From the time Sara could talk, she learned how to sing. Growing up in a musical family, at an early age Sara practiced vocal exercises with her mother and by the age of four started playing the piano. A few years later Sara was singing lead in church. As writing became a way to avoid the teenage pitfalls, her poetry and journal entries turned into songs, and Sara found, “That process was extremely therapeutic.”
Sara was immediately noticed when she started singing Etta and Aretha covers in clubs and when she added her songs to the mix, the rest quickly fell in place. Sara has since had numerous song placements in TV including on such shows as, The Young & The Restless, One Life To Live, One Ocean View, and the Oxygen hit Bad Girls Club with a performance cameo on two episodes with country singer-songwriter Kerry Harvick. In addition Sara sang the theme song on one season of The Simple Life. Always honing her songwriting skills, Sara started working with songwriter/producers Pam Reswick and Nathan Meckel (Jo Dee Messina) of Spin Box Club. PEN Music Group Inc. took an interest and introduced Sara to Elicit Music’s production/songwriting team Heather Holley and Rob Hoffman (Christina Aguilera, Quincy Jones, Sheryl Crow), and she recently recorded three masters with them. She won the 2007 Pump Audio Song Submission Contest and performed at the ASCAP Create Music Expo to a crowd of 1200 where she was a finalist with her song “Dust From The Stars.” In May 2007 PEN Music Group, Inc. signed Sara Haze to a Licensing & Administration deal. In the summer of 2007 Sara will start writing songs with 5-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Glen Ballard.
Just shy of 18, Sara’s forthcoming debut CD entitled The Ladder brings it all together and is an impressive recording. The songs at times reflecting eventual self-discovery ("Now I Understand"), the ups and downs of relationships, outright cries ("The Big Lie") to reflective and dreamy ("Dust From The Stars," "Balloon") or the wistful call of the road ("The Border"). To be released in June, The Ladder will feature songs co-written with E.B. Fraley, Spin Box Club and Elicit Music.
In support of the CD Sara Haze will play dates around the country including, in Denver at the Microsoft Convention (June), in Long Beach at Shoreline Village’s June Weekend Music Series, the Roxy in Hollywood (June 30), in Nashville at Lyrix, and a live radio broadcast from Cadillac Ranch in September. She will also do a residency every Thursday night in August at the “cozy, but crucial A&R hang” Genghis Cohen in Hollywood. Sara Haze’s band features: EB Fraley and Justin Wright on guitar, Axel Clark on drums and percussion, Andy Zacharias on bass and Sara on piano.
Lovely
Sara Haze Lyrics
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I just wanna be little old me
I shouldn't have to think
Who am I supposed to be today
And what gave you the right
To tell me who I should be
Who gave you that right
Yes I feel lovely the way that I am
I know you want the best
Yeah only good things for me
But you have to realize
I can't be all these things
You project on me
'Cause I'm beautiful to me
Doesn't that mean a thing
'Cause I feel lovely just the way that I am
Yes I feel lovely the way that I am
I need that to be enough for you
I need that to be enough for you
'Cause it's enough for me
It's enough for me
Am I supposed to give up everything I am
Just to make you happy
Thought I was the one you always wanted me to be
It turns out
I'm just little old me
And that's fine by me
'Cause I am lovely just the way that I am
Yes I am lovely the way that I am
In this song, Sara Haze talks about the pressure she feels to be someone she's not. The opening lines of the song, "I don't wanna be her, I just wanna be little old me" suggests that there's a figurative person or ideal she feels pressured to embody, but instead, she wants to be true to who she is. The lyrics also suggest that someone is telling her who she should be and who she ought to become. Haze questions the listener as to what gives the other person the right to shape her identity. Ultimately, Haze asserts that she feels "lovely" in her own skin and that it is enough.
In the second verse, Haze mentions that she knows that the person speaking to her wants the best for her but that they need to understand that she cannot be all the things that they project onto her. She emphasizes that she is beautiful to herself and that should be enough. In the chorus, Haze reiterates that she feels lovely just the way she is and emphasizes the value of self-acceptance.
Overall, the song expresses a common theme among modern people. Haze highlights the pressure that society puts on people to be someone they are not and emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance. The song is an ode to individuality and is a call to action to embrace authenticity.
Line by Line Meaning
I don't wanna be her
I don't want to be anyone else but myself
I just wanna be little old me
I want to be myself, just the way I am
I shouldn't have to think
I shouldn't have to constantly change who I am
Who am I supposed to be today
I shouldn't have to question my identity on a daily basis
And what gave you the right
What makes you think you have the authority to tell me who to be?
To tell me who I should be
You have no right to dictate what kind of person I should be
Who gave you that right
What makes you think you have the power to control me?
'Cause I feel lovely just the way that I am
I am happy and content with who I am
Yes I feel lovely the way that I am
I feel beautiful just the way I am, and that's enough
I know you want the best
I know you mean well
Yeah only good things for me
You have good intentions for me
But you have to realize
But you must understand
I can't be all these things
I cannot live up to your expectations
You project on me
You are putting your own expectations on me
'Cause I'm beautiful to me
I am confident and content with my own beauty
Doesn't that mean a thing
Isn't that enough?
I need that to be enough for you
I need you to accept and love me just the way I am
'Cause it's enough for me
I am satisfied with who I am
Am I supposed to give up everything I am
Should I change everything about myself just to please you?
Just to make you happy
Just to meet your expectations and make you satisfied
Thought I was the one you always wanted me to be
I thought I was living up to your expectations perfectly
It turns out I'm just little old me
I realize now that I am just myself, no matter what you want me to be
And that's fine by me
I am perfectly content with who I am
'Cause I am lovely just the way that I am
I am beautiful and content with myself, and that's all that matters
Yes I am lovely the way that I am
I feel positive and beautiful just the way I am, and that's what counts
Lyrics © Pen Music Publishing
Written by: Sara Haze
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