Mason initially focused on songwriting when she entered the music industry in her teens. As a performer, though, she had a major hit single with her third release in 1965, "Yes, I'm Ready" (#5 pop, #2 R&B). She had modest success throughout the rest of the decade on the small Arctic label, run by her manager, top Philadelphia disc-jockey, Jimmy Bishop. She reached the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 again in 1965 with "Sad, Sad Girl", and "Oh How It Hurts" in 1967. A two-year stay with National General Records, run by a film production company, produced one album and four singles which failed to find success.[citation needed]
In the 1970s, Mason signed to Buddah Records and toughened her persona, singing about sexual love and infidelity with an uncommon frankness at the time in songs like "Bed and Board", "From His Woman to You", and "Shackin' Up" and would interrupt her singing to deliver straight-talking 'raps' about romance. She also continued to write some of her new material. Curtis Mayfield produced her on a cover version of Mayfield's own "Give Me Your Love", which restored her to the pop Top 40 and R&B Top Ten in 1973; "From His Woman to You" (the response to Shirley Brown's single "Woman to Woman") and "Shackin' Up", produced by former Stax producer Don Davis in Detroit were also solid soul sellers in the mid-1970s.
Mason also sang vocals on the tracks "Sheba Baby," "I'm In Love With You," "A Good Man Is Gone," and "She Did It" on the soundtrack for the 1975 Pam Grier film, Sheba, Baby.[2]
After leaving Buddah Records in 1975 after two top ten R&B hits, she only dented the charts periodically on small labels. They included "I Am Your Woman, She Is Your Wife", which was produced in 1978 by Weldon McDougal who had produced her first major success, "Yes I'm Ready", and later in 1984, "Another Man" on West End Records.
Mason started to concentrate on running her own publishing company in the late 1980s, but continues to perform occasionally. She released a new CD, Feeling Blue, in September 2007. Mason was still performing to sold-out audiences in 2016. Her most recent show was at the Terrance Theater in Long Beach, California. Mason was inducted into the Soul Music Hall of Fame on March 1, 2016.
You
Barbara Mason Lyrics
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I would like you to know that the man...
Now wait a minute Shirley
I'm a young woman
And can't afford to all the things you do for this man
I don't even have A job
And I can't buy his clothes, pay his car notes
And I surely can't keep money in his pocket
And that's all he expects from me"
I can give him love
From his woman to you
There is a thing or two I'd like to say
I don't care who claims this man
I'm gonna love him in a way...
Woman to woman
He spent last night with me
Stayed here cause this is where he wanted to be
From his woman to you
I've got to make it
Just play as I can
Seems to me you're doing to much for the man
From his woman to you
That you begging loving
It's giving up yourself
And I feel sorry for you, I feel sorry for you
I don't mind sharing
If you don't bother me
I won't bother you
From his woman to you
I don't know what you're gonna, gonna do
But he is giving to me
What he is getting from you
Woman to woman
That's the truth
From his woman to you
Seems like you're the fool
I;m his only woman
And I love him
And I ain't about to give him up
I'm his only woman, woman to woman
I just want to let you know
That I ain't gonna never, never let him go
Woman to woman, I'm his only woman
The lyrics to Barbara Mason's song "You" reveal a conversation between two women, Shirley and Barbara. Shirley is likely the wife or girlfriend of the man whom Barbara is seeing. Shirley confesses to Barbara that she does everything for their man, such as buying him clothes and paying his car notes, but laments that she cannot afford to do more for him. Barbara responds by saying that she is unable to do all the things Shirley does but is capable of giving him what he needs - love. She goes on to confess that the man spent the night with her and that she loves him too. The rest of the song emphasizes that Barbara is willing to share the man with Shirley, but she is his only woman, and she won't give him up.
The song explores the complex dynamics of love, jealousy, and infidelity. Barbara assumes the role of a mistress who falls in love with a man who already has a woman. She is fully aware of the situation but contends that she can give him what he needs. However, Shirley, on the other end, seems to be doing everything for the man, including begging for his love, which implies that he might not be fully committed to her. Barbara's confidence and self-assuredness in the song seem to suggest that she knows what the man wants and how to keep him.
Line by Line Meaning
Hello Barbara, this is Shirley
Shirley speaks to Barbara
I would like you to know that the man...
