In A Million - AALIYAH
10). Anything - DAMAGE
11). Do You Know - PUFF DADDY
12). Sittin' On Top Of The World - BRANDY feat. MASE
13). Damn Thing Called Love - AFTER 7
14). Finally Found - HONEYZ
15). Doo Wop (That Thing) - LAURYN HILL



. . .

(iluJW)


Say what? MC baby sing it to me...

*** CJW Top15 Albums ***

1.#1's - MARIAH
2.BUTTERFLY - MARIAH CAREY
3.ONE WISH - Deborah Cox
4.NEVER SAY NEVER - Brandy
5.ALLURE - Allure
6.THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL - Lauryn Hill
7.THE BOY IS MINE - Monica
8.MTV UNPLUGGED - Babyface
9.MY WAY - Usher
10.SOULFOOD - Soundtrack
11.EVOLUTION - Boyz II Men
12.MIB - Soundtrack
13.UNCLE SAM - Uncle Sam
14.DESTINY'S CHILD - Destiny's Child
15.DAYDREAM - Mariah Carey

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*** MARIAH VIDEO ***

With the release of the Butterfly Video yet to come,
here's the details on Mariah's 1996 video...

"FANTASY: AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN"

* Fantasy
* Make It Happen
* Open Arms
* Dreamlover
* Without You
* One Sweet Day
(with Boyz II Men)
* I'll Be There
(with Wanya Morris)
* Hero
* Always Be My Baby
* Forever
* Vision Of Love
* One Sweet Day (Filmclip)
* Anytime You Need A Friend (Remix)

"FANTASY" is a special concert performance
taped infront of an SRO Crowd in New York.

Mariah performs the songs that have made her
an international superstar and the biggest selling
female artist of the 90's. Including favourites from
her past albums and selections from her new, 
critically acclaimed album "Daydream".

In addition to the music (which includes 8 #1 hits)
the video contains brief interviews with Mariah,
and the children at the Fresh Air Fund's CAMP
MARIAH - a place which allows inner city kids to
participate in Career Awareness Programs .

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: R.Hoffman/A.Smith
MUSIC PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: W.Afanasieff
Running time: 56 mins.  (C) 1996 Sony.

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FACT: Every 3 seconds a Mariah Carey album is sold!

Music Box sold an amazing 25 million copies.

Daydream sold 20 million copies.

Butterfly has sold an estimated 12 million and still going!

#1's has gone triple platinum! YAY

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In December 1995 someone logged onto the internet
using the name Mariah Carey, claiming that: "When I see
starving children all over the world,I cry. I'd love to be
skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death
and stuff."   This was NOT Mariah!  It was one of those
desperate and jealous people who can't accept that not
only is Mariah a superstar- but a gentle,kind person.

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Guys MARIAH CAREY has not slept with!
- Hulk Hogan
- Puff Daddy
- Q Tip
- Donald Trump
- Her hairdresser (Who's gay!)

*Mariah did date Derek Jeter. (Lucky guy)

I really think everyone should concentrate on Mariah's
music and not her social life.

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MARIAH TALKS ABOUT THE SONGS FROM
HER MOST ACCLAIMED ALBUM... BUTTERFLY!

(1). HONEY
"Puffy and I wanted to collaborate, do the first single. 
We were going back and forth with stuff, so I had songs
I liked but I knew they weren't exactly what I wanted yet.
The original idea for the loop that "Honey" is written on is
a song called "Body Rock" by Trecherous Three. He played
it for me over the phone and I was like, "That's it!"
So I wrote the song on top of it and we all got together
at Puffy's."

(2). BUTTERFLY
The "Fly Away" part was my original concept for the song...then
I started working it a little further and I said, "This should really
the title of the album and should be a ballad." I had already
written most of it, but we worked it out.

(3). MY ALL
"There's so much of me that's gone into this album- more 
than any other record I've done. It's very personal. I wrote
"My All" after I came back from Puerto Rico and I guess I
was in that whole Spanish vibe...it's got a Latin feel to it."

(4). THE ROOF
"This is my favourite song from the album. I did it with the
Trackmasters...they are really cool people. I had an idea to
use a sample from one of my favourite records so I went to
the guys and we put it together. There's only one version of
the song on the album, but we're going to do a remix, 
hopefully with the guys who did the original."

