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.
Paint This House
Brandy Lyrics
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There's still so many rooms left to cover
And there ain't no reason for you to ever be without
Memories of me and my love
And I want these stairs, those walls
kitchen counters, and those chairs
To remind you of how good it feels
and every hallway (yeah)
Not and inch will go untouched
Lets paint this house with our love (our love)
I'll just lay while you stroke, you putting it down
Damn you showing all your colors
The wildest thoughts are provoking
Its like you're in my head right now (now, my head)
Cause you know me like no other
And I want these stairs, those walls
kitchen counters, and those chairs
To remind you of how good it feels
And all of these floors and ceilings
and every hallway (yeah)
Not and inch will go untouched
Lets paint this house with our love (our love)
Our love
Love oh oh
Oh oh
Cancel the decorator
We don't need no help
You'll pick out the colors
We'll clean up the mess later
We do it so well
Loving one another
In the closet
On the Facets
In the balconies
Anywhere you are inside this house
You'll, think of me yeah yeah yeah
And I want these stairs (stairs), those walls
kitchen counters, and those chairs (those chairs)
To remind you of how good it feels (good it feels)
And all of these floors and ceilings (floors and ceilings)
and every hallway (yeah yeah yeah)
Not and inch will go untouched
Lets paint this house with our love (our love)
Our Love (our love)
Let's Paint this house with our love (love)
Let's paint this house with our love (our love)
The lyrics to Brandy's song Paint This House are about a couple who wants to make their house a symbol of their love. The song's title is a metaphor for their desire to paint the entire house with their love to create lasting memories. They still have many rooms left to cover, showing that their love will last a lifetime. The couple wants every inch of their house to remind them of how good it feels to love each other. They cancel the decorator because they don't need anyone else's help to paint their house with their love. They want their love to fill every part of the house, from the stairs to the walls, kitchen counters, and chairs. The couple plans to make love in every part of the house, including the closet, the facets, the balconies, and every other room. They want their love to be the main color, and they don't want anyone or anything else to leave its marks because, to them, their love is enough.
The song's lyrics are about two people who are deeply in love, and they want to share that love through their home. It also shows the need for a deeper, more meaningful connection in a relationship. Rather than just passing through and leaving behind no traces, the couple wants to make their love permanent by creating memories in every room. The imagery used in the lyrics is vivid and shows the depth of emotion between the two people.
Line by Line Meaning
I ain't even close to leaving this house
I'm not leaving this house because I want to cherish every moment spent here with you.
There's still so many rooms left to cover
There are still so many memories left to make in this house with you by my side.
And there ain't no reason for you to ever be without Memories of me and my love
I want every part of this house to remind you of our love and the happy memories we shared together.
And I want these stairs, those walls kitchen counters, and those chairs
I want every part of this house, from the stairs to the walls, kitchen counters, and chairs, to be a beautiful reminder of our love.
To remind you of how good it feels
I want these parts of the house to bring back the good feelings and emotions associated with our love.
And all of these floors and ceilings and every hallway (yeah)
Every inch of this house, including the floors, ceilings, and every hallway, holds precious memories that we created together.
Not an inch will go untouched
I want every inch of this house to be touched by our love and our memories together.
Lets paint this house with our love (our love)
I want to fill this house with our love, our memories, and everything that we share together.
I'll just lay while you stroke, you putting it down
I will relax and let you do all the work, painting this house with our love and memories.
Damn you showing all your colors
I am impressed with how much you are showing yourself and your love while doing this paintwork for us.
The wildest thoughts are provoking
Painting this house together is bringing out some of our wildest and fondest memories together.
Its like you're in my head right now (now, my head)
You know me so well that I feel like you are already aware of all the things that are going through my head right now.
Cause you know me like no other
You are the only person who knows me so well that you can understand all that goes inside my heart and head.
Cancel the decorator
We don't need a professional decorator to make this house beautiful because we will make it beautiful with our love.
We don't need no help
We can do this paintwork together as we don't need anyone's help to make this house a beautiful representation of our love.
You'll pick out the colors
You'll choose the best colors that symbolize our love and happiness together.
We'll clean up the mess later
We'll clean up the paint that spills later because what's most important now is to create memories and beautify our house.
We do it so well loving one another
We are so good at loving each other that we are confident this house will reflect our love beautifully.
In the closet on the Facets in the balconies anywhere you are inside this house
No matter where you are inside this house, be it in the closet, on the facets, in the balconies, or anywhere else, it will remind you of our love.
You'll, think of me yeah yeah yeah
You'll think of me and our love when you look at this house and every little thing we have done together to make it special.
Our Love (our love)
Our love is the only thing that will be painted over every inch of this house.
Let's Paint this house with our love (love)
Let's adorn this house with everything that reminds us of our love and every moment we have spent together.
Let's paint this house with our love (our love)
This house will reflect our love, our feelings, our memories, and everything else that we share together.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: RICHARD BUTLER, J. PIERRE MEDOR, EARL HOOD, ERIC GOUDY
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