Donald Lawrence is an American gospel music songwriter, record producer and… Read Full Bio ↴Donald Lawrence is an American gospel music songwriter, record producer and artist.
Donald Lawrence studied at Cincinnati Conservatory, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in music. While in Cincinnati, he was also the Minister of Music at the Southern Baptist Church on Reading Road. To his credit, Donald's musicality has seen many incarnations, as vocal coach to the R&B group En Vogue, musical director for Stephanie Mills, songwriter for The Clark Sisters, and producer for a host of artists including Peabo Bryson and Kirk Franklin. Donald Lawrence has been an inspiration to many.
Lawrence took on The Tri-City Singers after a friend vacated his position as musical director.(NOTE: The three cities that The Tri-City Singers come from are Spartanburg, SC, Gastonia, NC, and Charlotte, NC.) The group debuted in 1993 with A Songwriter's Point Of View on a then-brand-new independent record label called GospoCentric Records. The set debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top Gospel Charts. The group's follow-up release Bible Stories would top those same charts when it arrived in 1995. It was the first to be billed as Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers and featured black church-ubiquitous hits such as "A Message For The Saints", "I Am God" and "Stranger". The album was released on Lawrence's newly minted label Crystal Rose Records which was distributed through Sparrow Records.
In 1997, Donald Lawrence produced the live portion of Karen Clark Sheard's Grammy-nominated Finally Karen debut. Lawrence & Tri-City also released the seasonal Hello Christmas the same year. Later, Lawrence signed a contract with the Island Records imprint Island Inspirational. Though a live recording did take place for release, the album never materialized.
In 2000, Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers signed to EMI Gospel. To promote the new album, a maxi CD of the lead single "Testify" to the mainstream. House remixes by Junior Vasquez sent the song to #33 on Billboard's Mainstream Dance Charts. When tri-city4.com was finally released in 2001, the set peaked at #2 on Billboard's Top Gospel Charts and #13 on Billboard's Heatseekers Charts. The album also got a profile boost from the all-star standout "God's Favor", featuring vocal turns from Karen Clark Sheard, Kim Burrell, and Kelly Price.
Lawrence only waited a year before delivering the follow-up Go Get Your Life Back in 2002. "The Best is Yet to Come", a song sonically much in the vein of the previous smash "Testify," was chosen as the album's lead single. This release featured guest appearances from Ann Nesby (formerly of Sounds of Blackness) and gospel pioneer Bishop Walter Hawkins. The momentum continued with the 2003 release of Restoring The Years, a greatest hits album featuring two new songs.
The next album would mark a fresh start for Donald Lawrence. I Speak Life was his first solo album, the debut for his newly inked recording contract with Verity Records, and also the first release under his new sublabel Quiet Water Entertainment. Though the album was without The Tri-City Singers, guest appearances were plenteous. Donnie McClurkin, Hezekiah Walker, Faith Evans, Richard Smallwood, and Carl Thomas all contributed to the album. Even jazz notables Ramsey Lewis and Lalah Hathaway were on hand for a remake of the Bible Stories classic "Don't Forget To Remember". The effort earned Lawrence a total of 7 Stellar Award nominations, and 6 wins.
In March 2006, The Tri-City Singers announced that they would retire, but not before one last live recording. Finale: Act One and Finale: Act Two were released simultaneously on April 4, 2006. Each release was a CD/DVD set that chronicled the audio and video of one half of the concert, with packages that locked into one another respectively. A special edition of Finale was later released with both CDs and DVDs. The blowout concert included guest appearances from Bishop Walter Hawkins, Karen Clark Sheard, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Daryl Coley, LaShun Pace, Darwin Hobbs, and many other gospel luminaries. The album's lead single "The Blessing Of Abraham" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance in December 2006. His sophomore solo album, The Law of Confession Part I was released in February 2009. Donald said in an interview that The Law of Confession, Part II will be released soon, but he's focusing on other projects.
Donald Lawrence studied at Cincinnati Conservatory, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in music. While in Cincinnati, he was also the Minister of Music at the Southern Baptist Church on Reading Road. To his credit, Donald's musicality has seen many incarnations, as vocal coach to the R&B group En Vogue, musical director for Stephanie Mills, songwriter for The Clark Sisters, and producer for a host of artists including Peabo Bryson and Kirk Franklin. Donald Lawrence has been an inspiration to many.
Lawrence took on The Tri-City Singers after a friend vacated his position as musical director.(NOTE: The three cities that The Tri-City Singers come from are Spartanburg, SC, Gastonia, NC, and Charlotte, NC.) The group debuted in 1993 with A Songwriter's Point Of View on a then-brand-new independent record label called GospoCentric Records. The set debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top Gospel Charts. The group's follow-up release Bible Stories would top those same charts when it arrived in 1995. It was the first to be billed as Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers and featured black church-ubiquitous hits such as "A Message For The Saints", "I Am God" and "Stranger". The album was released on Lawrence's newly minted label Crystal Rose Records which was distributed through Sparrow Records.
