The ukulele ( /ˌjuːkəˈleɪliː/ EW-kə-LAY-lee; from Hawaiian: ʻukulele [ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ]), sometimes abbreviated to uke; is a member of the guitar family of instruments; it generally employs four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings.
The ukulele originated in the 19th century as an Hawaiian interpretation of the machete, a small guitar-like instrument related to the cavaquinho, braguinha and the rajao, taken to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants. It gained great popularity elsewhere in the United States during the early 20th century, and from there spread internationally.
The tone and volume of the instrument varies with size and construction. Ukuleles commonly come in four sizes: soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone.
Ukuleles are commonly associated with music from Hawaii where the name roughly translates as "jumping flea", perhaps due to the resemblance of the player's finger movements to a "jumping flea". Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, due to his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise. According to Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last Hawaiian monarch, the name means “the gift that came here”, from the Hawaiian words uku (gift or reward) and lele (to come).
Jake Shimabukuro (born November 3, 1976 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) is a ukulele virtuoso known for his complex finger work. His music combines elements of jazz and rock.
Shimabukuro's mother gave him an ukulele at age four and he quickly took an interest in the instrument. A fifth generation Japanese-American, Shimabukuro initially gained attention in Hawaii in 1998 as a member of Pure Heart, a trio with Lopaka Colon (percussion), and Jon Yamasato (guitar). Shimabukuro was working at a music store in Honolulu when the group released its eponymous first album, featuring a sound and style somewhat similar to the Kaʻau Crater Boys. Their first album won them four Na Hoku Hanohano Awards (the Hawaiian counterpart of the Grammy Awards): Island Contemporary Album of the Year, Most Promising Artist(s), Album of the Year and Favorite Entertainment of the Year, the latter determined by unrestricted public vote. Jake also gained attention on his YouTube page, gaining several subscribers with videos of him playing popular songs on his ukelele.
Jason Mraz ( /məˈræz/; born June 23, 1977 in Mechanicsville, Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, Mr. A-Z, in 2005, that Mraz achieved major commercial success. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and sold over 100,000 copies in the US. In 2008, Mraz released his third studio album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and was a commercial success worldwide, peaking in the top ten of many international charts.
Mraz's international breakthrough came with the release of the single "I'm Yours" from the album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The single peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Mraz his first top ten single. The song was on the Hot 100 for 76 weeks, beating the previous record of 69 weeks held by LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live". The song was a huge commercial success in the US, receiving a 5x platinum certification from the RIAA for sales of over five million. The song was successful internationally, topping the charts in New Zealand and Norway and peaking in the top ten of multiple international charts.
In my brain it's understood
You killed my soul like I knew you would
You hit me with your velvet touch
My sacrifice was all too much
Why did you have to walk away
On sacred ground yesterday
Fill my pride, you don't wanna know
Still inside, every time you go
You kill me
You took the breath right out of me
And now I find that I can't see
The shallow water is my grave
Now what I lost is what I crave
Fill my pride, you don't wanna know
Still inside, every time you go
You kill me
Now I can feel the ghost within
Don't put the curse on me again
Don't leave me in this golden cage
Until I live the final page
Fill my pride, you don't wanna know
Still inside, every time you go
You kill me
Fill my pride, you don't wanna know
Still inside, every time you go
Hey baby, give me a break
I seem so frantic
It might be too late
I'm trying, trying to hard
Trying to see what's behind the facade
Turn around, you never hear what I say oh oh
Hey baby, how do I get thru
I'm trying every angle with you
Don't tell me, you call me unfair
All your lying is like a knife in the back
Don't deny, you never hear what I say
Whooh oh oh
You kill me with your lies
You kill me, don't you cry
You kill me whaaooh oh
You kill me oooh oh oh
You kill me
Yeah
Hey baby give me a chance
Won't you take me for one last dance
Hey baby I'll do you right
I'll take you dancing way into the night
Don't deny, you never hear what I say
You never hear, never look, never see
What I say
You kill me with your lies
You kill me, don't deny
You kill me ooh oh oh
You kill me oow oow
ooh ooh
Yeah you kill me with your lies
You kill me, don't you cry
You kill me whaaooh
You kill me ooh ohh
El hombre esta acercandose
Hacia el encuentro con la frontera
En cambio una decision
La puerta abierta de una nueva era
El mundo que gira al revés
Pretende que navegue en él
Ahogando mis ideas
El ruido ambiente y soledad
De la ciudad nos aislan de todo
Por eso comence a escarbar
Para encontrar los mil y un tesoros
El mundo que gira al revés
Pretende sumergirme en él
Ahogando mis ideas
Aquí tengo el presentimiento
Que aquí nada voy a arrastrar
Desde aquí solo voy a vivir
Mi hoy ahora
Lamento hay en mi corazón
No es imaginación es verdadero
Mientras el tiempo anuncia que
Por un segundo casi fui un señuelo
El mundo que gira al revés
Pretende que me encienda en él
Quemando mis ideas
Cuando hasta un ciego puede ver
Que nos callamos sin saber
Perdiendonos la vuelta
Aquí tengo el presentimiento
Que aquí nada voy a arrastrar
Desde aquí solo voy a vivir
Mi hoy ahora
Aquí tengo el presentimiento
Que aquí nada voy a arrastrar
Desde aquí solo voy a vivir
Mi hoy ahora
Aquí tengo el presentimiento
Que aquí nada voy a arrastrar
Desde aquí solo voy a vivir
Mi hoy ahora
Aquí tengo el presentimiento
Que aquí nada voy a arrastrar
Desde aquí solo voy a vivir
Mi hoy ahora
pick up the pieces
look what you've done to us
sick and tired of your bullshit promises and it happens all the time
yeah it happens all the time when the ones that you love let you down
released on Hot Rod Circuit's album If it's Cool with you it's Cool with Me
Adrianne sings back up vocals
Pick up the pieces
Look what you've done to us
Sick and tired of your bullshit promises
Sick and tired of your bullshit promises
And it happens all the time
Yes it happens all the time
Will the ones that you love let you down?
