Don’t you see all the good things about me? What else do I need to do to be worthy of you?įavorite part: “ I am ready for love, would you please lend me your ear? I promise I won’t complain, I just need you to acknowledge I am here. The setlist contained her hit 'I Am Not My Hair' featuring Akon. 1 debut on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Her last set of testimonies, Life & Relationships, was her first No. Ready for love became like a gentle pleading, a gentle tug of you telling yourself I am ready for you to love me. India Arie, Grammy winner and songwriter, is readying to release her next album Testimony: Vol. My body was screaming for acceptance and I was giving nothing in return but loathing, a constant battle to tame it, and endlessly wishing I could trade it for somebody else’s perfectly sculpted body. What? No way India! You mean I can love myself and not have to wait for someone else’s permission? I can find value in myself without anyone else having to validate that love? Why didn’t I think of this sooner? Today this isn’t such a ground breaking concept to me but back then, India Arie gave me an opportunity for introspection. Users who like India.Arie - Ready For Love (Cover by Natasha Ramos) Users who reposted India. It was the first time I ever thought about having a love song from me, to me. kept the originality but made it yours.flawless.
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Then one day, I saw India on TV and she said this was actually a love song to herself and it completely blew my mind. She is known for her work on Miami Vice (2006), Dont Say a Word (2001) and Sex and the City (2008). It spoke to my desperation, to how badly I wanted someone to love me, to validate me, and how I was willing to do nearly anything to be loved and “if you give me half a chance I’ll prove this to you.” India Arie was born on Octoin Denver, Colorado, USA as India Arie Simpson. I heard this song and it immediately spoke to me but for the wrong reasons. The first time I heard this song, I was going through a breakup so I went to dig old India Arie albums to find a song to heal me (because India’s voice has that superpower).
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If you have a song that inspires these feelings with you, share it in the comments so we can all have a dance/listening party for our self-celebration. Welcome to the latest addition to the blog, Music Mondays! Here, will be a collection of songs that inspire self-reflection in us, hopefully leading to self-love, self-compassion, and all around self-badassery.