Listen here darling, be a good girl I'mma tell you something I know about the world It's the same thing, that I've been trying to tell you Don't make me, run and run, run from your blues, don't make me close my heart or know your bad news Use your crying eyes wisely and don't push me into a corner
Crazy in the morning, afraid of the night Story always changing, something ain't right Don't know if it's real or fake, I can't trust the pain, of your tears on my, tuxedo Tears on my tuxedo Tears on my tuxedo Either you're truly scared, or you've come prepared With your tears Oh you're tears, oh you're tears On my tuxedo
與後來稍讓人熟知的Lynden David Hall(願他安息)和Lemar,身為老大哥的Ola Onabule,也就是如出一轍的情感豐沛、溫潤傾訴式的英國R&B曲風。那條八零年代Quiet Storm抒情樂派的支線,在2011年的現在,領航的線頭居然藏在不是美國領土的英國,這可能和唱片工業與消費者購買等因素有所關聯吧!
第七張專輯《Seven Shades Darker》,其實今年年初就有七首歌的《Seven Shades, Lighter》版本出現(曲目與《Seven Shades Darker》重複),而這裡要介紹的單曲〈Be a Man〉是完整十四首單歌曲專輯的首發之作: