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LIFE AND THAT

by Lisa E. Harris

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1.
Morning 03:17
MORNING AH INSIDE A FIELD AHHHH IN THE MORNING WHEN I RISE OPEN YOUR EYES OPEN YOUR EYES OPEN YOUR EYES AND IN HONORING SAY WHAT YOU WANT IM YOU LET IT GO DA DA DUM DUM
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SALLIE MIZZLE (THE STUDENT LOAN SONG) BY LISA E. HARRIS I MET THIS GIRL SALLIE MIZZLE SALLIE MIZZLE IS A LOAN SHARK AND SHE CALLS ME IN THE MORNING EVERYDAY SHE CALLIN’ AFTER DARK. WHEN I WAS YOUNG I SAID “SALLIE, CAN YOU HELP ME BE A SINGER?” I SAID “ I GOT SOME TALENT. TO A STAR, I’M A DEAD RINGER.” SALLIE SAID “SURE.” I SAID “ THANK YOU, SALLIE. WHEN I MAKE IT ONE DAY, I’M GON’ REPAY YOU.” AND THEN I SHOOK HER HAND AND WALKED AWAY AND SALLIE WHISPERED, “WE GON’ RAPE YOU.” YOU SEE, SALLIE INVENTED THIS BUSINESS OF LOANIN’ MONEY TO THE WISHFUL THINKIN’. SHE GIVIN’ BUSTED LIFEJACKETS AND SHE KNOW THE BOAT IS CLEARLY SINKIN’. I’M LIKE SALLIE MAY I PAY YOU ANOTHER DAY? PLEASE DON’T TRY TO TAKE WE LIFE AWAY WE LIKE SALLIE MAY WE PAY YOU BACK ANOTHER DAY? PLEASE DON’T TRY TO TAKE WE LIFE AWAY. WE LIKE TEN YEARS LATER I’M SORRY. I KNOW IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME. AND NOT ANSWERIN’ MY PHONE WHEN YOU CALL ME IS OUTTA LINE. BUT I GOT THIS PLAN O SALLIE MIZZLE. I’M GONNA WRITE A SONG THAT’S REALLY HOT. I’LL DEDICATE IT TO YOU I’LL MAKE THE MONEY GIVE YOU ALL I GOT! RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY BROKE (WE BROKE) WE BEEN HURTIN’ SO BAD IT’S NO JOKE AND I STILL HAD TO PAY THE DOCTOR WHEN MY PAPPY HAD A STROKE (OW! OW!) SALLIE STILL PUTTING ON THE PRESSURE SHE SAID, “FUCK THAT TALK ABOUT RECESSION! EITHER WAY, YOU LOSE. YOU VERSUS MONEY, THAT IS THE FINAL LESSON.” I’M LIKE SALLIE MAY I PAY YOU ANOTHER DAY? PLEASE DON’T TRY TO TAKE WE LIFE AWAY WE LIKE SALLIE MAY WE PAY YOU BACK ANOTHER DAY? PLEASE DON’T TRY TO TAKE WE LIFE AWAY. WE LIKE IM LIKE, SALLIE MAY I LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU WAITING WITH A KNIFE TO CUT OUT MY INTEGRITY AND HEART? WITH ALL SINCERITY, WHEN I WAS YOUNG YOU LOANED ME MONEY THAT YOU NEVER HAD YOURSELF BUT YOU WAS BIG AND I WAS SMALL AND THERE’S YOUR STRATEGY FOR WEALTH. BEAT UP ALL THE LITTLE GUYS AND STEAL THEIR LUNCH AND FEED ‘EM LIES. I’M BEGGIN’ SALLIE, PLEASE! Spoken: OH COME ON SALLIE, GIMME A BREAK GIRL. YOU KNOW I’M GOOD FOR IT. YOU KNOW I GOT YOU. SALLIE… LISA… E. OH COME ON SALLIE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO ME LIKE THAT, GIRL…. StudioEnertia ©2021 All Rights Reserved
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LISA IN APRIL lyrics and music: Lisa E. Harris SO YOU THINK YOU NEVER THINK AND YOU KNOW YOU NEVER KNOW AND YOU TELL BUT YOU NEVER SHOW MIGHT AS WELL NEVER EVER GROW AND YOU SEARCH FOR REASONS WHY ALL YOUR DREAMS TURN INTO LIES WHAT YOU NEED'S A PLACE TO HIDE WHAT YOU NEED'S AN ALIBI STILL YOU STAY WHEN YOU AUGHTA LEAVE AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU AUGHTA GO STILL YOU STAY STANDING IN THE WAY FROM YOU THERE AND YOU TODAY AND YOU SEARCH FOR REASONS WHY ALL YOUR DREAMS TURN INTO LIES WHAT YOU NEED'S A PLACE TO HIDE WHAT YOU NEED'S AN ALIBI LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA OO OO OO-OO-OO OO-OO-OO OO-OO-OO OO-OO-OO OO OO-OO SO YOU THINK BUT YOU NEVER THINK AND YOU KNOW STILL YOU NEVER KNOW AND YOU TELL BUT YOU NEVER SHOW MIGHT AS WELL NEVER EVER GROW AND YOU SEARCH FOR REASONS WHY ALL YOUR DREAMS TURN INTO LIES WHAT YOU'RE NEEDIN' ARE ALIBIS ALIBIS, ALIBI-IS LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA- LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA- LA LA LA LA LA LA OO OO OO-OO-OO OO-OO-OO OO-OO-OO OO-OO-OO OO OO-OO LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA OO OO OO-OO-OO OO-OO-OO OO-OO-OO OO-OO-OO OO OO-OO
