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State of mind is a term meaning "mood" or "outlook" (see mental state (disambiguation)). It can also mean:
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Keys was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano. She attended Professional Performing Arts School and graduated at 16 as valedictorian. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records.
Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor, was a commercial success, selling over 12 million copies worldwide. She became the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Fallin'". Her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, was released in 2003 and was also another success worldwide, selling eight million copies. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005. Later that year, she released her first live album, Unplugged, which debuted at number one in the United States. She became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged album to debut at number one and the highest since Nirvana in 1994.
(Crystal Bernard/David Rhyne)
It used to be easy, now I'm doin' my time
Workin' so hard I got a pain in my side
Runnin' up a hill tryin' to catch my breath
Nowhere to go when I need some rest
Where do I hide, take me away
From this lonely state of mind
I've got to say, it's time to play tonight
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
Time to roll the dice, close my eyes and let it ride
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
I've been doing my best but there's one regret
That I live in this state of mind
My phone machine's beeping and it's hurting my head
Twenty-eight messages, I said
People come and go like a thief in the night
Taking my heart, stealing my time
Papers and dreams, what does it mean
When I'm in this state of mind
Polite as I seem, I want to scream inside
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
Time to roll the dice, close my eyes and let it ride
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
I've been doing my best but there's one regret
That I live in this state of mind
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
Time to roll the dice, close my eyes and let it ride
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
I've been doing my best but there's one regret
That I live in this state of mind
Oh, I've been thinkin' that I'm not living
But it's only just a state of mind
I've been doing my best but there's one regret