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1. A Brazilian MPB singer and songwriter
2. A Grammy-nominated American jazz singer
1. Maysa Figueira Monjardim Matarazzo (June 6, 1936, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – January 22, 1977, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), better known as Maysa Matarazzo or simply Maysa, was a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress, being one of the first female songwriters of Brazil and one of the precursors of the genre samba-canção. She had great success in the 1950s and 1960s, known especially for her pessimistic, hopeless, melancholic and dramatic lyrics and interpretations, very characteristic of her image and career. She is also associated with bossa nova music, but is widely known as a torch song (música de fossa) interpreter.
Maysa's grandfather was Alfeu Adolfo Monjardim de Andrade e Almeida, the 1st Baron of Monjardim, and wife Laurinda Luísa Pinto Pereira. Maysa showed talent at a young age and by twelve had written a samba song, which later became a hit from her first album. She married André Matarazzo Filho, a member of a wealthy and traditional São Paulo family in 1954 at the age of 18 and two years later had a son, Jayme Monjardim. Jayme would later be known as a television director. In the late 1950s she formed a successful bossa nova group and also did television work relying on her magnificent pair of gorgeous green eyes.
Her tour to Buenos Aires first projected bossa nova beyond Brazil's borders but was not without controversy. The tour was a great success and extended to Chile and Uruguay, but Maysa had an affair with the show's producer, Ronaldo Bôscoli, a journalist and composer linked romantically to bossa nova's muse Nara Leão. This led not only to a break between Nara and Ronaldo, but also to a fracture in the bossa nova movement. Nara supported Carlos Lyra's nationalist vertent of the bossa nova movement, to the detriment of Boscoli's more orthodox approach, emphasizing form rather than content in bossa nova compositions. Nara also began courting older composers of traditional sambas, such as morro composers Zé Kéti and Cartola. She also became an idol of the protest song genre against the military dictatorship in Brazil. Nara's pocket show "Opinião" marked the start of a series of protest musical shows, which both in Rio and São Paulo distracted the public from the main themes of "the love, the smile and the flower", typical of the bossa nova years. So Maysa became "persona non grata" both to the bossa-novistas and the protest singers and her career faltered. She reacted by marrying Spaniard music producer Miguel Anzana, with whom she moved to Spain and began a series of presentations not only in Spain, but also Portugal, Italy and France.
Her personal life, already tumultuous, became even more chaotic leading to her being called "the Janis Joplin of Bossa Nova". But she later made a come back with one of the first notable shows in Rio's "Canecão" venue, the equivalent of Carnegie Hall in NYC. Maysa also played the Olympia in Paris to a full house twice and enjoyed considerable success in Europe. She is still considered the best Brazilian "torch song" (fossa) musician, rivaled only perhaps by Nora Ney as interpreter and Dolores Duran as composer. Upon her return to Brazil, Maysa continued to blend her old unique "broken love affair" trademarks with the more current festival style and occasional bossa nova hits. In the 1970s Maysa tapped her actress side and acted on a few telenovelas in Brazil. She also composed the soundtrack for a Rede Globo telenova just as the TV network became the powerhouse of Brazilian soap operas. She appeared more in peace with herself in latter years but died in a car crash in 1977, on the Rio-Niterói bridge, which connects the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói over the Guanabara Bay.
In January 2009, 32 years after her death, a miniseries about her life was broadcast on Brazilian television and spanned two new books about one of Brazil's most charismatic divas. Maysa's style influenced the following generations of Brazilian female singers and composers, with great ascendancy in the works of Angela Ro Ro, Simone, Cazuza, Leila Pinheiro and Fafá de Belém.
2. Maysa Leak (born August 17, 1966) is an American jazz singer better known by her mononym Maysa. She is well known by fans of smooth jazz both for her solo work and for her work with the British band Incognito.
After receiving her degree from Morgan State University, Maysa headed to Southern California to perform with Stevie Wonder’s female backup group Wonderlove, While with Wonder, Maysa was a vocalist on the Jungle Fever soundtrack and performed on numerous television shows including The Arsenio Hall Show, Oprah and The Tonight Show.
It was during an over-the-telephone audition in the early 90s, that Maysa become a member of the acclaimed British jazz/funk/R&B band Incognito and in 1992 she relocated to London and recorded Tribes, Vibes & Scribes, featuring the hit single "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing." Since then, Maysa has appeared on over seven Incognito recordings.
Maysa recorded her self-titled debut in 1995, followed by her second album All My Life in 2000, Out of The Blue in 2002, Smooth Sailing in 2004, Sweet Classic Soul in 2006, and now Feel The Fire, 2007. In 2008, Metamorphosis peaked at No.1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz top 100 chart and no.13 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In 2010, "A Woman in Love", Maysa 8th Solo cd debuted at No.1 on the Contemporary Jazz Charts. Maysa's 9th solo album,Motions of Love, released in November 2011, debuted at No. 1 on Billboards Contemporary Jazz Charts and Number 7 on the R&B charts.
Maysa has also collaborated with well-known jazz performers like Gerald Veasley, Rick Braun, Will Downing, Jason Miles' Soul Summit, Rhythm Logic, Jonathan Butler and Pieces of a Dream.
In 2009, Maysa won the very first new Soul Train Award named for the brand's new owners, CENTRIC. The Cenric Award : Soul Approved /Underground.
Maysa Leak was a spokesperson for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a disease that can be fatal to premature babies. She appears in RSV PSA commercials, with her son Jazz, sponsored for the March of Dimes.
