Adore [LYRICS]

Adore is a song from Sign o' the Times, the ninth studio album by musician Prince in 1987

Baby. Girl! U look soooo good.
Until the end of time I'll be there 4 U
U own my heart and mind - I truly adore U
If God one day struck me blind
Your beauty I'd still see (U're beauty I'd still see)
Love's 2 weak 2 define - Just what U mean 2 me

From the first moment I saw U
Ooh, I knew U where the 1
That night I had 2 call U
I was rappin' till the sun came up
Tellin' U just how fine U look
In a word, U were sex
All of my cool attitude U took
My body was next - U made love 2 me
Like U where afraid Was U afraid of me?
Was I the first? Was I your every fantasy?
That's why

Until the end of time I'll be there 4 U
U own my heart and mind
I truly adore U
If God one day struck me blind
Your beauty I'd still see
Love's 2 weak 2 define
Just what U mean 2 me

When we be makin' love
I only hear the sounds
Heavenly angels cryin' up above
Tears of joy pourin' down on us
They know we need each other
They know U are my fix
I know, that U know I ain't cheatin' baby
They know this is serious
I ain't funkin' just 4 kicks, no
This condition I got is crucial, ahh crucial baby
U could say that I'm a terminal case
(U could burn up my clothes)
Smash up my ride, (well maybe not the ride)
But I got 2 have your face
All up in the place
I'd like 2 think that I'm a man with exquisite taste
(I'm a man of exquisiteness)
A hundred percent Italian silk imported Egyptian lace
Nothin' baby, I said nothin' baby could compare
(Nothin could compare) 2 your lovely face (2 u're lovely face)
Do U know what I'm sayin' 2 U this evening?
I'm tryin', tryin' 2 say
I'm just tryin' 2 say

That until, until the end of time
I'll be there 4 U
I'll be there 4 U
U own my heart, own my mind (darling u)
I truly adore U (darlin')
U don't know what you mean 2 me

Girl, (until the end of time)
Girl, (I'll be there 4 U)
Girl U, (U own my heart and mind)
'Til the end of time I'll be there 4 U
(I truly adore U)
Adore U (adore U)
Can I talk 2 U?
Tell U what U mean 2 me

Every time U wander
I'll be your eyes so U can see
I wanna show U things
That I show no other, I wanna be
More than, more than your mother
More than your brother
I wanna be (like no) like no other
If U need me, I'll never leave
I know, that U know, without U there is no me
There is no me
Without U there is no sea
There is no shore
Love is 2 weak 2 define how much I adore
U, child
U, child
The last words U hear The last words U hear
(until the end of time)
I'll be there for you, baby
(until the end of time)
Be with me darlin' til the end of time (until the end of time)
I'll give U my heart - I'll give U my mind
I'll give U my body (until the end of time)
I'll give U my time (until the end of time)
(until the end of time)
4 all time I am with U
U are with me
(until the end of time)
U are with me, U are with me

Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes [LYRICS]

Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes
by TLC

Intro by Andre 3000

"Remember back in da time
When da only sign we had was picket
But now in '94 it be
This way somethin' come wicked
G-angs killin' others fo colors
Thangs that we wear fo fashion
Other brothers take it fo a reason
To be blastin'
what da kcuf is goin' on
Not soft like buttercups but
Had enough of singin' dat same song
See I stayed across da street from da projects
Took out yo momma trash and groceries
To her trunk to keep my pockets
Fat like cellulite only been to jail one week
Fo some shullbit and I pray to God I won't repeat
I shoulda pulled it when I had da chance to
No I shouldn't did dat 'cause if I did dat
Yall would not hear dat fat shit
Dat keeps you on yo tippy-
Toes like dat sellout not callin' no names
But really who's bad
I go through obstacles like a whole box of condoms
you can't forget
Where you come from"

Liberian Girl-Why MJ frontin'?

At the end of the star studded video Michael zooms in on the camera.

Michael Jackson in the Liberian Girl video

In his defense maybe Michael was playing the camera man. LOL.

"Liberian Girl" was the ninth single to be released from Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad. The song starts with the Swahili language phrase "Naku Penda pia, Naku Taka pia, Mpenziwe!" (I love you too, I want you too, my love!), which was sung by South African singer Letta Mbulu (although Swahili is only commonly spoken on the opposite coast of Africa). 

Directed by Jim Yukich, the video for the song featured many of Jackson's celebrity friends who wait on the set to film the music video for "Liberian Girl", only to discover he was filming them all along. As named in the closing titles, featured in the video are:

• Beverly Johnson

• Malcolm-Jamal Warner

• Sherman Hemsley

• Paula Abdul

• Carl Weathers

• Whoopi Goldberg

• Quincy Jones
and more

—Wikipedia

Read more about the song and the video at Wikipedia

Marketing & Advertising

Not all of these may not apply to what you're marketing, but the core elements remain integral.

