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YahZarah Born Dana Nicole Williams Is A Classically Trained R&B Singer-Songwriter Based Out Of Durham NC. Her Stage Name A Dedication To Her Grandmothers Yah And Sarah Roughly Translates To “Queen Mother Is The Brightest Star” In Arabic. Born And Raised In Washington DC YahZarah Started Singing At The Age Of 7 In Her Church Choir. Her Love For Performance Began After Winning A Youth Talent Search At The Kennedy Center At Age 10. After Years Of Honing Her Talent In Churches Talent Shows And Local Concerts She Entered High School At DC’s Prestigious Duke Ellington School Of The Arts. Upon Graduation In 1997 She Was Accepted To North Carolina Central University In Durham On A Full Scholarship To The School’s Jazz Program. In 1998 She Left NC Central And Began Touring As A Background Singer For Erykah Badu. While Touring YahZarah Contributed Background Vocals And Vocal Arrangements To Badu’s Platinum-Selling “Mama’s Gun” LP And Was Featured In The Video For The Album’s Lead Single ‘Bag Lady.’ In 2001 She Left The Mama’s Gun Tour And Released Her Debut Album “Hear Me” On The KEO Music Label. A Follow Up LP 2003’s “Blackstar ” Was Issued On The Three Keys Label And Reached #44 On Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart. 2004 Found YahZarah Reuniting With Longtime Collaborator And Fellow NC Central Classmate Phonte Coleman Little Brother The Foreign Exchange For A Series Of Crucial Guest Appearances. With The Release Of The Foreign Exchange’s Debut Album “Connected ” YahZarah Was Featured On The Lead Single “Sincere.” The Following Year She Appeared On Little Brother’s “Minstrel Show” LP Atlantic Records And Was Featured On The Debut Single “Lovin It.” She Later Contributed Two Vocal Performances To The Foreign Exchange’s GRAMMY-Nominated “Leave It All Behind” LP In 2008. That Same Year She Released An EP Of New Material Entitled “The Prelude.” To Support The EP She Toured Nationally And Internationally With Artists Such As Chaka Khan Musiq Soulchild The Roots Rahsaan Patterson And R. Kelly. YahZarah’s Latest Album “The Ballad Of Purple Saint James ” Is Scheduled For Release In May 2010 On The Foreign Exchange Music Label.

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YAHZARAH RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE "RUNNING" FROM HER UPCOMING EP "THE CEREMONY" WWW.YAHZARAH.COM En.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Yahzarah Www.Facebook.Com/YahZarahPSJ/ Www.Instagram.Com/yahzarah/?hl En Twitter.Com/Yahzarah Lyrics
I'VE TRAVELED WAY TOO MANY MILES TO GET HERE... YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHO I AM... OOO WALKED THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW TO GET HERE... THEN I MADE MY WAY DOWNTOWN SO I COULD TELL YOU WHERE ITS AT... FELT MY SHARE OF PAIN... SEEN A LOT OF THUNDER AND RAIN... AND NOW I'M WALKING ON TOP OF A CLOUD CALLED 9. AND IM NOT GOING TO STOP ANYTIME SOON... HOOK WHEN YOU'VE BEEN WHERE I BEEN AND YOU'VE SEEN WHAT IVE SEEN A LITTLE HEART ACHE DON'T MEAN A THING... YOU WERE BUILT STONG AND TOUGH CAUSE THEY NEW IT GET ROUGH... YOU WERE BUILT A CHAMPION... KEEP RUNNING... KEEP RUNNING... KEEP RUNNING... RUNNING FASTER... VERSE II IM JUST SITTING HERE IN MY BED THINKING BOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID ON THE DAY THAT YOU LEFT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING GOT STUCK... BUT IM FINE... I CONCENTRATE ON MINE... ITS ALL THAT I HAVE LEFT... OOOOH FELT MY SHARE OF PAIN... SEEN A LOT OF THUNDER AND RAIN... AND NOW IM WALKING ON TOP OF A CLOUD CALLED NINE AND I'M NOT TRYING TO LAND ANYTIME SOON... WHEN YOU'VE BEEN WHERE IVE BEEN AND YOU'VE SEEN WHAT I'VE SEEN... A LITTLE HEART ACHE DONT MEAN A THING... YOU WERE BUILT STRONG AND TOUGH CAUSE THEY NEW IT GET ROUGH YOU WERE BUILT A CHAMPION... KEEP RUNNING KEEP RUNNING JUST KEEP RUNNING... RUNNING FASTER Released January 20 2017 WRITTEN BY YAHZARAH PRODUCED BY RAYMOND ANGRY ALL INSTRUMENTS EXCEPT FOR GUITAR RAYMOND ANGRY GUITAR KAT DYSON ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY JASON GOLDSTINE