“Soul Food”Released August 2001
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Just Want to Say (I love you Lord) The
Prodigal Son Soul
Food I’m
Coming Back Home He’s
Given Me Everything
Hold
On…(your help’s on the way) Hello
Mama Transformed
/ Nothing 2 Something In
That Land You’re
Never Alone Thank You (a song for my “frands”)
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Eat your “Soul Food”. This usually brings to mind a tasty meal with a huge selection of your favorite southern styled foods. However, our desire is to feed your soul with the word of God. On this album we take the listener through a myriad of “life positions”. Everyone is somewhere in the cycle of life and spiritual growth. Unfortunately, many of us are a guilty distance from God because we don’t nourish our souls with the proper food; God’s word. The album includes a menu of 11 original songs. I wrote all but one of them. The title track, “Soul Food”, tastefully reminds you to “eat your soul food”, meaning study God’s word and grow thereby. “The Prodigal Son” is a powerful song written by Robert Ivory Sr. of the Inner-City Singers of Alabama. It serves as the second appetizer for the theme of the album. Served up hot and greasy with the same traditional, high-powered energy Evangelist Ivory is known for himself! An added 3rd verse written by yours truly puts just the right amount of seasoning in this tasty dish. Along the same theme is the smoothed out “I’m Coming Back Home". You’ll hear the lament of a repenting believer. His pain is deep and he’s uncomfortable with asking for forgiveness, yet another time. Nevertheless, he knows God is not willing that anyone should perish so he makes his humble request known to his merciful father. Now if you need confirmation that God has deliverance for your situation, “Hold On”…(your help is on the way) is your song! Along with its powerful message of hope, a little extra sugar is added by the beautiful, show-stopping voice of Tiffany Malone, wife of Jerome Malone of The Southside Singers of Rogersville, AL and courtesy of the female acappella gospel group Soul Purpose. Tiffany adds just the right icing to this proverbial cake. Though her styling is usually more contemporary, you can tell she is firmly rooted in the faith. Most of us can think of things we want to change in this world. However when we consider the vastness of the challenge we can feel powerless. In “He’s Given Me Everything”, the secret is helping to change one person or thing at time, and it starts with “ME”. This song features another friend of mine by the name of Louis B. Edwards, a fellow “comrade in arms”. Lou possesses a special gift of interpreting and delivering songs in a way that excites you right out of your seat. You’ll hear why I wanted to sing with him since I first met him 2 years ago. This brother can saaaang! Praise Haters Beware! “I Just Want to Say” (I Love You Lord), is a declaration and celebration of God’s goodness. It also addresses some reasons I’m so excited about what the lord has done for me. The twist is it’s contemporary styling. Same message—just updated a bit. Some of you may notice the ending “hook” I borrowed from my good friend/ big brother, Paul Williams of Tabernacle. I told him it fitted perfectly and I just had to use it. WARNING: This is not Grandmama’s song. It is very popular among young listeners--they need their soul food too! The album's dessert is “In That Land". It is Grandmama’s song. It’s a story about going to heaven and taking in all its splendor and being free from the sorrows and cares of this world. The ominous “Hello Mama” is a dark approach to a mother’s day letter. With so many sons and daughters incarcerated these days, Mother’s Day isn’t always a happy occasion. Unfortunately, there are many mothers that experience this dramatic situation today, yes, even in your church family! There’s happiness in the fact that this young man seems to have come to his senses and realize the importance of the messages his dear mother was trying to teach him while he was coming up—too bad it took going to jail for him to understand them. Suicide and crime rates are increasing among our youth because they feel disconnected, unloved, lost, and alone. “You’re Never Alone” (aka the Smile song) is a sweet testament to God’s omnipresence. This song sends a strong message that suicide and crime are not the answers to life’s challenges and society’s ills. It denotes God as a dependable friend. However, even when you have to pay for bad choices you’ve made, repent and smile, because God still loves you and he will be with you even in the hardest times. This album redefines the usual boundaries of gospel music. After each song title you’ll find corresponding scripture from the bible to study so you can experience the whole meal! The music was prepared to satisfy the appetite of the younger and the older listener—there’s always something for everyone on a Steve Adams album! |
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