In 2013, Maysa received her first Grammy nomination in the "Best Traditional R&B Performance" award category for the song "Quiet Fire" from her album Blue Velvet Soul.
Go Away Little Boy
Maysa Lyrics
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Go away
I spend sometime away with my friends
To relax and get a little sense
And I saw you when you saw me
They say, "Go on girl, have a little fun"
I was blinded by the muscles
The hands and face and the dazzling little smile
Quickly, I realise this wasn't a good idea
And this wouldn't just last a little while
(Go away) so go away
(Little boy) little boy
(I'm so into you) I'm so into you
(Go away) go away
Little boy
(Don't know what to do) don't know what to do
Go away
(Little boy) little boy
It's the things you do (it's the things you do)
(Go away) go away
(Little boy) little boy
Take your games and run
My whole plan was to teach you a few things
I wanted to bring you to your knees
But somehow you've turn those thing around
So now I gotta ask you to leave
Even though you will grow an old man
You're still too young for me
If I'm a good grown woman
I can't let you play games with me
(Go away) so go away
(Little boy) little boy
(I'm so into you) I'm so into you
(Go away) go away
(Little boy) little boy
Boy, I can't deny, you give me butterfly
(Go away) go away
(Little boy) see, I like what you're doing
It's the things you do (oh, baby)
That's why I'm feeling you
(Go away) go away
(Little boy) little boy
Take your games and run
I'm so into you, don't know what to do
I'm so into you
(Boy, I can't deny) boy, I don't know what to do
(You give me butterflies) give me butterflies
I can't deny
(Go away) go away
(Little boy) little boy
It's the things you do (oh, baby)
That's why I'm feeling you
(Go away) and I got to go home then
(Little boy) gotta go home
(Take your games and run) take your games, and run
(Go away) take your iPad
(Little boy) and your iPhone
And your Playstation
(Go away) go away from me
(Little boy) baby, ooh, yeah
(Go away) go away
(Little boy) little boy
It's the things you do (it's the things you do)
That's why I'm feeling you
Go away, little boy
Take your things and run
Ooh-yeah, go away, little boy (go away, little boy)
And I got to home, baby, I got to go
Go away, little boy
The song "Go Away Little Boy" by jazz singer Maysa is about a woman who meets a younger man and is initially attracted to him, but ultimately realizes that he is too immature for her. She describes trying to teach him a lesson, but he turns things around on her and she realizes that he is just playing games. The chorus "Go away little boy" is a clear message for him to leave her alone and take his games elsewhere.
The lyrics describe the woman's initial physical attraction to the man, noting his muscles, hands, face, and smile. However, she quickly realizes that this physical attraction is not enough to sustain a relationship and that their age difference creates a maturity gap that cannot be bridged. She tries to let him down gently, acknowledging that he will one day be an old man, but that he is currently too young for her.
The song ultimately celebrates the woman's self-awareness and confidence in setting boundaries for herself. It is a reminder that physical attraction is not enough for a healthy relationship, and that age and maturity can play a significant role in compatibility.
Line by Line Meaning
Go away
The singer wants the young man to leave
Go away
The singer, again, wants the young man to leave
I spend sometime away with my friends
To relax and get a little sense
And I saw you when you saw me
They say, "Go on girl, have a little fun"
The singer went out with friends to unwind and have fun, but she met the young man who caught her attention
I was blinded by the muscles
The hands and face and the dazzling little smile
Quickly, I realise this wasn't a good idea
And this wouldn't just last a little while
The singer got attracted to the young man's physical appearance but later realized it was not a wise decision and that it wouldn't just be a passing crush
(Go away) so go away
(Little boy) little boy
(I'm so into you) I'm so into you
(Go away) go away
Little boy
(Don't know what to do) don't know what to do
The singer is torn between her attraction to the young man and her realization that pursuing him won't be good for her
It's the things you do (it's the things you do)
(Go away) go away
(Little boy) little boy
Take your games and run
The singer doesn't want to be played like a game by the young man and wants him to leave
My whole plan was to teach you a few things
I wanted to bring you to your knees
But somehow you've turn those thing around
So now I gotta ask you to leave
The singer had planned to teach the young man a few things but found herself in a position where he was in control of the situation, hence she must ask him to leave
Even though you will grow an old man
You're still too young for me
If I'm a good grown woman
I can't let you play games with me
The singer reminds the young man that even though he will grow old, he is still too young for her, and as a mature woman, she can't be played with in games
(Go away) so go away
(Little boy) little boy
(Boy, I can't deny, you give me butterfly) Boy, I can't deny that you make me feel nervous and excited
(Go away) go away
(Little boy) little boy
Take your games and run
The singer acknowledges that she is attracted to the young man but doesn't want to be played in any games and, therefore, wants him to leave
It's the things you do (oh, baby)
That's why I'm feeling you
(Go away) and I got to go home then
(Little boy) gotta go home
(Take your games and run) take your games, and run
The young man's actions are what attracts the singer to him, but she knows she needs to go home and wants him to leave too
(Go away) take your iPad
(Little boy) and your iPhone
And your Playstation
(Go away) go away from me
(Little boy) baby, ooh, yeah
The singer asks the young man to leave with all his gadgets and consoles
Go away, little boy
Take your things and run
Ooh-yeah, go away, little boy (go away, little boy)
And I got to home, baby, I got to go
Go away, little boy
The singer emphasizes that the young man needs to leave and she must go home
Writer(s): Dawn Elizabeth Tallman, Maysa Leak, Chris Davis
Contributed by Mason V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.