Jill Scott

Released: May 4, 2015

Songwriter: Pusha T Yutaka Yokokura SiR Jo Blaq D.K. The Punisher Andre Harris Jill Scott

Producer: D.K. The Punisher Andre Harris

[Verse 1]
Oh, silly me my dear for thinking that you'd stay
Gave you my heart and then you ran away
Either I'm stupid, I'm foolish or you're playing me
But it seems we were never really meant to be
(So I thought I would try something new)
I wanted to find out if I could live happy without you
And it turned out I wasn't living at all
But I would have never known if you had just played along

[Chorus]
I was living the dream, believing things that just ain't true
Oh, I can't believe I ever believed in you
You had me chasing Fools Gold
I was chasing Fools Gold
I was chasing Fools Gold

[Verse 2]
Somewhere deep down inside I knew you wasn't right
But breaking your spell was a plan I never devised
I would have been here forever living for you
But I would have been living forever as your fool

[Chorus]
I was living the dream, believing things that just ain't true
Oh, I can't believe I ever believed in you
You had me chasing Fools Gold
I was chasing Fools Gold
I was chasing Fools Gold

[Bridge]
I bit into the apple
I took the wooden nickel
I was blinded to my core
And I went into the wrong door
And further more

[Chorus]
I was living the dream, believing things that just ain't true
(I was living the dreams, oh)
Oh, I can't believe I ever believed in you (I can't believe)
You had me chasing Fools Gold (I ever believed in you)
I was chasing Fools Gold (I was chasing Fools Gold)
I was chasing Fools Gold (Fools Gold)

[Chorus]
I was living the dream, believing things that just ain't true
(I was living the dream)
Oh, I can't believe I ever believed in you
(I can't believe I ever believed in you)
You had me chasing Fools Gold (I was)
I was chasing Fools Gold (I was chasing Fools Gold)
I was chasing Fools Gold

[Chorus]
I was living the dream, believing things that just ain't true
Oh, I can't believe I ever believed in you
You had me chasing Fools Gold
I was chasing Fools Gold
I was chasing Fools Gold

She is an artist with an abiding, deep commitment to lyrical honesty and musical integrity. Simply put, if Jill Scott feels it, she writes and sings it. While vivid imageries, metaphor analogies are her stock in trade, there’s no pretense, no hiding. She’s upfront, in-your-face always real, using her own distinctive poetry to breathe life into words, digging inside to bring forth the accompanying emotion. It is that authenticity that has endeared Jill Scott to everyday music buyers who hear what she’s saying through her music and respond according. Folks who know the rough and tumble of life, love right, love wrong, passion misspent, passion fulfilled, lonely nights and empty days and everything in between declare, ‘Yeah, girl!,’ ‘Go ‘head on!’ and ‘I feel ya’.

So much has been said, so many lyrics sang. And Jill continues to be a mainstay on the music front and time flies.

It is hard to fathom almost 15 years have passed since the release of her debut album, the monumental and ground breaking Who Is Jill Scott?” Words & Sounds Vol. 1.

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