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LET MY HAIR DOWN (Interlude)*

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These "song blogs" have been true moments of transparency for me and I see no reason to stop now, so I will be honest. The other songs started from a very authentic place where the concept spoke to me and I just followed the leading of the whole production. THIS interlude was born of my desire to use the artwork I chose for the album. LOL. People who know me personally know that while music is my first passion (after God, family, community), bodybuilding is next in line. I worked super hard to achieve that condition and I felt like the photo with my hair pulled up could look artsy because of all of the lines, so I filtered it yellow and there it was. I was happy with it but I wasn't sure it would make sense with the project so...I decided to come up with a concept that could tie it in.

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"Let My Hair Down" was perfect because it is a literal description of the artwork AND it describes where I am in life at this point. I can't even describe the level of "comfortable in my skin" I'm feeling and the extreme lack of interest I have in engaging in head games or the slightest hint of foolishness. If it's not coming from a place of love, I don't even try to make space for it (unless I feel a very specific call for patience from God). I have absolutely 'let my hair down' in these more mature years God has graced me with -- not as in wild, but as in free and peaceful. So the lyrics are still verrrry authentic but the way the concept came about was uh...engineered a bit. LOL.

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*lyrics below