Snow on My Street in Sunny California

About "1 Thing" & Lyrics

Back in the day, when I was dancing professionally, one of my fellow hip-hop dancers told me about how she met this guy online. She explained how great he was...and also how he always wore baseball caps in all his online pictures.

They end up going out on a date and low and behold, the baseball cap comes off and all of a sudden, she gets a shiny surprise.

Needless to say, she wasn't into bald-headed guys and even though everything was great, she just couldn't get past it. And so, that was the end of that.

Her story and Du Damage's beats inspired my lyrics for "1 Thing". The song is pretty straightforward, but there are a few words or phrases that you might not get. Here's a little help...

Whoo whoos: http://ping.fm/OlbbU

Kizzle: http://ping.fm/wL8ka

Jizzle: http://ping.fm/REeML

Hot breath: bad breath

Sweatin' ellipticals: Refers to working up a sweat while exercising on the elliptical machine...http://ping.fm/qFlqp

UA threads: Under Armour Workout Clothes...http://ping.fm/ISqjO

Swole-ass stud: http://ping.fm/2YZ4Z

Max glutes: Word play with the scientific word for buttocks...Glutius Maximus.

Tread: HAHAHAHAHA! Here's a nice example...http://ping.fm/KqBJA

Uni: Unibrow...http://ping.fm/Br4F4 Birthday suit: http://ping.fm/GCBOR

Combover: http://ping.fm/A4nMl

Smokin' on that stick: Reference to cancer sticks or cigarettes...http://ping.fm/Ck3Tu

Weed Thrasher: http://ping.fm/IMjyG


LYRICS

Ah. Yeah.
Ah. Uh uh.
Ah. Yeah.
So get a load if this...

I was walking down the street
Passed the whoo whoos and the whistles
This guy looked krispy clean
So off I went to kizzle Jizzle

He was into me so quick
He hit me with them hazel eyes,
Pulled me close, he was so hot
So was his breath. It made me cry (Ewww! Oh no!)

BRIDGE:
It's just too bad (bad)
When it seems so right (right)
The perfect thing you had (had)
Just got messed up by that 1 thing (1 thing)

No second chance (chance)
Your target was in sight (sight)
But you just had to pass (pass)
'Cause he was messed up by that 1 thing (1 thing)

CHORUS:
OH oh oh (Oh)
Yeah ah ah (Yeah)
You've been had by
Just that 1 thing (By that 1 thing)

OH oh oh (Oh)
Yeah ah ah ah ah (Yeah)
You've been had by
Just that 1 1

Sweatin ellipticals at the Gold's
Lookin fly in my UA threads
See swole-ass stud from the rear
Poppin max glutes on the tread

Switched up to make my move
Faked a trip to catch his eye
Then when he locked his eyes on me
He rocked a uni, aye aye aye (Ech! Hell no!)

BRIDGE:
It's just too bad (too bad)
When it seems so right (so right)
The perfect thing you had (perfect)
Just got messed up by that 1 thing (that 1 thing)

No second chance (chance)
Your target was in sight (in sight)
But you just had to pass (I'll pass)
'Cause he was messed up by that 1 thing

CHORUS:
OH oh oh (Oh oh oh)
Yeah ah ah (Yeah ah ah)
You've been had by
Just that 1 thing

OH oh oh (Oh oh oh)
Yeah ah ah ah ah (Yeah ah ah ah ah)
You've been had by
Just that 1 1

I was surfin the social networks
Spotted hottie, straight bill capped
He had a certain style and he wore
His jeans just below the crack (Ooooh!)

So we met up on a date
Make-out session fast ensued
As we donned both our birthday suits
His hat fell off. Combover...oooh. (giggle)

S.U.B. of Tha Pak:
You sexy, and I'm sexy, too (What?)
I can show you what sexy do
Suit, Pepsi Blue. My sex is right
I'm fresh to death and afterlife

And, we don't have to fight
We can chill to the morning, come back to life
I'm a dude that you have to like
And did I tell you that I have a wife. Is that okay?

