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1. Break it Down (stream mp3)*
2. No Big Ol' Thang/Corner (stream mp3)*
3. For Love
4. Wild Roots Women
5. You Can't Be My Lova
6. By & By
7. Shape Shifting (stream mp3)*
8. Move Me
9. Shine Like That
10. Greatest Music Never Heard

Album Credits & Thanks
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ShapeShifting Album Notes (back to track list)

All songs written by Joselyn Wilkinson
Except for Wild Roots Women & Move Me (Joselyn W. and Kevin T. Williams)

Produced & Mixed by Kevin T. Williams

Mastered by Nancy Matter for Moonlight Mastering

Arrangements by Joselyn Wilkinson and Kevin T. Williams

Recorded at Soul Cottage, Los Angeles, CA

Joselyn: Lead Vocals, Percussion (tracks 1, 4, 9, 10), Backing Vocals (3, 4, 10), Keys (2, 9)
Kevin T. Williams: Guitars, Drum Programming, Synth, Backing Vocals (tracks 1, 3, 9)
Vivi Rama: Bass
Alan Lightner: Drums
Marti Walker: Flute, Background Vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7)
Don Barrozo: Trumpet (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9)
Al Keith: Percussion (tracks 1, 2, 10)
Tadashi Namba: Keyboards (tracks 3, 8)
Todd Lieberman: Guitar (track 6)
Special Appearance by:
Leon Mobley: Percussion (tracks 3, 7)

Artwork & Design: Francisco Letelier
Photography: Francisco Letelier, Don Barrozo, Rajeev Datt
Website Design: Jason Luckett

Copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved; Roots Woman Music (ASCAP)

Calabash Productions, 310-967-4426; P.O. Box 2217, Venice, CA 90294
www.joselynwilkinson.com; info@joselynwilkinson.com

Thanks everyone - I am so blessed to have such amazing spirits in my life, supporting my dreams just by letting me be myself. Thanks to all of those who believed in and contributed their energy to this project. To Kevin, the best producer money cannot buy, for countless hours and amazing vision and to his family for understanding; to Vivi - the funkiest Argentinean woman bass player I know; Alan, the best drummer in L.A.; to Marti's sweet vocals, flute & smile; to Al's solid and always positive grooves; to Todd's special thing he does; and to Leon for putting a master's touch on For Love - I'm always grateful. Thanks so much to Francisco for artistic vision and support. A very special thanks to Don for horns and everything I can't put into words here! A Blessing to all my friends and family - thank you for existing, bringing me into and keeping me company in this world and giving me so much love! Thank you to all the masters and musicians who have inspired and sustained me. Axe!

Break It Down (back to track list)
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Spontaneous Combustion
Erroneous Destruction
From alla this corruption
Gonna be brought down to nothing

I resent your implication for my nation
That we must pay the price for your incessant vice
That path was yours to choose, now it's yours to lose
You had your time, now it's mine, I take it and I say

Do it again, Do it again, Do it
Do it again, Do it again, Do it
Do it again, Do it again, Do it
Break it down, take it again

My Revolution sounds like a whisper
But these days I'm getting tired of keeping my voice down
Looking back, in my past
We never got much when we didn't make a sound

So afraid you gonna rock the boat
You won't tell it like it is
But it's slipping, and it's sinking, find a dream that you believe in
Everybody gonna sink or swim

Do it again, Do it again, Do it
Do it again, Do it again, Do it
Do it again, Do it again, Do it
Break it down, take it again

Bridge
This ain't working, got to change
Find a space to rearrange
This story's old, so turn the page
And break it down again

I chant down Babylon, cause I got no other choice
My voice in prayers, in praise, in anger, rises to rejoice
I dance down deceit, paint down prison walls
Reason down the mighty, until the mighty falls
From the ashes will rise something new
Somethin true, something hiding inside of you
Get down to the real, to the raw, to the root
Reach down deep inside and find your truth
Take that truth in your hands
Hold it strong and take your stand
They can't hold us in cages of lies and confusion
Corruption, pollution, pride, ties, and illusion, ya'll
We chant down Babylon
Cause Babylon is gonna fall