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Argentina 02:57
ARGENTINA I’M GOING TO ARGENTINA IN MAY I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO ON A JOURNEY JUST GOTTA MAKE UP MY MIND AND FLY AWAY. I SAID I’M GOING TO ARGENTINA IN MAY I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO ON A JOURNEY JUST GOTTA MAKE UP MY MIND AND FLY AWAY. I WISH YOU COULD GO TOO SO THAT I COULD HAVE MY LOVE WITH ME, BUT I ALWAYS DO OH I ALWAYS DO I’M GOING TO ARGENTINA IN MAY I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO ON A JOURNEY JUST GOTTA MAKE UP MY MIND AND FLY AWAY. I SAID I’M GOING TO ARGENTI I I NA I'M GONNA GO ON A JOURNEY I'M GONNA MAKE UP MY MIND AND THEN I'LL FLY OH I WISH YOU COULD GO TOO SO THAT I COULD HAVE MY LOVE WITH ME, BUT I ALWAYS DO OH I ALWAYS DO ARGENTINA IN MAY ARGENTINA IN MAY ARGENTINA IN MAY ARGENTINA IN MAY I’M GOING TO ARGENTINA IN MAY I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO ON A JOURNEY JUST GOTTA MAKE UP MY MIND AND FLY AWAY. I SAID I’M GOING TO ARGENTINA IN MAY I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO ON A JOURNEY I THINK IT'S TIME TO MAKE UP MY MIND AND THEN ILL FLY
5.
WAIT A MINUTE LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING
6.
Lover 04:28
LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME AND BE MINE LEAD ME INSIDE OUR FUTURE SO BRIGHT. IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE YOUR HEART IN MY EYES THAT WHISPERS TO ME O, LOVER DIVINE! BE PATIENT WITH ME LET TIME DECIDE WHEN WHAT WILL BE WILL BE SWEET EYES INEVITABLY RESIDE YOUR LOVE IN MINE I LONG FOR THEE MY MAN WHEN WILL YOU COME FOR ME WHEN? MY LONGING CALLS YOU AS THE TIDE CALLS THE SAND AGAIN AND AGAIN LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER DIVINE MOLD ME A TEAM OF YOU AND ME’S A TRIBE. PUBLISH MY SOUL’S MAGAZINE, SUBSCRIBE. MY LIPS WILL WRITE YOU LOVE ME I KNOW TELL ME HOW LONG MUST MY WILL SHOW THAT ITS NOT WRONG TO WAIT O’ER HERE SO WRAPPED IN THIS SAME SONG? OH! LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVE ME AND BE MINE LOVER DIVINE KISS ME ONE TIME AND MAKE IT ALRIGHT. LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER LOVER
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AH! HELLO BOYS AND GIRLS I'M BACK! I CAME TO TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY ABOUT YOU GUESSED IT THEM BOYS AND GIRLS SOMETIMES THEM BOYS BE ACTING SO CRAZY ON THEM GIRLS WE BE LIKE STOP BOSS HOGGIN’ ME DOG STOP BOSS HOGGIN’ 8:30 ON THE DOT YOU AT THE SPOT I'M RUNNING LATE AS USUAL CASUAL. FEELIN’IT IM SPRAYING ON MY GOOD SHIT LOVE TO KEEP YOU WAITING YOU’RE CALLING ME ON MY CELL PHONE I HATE THE TELEPHONE ALWAYS TRYING TO HOLD ME ALWAYS TRYING TO HOLD ME DOWN ALWAYS TRYING TO HOLD ME DOWN WHAT I TELL YOU BOUT CALLING IN THE DAYTIME CAN’T YOU WAIT ‘TIL AFTER 9 RUNNING UP MY MINUTES? I GOTTA TEACH YOU SOME MANNERS (DAVID BANNER) COMIN AT ME LIKE IM LIL FLIP ALL UP IN MY BIDNESS PLEASE YEAH I'M ALMOST THERE YEAH I'M ON MY WAY YEAH OKAY OKAY MM HMM OKAY OKAY DAMN! I GOTTA SET THIS BROTHER RIGHT BEFORE WE GO OUT TONIGHT HE GOTTA LEARN A LITTLE PATIENCE IF YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR LOVE THEN YOU’LL NEVER LOVE AND IF YOU NEVER LOVE THEN YOU’LL NEVER GET NONE AND IF YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR LOVE THEN YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR ME YA YA YA YA CUZ THE LOVE THAT’S FOR ME IS UNDERSTANDING LIKE WHEN I’M DOING WRONG THEN YOU