BRIDGE:
It's just too bad (bad)
When it seems so right (right)
The perfect thing you had (had)
Just got messed up by that 1 thing (1 thing)

No second chance (chance)
Your target was in sight (sight)
But you just had to pass (pass)
'Cause he was messed up by that 1 thing (1 thing)

CHORUS:
OH oh oh (Oh oh oh)
Yeah ah ah (Yeah ah ah)
You've been had by
Just that 1 thing (by that 1 thing)

OH oh oh (Oh oh oh)
Yeah ah ah ah ah (Yeah ah ah ah ah)
You've been had by
Just that 1 1 (Just that 1 thing)

Do you want some gum (gum)
Maybe a mint (mint)
Maybe you should stop (stop)
Smokin on that stick (stick)

Do you want some gum (gum)
Maybe a mint (mint)
Maybe you should stop (stop)
Smokin on that stick (stick)

Get offa me unibrow
Ima take a Weed Thrasher to that thing

And you!
Whatchu savin those last strands for?
Shave it off!
Own it

Copyright (c) 2009 Malaya Mai
All rights reserved


CREDITS:
Producer - Du Damage
Featured Rapper - S.U.B. of Tha Pak
Lyrics & Melody - Malaya Mai
Location - Du Damage Studio, Oakland, CA

About "Flip The Coin" & Lyrics

Despite what people might think, when I wrote these lyrics, I wasn't addressing any certain guy.  The song is an ode to the daring of independent women. Flip The Coin is my way of relating to other women of confidence and experience. They choose to go against the social norm of waiting around for men to take the lead in the gamble of love. Experience has given them the upper hand and they choose to claim their winnings on their own terms...in the sweetest way possible, of course. ;)


LYRICS

Hey! It's Malaya!
I need a little change.
'Cause I'm about to flip it.

You're lookin' mighty fine
What's your number can I call you up
I'm not like the other girls
I know exactly what I want

Like a deer in my headlights
Fight or flight, baby, don't be stunned.
And lookin' like it's the Cali state
Lottery that you won

BRIDGE:
Don't be scared baby
I'll show you how it's done
Put your hands in mine
I'll show you real fun
You're like a stop sign
Can't pass you up
Let me flip this coin
Heads you lose
Tails I win this one

CHORUS:
I'm 'bout to flip, flip, flip this coin on you
I'm 'bout to flip, flip, flip this coin on you
I'm 'bout to flip, flip, flip this coin on you
I'm 'bout to flip, flip, flip this coin on you

Fly straight, low key & quiet
You're the kind of man that'll last
I've seen it all baby
Done the chicas, champagne & flash

It's time to get down to it
What you got, I'll better than match
You better step it up, boy
If you're not game, then I'll pass

BRIDGE

CHORUS

And STOP!
Can't pass you up
You know I called it
You won me over
It must be luck

It's much too much
Too late for you
Cashin' it in
Nothin' that you can do
Nothin' that you can do

Nothin' you can do!

CHORUS
(2x)

Heads you lose
Tails I won
Too bad for you
I won't flip another one
(REPEAT TO END)


CREDITS:
Producer - Clayton William McChesney
Lyrics & Melody - Malaya Mai
Location - Above the Bar Studios, San Francisco, CA

Singin' 'Bout Giddy Yups & Grass-Fed Beefaroni at Thread Show

So remember that earlier Leek post "Party With Big Pool Mistaken for Big Party With Pool"?  There ain't no pool at Thread Show so there'll be no confusion here! 

I really WILL be performing in front of more than 6 people FINALLY!  Okay, okay...I'm not headlining or anything, and nobody's really paying to see me, per se, but it's a start, right? 

WHERE:  Thread Show's Fusion Fashion Show Runway at Fort Mason - Festival Pavilion
WHEN:  The 4pm set
FEATURED PERFORMER:  Malaya Mai
DESIGNERS:  Saaz Designs & jules elin

I'll be singing "Flip The Coin", a Club/Pop song produced by Clayton William (San Jose), and an R&B/Pop song called "1 Thing" produced by Du Damage (Oakland).  Both songs were written by yours truly.  "Flip The Coin" is about a confident woman who takes lust or whatever you want to call it* by the reigns and giddy yups. 

(*Some people call it "love".  I would say you just paid cover and got into the club, so whoa, nelly! )

"1 Thing" is about how this guy you're into really seems to make the grade...I mean this guy is just Certified, Grade A, Grass-Fed Beefaroni, right?!   Well, think again...Grass-Fed Beefaroni ends up having a unibrow or bad breath or a combover.  Take your pick.

