Okay, I KNOW this was released like two years ago, and I'm a bit late. I only heard this song this year, and at first I thought it was released in 2013, but I mean I ended up playing it so much and I loved it so much it HAD to be part of my best of 2013. 2013 just wouldn't be the same without it. I mean I was playing this song when me and my friends went to egg my friends ex-boyfriends car, and then drove to my other friends ex-boyfriends house and egged that too. This has memories. I'm still a little hood-rat at heart and this just reminds me of it
"You said, remember that life is, not meant to be wasted we can't always be chasing the sun"
Sara's album is filled with great tracks, but this has to be my absolute favorite from her, and one of my favorites of the entire year. Every time I would play this song, it'd always catch myself staring out my window and just day dreaming. This is such a powerful song IMO, but it has such a calming effect to it, and its something I enjoyed listening to all year long.
I heard this song for the first time when I googled "Latina rappers" and this was one of the hits that popped up, and I was blown away on the first listen. Her voice was a little hard to get use to because of her growling (she even mentions it in this song) , but her song writing was so impressive and easy to relate too. I think Hip Hop and Rap has lost such a poetic side to it, so its refreshing to hear someone who still writes about things that can hit you close to home, and that's why I really loved this song. Both the English and Spanish songs are amazing, and being Latino myself I really hope she gets some success.
"We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky, cause we got that fire."
I think I like Ellie more then I think I do. Since her first album released in 2010, she has always made music that becomes some of my favorites released that year, and this year is no exception with her song "Burn". I actually had no idea what she was singing the first time I heard it but everything about the song just stuck with me, and it became a song I would end up playing from its release to the rest of the year. It looks like its even going to end up being another sleeper hit from Ellie too. Slay Queen of Sleeper Hits.
"Do I look pretty, through all your tears, can your diamond Rolex count the God damn years, but was it worth it, don't you miss me bad."
I've never had a song kind of narrate my life without me writing it. Certain things happened this year that I won't get into detail about, but this song kind of summed up a lot of it. I think what I love about it is that its such a happy tune, but she has this dark way of combing somber lyrics with it, and I think this is one of the best examples of it. This song has meant a lot to me this year, and I don't think I can listen to it without tearing up a little now. Thanks Natalia for you evil song writing
I'm a really emotional person underneath all this thirst