Portia Faces Life

 

You can now purchase Portia G’s album “Portia Faces Life” on Amazon, Spotify and iTunes!!!

 

 

Portia Griffin A.K.A PORTIA G is a music publisher, songwriter, lead and background vocalist, actress, poetess, vocal arranger.

In addition, she’s a loving mother and grandmother.

Portia recorded and toured with Jeffrey Osborne for close to 20 years. She considers Jeffrey a very influential mentor who blessed her with her first professional gig. According to Portia, “Jeffrey taught me everything I know about touring and recording ..period!!! He’s like a brother and mentor and most definitely a great inspiration !!

Throughout her 30 plus year career in the entertainment industry, Portia’s worked with countless household names in music such as Joe Cocker, the late George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Kenny Rogers, Stevie Wonder, Natalie Cole, Jermaine Jackson, Chaka Khan, Julio Iglesias. Bobby Brown, David Foster, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Aretha Franklin, Sheena Easton, Teddy Pendergrass, Cherrelle, Michael Bolton, Kenny G, Neil Diamond, Ray Charles, The black crowes, the killers, and several soundtracks from the eighties and nineties …….. and this is just the tip of the iceberg, the list is just too long !

Ms. Griffin is currently still a member of The Sweet inspirations. The Sweet Inspirations were founded by Emily “Cissy” Houston (née Drinkard) who is the mother of Whitney Houston. Cissy’s sister, Lee Warrick, is the mother of well-known sisters Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick). Portia joined the sweet inspirations made up of Myra Smith, Estelle Brown, and Sylvia Shemwell on Oct 25,1994 after both Myrna and Sylvia both passed. Estelle Brown and Portia G continue to perform with Kelly Jones who joined the group in 2001. Once a Sweet always a Sweet!

She currently is singing with The ladies of soul who do shows in Florida such as “Motown Divas” and music from “Dream Girls”. As a culmination of all this musical experience Portia finally created her solo album titled “Portia Faces Life”.

 

Lyrics

1. You'll Never Know 4:48

(Makoto/Portia G)

Intro
Ooooooooooooooo

Chorus
You’ll never know baby, you’ll never know
You’ll never know baby, you’ll never know

1st Verse 

Baby’s got a way of already knowin what he’s gonna have to do without me
But if i could i’d make it all good so he’d never have to be without me 

I want him to be mine , i want him for all time
Our destiny is in our chemistry
The god we serve , the air we breath, this life that we’ve been given ( it’s a gift baby ) 

Chorus
You’ll never know baby, you’ll never know
You’ll never know baby, you’ll never know 

There will come a day when you’ll be into showing me the way you feel about me
But if you would just make it understood then you’d nevr have to be without meI want you to be mine, i want you for all time 

Our destiny is in our chemistry
The god we serve, the air we breath,  this life that we’ve been givin (it’s a gift baby) 

Chorus
You’ll never know baby, you’ll never know
You’ll never know baby, you’ll never know 

Face life with meeee
Be real be freee 

Rap

I’m not just another pretty face i’m
Blessed by the grace of god and
Walking his pace i’m oh so comitted
To doing his will and if ya are a gift for me
To open i will come on now get out of
Doubting me step in be the route for me
Behind every strong man a woman shall be
Yes we left that garden of eden together
This life would be better if we do it together
face life with me
Be real be freeeee
Face life with meee
Be realllllllllllll!!! 

2. There Is Nobody 4:23

(Makoto/Portia G)

1st verse

Hold me, deep in your heart
and never ever let me gooo ooo
Kiss me and Make me your girl
and i’ll forever rock your world oooo
I’ve had a lot of Friendships come and go
But no one makes me feel like you do
I feel you Know me body and soul
So im never giving up on you….

Chorus

There is nobody
To love me like you
Nobody can compare
There is no body
To love like you do
Nobody that cares

2nd verse

Let’s go
Up to the clouds and never, ever come back down
Show me, what loves all about
I already know what I’ve found hey
I’ve had a lot of Friendships come and go
But no one makes me feel like you do
I feel you Know me body and soul
So i’m never giving up on you……..

Chorus 2x and chorus outro

3. Tempo of Love 2:36

(Makoto/Portia G)

1st verse

I just don’t wanna be alone anymore
Going thru the midnight in silence,
I wanna be with someone i enjoy
Someone to share my life…..

Chorus

Baby i know i got the tempo of love
Maybe just what you require,
Baby i know i got the tempo of love
Maybe just what you desire

2nd verse

Going to sleep at night and wondering why?
I have no one to hold on to …
I know your out there out there somewhere,
I can see you coming my way …..

Chorus

4. Show Me 4:26

(Knxout/Portia G/Jarrett Woo)

Intro
Show me the way, show me the way
Show me, show me, show me the way
Show me the way
Show me, show me , show me the way
Show me the way, show me the waaaay

1st verse
Listen…
If i tried would you
Be here as my guide ,
Would I take you for a ride ?
Well that’s not all i need to know!

