Deniece Williams

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The world is an illusion like a giant movie screen
A stage set in confusion as it calls you for the scene
It can pull you down from off the shelf
Like a faded movie queen
And it tells you this is what you should be
Then it winds you up till nothing's left
It can really slow you down
And for fantasy, it gives you speed

Don't you feel it?
Yes, you should know
We're living in, in a video
Another reel in another show
We're living in a video
Oh-whoa-whoa...

I made a decision, I've identified my role
The world means nothing to me if I sacrifice my soul
You can play a part and win the heart
Be the hero of that time
There's enough around for your own vanity
Don't you think it's time we made a choice
Stop pretending to be blind
To the world to come and all humanity

Don't you feel it?
Yes, you should know
We're living in, in a video
Another reel in another show
We're living in a video

Stories we make up, roles that we take up dreaming
Images fade like stars on a foggy night
Things we go after, they may require screening
Get into motion, walk straight into the light
Into the light

Don't you feel it?
Yes, you should know
We're living in, in a video
Another reel in another show
We're living in a video
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa...

Can't you feel it?
Don't you feel it?
We're living in, in a video
Another reel in another show
We're living in a video
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa...

(Don't you feel it, you should know)
(Another reel in another show)
(Don't you feel it, you should know)
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(Don't you feel it, you should know)
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Deniece Williams (born name June Deniece Chandler) is an American singer, songwriter and producer. She was born June 3, 1950. She has been described as “one of the great soul voices” by the BBC. Williams has won four Grammys with twelve nominations altogether.

As Deniece Chandler, she recorded for The Toddlin' Town group of labels. One of those early records, “I’m Walking Away”, released on Toddlin’s subsidiary Lock Records in the late 1960s, is a favorite on England’s Northern Soul scene. In the early 1970s she became a backup vocalist for Stevie Wonder as part of “Wonderlove”, lending her vocals on his albums Talking Book, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life. Williams also guested in 1974 on Syreeta Wright’s album Stevie Wonder Syreeta as well as Minnie Riperton’s Perfect Angel album and a year later on Roberta Flack’s Feel Like Makin' Love.

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