

I sing these words because I know you’re the one who

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You will heal the world with your mind, and Now we’re moving from the darkness into the light, yeah Performed by India.Arie.Įver been through something she thought she couldn’t make it through, yeah< Written by India Arie Simpson and Joyce Anne Simpson. Please check out the video of India.Arie’s enchanting live performance of “Beautiful Flower.” The lyrics are below if you’d like to sing along…

“When Elton John said I was one of his favorite artists - now, that was success.” “I’m happy that the people who inspired me like my music,” she told The Atlanta Constitution. The daughter of a Motown songstress and a former NBA basketball player, the 45-year-old Denver native has won four Grammy Awards from her 23 nominations, and has sold more than 10 million records worldwide. “But the truth is that it was my message to myself because I was yearning to know the peace of a self-defined life.” “Putting spiritual and empowerment ideals into music concepts… that’s always been the core message of my music-and it seemed I was talking to others…” India.Arie told. In 2007, she appeared in Winfrey’s documentary, “Building a Dream: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy.” The documentary chronicled Winfrey’s five-year mission to create an academy for disadvantaged girls in South Africa.
INDIA ARIE SONGS ABOUT BEAUTY TV
Oprah Winfrey became an avid fan of India.Arie’s music and invited her to appear on her TV show to discuss her music and activism. India.Aire was named an Ambassador for UNICEF and traveled to Africa extensively to address the AIDS crisis. She’s also an activist for global health and human dignity. India.Arie sings, “‘Cause you’re beautiful like a flower / More valuable than a diamond / You are powerful like a fire / You will heal the world with your mind, and / There is nothing in the world that you cannot do / When you believe in you.”īorn India Arie Simpson, India.Arie (punctuation intended) is a talented singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Written to support Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, “Beautiful Flower” delivers the motivational message that young South African girls have the talent, intelligence and drive to become a new generation of leaders. Today India.Arie delivers a message of inspiration and empowerment in her 2008 Grammy-nominated “Beautiful Flower.” In the song, she tells young women struggling with self-worth issues that they are beautiful, brilliant, powerful, resilient and “more valuable than a diamond.” 28 in Anaheim, Calif.Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you sensational songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. It’s no secret to India.Arie fans that the word ‘worthy’ has been an empowering expression of self-love for her and her audience over the years.Faithfully repurposed as the title and theme of her brand new 16-track album, including 13 songs and three interludes, India’s first full-length offering in five years is set to impact a world finally attuned to the kind of empathic sea-change. 23, stars Sarah Chalke (“Scrubs”) and, in a cameo role, Patti LaBelle.Īs for Arie, she is in the mist of an October tour that visits Bermuda tonight (Oct. “At that moment in time, her performance was a juxtaposition of pain and beauty. “Her performance brought tears to my eyes,” Arie says. When Lifetime inquired about using the song for the film, Arie said, “Well, I have this other version that you might like to use.”Īccording to Arie, while the song’s original idea was rooted in Pink’s decision to do away with her pink locks, the last verse was written after watching Melissa Etheridge’s triumphant performance on the Grammy Awards, where she appeared bald from chemotherapy to treat breast cancer. “This duet should have been the original version on my album, but it fell through the cracks.” “We both had something to say with this song, and we wanted to work together,” Arie explains. It will be available on iTunes beginning Oct. A previously unreleased version of India.Arie’s “I Am Not My Hair” will be heard in a new Lifetime Television movie, “Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy.” Arie tells Billboard this version - a duet between the R&B/soul singer and pop-rocker Pink - is actually the original version of the song.
