Terrace Martin

Released: August 13, 2013

Featuring: Snoop Dogg Lalah Hathaway

Songwriter: Terrace Martin Snoop Dogg Lalah Hathaway

Producer: Terrace Martin

[Hook: Lalah Hathaway & Snoop Dogg]
Your love for me is very serious
I won't play games with your tender
Look in my eyes, and say "I love you"
I'm for real, I'm for real

[Verse 1: Terrace Martin]
I kinda breeze with the summer wind
Sunday school swag, that's just how I feel
Lil mama look by me, keep her toasted
Beauty like a rose, blooming the summer wind (let's go)
Baby got her own whip
Top back, feelin' independent on a grown tip
Parked in the park, but night just let the day in
Watchin' the sunset, the kissin' lead to safe sex
I'm going swimming in your love boat
And if you can't swim you're bound to drown in your love pool
Play time's over, love, all my play this day is through
You and me together, you the type that I could stay too true to
And now, we back and forth
Bitin', kissin', lickin', fightin' in this little love war
Wakin' to the sun rays reflecting off your natural glow
I'mma choose lovin' you and just let all the hate go

[Hook: Lalah Hathaway & Snoop Dogg]
Your love for me is very serious
I won't play games with your tender
Look in my eyes, and say "I love you"
I'm for real, I'm for real

[Verse 2: Terrace Martin]
Put my hand on your thigh, now I'm movin' up your back end
Full body massage, just 'bout to get it crackin'
Love the way you move, babe, save your man a lap dance
See you really want it, you've been practicin' your cool tricks
And I don't even know why all your friends be even hatin' for
Tell them haters, find some business, let love and let go
And ain't no part of me lettin' anybody think they're taking your love away from me, girl
And me had no idea, we shared a fear, now we channel air, jets
Swimming through the sky overlooking Bangladesh
Vacation into the Caymans, and Spain and Dubai next
The way you look at me when you lick your lips, it turns me on
Took me out this hateful world, you got me stayin' home
Missed you last night, fell asleep on the phone
But when we woke up in the morning
We was each other's first call, real love

[Hook: Lalah Hathaway & Snoop Dogg] x2
Your love for me is very serious
I won't play games with your tender
Look in my eyes, and say "I love you"
I'm for real, I'm for real

Beginning his career as a rapper and producer, Terrace Martin has lent his skills to artists such as Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Lalah Hathaway, Raphael Saadiq, Charlie Wilson, Stevie Wonder and the legendary Emotions, just to name a few. Martins big break came when he produced a Power 106 radio drop with Snoop Dogg. Shattering the acknowledged rules of hip-hop production, he samples everything from funk to jazz to classical to create fresh and original tracks. His productions have made him one of the most sought after upcoming producers on the streets of Los Angeles.

Born to father, a jazz drummer and mother, a singer, Martins birthright was music. Growing up listening to everyone from Coltrane to Parliament, he began playing the piano at the age of six. Producing his first tracks on his Casio CZ101 Keyboard and an E-mu SP-1200, Martin decided to broaden his musicality and picked up the saxophone. At Locke High Martin became first chair of the All-State jazz band.

From jazz to hip-hop, Martins role models include Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Stitt, Grover Washington, Jr., Dr. Dre, DJ Quik, Cali Boyz, DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and 1580 K-Day. Martin says, I started producing hip-hop tracks because it was the music of my time, but I never lost my love for jazz.

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