The first step is to formulate a media plan. The purpose of media planning is to conceive, analyze, and select channels of communication that will direct advertising messages to the right people, in the right place, at the right time.

Media planning should consist of a Marketing Plan and an Advertising Plan.

The Marketing Plan should consist of marketing objectives, marketing strategy and marketing tactics.

The Advertising Plan should consist of media objectives, media strategy and selecting media. Part of the media plan is to select media vehicles, particular magazines, or broadcast programs according to how well they deliver or expose the message to the desired target audience. In order for this strategy to be effective it must have continuity. It must have a continuous schedule where it seeks a set level of exposure during the entire campaign. It must also utilize Reach and Frequency.

Reach is the total number of different people exposed at least once to an ad in a given time period. Frequency is the number of times the same person is exposed to an ad in a given time period.

A successful advertising campaign should identify a target audience, the product the communications media and the advertising message. You must understand and agree to these four elements of the advertising strategy before any creative work begins.   

Without the proper marketing strategy you face fragmentation of your message.

For a proper situation analysis it must identify the brand. It must identify the industry which includes the competition. It must identify the target segmentation, (the demographic and what they desire, what drives them behaviorally). It must also identify the key products and benefits of the brand which includes the brand advantages and differentiation. Finally it must identify the single most important message to communicate.         

I write this not as a layman observer, but as someone who as part of my degree in Mass Communication has studied Public Relations and Advertising, Principles of Advertising and Advertising Campaigns where we developed an integrated marketing plan for an existing company.

—Dankwa Brooks

Whatever You Want [LYRICS]

"Whatever You Want" is the title of a number-one R&B single by Tony! Toni! Tone!. It was the fourth and final single released from their second album, The Revival (1991). The song spent two weeks at number one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number forty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100.—Wikipedia

Funny think I do whenever I sing the lyrics to Whatever You Want


"So, what makes you think I would try to run a game on you
Just as sure as my name is [DAN-KWA]
I'll be there for you and I'll...
Treat you just like a queen and give you fine things
You'll never have to worry about another in your place
Believe me when I say..."


LOL. And finally the lyrics

Whatever You Want

I don't wish you no bad luck baby
I don't wish you no strain
I only wanted to expose your life to the finer things
I offer you my company, girl
You don't need no sympathy
You just need some one who cares

Whatever you want
Girl you know I can provide
Whatever you need (when ever you need me)
Call 632-2135

Now maybe I should drive right over
Show you my new ride
Or take you shopping out on the town
Will that make you feel your best
Or go out of my way to make sure you have everything
I live to be the one who will always be there to give you

Whatever you want
Girl you know I can provide
Whatever you need (when ever you need me)
Call 632-2135

Whatever you want
Girl you know I can provide
Whatever you need (when ever you need me)
Call 632-2135

So, what makes you think I would try to run a game on you

Just as sure as my name is D'wayne
I'll be there for you and I'll...
Treat you just like a queen and give you fine things
You'll never have to worry about another in your place
Believe me when I say

Whatever you want
Girl you know I can provide
Whatever you need (when ever you need me)
Call 632-2135

Whatever you want
Girl you know I can provide
Whatever you need (when ever you need me)
Call 632-2135

Now you know I've never been the type to have
A loss for words
So I tell you these feelings I have for you
They're all so true girl
I heard someone say that love can be so blind
I'll give you your space to go
And you know I'll always be there for you

So, what makes you think I would try to run a game on you

Whatever you want
Girl you know I can provide
Whatever you need (when ever you need me)
Call 632-2135

Girl, I will be right there for you
Whenever you need me just call
Whatever you want

The Astounding Norbit

A friend of mine @ work told me she LOVES this movie

I...do not. If you ever read anything else I have written no further explanation is needed.

I'm always astounded—ASTOUNDED by the box office totals of this film. Apparently my friend @ work isn't the only one who likes this film.

For the record—

Norbit is a 2007 American comedy film, directed by Brian Robbins. It stars Eddie Murphy and Thandie Newton. The film also stars Terry Crews, Clifton Powell, Lester "Rasta" Speight, Eddie Griffin, Katt Williams, Marlon Wayans, and Cuba Gooding, Jr.

At the box office Norbit made
Domestic: $95,673,607
+ Foreign: $63,639,954
= Worldwide: $159,313,561
Source: Box Office Mojo

Just Because You Make Great Music Videos…[RANT]

Re: A post on Facebook about bad films and my reply to someone who posted the below film

"BELLY was SO FREEKIN BAD. Some music video directors need to stick to directing music videos. Just because you can direct an exciting visual video doesn't mean you can properly convey the nuances required in a narrative film."

For the record: Belly is a 1998 film, the film directorial debut of music video director Hype Williams. Filmed in New York City as an urban drama, the film stars rappers DMX and Nas, alongside with Taral Hicks, Method Man dancehall artist Louie Rankin, R&B singer T-Boz. Besides starring in the film, Nas also narrates and collaborated with Hype Williams on the screenplay.-Wikipedia