Wanting Memories by Sweet Honey in the Rock

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13 жыл бұрын

I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me
To see the beauty in the world
Through my own eyes
I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me
To see the beauty in the world
Through my own eyes
You used to rock me in the cradle of your arms
You said you'd hold me til the pains of life were gone
You said you'd comfort me in times like these
and now I need you
Now I need you
And you are gone
I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me
To see the beauty in the world
Through my own eyes
Since you've gone and left me
There's been so little beauty
But I know I saw it clearly through your eyes
Now the world outside is such a cold and bitter place
Here inside I have few things that will console
And when I try to hear your voice above the storms of life
Then I remember
all the things that I was told
I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me
To see the beauty in the world
Through my own eyes
I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me
To see the beauty in the world
Through my own eyes
I think on the things that made me feel so wonderful when I was young
I think on the things that made me laugh
made me dance
made me sing
I think on the things that made me grow into a being full of pride
I think on these things
For they are true
I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me
To see the beauty in the world
Through my own eyes
I thought that you were gone
But now I know you're with me
You are the voice that whispers all I need to hear
I know a please, a thank you, and a smile will take me far
I know that I am you and you are me and we are one
I know that who I am is numbered in each grain of sand
I know that I've been blessed
Again
and over again
I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me
To see the beauty in the world
Through my own eyes
I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me
To see the beauty in the world
Through my own eyes

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@seanieboy6165 10 жыл бұрын

I created this video in honor of my mother to share with my friends on Facebook years ago. The beautiful lyrics and strong message spoke to me after her passing. The fact that this one little video has been viewed over 96,000 times just goes to show you what a wonderful song this is! Thank you Sweet Honey in the Rock for your strength and boundless talent!! I am grateful for your gift!

@janehalteman2550 9 жыл бұрын

+Sean Kessler And now, another year later, views are greater than 142,342…I watch this regularly in memory of early losses and have sent the link to others processing grief. Many thanks...

@carolynesky9506 5 жыл бұрын

I first heard this song while at work...late in the night as I was getting ready to head down to be with my mother who was just beginning to face her illness. Thank you so much for the video. I think of her all the time, with even more appreciation when I hear this song.

@zynzelay 5 жыл бұрын

What a lovely tribute and gift to share. Give thx. Bless your lives thru which her spirit lives🙏🏽💝

@ralphpanelli4739 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful message man didn't think this song could get any more beautiful but your comment just did

@daliodada5 4 жыл бұрын

@@janehalteman2550 Thank you.

@DOLPHINLADYFOXandPUP 3 жыл бұрын

my mom was my very best friend, i have always loved Sweet Honey since the 70s, i used to cry while listening to this song way before my mom died...thus when my mom was taking her last horrible breathes i had the nurses pull up this song on the computer in the room & i sang it to her as she took her very last breath...i miss her so much, she was the very best! she now shows me heart shaped clouds almost everyday...

@evonza4858 16 күн бұрын

#1 bless your Mom's soul🙏🏾😘 and blessings and strength to you as well 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾ps your Mom had good taste especially in music 😉

@melissamelnickgonzalez9182 6 жыл бұрын

I listened to this song for the first time the night my 22-year-old son was reported missing in the Mississippi River last spring and while I waited for them to find him. It's one of very few songs I can listen to now, months later. Thank you for sharing it.

@JKBJenn 6 жыл бұрын

(holding you in my heart, Melissa...how are you doing?)

@jeanmason4395 4 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry! I pray the Lord comforts you, my Sister!

@zarranova 4 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry for the loss of your son. Seems like the best we can do is to live and love in the moment...

@meghalita 3 жыл бұрын

I am just seeing this many years later. May SPIRIT bless you and keep you and the soul of your son.

@melissamelnickgonzalez9182 2 жыл бұрын

@@JKBJenn thank you, Jennifer I am seeing this response four years later. I am still wanting sweet memories as I walk day by day in love and hope.

