Neneh Cherry

Released: October 26, 1992

Songwriter: Booga Bear Neneh Cherry

Producer: Jonny $ Booga Bear

With the power that some lovin' can bring
Makes the mountain high stacks of money and things
That I need change and fade away sometimes
When I look in the mirror... I see a little clearer...
I am what I am and you are you too
Do you like what you see? Do you like yourself?

[Chorus:]
Money love and gold payments
We spend our lives thinking they are saviours
Money talks but love is for real...
And you know that…

Then a picture comes into my mind
Everybody knows you need some money sometimes
Could it be that we need loving to survive?
So look into my eyes… I won't tell you lies…
Who do you see? Do you see yourself?
Do you like what you see? Do you like yourself?

[Chorus]

[Rap Verse:]
So how do we drink in a sinking ship?
How do we float in a sinking boat?
How do we rock when the rock is rollin'?
Give me a float & keep the mool a rollin'?
Talking about talking about talking about money
Nothing's for free in the land of milk + honey
Got a foot on the bridge over troubled water
A credit cards cool but I’ll settle for a quarter

Neneh Mariann Karlsson was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and a father from Sierra Leone. Her mother raised her in a commune with her stepfather, jazz musician Don Cherry (father of Eagle Eye Cherry).

She moved to London in the 1980s and immersed herself in the Bristol music scene (where Massive Attack and Portishead would form), getting involved with bands such as The Cherries, The Slits, New Age Steppers, Rip Rig + Panic and Float Up CP.

But it was her collaboration with the duo Morgan-McVey, who released only the one single “Looking Good Diving”, that would be the springboard to launch her into international stardom. The single’s B-side featured Cherry rapping over the A-side’s instrumental tracks with what later became the lyrics to her 1988 debut breakout single “Buffalo Stance” (its music reworked by Bomb The Bass' Tim Simenon) – which reached the top 10 in eleven countries.

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Absolute Music 6 [NOR] (1992)
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