Do it again, Do it again, Do it
Do it again, Do it again, Do it
Do it again, Do it again, Do it
Break it down, take it again

Ain't No Big Ol' Thang / Corner (back to track list)
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Everyday Brother same corner, same place
Same money, same hunger, same space
Same story same ending, same case
What a waste

You ran good back on the field, now you run for him
Sacrifice praises for money and sin
Is this a game you think you can win?
So it begins

Come my way, 'cause the price of life ain't too high today
You're so fast, how long is your luck gonna last

But it ain't no big old thing
Servin people your kind of dream
Ain't no big old thing
No, no, no

It ain't no big old thing
Killin children with the poison you bring
Ain't no big old thing
Poppa gonna buy you a diamond ring

That's alright and that's OK
That's what they want you to do anyway
Keep the people high with nothing to say
Out of their way

Fight each other for your piece of the pie
Killin your brother and never ask why
You're still on the corner waitin to die
Who will cry

Spend your cash, on a feelin good that ain't gonna last
Come my way, the price of life ain't too high today

But it ain't no big old thing
Servin people your kind of dream
Ain't no big old thing
No, no, no

It ain't no big old thing
Killin children with the poison you bring
Ain't no big old thing
Poppa gonna buy you a diamond ring

If that diamond ring turns brass
Poppa gonna buy you a looking glass
If that looking glass gets broke
Turn up your fire
Go up in smoke

But it ain't no big old thing
Servin people your kind of dream
Ain't no big old thing
No, no, no

It ain't no big old thing
Killin children with the poison you bring
Ain't no big old thing
Poppa gonna buy you a diamond ring

For Love

Can you know, where I flow
When it's time, will you roll
Can you live where it's hot
Can you give, all you got
For Love, For Love

If you knew the truth,
Would you bring it
If you knew the song,
Would you sing it
If you found the way,
Would you lead us or run away
If you had the chance
Would you take it

For Love, For Love
For Love, For Love
Life can start over
And dreams can move closer
The choices are all up to you
For Love

I been waiting on you
For you to make the change
You said that you wanted to
But you're still on the same page
I listened to your sweet words
Instead of actions that you show
Holdin' on is holdin' out
I gotta let you go

For Love, For Love
For Love, For Love
Life can start over
And dreams can move closer
The choices are all up to you
For Love

The choice is up to you
But you never come through
So I got to tell you
Goodbye
For Love

Wild Roots Women (back to track list)

I was alone, before I knew you were by my side
And I was in the dark, before I found out about the light
But like a tree I grew, you can cut me through
You can read about my life
How deep I've grown, through the fires I've known
You can see, I'm still alive

Wild Roots Women, We are reachin' for the light
Wild Roots Women, We are with our roots in what is right
Wild Roots Women, We are reachin' for the light
Wild Roots Women, We are ready for your fight

Seasons of plenty, Gathered from different lands
Like the seeds of our beauty, planted by many hands
We are fire and ice, and love's paradise
Wind, the rocks, and the water
Like a storm we come, see how it's done
By the earth's own righteous, own righteous daughters

Wild Roots Women, We are reachin' for the light
Wild Roots Women, We are with our roots in what is right
Wild Roots Women, We are reachin' for the light
Wild Roots Women, We are ready for your fight

I am free, free, free,
Free to fall, Free to fly
I am free, free, free
And I never asked you why
I am free, free, free,
Free to fall, Free to fly
I am free, free, free
And I never asked you why

Wild Roots Women, We are reachin' for the light
Wild Roots Women, We are with our roots in what is right
Wild Roots Women, We are reachin' for the light
Wild Roots Women, We are ready for your fight

You Can't Be My Lova (back to track list)

Laying naked on your bed
Just wanna be friends you said
Don't wanna give you the power of this song
Or the power that you did me wrong

Peace lovin' peaceful man
Get your love any way you can
You touch like love but your touch is a lie.
I walk out your door with my head held high
Not a kiss goodbye

You can' be my lover, If you don't open your heart
I don't bullshit with your games, Make it clear from the start
You can't be my lover, If you don't want it all
I'm as good as it gets baby, And I ain't tryin to fall

When you see me on the street
Wanna snuggle up to me
I say, How's your girl, how's your life
I coulda been your.

You still make me wanna scream
And do all kinds of freaky things
I need a man who's strong and true
To love me more than I love you
Make my dreams come true

You can' be my lover, If you don't open your heart
I don't bullshit with your games, Make it clear from the start
You can't be my lover, If you don't want it all
I'm as good as it gets baby, And I ain't tryin to fall

By and By (back to track list)

It was lonely on the mountain, the night I first heard my name
The echo was a thousand voices, but the answer never came
I know I come from somewhere else, and one day I'm bound to go
Back to the one behind the sun, whose love can heal my soul

But don't you fret, don't you cry
Love gonna come for you, By and By
Don't you weep, don't you moan
Love won't leave you here, on your own

The wicked and the wanton, they try to dim my fire
I doubt my song, I doubt my voice, I doubt my own desire
But spirit sent me here to sing, to try to cry to deal to dream
Still I need someone to tell me, it's all gonna be alright

But don't you fret, don't you cry
Love gonna come for you, By and By
Don't you weep, don't you moan
Love won't leave you here, on your own

My love, my love, my endless love
My love, my love, my endless love
My love, my love, my endless love
My love, my love, my endless love

Won't you send me someone to keep me tied to this life
Who knows your ways and keeps these days with me, not afraid to fight
And I'll love him like forever, that washes all your pain
And I'll love him like the memory, that whispers your name

But don't you fret, don't you cry
Love gonna come for you, By and By
Don't you weep, don't you moan
Love won't leave you here, on your own

Shape Shifting (back to track list)
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This morning I woke with lilies sprouting from my tongue
Sun was dancing through the air, something has begun
Truth is looking out my eyes, I see the stars on the other side
Drop of water in the sea, I'm a candle in the sun

I am shape shifting into truth
Dream making, waking into you
Love changing, I am taking
A chance we'll find, a higher love
A chance we'll find, a higher love

How can I touch you, beyond where you try to hide
How can I love you, when you won't allow what you feel inside
You say you wanna change, but you hold onto your skin
I see your beauty shining like a fire from within

We are shape shifting into truth
Dream making, waking into you
Love changing, I am taking
A chance we'll find, a higher love
A chance we'll find, a higher love

Look at me, do you see
My shape melting before your eyes
Do you think I'm one you can touch
Here in my defiant midnight
Before morning and the damned
Business of busyness makes its
Naked way into my life
Don't you think I'm one like you?
Spirit stolen out of earth
To a time where heavy boots stamp out
Lurid songs in praises to the gods of war
And cold-blooded tactics for survival
Negotiate their way around
Any chance of mine

But tonight I am shape changer
Dream maker, nyad, dryad, lady
Looking for a silence to pour
Her liquid bones into
Looking for a tree to melt into
Roots sinking, arms reaching
Like I used to do

If there's somethin' I wanna change, let me do it right now
Release my fear, give up my pain somehow
Give it to the sea, feed it to the fire
Bury it in the mountain, give me back my one desire

We are shape shifting into truth
Dream making, waking into you
Love changing, I am taking
A chance we'll find, a higher love
A chance we'll find, a higher love
A chance we'll find, a higher love

Move Me (back to track list)

I know I shoulda been quiet, but you made me speak
I should have been strong and silent, your kiss made me weak
I know I shoulda been cool, but I act like a fool
Cause you do like you do, the way you move me