BETTER ACT DUMB IF YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR LOVE THEN YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR ME YA YA YA YA YA 9:30 TWO HOURS LATE FOR OUR DATE BUT I’M LOOKING GREAT! THE DRESS IS VINTAGE MY SHOES TOO MY HAIR IS IN AN UP-DO SUCH A CLASSY LADY THERE YOU ARE IN THE BACK THIS TABLE’S WHACK IS IT CUZ WE BLACK? ALWAYS TRYING TO HOLD US DOWN THEY ALWAYS TRYING TO HOLD US DOWN. BEFORE YOU RUN YOUR MOUTH CAN I PLACE MY ORDER? I’D LIKE A CAESAR SALAD EXTRA CROUTONS WITH DRESSING ON THE SIDE FOR DIPPING AND THEN I’LL HAVE THE SURF AND TURF MEDIUM RARE I LIKE MY MEAT A LITTLE BLOODY THANKS! I GOT A MEETING IN THE LADIES ROOM I’LL BE BACK REAL SOON LIKE WHEN MY FOOD COME OUT OKAY? THESE BOYS GOTTA LEARN THEY CAN’T HAVE IT WHEN THEY WANT IT THEY CAN GET IT WHEN I BRING IT TO ‘EM OKAY?! IF YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR LOVE THEN YOU’LL NEVER LOVE AND IF YOU NEVER LOVE THEN YOU’LL NEVER GET NONE AND IF YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR LOVE THEN YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR ME YA YA YA YA YA YA CUZ THE LOVE THAT’S FOR ME IS UNDERSTANDING LIKE WHEN I’M DOING WRONG THEN YOU BETTER ACT DUMB IF YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR LOVE THEN YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR ME YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA YA OH WELL YOU SEE BOYS AND GIRLS THE RULES TO THE GAME ARE QUITE SIMPLE YOU WIN SOME YOU LOSE SOME YOU TAKE SOME YOU SNOOZE SOME BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY ONE ALWAYS COMES OUT THE WINNER AND I THINK THE WINNER SHOULD BE MOI!
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Teletubular 01:38
9.
THE MUSE AND HER GENIUS WENT OUT TO A BAR THE MUSE TOLD HER GENIUS YOU STAY IN THE CAR FOR I WANT TONIGHT TO BE CARELESS AND FREE SO LONG MY DEAR GENIUS I’M GONE TO BOOGIE WELL HER GENIUS WAS LEFT FAR OR MORE LESS THAN AMUSED FOR WHAT GOOD’S A GENIUS WITHOUT A GOOD MUSE? STEPPING OUT OF THE CAR LOOKING AWFULLY CONFUSED SHE TURNED TO THE BAR TO GO SING HER SOME BLUES ONCE INSIDE THE BAR WAS A SIGHT TO BEHOLD THERE THE MUSE WAS A DRANKIN' WHILE SWANGIN' THE POLE SHE SAID FELLAS AS SURE AS MY HAIR’S BOLD AND RED WE’RE GONNA BOOGIE TONIGHT FOR MY GENIUS IS DEAD. THEY DID A SLO -OO -OO GO BOOGIE A SLO-OO- GO BOOGIE AT EVERY TURN AROUND THE WOMAN GET’S HER MAN WITH A SLO-OO-OO GO BOOGIE IN HER HAND NOW THE FELLAS WERE TURNING HERE JUST LIKE A TOP THAT OL’ SLO GO BOOGIE COMIN’ OUT THE JUKEBOX HAD THE MUSE JUST A JERKIN HER HEAD JUST A BOP IT APPEARED THAT HER GENIUS DIDN’T WANT HER TO STOP. SHE SANG OH-OH CAN YOU HEAR ME MY MUSE THIS IS YOUR GENIUS I’M TALKING TO YOU DON’T YOU KNOW WHAT THESE RASCALS ARE TRYIN’ TO DO THEY’RE GONNA ROPE THAT OL’ SLO BOOGIE RIGHT OUT OF YOU SHE SANG OH-OH I’M LEAVING MY MUSE WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO SING YOU THE BLUES WITH YOUR ANGELIC FLAIR AND YOUR DEVILISH GRIN YOUR SKIRT’S RIDIN’ UP OUR PERMISSION TO SIN THEY DID A SLO -OO -OO GO BOOGIE A SLO-OO- GO BOOGIE AT EVERY TURN AROUND THE WOMAN GET’S HER MAN WITH A SLO-OO-OO GO BOOGIE IN HER HAND FINALLY THE JUKEBOX A’STARTED TO STOP IN THE DISTANCE THE SOUND OF THE HORSES HOOVES CLOP SHE SAID FELLAS MY PARTY HAS COME TO AN END I’VE LOST NOT JUST MY FREEDOM I CAN’T FIND MY FRIEND OUTSIDE BY THE CAR MUCH TO HER STARTLED EYES THERE HER GENIUS WAS WRITING A NOTE OF SURPRISE SHE SAID I’LL TRADE YOU YOURS IF YOU’LL READ MY MIND AND THE MUSE AND HER GENIUS GET BETTER WITH TIME. JUST LIKE THE SLO -OO -OO GO BOOGIE THE SLO-OO- GO BOOGIE AT EVERY TURN AROUND THE WOMAN GET’S HER MAN WITH A SLO-OO-OO GO BOOGIE IN HER HAND

