SATURDAY
If "The Truth" was my love letter to the funk of the '70s, then "Saturday" is a groove-soaked tribute to the neo-soul of the '90s - drink in hand, the warm glow of candlelight, and the vibe easy among friends. MY first album co-written With Sammy Wags, IT'S a vibey, groovy collection of songs—with one bluesy jam thrown in for good measure. The songs touch on life’s simple pleasures, the heartbreak and acceptance of letting go, the beauty of imperfect love, self-empowerment, whimsy, and the hidden truths beneath what people say. “when you love what you do, every day’s a Saturday.”
Songs
SHAKEN & STIRRED
Credits
Music & Lyrics - Bianca Grooves & SammY WAGs
Vocals - Bianca Grooves
Keys - BIANCA GROOVES
KEYS on Mellow Groove, Hips, Shaken & Stirred - Patrick Firth
Keys on Secret Feelings - Clifford Carter
Guitar - Sammy Wags
Guitar on Secret Feelings - Jeff Barone
Bass - Sammy Wags
Bass on Hips, Shaken & Stirred - Trip Carter
Drums & Percussion - Sammy Wags
Produced By - Bianca Grooves & Sammy Wags
Recorded at The Koop Studios, Irvington
Mixed By - Sammy Wags
Mastered By - Sammy Wags at Koop Studios
Saturday
Laying beats on Wednesday
Keys go down on Thursday
Bring your guitar Friday
Cause everyday’s a Saturday
We don’t work for money
Beats that drip like honey
Why you think it’s funny
That everyday’s a Saturday
We don’t work a single day
We don’t work we play
You can do it too
If you love what you do
Play out on the weekends
Mondays on vacation
Tuesday get my groove on
And everyday’s a Saturday
We don’t work for money
Beats that drip like honey
Why you think it’s funny
That everyday’s a Saturday
We don’t work a single day
We don’t work we play
You can do it too
If you love what you do
I want to spend
another Saturday with you
It never ends
the funky shit we do
I want to spend
another Saturday with you
We can play forever
Mellow Groove
The Sun she bright, the Sky he blue,
The grass is shimmering with dew
The Goddess smiled because she knew
My day was blessed, I’m here with you
A divine and mellow groove
A divine and mellow groove
My friends come round and change my mood
Under the cool light of the moon
Listen to some flowy tune
The water’s crystal clear and blue
An open space, an open room
Flow is easy and so smooth
A divine and mellow groove
A divine and mellow groove
With my man my soul is soothed
Nothing to hide, nothing to prove
Something real and something true
Something old and so so new
Something borrowed, something blue
We gave it love that’s how it grew
A divine and mellow groove
A divine and mellow groove
It Ain't True
I met this guy
Ten years back
He had a mouth full of honey
Imagine that
“I’m free at 8,
I’ll pick you up”
Soon his clothes in my closet
Toothbrush in my cup
I met the fam
His dog named King
But then a bracelet for Christmas
Instead of a ring
I said “Don’t you want
to marry me?”
He said “You know that I love you
It’s not you, it’s me
Six months later
He had a shiny new wife
And I heard that he told her
“I always wanted this life.”
(It ain’t true) I don’t like the city
(It ain’t true) I don’t want a family
(It ain’t true) I just need to be free
(It ain’t true) See, it’s not you, it’s me
I met this girl
Way back when
Told me I should write some music
Pick up that pen
“I got good players,
I can share
And everyone will be happy
As long as you stay down there”
“Speak your truth,
All the time.”
But then “Just change your story…”
“’Cause it the same as mine”
You ghosted me -
what did I do?
She said “You think that I’m jealous?”
It’s not me, it’s you
Six months later
I met more casualties
She looks in her rear-view mirror
It’s all dead bodies she sees
So when somebody says
“It’s not you it’s me”
Believe me it’s you
Most definitely
And when somebody says
“It’s not me, it’s you”’
Believe me it’s them
That much is true
So when somebody says
“It’s not you it’s me”
Believe me it’s you
Most definitely
And when somebody says
“It’s not me, it’s you”’
Listen up!
That shit ain’t true
(It ain’t true) You think it’s about you
(It ain’t true) You stole my breakthrough
(It ain’t true) You owe me your debut
(It ain’t true) See, it’s not me, it’s you
They say “It’s not you it’s me”
You’ll see, most definitely
It is you
They say “It’s not me it’s you”
Here’s a clue, that shit ain’t true
It’s not you
Anymore
You keep putting me down
You keep messin around
You got a rainbow over your head
You got blessings inside your bed
Never looking inside, always out
Always full of questioning and doubt
You keep searching for something more
So what am I here for?
You don’t love me
You don’t love me anymore
(anymore, anymore, anymore)
You don’t love me
You don’t love me anymore
(anymore, anymore, anymore)
I made this house into a home
I kept nothing for my own
I see you walkin out that door
So what am I here for?
