MUSIC FOR MONEY written by Sheldon Manoo (1994)

What they do it for?----------Money!

What they play it for?--------Money!

What they sing it for?--------Money!

What they stand for?---------Money!

I don’t live that way! Money!

That’s not why I play! Money! No No NoNoNo!

 

Music for money, that’s not my style

Music for money, it’s just to make you smile

To make you laugh and to make you cry

To make you think, not to take a drink

To make you feel, to make you care

To make you love and teach bout God

Make you aware of what’s going on!

 

That’s what my music is all about

But it’s not for money, no no no way

I don’t care if you don’t pay

As long as I get to play

And get my say yeh yeh!

 

(Instrumental)

 

(Clapapella Verse)

 

Now when I play my music

You can feel the rhythm pumping

If gets you cured if you’re sick

And makes you feel like jumping

I could do it anyhow

Make you do anything

So listen to me now

You like the way I sing

Now I can perform anywhere

As long as I got the grove

My songs make people care

Gets your soul to move

It’s my gift from God

It was given free

So I’ll never be proud

Doing music for money! No No

 

(Guitar solo)

I won’t ever do it for  Money!

How could you do it for  Money!

And you say you love it!   (Lies, Lies Lies!)

Can’t live without it!

It’s the money, the money, it’s the money you love!

The money you can’t live without!

But as for me

It’s not my way to do!

 

Music for money (10x)

 

 

2023 by Sheldon Manoo

We are here again my friend

At the start of another year

So much expectations

Resonates in the atmosphere

We said goodbyes

We said hellos

Thankful for yesterdays

Hopeful for tomorrows

Songs to sing

Games to play

Work to do

Hard words to say

Another threshold

Another hurdle

Another chance 

To bear others' burdens

Things to learn

Things to forget

Memories to treasure

For growth disintegrates regret

Love to rebuild

To understand

For this the Creator of life's

Great command

We fail, we fall

But through determined grace

We ascend and arise

To find our solemn place

My hope is that our hope

Relegates into truth

So the year 2023

Will eradicate the fallacies we substitute!

 

HOW DO YOU SING A LOVE SONG? written by Sheldon Manoo (1994)

 Key of E Major

It's easy to write the words that you feel inside

When you know it must be heard in the world outside

Cause when you love someone words are easy to find

So we could write it down, meaningful every line

    But how do you sing a love song

    To that special someone

    How do you know if you got the right chord

    So that it wont be ignored

    How do you sing a love song

    Is this the right way for this one

    Ah ah  oh oh oh

It's so easy to all in love but will they love you back

There are twinkling stars above, love shines brighter than that

But for a singer, one who writes songs

How to sing them to her, to show I'm so strong

    How do you sing a love song

    To let them know where you're coming from

    How do you do it perfect

    So that they will like it

    How do you sing a love song

    Cause it's so easy to write them all

    But how do you sing them out

    When should I mellow when should I shout

    Oh oh ohh oh

When do you know to sing it fast

When do you know to sing it slow

How do you know when to go high

How do you know when to go low

How do you pick the style to sing it

How do you pick the music to play

If we only realise when we bring it

That it's gonna be played every day

And touch so many souls!

(Music)

Repeat choruses

Yes it's easy to write the words

That we feel inside

When we know they will be heard

To the hearing ears outside

    

TILL I’M OFF THE GROUND written by Sheldon Manoo (1994)

(CHORDS-F-G)

I got no money honey, I got no job, I got no place to go

My big brother And the others, they keep saying no

I got no license, Ain’t got much passes, No wealthy person I know

I’m kinda lazy, or maybe crazy and my standard’s low

I got lil talent but I got soul and I got a few friends

I’m real down, please stick around till this trouble ends

I got no worries and I find no peace, it’s like the sky descend

So till I’m ready, till I’m off the ground can you put me up till then?

 

(G-F)

 

Yes till I’m settled, till I’m off the ground, can I call you my best friend?

 

(Drum Solo)

 

Please have some mercy, please loan me some, till I make it on my own

I promise you whatever I do, I won’t leave you all alone

I’m not talking love, I’m talking friend and a temporary home

I miss my father and my mother, wish I’d never grown

This song’s really silly but please don’t laugh cause every word is true

I need someone who would run come, I hope that person is you

Don’t turn me out, please let me in, I’m down and out and blue

Please till I’m back up, till I’m off the ground, say you’ll see me through

 

(G-F)

 

Oh till things lighten, till I’m off the ground, can I stay with you?

 

(Solos)

 

 

WHILE IT LASTED written by Sheldon Manoo (1994)

There was a circle around the moon last night

Like the one that’s been around my heart for some time

And yes I still love you strong tonight

Cause my soul’s been released when you were mine

 

And I know that the time that we shared together

Will just be stories in both our memories

But those times I’ll remember forever

Cause you made come through what I held in dreams

 

And now you found the career you sought for so long

And all I’d do is just keep you stagnant

It’s best for us both if we don’t prolong

For there are some things just as important

 

And we’d say goodbye

But it doesn’t mean forever

Maybe we’ll get back together

When the time is right

But if things don’t go as we wish they would

Remember while it lasted, it was good

                (Music)

And if I ever love as strong as this again

I know I’ll never be as young as this again

And if it’s you, you’ll be my best friend

I won’t feel like this is the end

 

And when I’m in my dying moment

And my whole life flashes before me

That mental picture I keep of you and me

Will be the last thing I see

(Solo)

 

Cause it was sweet while it lasted

Our love, passion and desire were connected

We were great while it lasted

Every single moment I felt comforted

(Music)

 

Some things were designed to keep in mind

Like the circle around the moon last night!