- published: 17 Feb 2013
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Imelda Mary Higham (born Imelda Mary Clabby on 10 July 1974), professionally known as Imelda May, is an Irish musician and singer-songwriter. Born and raised in The Liberties area of Dublin, May began her career in music at age sixteen—performing with a number of local bands and musicians— before forming her own band in 2002. She released her debut studio album, No Turning Back, in 2003 and relocated to London, United Kingdom with husband and guitarist Darrel Higham after its release. Following an appearance on the BBC music programme Later... with Jools Holland in 2008, she released her second studio album, Love Tattoo (2009). May collaborated and toured with a number of artists following its release. Her similarly-received third studio album, Mayhem, was released in 2010 and earned her a nomination for the Choice Music Prize.
Although known primarily as a singer, May also plays the bodhrán, guitar and tambourine. Described as "a unique vocal talent," May is known for her musical style of rockabilly revival and has also been compared to female jazz musicians such as Billie Holiday. She won the Best Female Artist of the Year award at the 2009 Meteor Awards.
IT'S GETTING OUT OF ORDER
THE NEW WORLD ORDER
Gimme the reason why it was brother season
Within Easton yo I strive to survive to kill the
feeling
Yeah some brothers buggin' money mad trying to look
dappa
Selling shit giving out licks or pimping out the
slappa's
So for the first chapters I reminisce for a deceased
Who died for one lve balling our peace!
Or my brother who got blast in his chest for fate
Shakespeare said life is a stage I call it fate
Well anyway I kinda WATCHING MY BACK CAUSE I'M watching
my front cause certain
friends are full of crap
yeah It's a damn shame with their mind games
Plus no life aims here this rudeboy I dis em out like
cocaine
They got crap aims and crap reason's to fight me
Because they like.. Move yourself I ain't no patzie
Yeah.... Its kinda strange how some people change
While societies spitting faster than a Terry's
chocolate orange
Chuh cause someone once said life ain't fair
i care for my brothers but brothers don't care
So yo I live by God and not he gun
And get ready for the forth coming talking with my son
about the seeds
Seeds have got to grow
Seeds YOU'VE got to know
Seeds have got to grow
Seeds YOU'VE got to know
Seeds have got to grow
Seeds YOU'VE got to know
Seeds have got to grow
Seeds YOU'VE got to know
Blunted on reality meditate to the system
But when he's born like Kuntah Kenteh watch me lift him
To the stars and the pLanets and not tha phallic's
Just sun, stars and talks about Mars I got to have it
The only bit of innocence that I ever had
From my a semen from my father from HIS grandads
Grandson in London to educate one not just books
I travelled the world like lisa not dumb
While sucker sippah's living life for face value
Think yourbrand new but you ain't changing so damn you
Lost souls who never moved on with their shoes on
In a situation that they can't improve on
Kinda sad situation bad if you live like THAT that shit
can send you mad
So yo I don't because I won't so watch me buss
This power in perception rudeboy and not justice
That's why I love this documentary on reality
Within society my principality is
To live by God and not the gun
And get ready for the forth coming
Talking with my son about HIS
Seeds
JUST TALKIN' WITH MY SON ABOUT HIS SEEDS
YES, SIR
SO, YO, I LIVE BY GOD AND NOT THE GUN
AND GET READY FOR THE FORTHCOMING
TALKING WITH MY SON ABOUT HIS SEEDS
(SHINE LIGHT)
Back on street guying off phony personAS
Leave me alone as the spirituality dead smelling
aroma's of frauds
Got caught in the ego and didn't see the cloud
On that robert de niro mate talking out loud
Acting to put the fear right back in
Your cerebellum but first I tell 'em facts
And certain heads are swelling
Because they don't like the rythm
For some it's easier to tell than to listen so listen
Realism and truth ain't the same wave
Within the brainwave check the difference
the order is to maintain
Throughout the struggle and the strife
Because "if" is the middle word within the word "life"
word life
So I live by God and not the gun
So I live by God and not the gun
So I live by God and not the gun
And get ready for the forth coming
Talking with my son about the