In 1997, Donald Lawrence produced the live portion of Karen Clark Sheard's Grammy-nominated Finally Karen debut. Lawrence & Tri-City also released the seasonal Hello Christmas the same year. Later, Lawrence signed a contract with the Island Records imprint Island Inspirational. Though a live recording did take place for release, the album never materialized.
In 2000, Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers signed to EMI Gospel. To promote the new album, a maxi CD of the lead single "Testify" to the mainstream. House remixes by Junior Vasquez sent the song to #33 on Billboard's Mainstream Dance Charts. When tri-city4.com was finally released in 2001, the set peaked at #2 on Billboard's Top Gospel Charts and #13 on Billboard's Heatseekers Charts. The album also got a profile boost from the all-star standout "God's Favor", featuring vocal turns from Karen Clark Sheard, Kim Burrell, and Kelly Price.
Lawrence only waited a year before delivering the follow-up Go Get Your Life Back in 2002. "The Best is Yet to Come", a song sonically much in the vein of the previous smash "Testify," was chosen as the album's lead single. This release featured guest appearances from Ann Nesby (formerly of Sounds of Blackness) and gospel pioneer Bishop Walter Hawkins. The momentum continued with the 2003 release of Restoring The Years, a greatest hits album featuring two new songs.
The next album would mark a fresh start for Donald Lawrence. I Speak Life was his first solo album, the debut for his newly inked recording contract with Verity Records, and also the first release under his new sublabel Quiet Water Entertainment. Though the album was without The Tri-City Singers, guest appearances were plenteous. Donnie McClurkin, Hezekiah Walker, Faith Evans, Richard Smallwood, and Carl Thomas all contributed to the album. Even jazz notables Ramsey Lewis and Lalah Hathaway were on hand for a remake of the Bible Stories classic "Don't Forget To Remember". The effort earned Lawrence a total of 7 Stellar Award nominations, and 6 wins.
In March 2006, The Tri-City Singers announced that they would retire, but not before one last live recording. Finale: Act One and Finale: Act Two were released simultaneously on April 4, 2006. Each release was a CD/DVD set that chronicled the audio and video of one half of the concert, with packages that locked into one another respectively. A special edition of Finale was later released with both CDs and DVDs. The blowout concert included guest appearances from Bishop Walter Hawkins, Karen Clark Sheard, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Daryl Coley, LaShun Pace, Darwin Hobbs, and many other gospel luminaries. The album's lead single "The Blessing Of Abraham" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance in December 2006. His sophomore solo album, The Law of Confession Part I was released in February 2009. Donald said in an interview that The Law of Confession, Part II will be released soon, but he's focusing on other projects.
It's Your Time
Donald Lawrence/The Tri-City Singers Lyrics
Giờ này còn gì ngoài chuyện tình của đôi ta
Stuck in my mind và chờ ngày dài trôi qua
Ở trong lòng người giờ này còn lại anh không?
Để rồi thẫn thờ cả ngày dài vì trông mong
You make up to see me tonight
Mọi dồn nén cứ thế trĩu lên đôi vai
Cause i don't wanna wasting our time
Giờ thì đã biết đến lúc ta chia hai
Sau bao thời gian, sau bao hợp tan
Yêu nhau bao lâu nhưng anh không một lời than
Can we go back to that time?
Back to that time?
Có lẽ quá trễ cho một tình yêu lụi tàn
Bao nhiêu lời nói
Anh cũng chẳng thể nào cản ngăn em
Em muốn mạnh mẽ
Khi không một ai ở cạnh bên em
Điều gì đã khiến em quyết định ngay lúc này?
Bao nhiêu đắm say..
Giờ cũng như là bao nhiêu đoá hoa tặng em bỏ lại phía cuối kia
You need time to think
Oke em cứ việc suy nghĩ
Nếu như em muốn xa anh
Cứ nói hết đâu cần phải lẩn tránh
I don't wanna waste your time
Oke em cứ việc suy nghĩ
Nếu như đã hết yêu anh
Cứ nói hết đâu cần phải lẩn tránh
I don't wanna waste your time (x4)
Nếu em đã muốn ra đi
Anh cũng không nói thêm chi
Có thêm bao lời nữa cũng chẳng
Chẳng thể giải quyết được gì
Chỉ tiếc anh chưa thể làm nhiều điều cho em
Mà người vội quên, ngày rồi lại đêm, buồn phiền trong anh càng nhiều thêm và nhiều thêm
Anh chưa thể quên được những ngày qua
Anh chỉ muốn tránh nỗi buồn này ra
Cần thêm thời gian để quên được nhau
Đừng bao giờ quay về phía đằng sau
Tell me you don't
Love me no more
Anh cũng chỉ muốn em không còn âu lo
Cũng chẳng muốn phí thêm thời gian
Lãng phí thời gian
Chẳng thể cứu vãn cho một tình yêu lụi tàn
Chẳng thể giải quyết lo âu trong anh suy tư này cứ rối lên
Bức bối thêm, mơ em mỗi đêm
Yêu lâu nên khó quên những kí ức bên nhau từ lúc mới yêu, trong anh quá nhiều
Khiến anh phải lau, quên em thật khó yeah
Em phải mạnh mẽ
Anh biết điều đấy
Em đi theo những làn mây
Sao anh phải nhớ?
