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"Take Control" is a song by American singer-songwriter Amerie from her third studio album, Because I Love It (2007). It was released as the album's lead single on October 17, 2006. The song was written by Cee-Lo Green, Mike Caren, and Amerie, and produced by Caren, with additional production handled by Cee-Lo, Amerie, and Len Nicholson. "Take Control" contains excerpts from the 1970 song "Jimmy, Renda-se" by Brazilian musician Tom Zé, and elements of the 1980 song "You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates.
After Cee-Lo wrote the song, he approached Amerie to record it. Amerie said she did not normally do commissions and record other people's songs because they did not work for her, but because she had "always loved" Cee-Lo since his time with Goodie Mob, she agreed. She felt the song was not uptempo enough to suit her, so she wrote a hook, a bridge, and added a horn section to add to the song her "signature" and "a different flavour", making it a "dance record".
Tori Alamaze, the reference singer on the song, said that it was originally offered to her, but Amerie denied this, saying she thought it "really wack on [Alamaze's] part" to make such a claim.
Take Control (February 14, 2007 – October 17, 2013) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
Take Control was the son of two Horses of the Year: A.P. Indy and Azeri. In September, Azeri's A.P. Indy yearling colt, Vallenzeri (his previous name), was bought back by the trust for a Keeneland-record $7.7 million. Take Control was bought by Kaleem Shah, CEO of CALNET, from the Keeneland 2 year old in Training Sale in 2009.
He was trained by Bob Baffert.
Take Control was born on February 14, 2007, at Hill N Dale Farm in Lexington, KY. He was previously named Vallenzeri - the "V" referring to Valentine's Day (the day he was born), "allen" referencing Allen Paulson and "zeri" referencing his mother, Azeri. He was consigned to the yearling sale, where he was bought back for $7.7 million by his previous owner, the Allen Paulson trust. Later he was sold at the Keeneland 2 year old in Training Sale to Kaleem Shah, CEO of Calnet.
Take Control won his career debut at Santa Anita Park, running over one mile. The chestnut colt rallied from last in his debut race on December 30, 2009, earning $27,000 for the win. He was then sidelined shortly after with a front shin injury and pointed towards a summer campaign. Bob Baffert said he was pointing him towards Saratoga's Travers Stakes.
Angel Blu is a female dance music vocalist who featured on the 2003 hit "True" by Jaimeson, which peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart in January 2003. Angel Blu also featured on "Take Control" along with CK, which charted at #14 in February 2004, and was featured on a number of dance compilation albums. "Take Control" also peaked at #20 on the Finnish singles chart.
Brooklyn, also Kings County, is a borough of New York City, New York.
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"Brooklyn Go Hard" is the second promo single by rap artist Jay-Z, featuring additional vocals by alternative musician Santigold. The song was produced by Kanye West. It appears on the soundtrack to The Notorious B.I.G. biopic Notorious for which it serves as the theme song. It was released on December 1, 2008, as an exclusive download available via subscription to (RED)Wire, with a portion of the profits going towards Bono's Product Red organization. In 2013, it was used in a trailer and several television commercials for the Jackie Robinson biopic 42: The True Story of an American Legend.
Santigold first hinted at a collaboration in an interview with NME, saying she "may also do something with Jay-Z, it's kind of secret - it's not for anything, it's just 'cause we want to." The collaboration contains a sample of Santigold's track "Shove It", in the same vein as Jay-Z and T.I.'s "Swagga Like Us", which samples M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes". However, in "Brooklyn Go Hard", Santigold provides another new verse.
Brooklyn is a neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida, considered part of Downtown. Originally a residential suburb, commercial uses became prominent during the 20th century, particularly along the St. Johns River and Riverside Avenue, and the area became included in Jacksonville's central business district. In the 21st century, it has become the site of mixed-use developments.
Brooklyn is located along the St. Johns River, south of Lavilla and the Downtown Core, and immediately north of Riverside. It is roughly bounded by McCoy's Creek and the CSX Railroad lines to the north, the river to the east, and Interstate 95 to the south and west. Brooklyn has come to be considered part of Jacksonville's greater downtown.
