Marian Mereba has become one of the rising stars of R&B and soul music scene. She made her debut back in 2013 with EP Room for Living. It was more like a folk-soul project yet so successful. Even though it took nearly 6 years to bring another album, she really made the cut with his latest album The Jungle Is The Only Way Out. Besides the perfect engineering, her musical talent shows itself very clearly on this one. Her music so cosy yet so sad yet so powerful. The Jungle Is The Only way out featured surprise appearances from Atlanta's finests 6LACK and JID. Sandstorm featuring JID and Heatwave featuring 6LACK became her most streamed two tracks but she's still so underrated.
This week, I picked Planet U from her amazing discography. It's a very special one and one of the rare songs which she also raps. The second verse, I mean the main verse gets me every time. Take Over the Night achieves its goal with exactly this kind of beautiful sounds. Sometimes you want to spend the whole day in bed. You need to do something before depression takes over, but you just can't find that power in yourself. This is a song that will take you out of bed, home, safe zone to the world. It's one of those anthems you'll listen to when you need to discharge mentally. I love it. I've been listening to this track and her music in general more and more lately. Hope you like it too.
Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
I wondered why you caught my eye
Got you on my mind more than half the time
But I like it there, and they disappear
Such a worthy muse, otherworldly dude, yeah
[Chorus]
Lover, where did you come from?
I wanna go to the planet from where you landed
Lover, where did you come from?
(Where did, where did, where did)
I wanna go to the planet from where you landed
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Verse 2]
Whenever you're gone, boy, you get right back
Never feel long ’cause I'm gettin to the stacks
Always been grown, boys set my grind back
And I'm on the block but I don’t sling crack
A gun goes off and I'm burning up the track
Gimme my space, swear you so intergalac-tic
Like Bic, you be turnin' me to wax
Bitches ain't shit, still throwing you the cat
You be on your Jerry shit, I'm very into that
Smile in my face you reply blap-blap
Your cloth high grade, they be wantin' loose scraps
Got gold on ya lips from the gold in my lap
Then I take ya wood like a baseball bat
Still so good, Ma recipe from scratch
Speak so lewd when you got me on my back
But I speak so sweet on the street, you like that, yeah
I see, never had no queen like me
Flawless when my face not beat
And I also made this beat, yeah
And it's true, never had no King like you
High stakes and you stay so cool
Your gold heart keep away my blue
From the same city, different side of the tracks
Yeah, you make my heart go pitter-pat
You coulda been a dog but you'd rather be a god
And that’s why I still award you the kitty cat
Not sure where you come from
Maybe the moon was your womb and Spock was your doc
Your pops a vacuum filled up with the dust of trillions of stars
That dim next to you
[Chorus]
Lover, where did you come from?
(I wanna know, I wanna know)
I wanna go to the planet from where you landed
(I gotta go, I gotta go)
Lover, where did you come from?
(So baby, tell me, where did, where did)
I wanna go to the planet from where you landed
[Outro]
Wondered why you caught my eye
Now I don’t wonder why
No, I know all my love's for you
If you want to fly
Let’s circle 'round the sky
Until we land upon Planet U
(My, my, my, my, my)
Wondered why you caught my eye
(My eye, my eye)
Now I don't wonder why
No, I know all my love's for you
(All my love’s for you, you, you, you, you)
If you want to fly
Let's circle 'round the sky
Until we land upon Planet U
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About The Curator - Mert Turan
I was born on the day "Evil Empire" album by Rage Against the Machine was released and I brought those lucky bastards 3 Grammy nominations. I live in Ankara, Turkey and study Philosophy at Middle East Technical University. I have worked professionally in the music industry for more than 4 years, specializing in studio recording, sound editing and mixing. I previously worked for musicto both as an intern and a curator. During my internship with musicto I gained valuable experience on the music business, social media and community management. I love being a part of this community.
