Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah & Treach & Heavy D & KRS-One
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah & Tony Rebel
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
This song is a freestyle over a jazz trio with a horn section dedicated to Latifah’s late brother Lancelot H. Owens aka Winki who was killed in an accident in 1992 on a motorcycle she bought for him. In tribute, she wore the keys to the motorcycle on a necklace throughout the filming of her TV show...
[Intro]
This jam is dedicated to my brother Winki (Search and find, search and find, search and find, search and find)
Who's lookin' down on me from Heaven (What’s on your mind? Search and find)
Watchin' my every move as usual (What’s goin' down? Search and find)
[Chorus]
There but for the grace of God, do I go? Do I go?
There but for the grace of God, do I go? Do I go, go?
[Verse 1]
I'm tryin' to take my time on this rhyme
But it's bustin' from the seams
Like a fantasy and eagerness of dreams
Movin' all around, oh, yes, I'm makin' leaps and bounds
There's so much you can say, no time to write it down
I'm skippin' to this and skippin' to that
I've overflowed my cup
I'm flowin' kinda quick, I hope you can keep up
Everything ain't cool just 'cause you slap me on my hand
There's things about me all of y'all just got to understand
Latifah never was a teacher, never was a preacher
Never was a saint, never was conceited, never was defeated
Sometimes I get tired, sometimes I wanna faint
But I never shut up when things piss me off
And if I got to curse at you to get my point across
That's what I gotta do
That's how it gotta be
I got an angel watchin' over me
[Chorus]
There but for the grace of God, do I go? Do I go?
There but for the grace of God, do I go? Do I go, go?
[Post-Chorus]
There but for the grace of God (If you lose your way)
Search and find, search and find
(There but for the, there but for the grace of God)
Search and find, search and find
(There but for the, there but for the grace of God)
Search and find, search and find
What's on your mind? What's goin' down?
What's goin' down, runnin' room
[Verse 2]
It's time you find
What's goin' on in your mind
Try to find peace of mind
When your blind, world's unkind
Got to fight, keep the right
At the time, never gone
Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on
Strive on, strive on, strive on
[Bridge]
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, break it down
The Lord is the light, is the light, is the light
The Lord is the light of my life, and he brightens up my world
Yes, he did, yes, he did
Lord is the light of my life, and he brightens up my world
You don't hear me
[Chorus]
There but for the grace of God, do I go? Do I go? (The Lord is the light of my life, and he brightens up my world, yes, he did, yes, he did)
There but for the grace of God, do I go? (The Lord is the light of my life, and he brightens up my world, world, world, world, world)
Winki’s Theme was written by Queen Latifah & Clifford Jordan.
Winki’s Theme was produced by Queen Latifah.
Queen Latifah released Winki’s Theme on Tue Nov 16 1993.