Dionne Farris

Released: October 25, 1994

Songwriter: Lenny Kravitz Dionne Farris

Producer: Swagg R’Celious Milton Davis Dionne Farris Randy Jackson

Stop to think before you blow it
'cause if you think you don't it will lead
You down the path to the end of your life

So, I finally got you hooked
Now you've become a crook
And your life belongs to me

Yo, you'll do anything to get me
How much you want to bet me?
'cause I'm pure ecstacy

You started spending up your money
Now you're cold and hungry
'cause you have no place to live

Yep, life is getting kinda harder
Out there beggin' for a dollar
But nobody will give

See, I told you life would get much harder
You thought you were smarter
But I'm always in control

Oh yes, so many out there love me
They can't get enough of me
Just one hit and then they're sold

They told you not to try me
Said you would never be free
There'd be something missing

Now you're hanging on the corner
Beggin' for a dollar
'cause you refused to listen

Alternative R&B singer Dionne Farris was born in Plainfield, New Jersey on December 4, 1969. She got her start performing lead vocals for Atlanta-based hip-hop group Arrested Development, most notably appearing on the group’s top Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart hit, “Tennessee,” featured on the group’s critically acclaimed debut album, March 1992’s 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of…, Farris eventually parted ways with the group’s leader Speech toward the end of 1992, due to reported tensions and creative differences. She was sought out by American Idol’s Randy Jackson and accepted his offer to sign with Columbia Records.

She released her debut album, October 1994’s Wild Seed – Wild Flower, which featured the 1995 huge hit, “I Know,” the single charted at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1996. Her follow-up, For Truth if Not Love, was delayed by ongoing record company problems and Farris wanting out of her Columbia contract. The album was eventually released on December 18, 2007 by Music World.

Subsequent follow-up albums, April 2011’s Signs of Life, February 2013’s Dionne Get Your Gunn, November 2012’s Lady Dy, The Mixtape pt. 1, and her latest effort, February 2014’s Dionne Dionne, an album of Dionne Warwick covers with Charlie Hunter released independently on Free & Clear Records.

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