Nhưng anh phải cố nhớ
Là you you you you
You need time to think
Oke em cứ việc suy nghĩ
Nếu như em muốn xa anh
Cứ nói hết đâu cần phải lẩn tránh
I don't wanna waste your time
Oke em cứ việc suy nghĩ
Nếu như đã hết yêu anh
Cứ nói hết đâu cần phải lẩn tránh
I don't wanna waste your time (x4)
My flow trôi theo trôi theo chẳng thể neo
My soul tan đi đôi khi quên đi còn lại chi
My words giờ này đang cháy chẳng từ thay
Giờ chẳng còn cảm xúc để suy nghĩ
Babe babe babe say say goodbye
Babe babe babe quên vì ngày mai
Babe babe babe không thể nào sai
Babe babe forget all nights, I’ll be alright
I don't wanna waste your time…
Stuck in my mind và chờ ngày dài trôi qua
Ở trong lòng người giờ này còn lại anh không?
Để rồi thẫn thờ cả ngày dài vì trông mong
You make up to see me tonight
Mọi dồn nén cứ thế trĩu lên đôi vai
Cause i don't wanna wasting our time
Giờ thì đã biết đến lúc ta chia hai
Yêu nhau bao lâu nhưng anh không một lời than
Can we go back to that time?
Back to that time?
Có lẽ quá trễ cho một tình yêu lụi tàn
Bao nhiêu lời nói
Anh cũng chẳng thể nào cản ngăn em
Em muốn mạnh mẽ
Khi không một ai ở cạnh bên em
Điều gì đã khiến em quyết định ngay lúc này?
Bao nhiêu đắm say..
Giờ cũng như là bao nhiêu đoá hoa tặng em bỏ lại phía cuối kia
You need time to think
Oke em cứ việc suy nghĩ
Nếu như em muốn xa anh
Cứ nói hết đâu cần phải lẩn tránh
I don't wanna waste your time
Oke em cứ việc suy nghĩ
Nếu như đã hết yêu anh
Cứ nói hết đâu cần phải lẩn tránh
I don't wanna waste your time (x4)
Nếu em đã muốn ra đi
Anh cũng không nói thêm chi
Có thêm bao lời nữa cũng chẳng
Chẳng thể giải quyết được gì
Chỉ tiếc anh chưa thể làm nhiều điều cho em
Mà người vội quên, ngày rồi lại đêm, buồn phiền trong anh càng nhiều thêm và nhiều thêm
Anh chưa thể quên được những ngày qua
Anh chỉ muốn tránh nỗi buồn này ra
Cần thêm thời gian để quên được nhau
Đừng bao giờ quay về phía đằng sau
Tell me you don't
Love me no more
Anh cũng chỉ muốn em không còn âu lo
Cũng chẳng muốn phí thêm thời gian
Lãng phí thời gian
Chẳng thể cứu vãn cho một tình yêu lụi tàn
Chẳng thể giải quyết lo âu trong anh suy tư này cứ rối lên
Bức bối thêm, mơ em mỗi đêm
Yêu lâu nên khó quên những kí ức bên nhau từ lúc mới yêu, trong anh quá nhiều
Khiến anh phải lau, quên em thật khó yeah
Em phải mạnh mẽ
Anh biết điều đấy
Em đi theo những làn mây
Sao anh phải nhớ?
Nhưng anh phải cố nhớ
Là you you you you
You need time to think
Oke em cứ việc suy nghĩ
Nếu như em muốn xa anh
Cứ nói hết đâu cần phải lẩn tránh
I don't wanna waste your time
Oke em cứ việc suy nghĩ
Nếu như đã hết yêu anh
Cứ nói hết đâu cần phải lẩn tránh
I don't wanna waste your time (x4)
My flow trôi theo trôi theo chẳng thể neo
My soul tan đi đôi khi quên đi còn lại chi
My words giờ này đang cháy chẳng từ thay
Giờ chẳng còn cảm xúc để suy nghĩ
Babe babe babe say say goodbye
Babe babe babe quên vì ngày mai
Babe babe babe không thể nào sai
Babe babe forget all nights, I’ll be alright
I don't wanna waste your time…
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Lê Việt Hoàng, Nguyễn Đức Trí
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