2nd verse
If you say you would
Be here always
I would pray and i’d pray and i’d pray
I want to know what to do
If you, oh could show me the way boy
You oh oh
Would sho-ow oh me the way
You oh oh oh oh ooo
Shah dah dah me the way
Ay ah, oh oh oh oh

3rd verse
If I cried and I, listened to your lies would I
Get an alibi would we
Just ride the flow and tide,
Do I care if you
Really wanna hear what I say
And ooh baby you don’t have to feel if ya!

Rap
I don’t say it, but I show it
Glad I thought you knew it
The persistence of my patience
Is allowed me with your essence
I don’t question all these blessings
You know I been?
I think about us often
It’s only you I’m open with
My love it has no opposites
I gotta let you know that
I feel you, inside of me
The only part my Mama see
You’re my truth
Excuse me for my out burst and my ignorance
Is only a reflection of my selfishness

For wantin more of you
Wanna grow with you, feel with you
Hear with you, live with you
Touch your mind and your spirit
Not only your physical
Show me your lightness in the dark
And I’ll give you address to my heart
I’m ready to start, only if you

Chorus (Repeat)
Show me the way, show me the way
Show me, show me, show me the way
Show me the way
Show me, show me , show me the way
Show me the way, show me the waaaay

Outro adlibs
Thinkin of meeeee ooooh oh
I’ll be right there ….ay….bae…. Oo oo oo oo
Would you love for me to give it all up too you
Is it time to be, everything you should be ….
I can’t be fooled anymore with these rules
To this love game,
Juuuuust ….show me ….
Sho oh oh oh oh oh me show me
Sho oh oh oh oh oh me show me
Baby……………………baby……………………..!!!

5. Rent'n Space in Ma Head 2:54

(Portia G)

Intro
Here we go again, umph, lord today

1st verse
I don’t really want to know, what your problem is
Just keep it to yourself, until your ready to give
Up on it ,so just quit
Rentin space in my head…

2nd verse
I could give a kitty about, where you wanna be
Right now your here with me, so unhappily
Into it, so just quit
Rentin space in my head oh oh oh!

Bridge
So what makes you think life is so easy
You might wanna come up out yo feelins
And admit to yourself and to me
That your already gone, just move on

Chorus
Rentin space in my head
Rentin space in my head

3rd verse
I got on my dancin shoes, and i’m bout to leave
My rent is all paid up, but your not on the lease
This is it!!! You gotta quit
Rentin space in my head ha!

Bridge
So what makes you think life is so easy
You might wanna come up out yo feelins
And admit to yourself and to me
That your already goooo-ne

Chorus 2x
Rentin space in my head
Rentin space in my head

Oh oh oh oh oh oh your gone!

6. .Luv's Waitin 4:02

(Makoto/Portia G/Philip Woo)

1st verse
I remember the first time i saw you walking on by
I just couldn’t take my eye’s off of you ,
You were walking to a beat that was all yours oh so free
So I couldn’t take my eye’s off of you
I could see us so together oh so crazy
Dancing in the sunshine ……….
So, I’m hoping that you feel the way i do baby
Come on and be mine…….

Bridge
Oooh, don’t sleep on love just because you don’t believe
Open your mind and let it find you
Don’t sleep on love just because you’ve never received
True love………….

Chorus
Love’s waiting loves waiting loves waiting for you
Love’s waiting loves waiting whatcha gonna do ooh ,
Love’s waiting loves waiting love’s waiting on you
Love’s waiting loves waiting whatcha gonna do ooo ooo…

2nd verse

I surrender as we were singing together on stage
And the way our melodies intertwined
I was top and you were bottom on the scale in my mind
As we birthed the middle ground sooo sublime
Now we’re looking at each other oh so crazy
Laughing at the punchline
This had got to be so meant to be oh my baby
Come on and be mine …..

Bridge

Chorus 2x’s outro

7. The One 3:01

(Makoto/Portia G/Knxout)

Adlibs

1st Verse
Who’s that gir i saw you with holding hands
I thought that you and i were in a romance
How could you go and change your mind
Just that quick i better take my time and just rethink

Chorus
If your the one hey the one
I really don’t think that your the one for me
Because your loosing, your mind, hey stop playin
Hey hey hey hey, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

2nd verse
Now your all on facebook smilin at your girl
But steady telling me that i am your world
Just who the hell do you think was born yesterday
I better take my time and just rethink

Chorus 2X’S

Ride
Bye Boy bye !!!!
See you when I see you yeah!!! I really don’t think
That your the one for me because your loosin, your loosin,
See ya when I see ya, yeah !!!

See ya when i see you, yeah (Repete 3X’S)

8. In Time 1:18

(Makoto/Portia G/Philip Woo)

Intro
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you

1st verse
Flip the script killum with kindness
Make even the worst of them
Call you your highness
And just when they think
They have seen it all
You get to blow up some minds cause
Now it’s your power call
Don’t let your anger become your callin card
You have always been a true child of god
Let the smile on your face say it all
They will never see you fall!!

2nd verse
Take the kindness much further
Make even the best of them wish they were worthy
And if they still think, they can call the shot’s
You get to put them to shame because they
Must have forgot when it is your time, make it
Perfectly clear, you no longer have anything to fear
When the smile on your face says it all
The will never see you fallllllllllllllll

Chorus (2x)
In time they’ll understand it
Time even if they can’t handle it
Time they can never dismantle it
The will never se you falllllllll

They will never see you fall,,,,they will never see you fall!!!

