Mashonda
Mashonda Tifrere (born January 9, 1979), is an American R&B recording artist from Harlem, New York City, New York. Tifrere has appeared on several songs from hip hop artists in the early 2000s. In 2003, she married American record producer Swizz Beatz and was once signed to their label Full Surface, under the aegis of J Records. Tifrere released her debut studio album January Joy, in 2005. Tifrere was also a part of the VH1 reality show Love & Hip Hop, for one season. She also is the author of "Pandora’s Box", a column on VIBE Vixen. On February 14, 2012, Mashonda released her second mixtape Love, Mashonda.
Early life
Tifrere was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Harlem, New York.
Musical career
In 1998, Tifrere signed a publishing deal with Warner Chapel Music. Tifrere subsequently began penning and ghost wrote songs, for singers such as Monifah and Yvette Michelle, alongside pop group Full Force. Later in 1998, she signed a recording contract with Columbia Records.
In 1999, she collaborated with Brooklyn-bred rapper Jay-Z on "Girl's Best Friend", for the soundtrack to the film Blue Streak. The song was also featured as a bonus track on his fourth studio album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. Tifrere's vocals also appeared on Ruff Ryders Entertainment artist Eve's debut studio album Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady. She was also featured on the tracks "Gotta Man" and "Love Is Blind", by Eve.
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by: DMXBy Any Means- Mashonda
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chorus : By any means I'm gonna find ya when i get ya I ma tell ya that theres no way that you will ever leave my lovin is the best you must confess I'm bout to squeeze your body make you feel so many ways you never felt I will never tease By any means ooh please
Its only been a weekend I'm missin you so crazily and i told you i did not want you to leave and you tellin me you gotta hit the streets 'cause your papers runnin' low and you gotta go i'm screamin 'cause i'm scared of the fire blow but theres somethin you really gotta know by any means im gonna get you back soooooo
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You callin me from the payphone sayin itz bout 10 n itz from home ,Im happy 'cause itz been so dammm long and im tired of singing these sad songs 20 minutes passed n u aint here i strat hearin sirens in my ears , THey got you n i dont understand it , Ima hold you down thats for granted
Wyclef :
Me wanna to see Lightas lightas
Me want to see some lightas lightas
Me wanna to see lightas lightas