Born in McComb, Mississippi, Norwood was raised in Carson, California, beginning her career as a backing vocalist for teen groups. After signing with Atlantic Records in 1993, she released her self-titled debut album, Brandy, the following year, which sold six million copies worldwide. Norwood ventured into acting with the UPN sitcom Moesha (1996–2001), which won her an NAACP Image Award, and resulted in numerous other roles, such as the titular character in the television film Cinderella (1997) and Karla Wilson in the slasher film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998). Her musical breakthrough came with the wildly successful single "The Boy Is Mine" (1998), a duet with fellow R&B contemporary Monica, which went on to become one of the best selling female duets of all time. Her second album, Never Say Never, won Norwood her first Grammy Award. In 2002, Norwood starred in the reality series Brandy: Special Delivery, documenting the birth of her daughter. Her third and fourth albums, Full Moon (2002) and Afrodisiac (2004), were released to critical success.
Norwood served as a judge on the first season of America's Got Talent before being involved in a heavily publicized car accident in 2006. Norwood's fifth album, Human (2008), was released to positive reviews, although it was a commercial failure. In 2010, she returned to television as a contestant on the eleventh season of Dancing with the Stars and starred in the reality series Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business. She was a series regular in the BET series The Game (2012–2015) and released her sixth album Two Eleven (2012) thereafter, both earning her critical praise. In April 2015, Norwood made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago. She starred in and executive produced a sitcom titled Zoe Ever After on BET which premiered in January 2016. In July 2020, Norwood released her seventh studio album, B7, also her first project as an independent artist, to critical acclaim. In 2021, Norwood starred alongside Naturi Naughton, Eve and Nadine Velazquez in American Broadcasting Company's music drama series Queens to critical acclaim.
In June 2022, Norwood announced her major label return after signing with Motown Records under which she is expected to preprare her eighth studio album.
Fall Back
Brandy Lyrics
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Fall Back, I understand that you feeling me
I ain't gotta attitude but I'ma flip if you don't give me room to move
Fall Back, I'm tryna breathe and you killing me
Fall Back, I understand that you feeling me
I ain't gotta attitude but I'ma flip if you don't give me room to move
(Fabolous)
Safe's in the ceiling, I stash drugs and weapons in
Nigga I'm just steppin in, already got boxes
Full of money like that movie that Johny Deep was in
I'd rather pull a gat than run, cause what comes around
Goes around faster then a gatling gun
These broke niggas say goin to Manhattan's fun
I'm on punta cana shore wit a Latin one
That can suck a beach ball through a straw, act like
A chipmunk and put nuts in each wall of her jaw, homie
I'm just tryin' to teach ya'll how to score
It's easy for me to pull up each fall in azures
And my dope send buyers from O.T. they heard
I got the same shit that caused Len Bias to O.D.
It's the young nigga that inspired the O.G.'s
In that H-2 wit thin tires and O.Z.'s
And ya'll got jewels but I doubt it's the same shine
Mine look like the sun and moon's out at the same time
Don't worry about the rumours that a broad dish
When I ride around with the same guns Travolta had in Swordfish
So fall back like you lost ya balance
I don't wanna have to toss with talons
But you cheap stylin' and I'ma have to let the six-teen squirt
And make ya white tee look like a miskene shirt, nigga
Fall Back, I'm tryna breathe and you killing me
Fall Back, I understand that you feeling me
I ain't gotta attitude but I'ma flip if you don't give me room to move
Fall Back, I'm tryna breathe and you killing me
Fall Back, I understand that you feeling me
I ain't gotta attitude but I'ma flip if you don't give me room to move
(Brandy)
What the fuck proper truck 7 jeans white truck range rover sitting on 23's
From the 745 on the 105 won't be nobody in the club but m,e you can say anything you want about my business better hold your tonge unless you witness my life first hand, my joy, my pain not just my music and my name.
