Aloe Blacc

Aloe Blacc stijgt op 26 april 2014 van 11 naar 10. Het is zijn eerste solohit in Nederland nadat in 2010 I Need A Dollar flopte.
The Man is afkomstig van het album Lift The Spirit dat in oktober 2013 verscheen.
The Man is geïnspireerd op Your Song van Elton John uit 1971.


Aloe Blacc werd geboren op 7 januari 1979 in Orange County, Californië. Op 17 juni 2013 kwam de single Wake Me Up uit. Op de track van de Zweedse dj Avicii verzorgde Blacc de zangpartij. De track stond 11 weken op #1. Blacc nam het nummer ook nog zelf op en scoorde daar een redelijke hit mee.

Aloe Blacc - The Man
[Hook]
Girl you can tell everybody
Yeah you can tell everybody
Go ahead and tell everybody
I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man
Yes I am yes I am yes I am
I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man

[Verse 1]
I believe every lie that I ever told
Paid for every heart that I ever stole
I paid my cause and I didn’t fold
Well it ain’t that hard when you got soul (this is my world)
Somewhere I heard that life is a test
I been though the worst but still I give my best
God made my mold different from the rest
Then he broke that mold so I know I’m blessed (this is my world)

[Bridge]
Stand up now and face the sun
Won’t hide my tail or turn and run
It’s time to do what must be done
Be a king when kingdom comes

Girl you can tell everybody
Yeah you can tell everybody
Go ahead and tell everybody
I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man

[Hook]
Girl you can tell everybody
Yeah you can tell everybody
Go ahead and tell everybody
I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man
Yes I am yes I am yes I am
I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man

[Verse 2]
I got all the answers to your questions
I’ll be the teacher you could be the lesson
I’ll be the preacher you be the confession
I’ll be the quick relief to all your stressing (this is my world)
It’s a thin line between love and hate
Is you really real or is you really fake
I’m a solider standing on my feet
No surrender and I won’t retreat (this is my world)

[Bridge]
Stand up now and face the sun
Won’t hide my tail or turn and run
It’s time to do what must be done
Be a king when kingdom comes

[Hook]
Girl you can tell everybody
Yeah you can tell everybody
Go ahead and tell everybody
I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man
Yes I am yes I am yes I am
I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man

I’m the man
Go ahead and tell everybody what I’m saying y’all
I’m the man
Go ahead and tell everybody what I’m saying y’all

[Hook] x4
Girl you can tell everybody
Yeah you can tell everybody
Go ahead and tell everybody
I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man
Yes I am yes I am yes I am
I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man

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Avicii & Aloe Blacc

Wake Me Up! van Avicii met Aloe Blacc komt op 29 juni 2013 op 8 de Top 40 binnen.
Ondanks negatieve reacties op het nummer bij de première op het Ultra Music Festival in Miami wordt het nummer wel een hit en wel zijn elfde in Nederland.

Avicii is de artiestennaam van Tim Bergling (Stockholm, 8 september 1989), een Zweedse dj, remixer en muziekproducent. Hij is ook bekend als Tim Berg en Tom Hangs. In 2010 scoorde hij zijn eerste en tot nu toe grootste hit met Bromance (#2). In 2011 haalde Levels #4.


Aloe Blacc werd geboren in Orange County, Californië op 8 juni 1979.  Aloe Blacc is in de Verenigde Staten vooral bekend van het televisieprogramma How To Make It In America, waarvoor zijn hit I Need A Dollar werd gebruikt als introtune. In Nederland haalde de track de tipparade niet, nummer 53 in de Single Top 100 werd gehaald in 2010. In de Ultratop 50 stond de single 2 weken op #1.

Avicii & Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up!
Feeling my way through the darkness
Guided by a beating heart
I can't tell where the journey will end
But I know where it starts
They tell me I'm too young to understand
They say I'm caught up in a dream
Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes
Well that's fine by me

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost
[x2]

I tried carrying the weight of the world
But I only have two hands
I hope I get the chance to travel the world
And I don't have any plans
I wish that I could stay forever this young
Not afraid to close my eyes
Life's a game made for everyone
And love is a prize

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost
[x2]

I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost

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