@FutureChiefEsabella 11 жыл бұрын

Every year our graduating Seniors sings this song as a final good bye to each other

@piranalu 11 жыл бұрын

I have known this song for many years.......Thank-you- Sean Kessler ! It reminds me of my "Grampy" who loved me so, as a child- when no one else did. and he is always with me still.He died in 1970... He even brought me to buy "Boys Black high top sneakers" when I was 7 years old my big wish. I'm 56 yrs old now, and all grown up now ! But I loved my Grampy more than anyone else in the world........he had no "mirrors in his house".

@choclinda 10 жыл бұрын

I have loved Sweet Honey in the Rock since I first heard them in NYC in the mid 1970's. This was during the uprising of the Lesbian Feminist Movement and it was truly a wonderful time.

@ettajames2luv 13 жыл бұрын

Love, Love, Love these ladies. I make sure I see them every time they come to town.

@seanieboy6165 12 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate all the comments on this video. I love these ladies. This song spoke to me clearly after my mother passed away. They put into words what I felt in my heart. I am truly thankful that you enjoy listening to this. I hope it speaks comfort to you as it does to me.

@goosebump801 3 жыл бұрын

My mom just passed away a few days ago. This music is comforting me, just as you intended. Many, many thanks 💐

@KatieProbst 11 жыл бұрын

My husband and I sang this at my father's funeral in 1995. He would have had his birthday today. It brought back a flood of emotions. Such a beautiful, beautiful song!

@anniehassett9370 8 ай бұрын

Touches my heart

@heleng.caddie-larcenia9139 9 жыл бұрын

From the moment I first heard Sweet Honey in the Rock..I have loved and been so moved by their music, their dedication to social justice and freedom, their messages, their acknowledgement of our Ancestors and spirituality...... and just their musical blend of voices and harmony.

@lazettejackson8570 5 ай бұрын

You have articulated my thoughts exactly! 💜☺️

@copytechful 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet honey in the rock are very underrated

@Jojo8080daisy 17 күн бұрын

Bernice - thanks for the beautiful and soulful vibes - “Peace Out!”

@dipbukpanchal70 4 жыл бұрын

My sister, best friend, and mentor passed away almost a year ago. Se ignited the energy of social justice activism and compassion in me. I miss her dearly. I really miss her. This helps.

@MrHitler232 8 жыл бұрын

Well , I was introduced to the group way back when my martial arts instructor married one of the ladies in the group. I have come to appreciate them tremendously and they are a living part of me. Wanting Memories is a beautiful and meaningful song ....but if it is the only song that youve heard from Sweet Honey , you are cheating yourself in the cruelest kind of way. Get to know some of their songs- make them an intricate part of your soul.. They are no less than delicate pearls of some deep deep messages of the soul.

@kr7kr 2 жыл бұрын

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@EmpresswarriorC5 Жыл бұрын

Bless your heart beloved love is all that truly matters in the end nothing else can dim all the beautiful memories we create within our life

@richardchin2662 4 жыл бұрын

In the difficult spring of 2020 in the streets of North America, thank you for this. Now.

@mikeandshayluv1 13 жыл бұрын

I love Sweet Honey in the Rock! I haven't had the pleasure to see them perform live, but I've been a fan of their music since the 90's after my nana introduced me to their music. I would love to go to a concert with her.

@willchang6930 9 жыл бұрын

Mahalo for this transforming song by these beautiful voices. I first heard it from Keali'i Reichel and I loved it then and today I decided that I had to learn the lyrics and so went on to Google and discovered this original version sung by angels.

@davidhubbard6778 5 жыл бұрын

The most incredible music is from Sweet Honey. Saw them in Berkeley in 1990 and their music still lives in my heart. I know a please, a thank you, and a smile will take me far I know that I am you and you are me and we are one I know that who I am is numbered in each grain of sand I know that I've been blessed Again And over again! Dr. Ysaye Barnwell has the most beautiful spirit. Thank you.

@robindickey8988 9 жыл бұрын

I cannot stop listening to this beauty song. Thank you Sweet Honey in the Rock. The whole of this song in compasses the whole of grief. I know that I've been blessed over and again.

@velmamcglothen8790 10 жыл бұрын

I love this song. I have very fond memories of family members and friends. Life ! Thank you for sharing.

