I cry literally every time I hear Put Your Records On
" Just more than I could take Pity for pity's sake (ooh) Some nights kept me awake I thought that I was stronger When you gonna realize That you don't even have to try any longer? Do what you want to" I don't recall when I heard Corinne Bailey Rae's Put Your Records On for the first time. It's an infectious track about being yourself and giving yourself permission not to fear the future, if even just for a moment. It's also a song about loving yourself. It's a song about rejecting shame for your black features it's... It's about as close to a perfect piece of art as humankind can create. When I was younger, it was a billboard hit mostly like any other. People liked it, it got lots of radio play, it made it onto those compilation CDs with big hits and I'm sure I ripped one of mine to put onto a cheap MP3 player, and later onto my Nokia when phones started doubling as music players. In my adult life I'd catch myself singing the c...
