Subsequently, she collaborated with Eric Benet, Will Smith, Lupe Fiasco, Common and broadened her performing experience by touring Canada in a production of the Broadway musical Rent. Signed to Steve McKeever's newly formed Hidden Beach Recordings label, she released her debut album Who Is Jill Scott: Words and Sounds Vol. 1 in July 2000. The following summer she released Experience:Jil Scott 826+ after she released the single "A Long Walk." Scott continued to gain more recognition, eventually earning a Grammy nomination in early 2003 for Best Female Vocal Performance for "A Long Walk". Jill Scott also won a Grammy award at the 2005 Grammy awards for Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female.
Jill Scott appears in David Chappelle's Block Party performing with The Roots and Erykah Badu.
Scott released a new album, entitled Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 in 2004. Her book of poetry, The Moments, The Minutes, The Hours was released in April 2005.
Recently, Scott was prominently featured on hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco's 2006 single "Daydreaming" which also appeared on a new Scott collection called Collaborations on January 30, 2007.
The Collaborations collection served as "an appetizer" for her next studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 released September 25, 2007. A clip of the title track was released on a bonus disc from Hidden Beach Records and included with Collaborations. The lead single, "Hate on Me", gained airplay in May 2007 with a video released in mid-July. In advance of the album's release, Hidden Beach released a 17-minute album sampler through their forums. Interspersed between the dozen songs previewed on the sampler was a personal explanation from Jill for the inspiration behind some of her songs.
Jill Scott is also an accomplished actor, appearing as detective Precious Ramotswe in the BBC's dramatisation of Alexander McCall Smith's series of books: "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency". Scott also appeared as "Sheila" in the Tyler Perrry film, "Why Did I Get Married" (2007) and its sequel, "Why Did I Get Married Too" (2010) .
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Jill Scott Lyrics
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I can feel pass your skin right to your energy
feeling like the moon is under the sheets with a smile...
Shining all bright and baby I just don't know how...
[Chorus]
So this is making love...
I can't believe it....Ohhh oh oh oh oh oh
so this is making love...
I just couldn't see it
Can't believe the way your lips, your lips are kissing mine...
I can feel you heart beating, beating at the same time
This is crazy magic wooper fantastic chemistry...
floating so high I swear that we were soaring...
[Repeat chorus]
In this song, Jill Scott is singing about the intense feeling of connecting with another person both physically and emotionally. She is mesmerized by how the person is touching her and how she can feel their energy, almost as if it is passing through their skin. She compares the sensation to the moon shining under the sheets with a smile, all bright and surreal. She is so caught up in the moment that she cannot believe that this is what making love feels like, she never experienced such connection before.
Jill goes on to describe the magic of the moment, how their lips are kissing in perfect harmony, and how their heartbeats are in sync. She is convinced that their chemistry is not of this world, they are soaring high on crazy magic wooper fantastic chemistry. Overall, the song is a celebration of the euphoria that comes with true connection with another person, the kind that is almost otherworldly in its intensity.
Line by Line Meaning
Can't believe your touching me like the way your touching meeeeeee...
I am amazed and pleasantly surprised with the way you are touching me, it's a feeling that is reaching beyond just physical touch.
I can feel pass your skin right to your energy
I can sense that there is a deeper connection between us that goes beyond just our physical bodies and it's the kind of energy that lingers even after we part ways.
feeling like the moon is under the sheets with a smile...
The level of happiness and bliss I am feeling right now is as bright and radiant as the moon that is hiding under the sheets and reflecting happiness to the world.
Shining all bright and baby I just don't know how...
I am feeling so elated and ecstatic right now that it's hard to put into words, just like the brightness of the moon that is shining on us.
[Chorus]
This is the chorus part of the song that highlights the amazement and disbelief of the singer experiencing such a deep connection that is beyond just physical intimacy.
So this is making love...
The realization that this is what making love feels like, which is much more than just having sex, is dawning on the singer and it's a feeling that is overwhelming.
I can't believe it....Ohhh oh oh oh oh oh
The feeling is so intense that the singer is almost in disbelief and in awe of what's happening right now.
so this is making love...
The feeling of being in love and expressing it through physical intimacy is making the singer feel alive and it's a feeling that she couldn't have imagined before.
I just couldn't see it
The realization of what making love feels like is something that the singer couldn't comprehend before and it's only happening now.
Can't believe the way your lips, your lips are kissing mine...
The way you kiss me feels beyond just physical touch, it's making me feel a deeper connection with you.
I can feel you heart beating, beating at the same time
In this moment, it feels like our hearts are in sync and beating at the same pace, it's like a melody that is making us feel connected.
This is crazy magic wooper fantastic chemistry...
The chemistry between us is beyond phenomenal and it's crazy how it's making us feel so connected even though we just met.
floating so high I swear that we were soaring...
The level of happiness and bliss is making us feel like we are floating in the air and we are soaring high, it's an experience that is out of this world.
[Repeat chorus]
The chorus is repeated to emphasize how overwhelming and eye-opening this experience for the singer is, and how it's making her feel in a way that she couldn't have predicted.
Lyrics © Freibank Musikverlags und vermarktungs GmbH, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
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