Anyways, I digress.  The point is, I really want you to see me sing about these things.  And if you have a unibrow, bad breath or a combover, please come, too!  We'll all laugh!  It'll be fun!

RSVP online via the link below, and you can get in for $2 less ($8 entry instead of $10).  And the link also says that if you donate clothes or valet your bike, you can also get in for $2 less.  $6 might be the price with the possible cumulative savings.  Whether it's cumulative or not, I don't know yet, but as soon as I find out, I'll let you all know.

THREAD SHOW - RSVP HERE
http://bit.ly/ThreadShowSF

FORT MASON - FESTIVAL PAVILION, DIRECTIONS & MAP
http://www.fortmason.org/aboutus/visitor-information/directions


See you from the runway!
:)
Malaya

ArtNowSF & Alchemetric Are The Big Kahunas Running This Thread Thing

Have you heard that Thread is doing a 2-day holiday event at Fort Mason?!  It's just before the Thanksgiving holiday on November 21st & 22nd.  ArtNowSF now manages and produces the show and are also the curators for the local artist pieces that will be presented there.  Alchemetric, a.k.a. Darien Bamdad, will also be organizing and running the fashion shows which will be happening twice a day for both days.  This is no small feat.  If ArtNowSF and Alchemetric sound familiar to you, that's because they are the same organizations that run the Veni Vidi Vici event at Club 6.

If you're interested in selling your wares, check out Darien's message below, and hopefully I'll see you from the runway!...

Greetings,


I hope this email finds everyone content and in good spirit...


If you haven't already heard about California's newest and fastest
growing fashion trade show: Thread, then please become aware.  Thread
brings the freshest and most up-and-coming brands in fashion, art and
music to a California buyer's market!
www.ThreadShow.com
This year, Artnow SF is involved in the management and production of
the Thread trade show and Alchemetric will be organizing and running
the fashion shows during the trade show!


Anyone who has a brand in fashion, music or art and is interested in
getting some booth space at our upcoming November 21-22 2009 Thread
trade show at Fort Mason Center, please let me know and I will send
you some specific information in regards.


Feel free to pass this information along to anyone that it may be
pertinent for as well...


Many Thanks,

Darien Bamdad
415 571 9860
Fashion Curator
myspace.com/Alchemetric
myspace.com/Artnow

Raves & Wrecks: Full Moon Buy Night 2009

Oakland, CA - Walking a spiral through the maze of booths that Full Moon Buy Night (FMBN) had to offer me, I couldn't help but come out of it with mixed feelings. 

I go to so many of these things, and I'm always looking for something new and different, even a different presentation or ambiance of some sort.  So when I saw the online flyer for this event, the presentation of certain images and words made this event a shoo-in for me.  I was lured by the images of a full moon and the string lights and the words "night", "bazaar" & "waterfront".  When I got there, that's exactly the ambiance that FMBN offered me...a night bazaar with string lights on the waterfront under the moonlight. 

There were some local food vendors, a small farmer's market, some local fashion vendors, some exhibitors and some entertainment.  The bazaar offered such a variety of things.  So why oh why did I feel shorted in some way? Why oh why did I feel like I needed more?

And then it hit me.  The last East Bay event I went to was East Bay Express' Best of the East Bay Party at the Oakland Museum.  Yes, yes, YES!  Need I say more?!

Now if you'll see the bottom of FMBN's flyer, East Bay Express had a hand in this event.  I don't know what kind of hand it was or how much of its hand was allowed in the FMBN cookie jar, but let's just say that this year, FMBN is your father's Best of the East Bay Party...maybe even your grandfather's.

With an awesome 5 for Rave and an abysmal 1 for Wreck...

• 5 raving stars to whoever designed the flyer
• 5 raving stars for the ambiance
• 3 stars for what was offered.  A good variety of offerings...but I just wanted more.
  

They Pull Me Back In!

Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in!

I can't help it y'all.  I'm being tempted by all the fun on the waterfront of Jack London Square in Oakland tonight:  http://bit.ly/fullmoonbuynight

I hope I don't find anything expensive, 'cause then I'll be in trouble.  Does anyone know the number to Shopaholics Anonymous?