The area was first settled in 1801, when Phillip Dell started a large 800-acre plantation there known as Dell's Bluff. Dell's Bluff changed hands several times before the American Civil War. After the war it was acquired by Miles Price, who sold the southern half of the property to be developed as the suburb of Riverside. The northern section he retained and developed himself as Brooklyn.
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"Take Control" is a song by American singer-songwriter Amerie from her third studio album, Because I Love It (2007). It was released as the album's lead single on October 17, 2006. The song was written by Cee-Lo Green, Mike Caren, and Amerie, and produced by Caren, with additional production handled by Cee-Lo, Amerie, and Len Nicholson. "Take Control" contains excerpts from the 1970 song "Jimmy, Renda-se" by Brazilian musician Tom Zé, and elements of the 1980 song "You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates.
After Cee-Lo wrote the song, he approached Amerie to record it. Amerie said she did not normally do commissions and record other people's songs because they did not work for her, but because she had "always loved" Cee-Lo since his time with Goodie Mob, she agreed. She felt the song was not uptempo enough to suit her, so she wrote a hook, a bridge, and added a horn section to add to the song her "signature" and "a different flavour", making it a "dance record".
Tori Alamaze, the reference singer on the song, said that it was originally offered to her, but Amerie denied this, saying she thought it "really wack on [Alamaze's] part" to make such a claim.
[Intro:]
Cash flow
Badmind nuh like see the cash grow
A Rhynooooo
Seeeeet Deh... yeeeeaaa
Take controoool
Pagan wah stop mi soh
The almighty see and know dem badmiiiind
[Chorus:]
Take controooooool
Jah Jah yuh fi take control
I was born by the rivers of Jordan
Not gonna lose my soul
Take controooooool
Jah Jah yuh fi take control
Born by the rivers of Jordan to take controoooll
[Verse 1:]
Touch di road fi work hard fi mi bread
Badmind just a watch hard and a bawl fi mi dead
The boy dem fi kno man a survivor
And even McGuyver set still when dem send saw through mi head
Gotta touch di road cah him a hustler
Money weh we live a kill da hustle yah
Cah mama wah couple millions
And mi wah some billions
And ready fi bust it pon a shuffler
[Hook:]
God almighty protect my soul
To make it at the finish line and get my goal
Because I see the pagans a try take my soul
So mi look up in the sky and do I fall and cry
[Chorus:]
Take controooooool
Jah Jah yuh fi take control
I was born by the rivers of Jordan
Not gonna lose my soul
Take controooooool
Jah Jah yuh fi take control
Born by the rivers of Jordan to take controoooll
[Verse 2:]
Heights of great men work hard in the day
And the night it was reached and kept
Wah do some pagan
Dem nuh wah mi fi rise and shine dem (badmind)
Alright some of them a liad
She dem nuh wah we buy di Honda mi inspired
All when man a try hold di faith
Dem mek mi haffi put some big bulldog inna my yaad
[Hook:]
God almighty protect my soul
To make it at the finish line and get my goal
Because I see the pagans a try take my soul
So mi look up in the sky and do I fall and cry
[Chorus:]
Take controooooool
Jah Jah yuh fi take control
I was born by the rivers of Jordan
Not gonna lose my soul
Take controooooool
Jah Jah yuh fi take control
Born by the rivers of Jordan to take controoooll
[Bridge:]
A Rhynooooo
Seeeeet Deh... yeeeeaaa
Take controoool
Pagan wah stop mi soh
The almighty see and know dem badmiiiind
[Chorus:]
Take controooooool
Jah Jah yuh fi take control
I was born by the rivers of Jordan
Not gonna lose my soul (not gonna lose my soul)
Take controooooool
Jah Jah yuh fi take control
Born by the rivers of Jordan to take controoooll
[Chorus:]
Take controooooool
Jah Jah yuh fi take control
I was born by the rivers of Jordan
Not gonna lose my soul (not gonna lose my soul)
Take controooooool
Jah Jah yuh fi take control
Born by the rivers of Jordan to take controoooll
[Outro:]
Ooh!
Ooh!
Ooh!