Tinashe

Released: November 26, 2013

Songwriter: Tinashe

Producer: Gabriel Lambirth Tinashe !llmind

[Verse 1]
Black Water, looking glass
No wind it's still at last
Cold whisper in the air
"Storm's coming, please beware!"
Storm's coming... gonna need
Sand bags and batteries...
Old pictures, letters too
Frozen moments, favorite shoes
Wine bottles, diamond rings
No value in expensive things
How do you measure, by the price?
What is precious to my life?

[Hook]
'Cuz all I'm in love with is the music
'Cuz all I'm in love with is the music
(All I need)

[Verse 2]
Black Water, deep as night
Too quiet, no moonlight
Take caution, don't be fooled
Storm's coming, coming soon!
Storm's coming, so prepare
It's worse on the unaware
Ohh
When all the signs are saying that it won't be enough
Then everything inside me screams 'I'm not giving up, no"
I'll stay afloat while they're drowning in
Black Water, Black Water, Black Water, Black Water

[Hook]
All I'm in love with is the music
(All I love, I love)
'Cuz all I'm in love with is the music
(All I need)

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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