You don’t love me
You don’t love me anymore
(anymore, anymore, anymore)
You don’t love me
You don’t love me anymore
(anymore, anymore, anymore)
No, you don’t love me
You don’t love me anymore
(anymore, anymore, anymore)
You don’t love me
You don’t love me anymore
(anymore, anymore, anymore)
You don’t love me
(You don’t love me)
You don’t love me anymore
(You don’t, you don’t, you don’t love me)
You don’t love me
(You don’t love me)
You don’t love me anymore
(You don’t, you don’t, you don’t love me)
You don’t love me,
You don’t love me anymore
With Me
Got no trips, so we sip, drinks at home
Fancy taste, tiny place, On our own
I come in, I go out
But you got me love
And I got you somehow
Birthday cake, celebrate, just us two
Vibe is right, candlelight, in the mood
You come in, you go out
But you got me love
And I got you somehow
I don’t know where I’m going
My feelings don’t always show and
My words don’t come easy
And I know you get frustrated
My brain’s all over the place and
You don’t know where I’ll be
But I know that you’ll be here with me, with
me, with me
I know that you’ll be here with me, with me,
with me
I get mad, make me laugh, don’t know how
Then we fight, that’s alright, we cool down
I come in, I go out
But you got me love
And I got you somehow
I don’t know what I’m thinking
I smoke too much and I drink and
I don’t share easily
And I don’t know if you know that
My daddy issues go way back
I don’t trust what I see
But I know that you’ll be here with me, with
me, with me
I know that you’ll be here with me, with me,
with me
I know that
I don’t know where I’m going
My feelings don’t always show and
My words don’t come easy
And I know you get frustrated
My brain’s all over the place and
You don’t know where I’ll be
And don’t know what the hell is
Wrong with me I’m so jealous
I make it hard to breathe
And I don’t know how you take it
I’m overbearing, impatient
I act so stupidly
But I know that you’ll be here with me, with
me, with me
I know that you’ll be here with me, with me,
with me
I know that you’ll be here with me, with me,
with me
I know that you’ll be here with me, with me,
with me
Secret Feelings
Here I go again
I know we’re just friends
I got secret feelings for you
Always in a crowd
I can’t say out loud
I got secret feelings for you
Even on the phone
When I call your home
I can’t even talk to you alone
I’m so scared to say
That I feel this way
Maybe I’ll let you know, someday
Secret feelings for you
Secret feelings for you
Let’s go take a stroll
Look into my soul
I got secret feelings for you
Then I read into
Everything you do
I got secret feelings for you
Don’t want no one new
Cause you’re my best friend too
They don’t know me like you do
So I wait patiently
For you to feel like me
Why won’t you set me free?
Secret feelings for you
Secret feelings for you
Secret feelings for you
Secret feelings for you
I try to undo
The way I feel for you
I try to walk away
But I can’t follow through
Now I know that you
don’t have feelings too
But what the hell am I
supposed to do?
So now here we are
Sitting in your car
Talkin about my secret feelings for you
Then you turn away
Why did I say
I got secret feelings for you
I can’t take no more
Of this tug of war
My heart is tired, it’s aching and raw
Then you turn to me
Is that a smile I see
now you got those secret feelings for me
baby can it be
you got secret feelings for me
you finally set me free
you got those, I got those, we got those
Secret feelings
2 Kitties
I got
2 kitties that I love at home
I got
2 babies in the city alone
I got a
Man at home says he loves me so
I got a
Son away says he’s Romeo
In the pool is where I soak and play
The studio is where I sing all day, sing all day
Studio is where I sing all day,
Sing my life away
Hips
I earned my place there, like everybody else
Made me feel stupid, not sure of myself
Cocky and kiss-ass, just to help them pass
Intimidated, but next time in his class
I, put my hands, on my hips
Read my body, read my lips
You, see I’m fierce, and it’s true
You can be too, you can be too
Needed this first job, sweaty body tense
Somehow, I had to, show experience
Show my value, not prove my worth to him
Felt like a big fraud, but next time I walked in
I, put my hands, on my hips
Read my body, read my lips
You, see I’m fierce, and it’s true
You can be too, you can be too
Just started writing, they were gods to me
My fragile ego, up for butchery
What’s my talent? So many things I missed
I felt unworthy, but next time we practiced
I, put my hands on my
Do you think, I’m not like you?
I, have the same fears you have too
And, do you think, you’re not like me?
Strong and proud, practice is all that you need
So you, put your hands, on your hips
I read your body, I read your lips
You, are so fierce, now you see
You are set free
(I, put my hands, on my hips
Read my body, read my lips
I, am so fierce, and it’s true
You can be too)
You, put your hands, on your hips
I read your body, I read your lips
We, are so fierce, you and me
We are set free
We are set free