Shirley wants Barbara to know about a man
Now wait a minute Shirley
Barbara interrupts Shirley
I'm a young woman
Barbara identifies herself
And can't afford to all the things you do for this man
Barbara cannot do what Shirley does for the man
I don't even have A job
Barbara doesn't have a job
And I can't buy his clothes, pay his car notes
Barbara cannot finance the man's expenses
And I surely can't keep money in his pocket
Barbara can't support his finances
But I can give him what he needs, when he needs it
Barbara can provide the man with what he wants
And that's all he expects from me
The man doesn't want anything else from Barbara
I can give him love
Barbara can give the man love
From his woman to you
Barbara speaks to Shirley as a rival
There is a thing or two I'd like to say
Barbara wants to clarify something
I don't care who claims this man
Barbara isn't concerned with who he is with
I'm gonna love him in a way...
Barbara will love him differently from Shirley
Woman to woman
Barbara addresses Shirley as a fellow woman
He spent last night with me
The man stayed with Barbara last night
Stayed here cause this is where he wanted to be
The man chose to spend the night with Barbara
I've got to make it
Barbara will do whatever it takes
Just play as I can
Barbara will try her best
Seems to me you're doing to much for the man
Barbara thinks Shirley is doing too much for the man
That you begging loving
Shirley is asking for love
It's giving up yourself
Shirley is sacrificing herself
And I feel sorry for you, I feel sorry for you
Barbara pities Shirley
I don't mind sharing
Barbara is willing to share the man
If you don't bother me
As long as Shirley doesn't bother Barbara
I won't bother you
Barbara won't bother Shirley
I don't know what you're gonna, gonna do
Barbara doesn't know what Shirley will do
But he is giving to me
The man is giving something specific to Barbara
What he is getting from you
Barbara knows what the man is getting from Shirley
That's the truth
Barbara is speaking the truth
Seems like you're the fool
Barbara thinks Shirley is foolish
I'm his only woman
Barbara is the man's only woman
And I love him
Barbara loves the man
And I ain't about to give him up
Barbara won't let the man go
I just want to let you know
Barbara is informing Shirley
That I ain't gonna never, never let him go
Barbara won't ever let the man go
Woman to woman
Barbara addresses Shirley as a fellow woman
I'm his only woman, woman to woman
Barbara repeats that she is the man's only woman
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BETTYE JEAN BARNES CRUTCHER, LESTER A. SNELL
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@danielcorreias
Eu costumava amar tudo em você
Eu costumava pensar que não poderia viver sem você
Eu costumava preencher, todo o meu mundo ao seu redor
E você me machucou tão mal (você me machucou tão mal)
E sobre você eu não sinto o mesmo, porque você nunca me amou de todo (você nunca me amou
Eu era um tolo de cair como eu fiz
Eu costumava esperar pelo seu telefonema, mas você não me ligaria de todo
Eu costumava esperar, para você tarde da noite
Eu acho que você vai se apressar e voltar para casa e tudo ficaria bem,
Mas você nunca me amou de todo (você nunca me amou)
Eu era um tolo de cair como eu fiz
Você nunca me amou de todo (você nunca me amou)
Eu era um tolo de cair como eu fiz
Você nunca me amou em tudo
Houve momentos em que pensei que você estaria lá para mim
Então eu, eu acordaria, era apenas um sonho,
Porque você nunca me amou em tudo
Eu era um tolo de cair como eu fiz
Você nunca me amou de todo (você nunca me amou)
Eu era um tolo para cair como eu fiz (eu era um tolo)
Não, você estava fingindo (você nunca me amou)
@chavez5308
I used to love everything about you
I used to think I couldn't live without you
I used to fill, my whole world around you
And you hurt me so bad (you hurt me so bad)
And about you I don't feel the same, cause u never loved me at all (u never loved me
I was a fool to fall like I did
I used to wait for your phone call, but you wouldn't call me at all
I used to wait, for you late at night
I'd think you'll hurry up and come home and everything would be alright,
But you never loved me at all (u never loved me at all)
I was a fool to fall like I did
You never loved me at all (you never loved me at all)
I was a fool to fall like I did
U never loved me at all
There were times that I thought you would be there for me
Then I, I would wake up it was only a dream,
Cause you never loved me at all
I was a fool to fall like I did
You never loved me at all (u never loved me)
I was a fool to fall like I did (I was a fool)
No, you were pretending (you never loved me)
@davidbarajas3553
When ever my wife is upset at me, she blasts this song!
@sirresebethea
Oh wow
@gresiaperez7646
😂😂😂
@jimenor5540
That's what they are good at, emotional black mail,a lot of men get into trouble or die trying to prove they love their wife,... men should realize they were not born to prove that...
@chrissygonzalez743
That's me lol
@Shirlene-wm9vs
Yes,all us!!
@naomisunset
Such a moving song.. her voice gives me chills 🥶🤯 I love oldies!
@pedropaloblanco3841
Let Em Know Prima 👌
@alfredoropeza9798
Love this woman
@robertmartinez899
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