Tinashe

Released: November 26, 2013

Songwriter: Tinashe

Producer: Legacy (New Boyz)

[Verse]
Honestly I'm in the long run
Just begun
'Bout a year in on this album one
Nearly done
Hopefully when I hit 21 I'll be on
Fuck with me, let's have a little fun
Some people wasn't feelin' me
Said I was being naive
Following my instincts
Trusting my own feelings
I put in overtime
Steady keeping up the grind
Now I'm about to blow your mind
Race ya to the finish line
Oh oh ain't ready
Ya ain't ready
Ya ain't ready
No ya ain't ready
Ya ain't ready
Ya Ain't ready
Ya Ain't ready
No ya ain't ready
Ain't ready
Ain't ready
Ain't ready
No they ain't ready
Ain't ready

Tinashe Jorgenson Kachingwe, known mononymously as Tinashe, is an American singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and former model born in Lexington, Kentucky and raised in Los Angeles, California.

Born on February 6, 1993, her rise to fame began with her acting on shows such as Two and a Half Men. Initially making her debut in the music industry via the short-lived girl group The Stunners—which also featured Hayley Kiyoko—she garnered attention from online music blogs with her 2012 mixtape, In Case We Die. Signing with RCA Records shortly after, she released two further mixtapes later that year and in 2013: Reverie and Black Water respectively. “2 On” was released in January 2014 as the lead single from her debut album, Aquarius, and remains her biggest solo single to date. Released in October that year, the album was praised by critics for its merging of old-school R&B sounds and fresh 2010s trends. The follow-up was subjected to much-criticised although “Player” was billed as the collection’s lead single as early as October 2015, songs released from the project failed to reach the label’s expectations, resulting in the release of an album’s worth of outtakes from the album, Nightride, in November 2016. Joyride was finally released on April 13: it features the singles “No Drama”, “Faded Love” and “Me So Bad”.

On February 18, 2019, Tinashe parted ways with her longtime record label RCA. By November that year, she inked a new management deal with Roc Nation and self-released Songs for You, her fourth studio album.

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