Story Behind The Song
So many people follow their families and their friends and their peers and never think for themselves. However, it is only through creativity and independent thought that we can obtain true enlightenment.
Song Description
The singers sing of how they have spent most of their lives conforming and following the mob, but then they realize that to truly succeed, in life, you have to break free and be yourself.
| Song Length |
3:16 |
Genre |
Jazz - Fusion, R & B - Funk |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Female |
| Mood |
In High Spirits, Exultant |
Subject |
Conformity, Pride |
| Similar Artists |
Aretha Franklin, Manhattan Transfer |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
VERSE 1
My papa said when I was three
We are a happy family
So you must be like
us, you see
Cause thinkin' just aint where it's at, girl
Then in school, we played the game
of talkin' tall and actin' fame,
but deep inside we lost our name
Cause thinkin' just aint where it's at, girl
CHORUS
Then I heard a soft voice
Tellin' me I had a choice
Stand up tall and reach high
Touch the sky, your mind can fly
VERSE 1
Then, one by one, my friends, they bought it
Those of them who hadn't fought it
Self-respect, they just weren't taught it
Cause thinkin' just aint where it's at, girl
VERSE 2
Then out of school, at twenty-three
The whole of our society
says you must be like us, you see
Cause thinkin' just aint where it's at, girl
Lots of people play the game
of towin' line but actin' fame
and deep insdie they have no name
Cause thinkin' just aint where it's at, girl
CHORUS
Then I heard a soft voice
Tellin' me I had a choice
Stand up tall and reach high
Touch the sky, your mind can fly
VERSE 2
The answer to it all, you see
Success through creativity
Our minds are magic when they are free
Cause, thinkin's really where it's at, girl!
thinkin's really where it's at, girl!
thinkin's really where it's at, girl!