9. Don't Stop 3:25

(Makoto/Portia G)

Intro 2x’s

And it don’t stop
No it don’t stop
Uh uh no no and it just dont stop 2x’s

1st verse
You and me we had a love affair
And i did, all you could
To treat you, with love and care
But you did, all you could
To treat, me so damm unfair

Chorus
and it don’t stop
no it don’t stop
uh uh no no and it just don’t stop
don’t stop, no it don’t stop
uh uh no no and it just don’t stop
and it don’t stop, no it don’t stop
uh uh no no and it just don’t stop

2nd verse
Look, at me, my heart’s all torn apart
and i tried, to explain
how you, played a major part
but you did, all you could
to keep, us far apart

Chorus
and it don’t stop
no it don’t stop
uh uh no no and it just don’t stop
and it don’t stop
no it don’t stop
uh uh no no and it just don’t stop
and it don’t stop
no it don’t stop
uh uh no no and it just don’t stop
Till now

Guitar solo & Repeat Chorus

10 Cabbage Nda Wata 5:18

(Makoto/Portia G)

Chorus
Now put yo hands up
Cabbage nda water be thankful
Cabbage nda water
Put yo hands up
Cabbage nda water oh yeah…

1st verse
When your mind is on the proper things in life
Such as doin good unto other’s god provides
When you no longer need any selfish alibis
You drop to your knees and give god’s grace the try ..

Chorus

2nd verse
If i plead the fifth, would you just give me another try
I’m thinkin that the other day, i was in another, complete different high
Take it from me, i ain’t got no time to waste
My brothers i’m trying to tell you
I’m looking for another place at the same time i’m doin yours
( b- sec)
So don’t take me on a journey
If your not willing to give it your all and give it all to me ….
Hey, hey, give it all to me oh oh oh oh oh hey hey

Chorus 2x’s

Bridge
We need that combination hey hey hey
(singing in tongue’s)

Oooh oooh oooh ohhh ooooo ohhhh

Chorus

3rd verse

I’m on another plane and at the same time i’m flying high and i’m alone ,
But in the middle of a crowd i’m simply , simply on my own
I know you just don’t believe what i’m sayin but it’s true cause you know
I try, we got to make a combination, we got to be the combination ,
We got to live the combination cooh hey hey hey ooh hey hey yeah oh heyyyyyyyyyyyy hey

Repeat chorus

11 Baby B My Luv 5:17

(Makoto/PortiaG)  

1st verse 

So much trouble in this world at this time……
Seems like no one
Want’s to remember being kind….
Whatever happened when we could look each other in the eyes
And we would stop and say hello before we walked on bye…

Chorus
Baby come and share my love
I can think of nothing better cause
When you come and take my hand
We can travel all over this land…
Baby come and be my love
I can think of nothing better cause
When you come and take my hand
We can travel all over this land
 

2nd verse
Gotta take time for conversation uh
Where there’s no concern about it being race relations no …
So how you gonna keep killing your brothers and sisters ooooo
And live your life in peace and love with undeniable riches oh oh oh oh oh
 

Chorus 2xs
Baby come and share my love
I can think of nothing better cause
When you come and take my hand
We can travel all over this land…
Baby come and be my love
I can think of nothing better cause
When you come and take my hand
We can always feel this troubled land

Bridge
A aa lways
Here it goes again
A aa lways
here it comes again …
Leave this generation
Something they can believe in
Give them hope and love
And we can live a better world because
 

Chorus
Baby come and take my hand
We can live an ever traveled land
When we come and take this love
We can always feel each others love
 

Spoken word

And this is how sick our land has become but. Love. Joy. Peace

Ride
Will surrender it allllllllllllll
We can live a better love because hope……..
(blackfoot cherokee chant)
Hey ya ya ya hey ya ya ya hallelujah
Hey ya ya ya hey ya ya ya hallelujah
Heal. With. Love

 

Musicians:

Makoto Horiuchi, Guitar, Keyboard
Philip Woo, Synths and Keyboards except You’ll Never Know
Ko Wong-Horiuchi/Aka Knxout Producer, Drum programing, Sound design on Show Me and The One
Portia G, All Lead and background vocals, Keyboards, – Rentin Space, Don’t Stop
Hiroyuki Shido, Bass on Baby B my Luv
Arranged and produced by Makoto Horiuchi
Vocal Arrangements by Portia G
Co-producer on Show me and The One – Ko Wong-Horiuchi
All Lyrics by Portia G
Rap on Show Me by Woo

All tracks recorded and mixed at Antiquities Child, San Francisco by Makoto Horiuchi
Except Tempo of Love & Rentin Space mixed by Khaliq Khalio-O-Vision Glover
Mastered by Justin Weis at Trackworks, South San Francisco

Cover Photo by Melissa Campos @ Get Captured

Cover Design by Steve Yamaguma @ Design2Market

Thanks to Michael Ortega for his valuable expertise

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