Little Angelina….and Updates
Helloooooo! I have been a little preoccupied lately. Many collaborations in the works and I’m still working on some of my solo songs at the same time. There is also the possibility of me collaborating with a few rappers from various parts of the world on a song for an album that they are going to be putting out soon. It is going to be used as a tool to motivate, educate, and encourage youth. I am really excited about this as it something I have always been supportive of. I will be sure to post updates on that project on here and on my Facebook page once the ball gets rolling. And…next Friday’s featured artists is going to be one of the rappers involved in that project…..so be sure to check in!
This week, I just wanted to share my newest song. It is called Little Angelina and is a collaboration with a guy named Masoud Tehran who is from Iran. He sent me a track and I loved it (I’m hoping he will be ok with me using it for a female collaboration album with other SoundCloud female users that I am going to be working on with my fellow SC Heroes….details to follow). I immediately began seeing images of a little ballerina in a jewelry box. I imagined that the little ballerina was real and began coming up with her story. So, the song begins with her as a little girl — innocent, full of dreams. Then, the rest of the song is about what happens to her and her dreams as she gets older. I don’t want to go too much into detail, but I will say that I think this might be one of my favorite songs yet. There is something about the track….that little, gentle twinkle sound ( I think it is a glock) in the back that moved me so much. It reminded me of someone I knew, someone I used to take care of a long time ago. She had so much talent, so much potential. I don’t know where she is now, but I hope that wherever she is, she is happy, healthy, and has found her way back to her dreams.
Here is the new song (and below that are the lyrics):
http://soundcloud.com/monicadockery/little-angelina-2
Little Angelina
tiny footsteps down the hall
pink clouds, moonbeams on the wall
little Angelina, perfect ballerina
now you dance in shadows
with men cold and shallow
little angelina
broken ballerina
she didn’t really mean for it to be this way
but she didn’t know how to ease the pain
she didn’t really mean for it to be this way
but now she is dancing in the rain
little Angelina, perfect ballerina
you think she has left you
but she could never let you
push her so far away
that you couldn’t find her today
oh Angelina, oh Angelina
you can find your way
it doesn’t really have to be this way
there’s a way to ease the pain
it doesn’t really have to be this way, no
you don’t have to keep dancin’ in the rain
little Angelina
you’re a ballerina
little Angelina
Words & Music 