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13 FIRST TEACHER Jaidene Veda ft Ursula Rucker & Dr​.​Donny Jackson

from WANDERLUST deluxe digital edition by jaidene veda

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lyrics

(DJD) first teacher
gave me lullaby blood
a musicbox mouth
made sure i knew how to walk
my benediction
look at how lesson i am
a folded note
from the hand of God
first teacher
i am written
by her grace

first teacher
held my cry like newborn
whispered the secret of sunset
so i would not fear
the dark
look at how lesson i am
a testimony
from the sky
of how to love like rain

(JV) i want to be my Mother's hands

taught me how to type on scrap paper,
that sound, her speed, her poise
her fingers used to run through my hair, the only way i think of her hugging me

she said so little out loud
no room for three words
when those hands were holding up four walls
that, she did say

i admired the philippines shaped her thick, but soft, silk skin
like quiet on Jesus’ Romans
so yeah
i kneel and give praise
i want in prayer
to have her hands

she'd never cup the back of my head
we were four continents
i will be a woman when i learn to touch like that,
from a distance

i want to be my Mother’s hands

i am not Aurea
i am Aurea's daughter

(UR) ALWAYS THERE
ALWAYS AWARE
OF WHEN WOUNDS NEED TENDING
HEART NEEDS MENDING
PRAYERS NEED SENDING
ALWAYS THERE

UNAFRAID TO SPEAK THE TRUTH
HOWEVER, WHENEVER, UNPOPULAR, OPPOSED
FEARLESS, FEARLESS, BUT ALSO FEARFUL
FOR FUTURES, FOR SEEDS
TO THRIVE WITH SUN AND RAIN
BUT WITHOUT WEEDS CHOKING
PROTECTIVE GARDNER
NURTURING GARDNER
PROTECTING GROWING THINGS
NURTURING FERTILE GROUND
SEEING THINGS THROUGH TO THE MOST POSITIVE END

CREATOR OF BEAUTIFUL, BOUNTIFUL GARDENS.

TEACHER. FIRST TEACHER, OF WORDS, AND WALKING, AND BRUSHING OFF AND GETTING BACK UP WHEN FALLING, AND WISDOM, AND LIFE'S LESSONS, AND LOVE. TEACHER. FIRST TEACHER, OF LOVE, HMM.

WARRIOR. TIRELESS WARRIOR. COMING UP AGAINST EVEN GOLIATHS, TO FEND, FOR FUTURE, THE VILLAGE, THE GROWING THINGS, THE GARDEN.

ARMED WITH BRAVEST, TRUEST HEART, AND SOMETIMES TEARS, AND ALWAYS LOVE. THAT LOVE, HMM.

ALWAYS THERE.
FEARLESS.
PROTECTIVE GARDNER.
NURTURING GARDNER.
CREATOR.
TEACHER.
FIRST TEACHER.

credits

from WANDERLUST deluxe digital edition, released February 25, 2015
Produced by Jaidene Veda
Upright Bass performed by John Bews
Flute & Saxophone performed by S.E.Williams
Vocals written, performed, mixed & arranged by J.Veda*
‘Always There’ Vocals written & performed by Ursula Rucker
Additional vocals written & performed by Dr. Donny Jackson

*Verse adapted from Dr. Donny Jackson’s “4 MEN” (Tshaka Campbell)

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After five co-written and self-produced indie albums; two Billboard club singles; and several international chart topping singles including "SUNDAY" & "BEAUTIFUL", Jaidene Veda has become a recognizable voice in both underground house & top 40 club circuits around the world. Often described as "Björk meets Sade" for her unique but silky tone, she's also been dubbed a "modern day Tracey Thorn". ... more

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