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 ** Nia's Music Universe ** Welcome to my music page. Here you will learn about songs from different places and different times that relate to african american music history. We start with a popular 2007 song by the Kanye West called "Love Lockdown",next a sample from the 1960's with The Lovin' Spoonful and "Do You Believe In Magic", and finally a little toe tapper from Asuka Hinoi  in Japan called "Tatta Hotori no Kimi". Enjoy the collision of music and I hope you learn a thing or two.

Love Lockdown by Kanye West;2007
media type="file" key="Love Lockdown.mp3"  Synopsis;   This song is Rhythm and Blues music. This song relates to African music because of the beat. The beat starts off with a simple drum but as the song progresses the beat becomes more complex with the introduction of more instruments. Also, one beat plays, then a more complex beat is added and then it returns to the original beat. Beat change is very common in african music and is called "call-and-response". __//Lyrics;//__


  I'm not lovin you, way I wanted to What I had to do, had to run from you I'm in love with you, but the vibe is wrong And that haunted me, all the way home So ya never know, never, never know Never know enough, til it's over love Til we lose control, system overload Screamin no, no, no, no, no I'm not lovin you, way I wanted to See I wanna move, but can't escape from you So I keep it low, keep a secret code So everybody else don't have to know

So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down Now keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down Now keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down Now You keep ya love locked down, you lose

I'm not lovin you, the way I wanted to I can't keep my cool, so I keep it true I got somethin' to lose, so I gotta move I can't keep myself, and still keep you too So I keep in mind, when I'm on my own Somewhere far from home, In the danger zone How many times did I take fo' it finally got through you lose, you lose I'm not lovin you, way I wanted to See I had to go, see I had to move No more wastin' time, you can't wait for life We're just racin' time, where's the finish line

So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down Keepin ya love locked down, ya love locked down Now keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down Now You keep ya love locked down, you lose

I'm not lovin you, the way I wanted to I met no one new, I got no one new I know I said I'm through, but got love for you But I'm not lovin you, the way I wanted to Gotta keep it goin, keep the lovin gone Keep it on a roll, only god knows If I be with you, baby I'm confused You choose, you choose I'm not lovin you, way I wanted to When I wanna go, I dont need you I been down this road, too many times before I'm not lovin you, way I wanted to

So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down Keepin ya love locked down, ya love locked down Now keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down Now keep ya love locked down, you lose, you lose, you lose 

Do You Believe In Magic by The Lovinin' Spoonful;1965
<span style="color: rgb(160, 18, 243); text-align: center; display: block;">media type="file" key="Do_You_Believe_In_Magic.mp3" <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(214, 13, 248);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(214, 13, 248);">Synopsis; <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(214, 13, 248);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(214, 13, 248);">This song is a little rhythm and pop. This song relates to african music because its telling a story and african music sometimes has a story behind it and is telling you something. African slaves used to sing songs about how to reach north and to tell stories of how they would escape. The lyrics in this song talk about how music frees people and makes people happy. I agree with this song because i feel that music says the things you can't find the words to say and can make you feel totally different depending on what you are listening to. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(214, 13, 248);">// __Lyrics;__ // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(214, 13, 248);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(214, 13, 248);">Do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart How the music can free her, whenever it starts And it's magic, if the music is groovy It makes you feel happy like an old-time movie I'll tell you about the magic, and it'll free your soul But it's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock and roll

If you believe in magic don't bother to choose If it's jug band music or rhythm and blues Just go and listen it'll start with a smile It won't wipe off your face no matter how hard you try Your feet start tapping and you can't seem to find How you got there, so just blow your mind

If you believe in magic, come along with me We'll dance until morning 'til there's just you and me And maybe, if the music is right I'll meet you tomorrow, sort of late at night And we'll go dancing, baby, then you'll see How the magic's in the music and the music's in me

Yeah, do you believe in magic Yeah, believe in the magic of a young girl's soul Believe in the magic of rock and roll Believe in the magic that can set you free Ohh, talking 'bout magic

Do you believe like I believe Do you believe in magic Do you believe like I believe Do you believe, believer Do you believe like I believe Do you believe in magic [Fade]

Tatta Hitori No Kimi by Asuka Hinoi in Japan
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 36, 226); text-align: center;">media type="file" key="Tatta Hitori No Kimi.wav" <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 36, 226); text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 36, 226); text-align: left; display: block;">  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(246, 14, 134);">Synopsis;     <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(246, 14, 134);">This song falls under the Pop category. This song relates to african music because <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(246, 14, 134);">of its repetition and call and respond. The steady beat pattern continues through the entire song. This is a love song that says you should love yourself before you find love in anyone else. I chose this song because it was extremely different from my usual taste of music but still had a fun     <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">// __Lyrics in English__ // <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> Experience is making things go faster    <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">When you are hurt  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">and you are looking for a place your able to return to  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">Hold tight and let your pain go  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">There is only one of you <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">No more than one love  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">By going on with yourself  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">Sometimes you will be able to understand  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">There is only one of you  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">No more than one dream  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">Go through the darkness to the other side  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">A shining dawn will be there for sure  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">Even your crying will get vanished in the noise <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">In the middle of the crowd you are appreciating your tiny self  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">Fly now! Before you bend your wings <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">There is only one of you <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">No more than one love  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">That time that you were born  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">This is the proof you live  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">There is only one of you  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">No more than one dream  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">Don’t give that blossoming flower from your hear  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">Let’s sing a song that will reach till the sky  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">I was staring after the storm at the open sky <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">I want to clear my wet heart from the strong love  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">Where are we going from now on? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">There is only one of you <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">No more than one love  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">By going on with yourself  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">This is the proof you live  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">There is only one of you  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">No more than one love  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">Don’t give that blossoming flower from your hear  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">Let’s sing a song that will reach till the sky  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">Love yourself, love yourself <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; text-align: right; display: block;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">Love yourself, love yourself <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> // __Lyrics in Japanese__ // <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">keiken ga kasokudo wo mashite yuku <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);">    <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(248, 32, 187);"> kizutsuku tabi sagashiteru kaereru basho kitsuku daite setsunasa o moyashite

tatta hitori no kimi wo tatta hitotsu no ai wo tsuranuite kimi rashisa wo itsuka wakariaeru kara tatta hitori no kimi wo tatta hitotsu no yume wo tsukinukete yami no kanata kirameku yoake ga aru no sa

sakebi sae kensou ni kakikesarete hitogomi no naka chippoke na jibun kamishimeteru ima tobidase tsubasa tatamu mae ni

tatta hitori no kimi wo tatta hitotsu no ai wo ikinuite "ima" to iu toki wo sore ga ikite iru akashi tatta hitori no kimi wo tatta hitotsu no yume wo mune ni saita hana wa chiranai sora ni todoku uta utaou

arashi no ato aketeku sora mitsumete ita nureta kokoro tsuyoi ai de nugutte hoshii doko e iku no koko kara atashitachi

tatta hitori no kimi wo tatta hitotsu no ai wo tsuranuite kimi rashisa wo sore ga ikite iru akashi tatta hitori no kimi wo tatta hitotsu no yume wo mune ni saita hana wa chiranai sora ni todoku uta utaou

Love yourself x2

Love yourself x2