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"Lisa E Harris sings from her entire being and for every atom that exists inside of it. She is a force I intend to orbit around infinitely."

- Laura Lee, Khruangbin

“She is a much needed special voice with an identity and something original to say... her voice makes a b-line straight to your soul....”
- Robert Glasper


Life and That is the debut solo album by interdisciplinary artist Lisa E. Harris, out June 18 on arts collective and production company Studio Enertia. The album is a nine track recollection of original tunes being sung around a Texas campfire, a bluesy round of musical chairs and a drowsy line dance teetering on the border of dream land.


Inspired by the ethereal realms of love, inner searching, dreaming and also by the heavier concepts of debt, climate change and party games, Harris combines selected art songs from her archive with transcendent studio recorded improvisations. The result is thirty minutes of varied flows, moods, temperatures and tempo with lots of space for the listeners to play along.

"Lisa in April" is the second single from Life and That. On "Lisa in April" Li’s vocals are heard in trio with bass and drum, the foundation for the entire album. The lyrics are repetitive yet reflective, the melody catchy yet self-soothing, inviting listeners to not only sing along but to harmonize too.

“I was careful not to overproduce this song and others on the album because I want the listener to be able to hear their own inner voice and the atmosphere around them,” says Li.” I want them to consider what they can contribute to the moment. What can you contribute to yourself right now? To the vibration? To the Earth? What can you hear?”

Lisa also released a video for first single "Sallie Mizzle (The Student Loan Song)" in February. "Sallie Mizzle" is an ode to the educational loan monster Sallie Mae and an anthem that Harris hopes will get the world singing and dancing to the tune of loan forgiveness. At the close of 2020, Americans owed nearly $2 trillion in student loans, with Black women holding the highest student loan debt than any other racial or ethnic group.

Harris explains, “When I was a 17 year old girl in Texas, with dreams of going to New York City to become an opera singer, I was soon approached with options to help pay for my education and make my dream a reality. No one told me I would be literally fighting an uphill battle of interest rates, credit devastation and outlandish debt for decades to come. The system is designed to intimidate, enslave and perpetually fail us."


The album’s first track "Morning" was recently featured on BBC Sound’s Lose Yourself with KHRUANGBIN Mix, the psych rock band’s musical tour of their hometown Houston, Texas.

On Life And That Li Harris (voice, composition, theremin, piano) is joined by Charles Haynes (drums, percussion), Burniss Earl Travis,II (bass), Will Van Horn (pedal steel guitar) and Clifton Joey Guidry (bassoon).

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released June 18, 2021

Li Harris : voice, composition, *theremin, *piano (all tracks)
*theremin (track 4), *piano (track 9)
Charles Haynes : drums, percussion (all tracks)
Burniss Earl Travis,II : bass, (all tracks)
Will Van Horn : pedal steel guitar ( tracks 1,5,7,8)
Clifton Joey Guidry : bassoon ( tracks 2,9)
Joey Romano, mandolin : (track 9)


All songs Written, Composed and Produced by Lisa E. Harris
*co writers and co-production noted on song credits

Executive Produced by Lisa E. Harris / Studio Enertia

©StudioEnertia 2021 all rights reserved

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Li/ Lisa E. Harris Houston, Texas

Li, is an independent and interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, creative soprano, performer, composer, improvisor, writer, educator and researcher from Houston Texas. She is the founder of production company, Studio Enertia.
Li is the 2021 recipient of the Dorothea Tanning Award for Music/ Sound, awarded by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts and a 2021 Texas Vignette Artist Grant winner.
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