Do you have to go right now?
Do you have to go right now?
Do you have to go right now?
Do you have to go right now?
Pick up the pieces
Look what you've done to us
Sick and tired of your bullshit promises
Sick and tired of your bullshit promises
And it happens all the time
Yes it happens all the time
Will the ones that you love let you down?
Do you have to go right now?
Do you have to go right now?
Do you have to go right now?
Hold your head up dear
I'm the oe whos woden you
But I love you still the same
Theres patterns on the floor
But I can't look at you any more
Thats when you look at me
You pull me down underneath
And my air I can't breath
I can't sleep , I can't dream
And I can't stop loving you, kill me
20 years down in flames
I gave my heart , took your name
Took a chance , took a ring
I can't stop loving you, kill me
I close my eyes and think
This can not be happening
Am I the one to blame?
When we rang the wedding bells
Should we have left with someone else?
Is that what you really need?
Is that what you really need?
You pull me down underneath
And my air I can't breath
I can't sleep , I can't dream
And I can't stop loving you, kill me
20 years down in flames
I gave my heart , took your name
Took a chance , took a ring
I can't stop loving you, kill me
Everything I've been
Everything I am
My hearts the same as yours
I love you the same
Everything I've been
Everything I am
My hearts the same as yours
I love you the same
I love you the same
Everything I been
Everything I am
My hearts the same yours
The world goes round
It travels miles and miles
It takes a while
but gets back to the same old ground
Everything you do
will one day come back to you
After travelling miles and miles
somewhere, somehow
True or not that's what I like to believe
This is the kind of justice I want to breathe
So fair, so innocent and so confortable
You'll be judged by the hammer of the gods
You will see
that there isn't "me" nor "you"
There's only something
I spent the night imagining
That you were here with me
The right amount of tradegy
to be or not to be
I've been in love before
I had no fear of it
I thought I knew the score
But now I must admit
You kill me
You kill me
You kill me
You kill me
We tumble to an unmade bed
We left minutes ago
We love each other till we're dead
the sweetest death I know
You kill me
You kill me
You kill me
You kill me with you knowing wings
And your sponsored links
You kill me with your alter queues
And your foxy news
But I won't lay down and die
No I won't lay down and die
Just because you kill me
You kill me with you adam's ribs
And your copper atoms
You kill me with your occupied
And your amazing lies
But I won't lay down and die
No I won't lay down and die
Just because you kill me
I don't mean to vote for you
But know might she will fix it so I do
What's difference a taliban
And a preacher down in Birmingham
Shooting balls of fire at anchor man
You kill me with your cheap a.k.
And your lettuce spray
You kill me with your OVI games
And your gift of flames
You kill me with your prays the Lord
And your water board
You kill me with your latest phone
And you unmanned ground
But I won't lay down and die
No I won't lay down and die
Just because you kill me
I don't mean to vote for you
But know might she will fix it so I do
What's difference a taliban
And a preacher down in Birmingham
Shooting balls of fire at anchor man
Take your best buy from Top of the Square
All in the symptoms in the wall street chair
Stratch them both and find a psycho bear
You kill me, you kill me, you kill me
I'll wait for this I'll wait for you to rise
And you bring me through you make my senses shine
I drink from you a sensation close to wine
And I bust them blind
And I am no longer mine
You kill me
(Repetition Ridicule)
You kill me
(Integration Go to school)
You kill me
(Population Override)
You kill me
(Radiation Suicide)
You leave so quick is there logic to this price
Let this sensation slip away I get pulled out in the tide
I want to live but I feel this stitch inside
Fixation overdrive you make my senses wind
Repetition Ridicule
Integration Go to School
Population Override