Fall Back, I'm tryna breathe and you killing me
Fall Back, I understand that you feeling me
I ain't gotta attitude but I'ma flip if you don't give me room to move
Fall Back, I'm tryna breathe and you killing me
Fall Back, I understand that you feeling me
I ain't gotta attitude but I'ma flip if you don't give me room to move
(Lloyd Banks)
You can bet'cha bottom dollar, if there's ever a room that I'm tied up in
The armor throw bullets like Boomer Esiason
Give him a wound where his eye has been, then lift him
Off the ground like a hot air balloon when it' firin
My game smoothe as Mariah's skin, but I'm popular
So I travel with the goons when I slide up in
I'm blamed for the heat 'round my way, I made it
Without a Making of the Band or a Freestyle Friday
Why you wit him if his troops don't buck? I'll have the coroner
Wrap you up in plastic like a fruit roll up
I get brain like every female in my past intellegent
And take in more nuts then your average elephant
They actin like they own slugs and amory, but if we bump heads
They be talkin faster than Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
The names you can call me but broke ain't one
I'm in the game for the O.J. run, my goal not done
Go in ya'house and get cha'old gray gun
We got some big enough to be a court case son
And I've learned to overcome the new faces, I'm startin to
Heat up, so my dick get more toungue than shoe laces
You can catch me in the hood, a couple G's and I'm bangin things
High 'cause I go through more trees than orangatangs
You're gonna make me put the clip in and pop ya
You're horrible nigga, I'd rather sit through an' opera
Fall Back, I'm tryna breathe and you killing me
Fall Back, I understand that you feeling me
I ain't gotta attitude but I'ma flip if you don't give me room to move
Fall Back, I'm tryna breathe and you killing me
Fall Back, I understand that you feeling me
I ain't gotta attitude but I'ma flip if you don't give me room to move
The lyrics to Brandy's song "Fall Back" feature two rappers, Fabolous and Lloyd Banks, with Brandy providing the chorus. The song speaks to the theme of needing space and breathing room in life, as the characters in the song seek to remedy claustrophobic situations. The chorus of the song is a plea for space and an understanding that there's no attitude, but terseness is usually the outcome when the demanding becomes too much. Both rappers speak to their experiences of being successful in their respective fields, with Fabolous talking about his drug dealing past and Lloyd Banks speaking to the challenges of being a successful rapper.
Fabolous's lyrics highlight his experiences in the drug dealing trade, where having multiple spots to stash drugs and weapons was a must. He speaks of his fame and success, traveling to nice locations where he can enjoy the company of beautiful women. Lloyd Banks speaks of his success as a rapper, even as he acknowledges that he has enemies who would stoop as low as taking a life for spite.
The song is a commentary on the difficulties of living lives in the public eye and dealing with people who want their share of that life. The chorus, combined with the verses, speaks to the importance of having personal space and the importance of boundaries. The song speaks to the need for people to stop enmeshing themselves in the lives of others and instead learn to give people the autonomy they need to live their own lives.
Line by Line Meaning
Fall Back, I'm tryna breathe and you killing me
Give me some space and don't suffocate me
Fall Back, I understand that you feeling me
I know you like me, but ease up a bit
I ain't gotta attitude but I'ma flip if you don't give me room to move
I'm not trying to be difficult, but if you don't back off, I'll snap
What the fuck proper truck 7 jeans white truck range rover sitting on 23's
I have expensive taste in cars and clothes
From the 745 on the 105 won't be nobody in the club but m,e
I'm out here doing my thing and enjoying myself
you can say anything you want about my business better hold your tonge unless you witness my life first hand
Don't talk about me unless you know me and my life
my joy, my pain not just my music and my name.
There's more to me than just my career and fame
You can bet'cha bottom dollar, if there's ever a room that I'm tied up in
I'm a tough guy and can handle myself
Give him a wound where his eye has been, then lift him off the ground like a hot air balloon when it' firin
I'll hurt you badly and make it look easy
Without a Making of the Band or a Freestyle Friday
I made it to the top on my own, without any reality TV help
I'm in the game for the O.J. run, my goal not done
I'm in this for the long haul and won't stop until I reach my goals
We got some big enough to be a court case son
I have powerful weapons that could land me in legal trouble
You're gonna make me put the clip in and pop ya
Don't push me or I'll pull out my gun and shoot you
You're horrible nigga, I'd rather sit through an' opera
I have little respect for you and would rather do something I hate than be around you
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@jeffh757
This was a certified Limewire classic
@youngbrevy
I’m still trying to figure out why Fab and Banks never made a mixtape together? They REALLY flow amazing together!
@lvin4958
around this time all I use to listen to was metaphors, punch lines and similes kings. Lloyd Banks, Fabolous and Cassidy good ol days
@xPaNNiC
you preaching, thats it
@chasematrix29
Cassidy is not in the same league..
@Sunshine134chick
💯
@farcue3325
Me too brother
@Iconic-Freestyles-Bars
hahaha bro you damn sho aint lyin! That was my whole lane for real!!! Along wit D-Block
@Fashionistjayrenee
My son was a baby. These bars n punchlines still relevant. Plus brandy talking greasey. This will never get old!!
@samuelironcloud8769
"They acting like they own slugs and armory
But if we bump heads
They'll be talking faster than Bone Thugs-N-Harmony"
Banks is/was the punch line king. Dude was cold!