You move me, like the deep water of my soul
You move me, make me wanna lose control
You move me, like nothing I've ever known
Won't you stay a while, and bring me back home
Bring me back home

Baby I'm sorry, if I was too much for you
That's just the way I am, and you know I gotta be true
I don't know if there's a man alive that can take the love I got inside
To give, but Lord I hope it's you

You move me, like the deep water of my soul
You move me, make me wanna lose control
You move me, like nothing I've ever known
Won't you stay a while, and bring me back home
Bring me back home

Where you bring me, where I sing my song
Where you feel me, beyond right and wrong
Can I show you, can I give you love
Can we grow into, somethin' that we dream of

You move me, like the deep water of my soul
You move me, make me wanna lose control
You move me, like nothing I've ever known
Won't you stay a while, and bring me back home
Bring me back home

Shine Like That (back to track list)

Chillin' at the house party with the lights down low
Sippin' wine and feelin' fine, flowin with the stereo
Suddenly the music's live, sweet guitar, I feel the vibe
Silky voice and almond eyes, music fills my soul
You pass that lovin feeling from hand to hand
A musical healing from one fine man
Think you're bound for greatness, yeah, we know you are
Just please glow like the sun, before you shine like a star

You could be and you could be
But right now you're just here with me
And look and how you shine like that
Look at how you shine like that

Everybody wanna be a star
But you're the star of my heart
Everybody wanna be a star
But you're the star of my heart

Now that you got the melody, here comes Marti with the harmony
Kevin on the guitar so sweet, Al is holdin down the beat
Viviana got the groove, Alan's drums gonna make you move
Don on the horn of fire, We are comin' to take you higher
We don't need the crowds adoration, we just need the space of creation
Lovin life with sweet celebration, music touch your soul

You could be and you could be
But right now you're just here with me
And look and how you shine like that
Look at how you shine like that

Everybody wanna be a star
But you're the star of my heart
Everybody wanna be a star
But you're the star of my heart

You could be and you could be
But right now you're just here with me
And look and how you shine like that
Look at how you shine like that

Greatest Music Never Heard (back to track list)

She don't want nobody to taste her for more than a minute
But I woke with that sweetness tickling me

The greatest music never heard
Was birthed on the tip of my tongue this morning
It grew God's golden feathers
Shook them out like rain, stretching into forever
Gave its gift to air, and then was gone

The greatest music never heard
Was in my bones this morning
Left over from last midnight
When deep drumbeats bit my skin
Filled me like fever and left me like fear

This music was fully absorbed by hearts and minds present
Ingested like manna from heaven that sent it
Becoming soul, skin, bone, spirit, heart, blood
Replacing fear, doubt, releasing mis-directed love

That was It
When our spirits kissed in midair
Riding on notes strong like sunfire
Sweet like moon grace, singing
Solar eclipses with our making

That was some group epiphany shit
Some waking up midnight wondering
What was I just witness to?

Cause that was the greatest music never heard
Or only by a few, only by the blest
Damn, there it was again, in that line
Of poetry so deep it came from the atmosphere
On the other side of Mother Earth

It was so good, I want to shout it to the mainstream
Buy up the publishing, clean it up for the masses
In an attractive package targeted to my demographics
Write a PR blitz for the Fox 11 news
Put it with a salad on McDonald's premium menu

Cause that was the greatest music never heard
And it gave no press conferences, no interviews
No shout-outs, no warning it was gonna drop
On the world-exclusive, you heard it here first on the top of the charts
It just was, and it flowed through my heart

But even if they could successfully sell our soul
And infiltrate the global marketplace
With our peaceful vibe
The greatest music never heard would fly

She don't like nobody to taste her for more than a minute
She lives to inspire us in the pursuit of that elation
Cause if you lived with her alla time
Well then, you wouldn't need anything at all

You'd be in bliss, like this, moment
Of grinning, giggling love exchange
You'd be right here, singing with no words
And dancing in the silence
Of the greatest music never heard