(5). FOURTH OF JULY
"Fourth Of July" was one of the first songs that I wrote for 
the album and it's sort of like "Underneath The Stars", which
was my favourite song from the last album. We were continuing
in the 70's feel and lyrically I wanted to paint a picture, like
when you listen to a song and listen to the lyrics.It's very
visual in a lot of ways."

(6). BREAKDOWN
"I told Bone Thugs N Harmony that I wanted to work with 
them and they were like, "OK...". I think I shock people with 
the ideas I come up with, but I think it worked out really well. 
You know how you work constantly and then you don't realise 
when you're about to fall down because you're so wrapped up 
in what you're doing? That's where this song is coming from."

(7). BABYDOLL
"I wrote that with Missy Elliot and I really wanted to work 
with her because she's on the cutting edge of R&B. We wrote
it in a hotel room, we were drinking champagne and she fell
asleep during the writing session, so I had to finish it alone!
(laughs)."

(8). CLOSE MY EYES
"I started writing that song four years ago. I was up at this farm 
where we used to go every weekend and I was actually in the
bath tub. It was night, I was looking at the moon and it was just
like this introspective little moment, thinking about my life and
what I've been through. It's personal - it's about my life and
childhood."

(9). WHENEVER YOU CALL
"It's more of a traditional style ballad like "Hero", I do so many
different kinds of tracks on this album but I think it's good
because I've maintained true to myself in terms of doing ballads,
but still being able to do collaborations like with Bone Thugs
N Harmony."

(10). FLY AWAY
"People have said that this track sounds very different to
my others, but to me it sounds very close to "Fantasy" or
something. It's not as high, so I'm singing more in my 
middle register for the verses. It's all about the vocal
arrangement."

(11). THE BEAUTIFUL ONES
""The Beautiful Ones" is my favourite Prince song ever. I've been
toying with the idea of doing a Prince song for a long time. This
song was the closest to where I'm at in this stage in my life.

(12). OUTSIDE
"The song "Outside" is...I mean, I always hate to get too specific
because people could relate to it for a lot of different reasons. For
me, it was about being multi-racial and feeling like I came from
another planet because I never knew anyone in the exact same
position as me. The experiences I've had just to make me feel like
an outsider in a lot of ways.

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*** Mariah has apparently approached Brandy
to do a song, but she says, "It's not definate,
we're both busy doing our own things right now."

*** Whitney's in the next Diva's Live line up!
Apparently she was meant to be in the 1st one but
was ditched for Shania. I hope Mariah's in this one!



"It seems as though I've always been...
a stranger on the outside looking in."
- Looking In, DAYDREAM  (1996)


THIS IS ME  (C.Wright)

Verse 1
It always seems,
I can never be right.
I'll never be,
A pretty sight.
Behind my mask,
Behind that smile.
Lays someone who,
Hasn't been me for awhile.
But now I am,
Trully sick of hiding.
And in these words,
Are where I confide in.

Chorus
This is me,
My mask has faded.
I look in the mirror,
Yet I am jaded.
This is me,
I must realise.
I need to open my mind,
And then my eyes.
For this is me.

Verse 2
It always seems,
I'm in the wrong.
I'm so sick of singing,
That morbid song.
Behind these walls,
Behind my life.
Lays an internal fear,
That cuts like a knife.
But now I am,
Trully sick of hiding.
And in these words,
Are where I confide in.

Repeat Chorus
This is me,
I must realise.
I need to open my mind,
And then my eyes.
For this is me.

Bridge
And I will pray,
Every single day.
Someone will hold my hand,
And wash my tears away.
I have insecurities,
I'm sick of hiding...
And I need someone
That I can confide in.

Chorus 2
This is me,
I must realise.
I need to open my mind,
And then my eyes.
For this is me.
This is me,
I must realise.
I need to open my heart,
And then my eyes-
For this is me.


Outro
This is me,
I open myself to you.
Open your heart,
And let the warmth come through.
In a world where,
Acceptance is rare.
I just need somebody,
To care...




























THERE HAVE BEEN DAYDREAMERS HERE!