@carolsperry3393 2 ай бұрын

Touching my soul. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you

@getrealbutthead 7 жыл бұрын

Many years ago I heard Sweet Honey in the Rock at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival. I sat on the grass in front of the open-air concert stage and listened to this song for the first time. I decided then and there, It will be one of the songs played at my funeral, when that comes.....hopefully not for a long time. That's how much this song and especially this performance mean to me.

@africaorbust1 10 жыл бұрын

Although I have listen to Sweet Honey in the Rock for years I somehow missed this song. I heard it sung this weekend, I have not stopped listening since, I now know the words and can sing it when I need to be reminded of beauty in song. Thank you

@tonijordan4221 10 жыл бұрын

Makes me tear up every time I hear it.Brings to mind so many fond memories of family and friends who have passed on. Gives me comfort in a sad kind of way. Such a beautiful song!

@BarbBrown 12 жыл бұрын

This song really helped me after my mother's death. It really took me through the whole grieving process, just in a song. I would listen to it over and over as the tears flowed and the healing continued. Thanks and Happy Mother's Day.

@DennisBreedlove 10 жыл бұрын

I have loved this group as far back as my childhood...amazing sound amazing voice

@bluedotradio1 6 жыл бұрын

#RIP #KimberlyRaeBoyd, my wife, friend, lover. Your song baby.

@no1caresanymore 8 жыл бұрын

I was just laying in bed, ready to fall asleep, when I remembered that my college choir sang a song a couple of years ago that I liked. I couldn't remember anything about it except that it was from Africa and the lady in the background singing the "dm dm"s. I really wanted to remember what it was so I could listen to it. I have the memory of a goldfish, but somehow I fished out a single line from the song and googled it. Now here I am, relieved and ready to sleep peacefully. This song is beautiful, and was definitely worth stressing over to try and remember it.

@gotmypearls 8 жыл бұрын

+Lindsey Myers Just as an FYI these women are African-American, the group is based out of Washington DC. Bernice Johnson Reagon, the group's founder is from Albany GA and was one of the original Freedom Singers.

@901mtwnshawty 6 жыл бұрын

Lindsey Myers That just happened to me. I'm listening with my 8 year old son.

@marleneford2862 11 жыл бұрын

So lovely, even through my own tears this song and the singers give it flight. Thank you. Marlene Ford

@mamboyeye999 9 ай бұрын

I think of this song when thinking of the transition of my sun knowing that my nother holds him with love in the land beyond the physical thank you for such a beautiful gift that not many people understand to explain with such a beautiful Rythmatic divinity

@piranalu 12 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful song----- just makes me think about my friend Gabriel, who died as a motherless child..... He was un "upfull" man.......

@alicekukapa7398 10 жыл бұрын

I was listening to this song all day. Even right now and the tears are so overwhelming and I feel all the emotions I have been feeling for a while just flow out of me with my tears. This song is the definition of my life right now.

@sherismith9029 11 ай бұрын

My heart exploded when I heard this

@janehalteman2550 11 жыл бұрын

Beautiful piece by which to remember moms and dads who are gone and all others who have left us too soon...

@hannastreetmusic 9 жыл бұрын

Everyone should recognize the true talent and beauty these women have :) well done.

@corinaklies681 5 жыл бұрын

Beauty incarnate. Goddesses all of them whoever were part of this group. Tears streaming. Doesn't matter that I have know this song for a few decades - same response.

@thunderousapplause 3 жыл бұрын

been listening to these ladies since mid 70s in college. This song is about my Nana, who was the one w loved me when my mother couldnt. It still makes me cry- w gratitude- 30 years later.

@funvideofan1625 4 жыл бұрын

When my mom and dad got split up on March 30th 2016 and move too different apartments I cry and now 4 years later April 25th 2020 I can feel this song in my soul 😭😭😭😭😭

@gwynlaree 9 жыл бұрын

This amazing, beautiful and poignant piece can not really be properly described by mere words but is a true and sincere gift for all that have lost one they Loved. Thank you.

@duneece 7 жыл бұрын

The choir I sing with performed this last season. It was after my dear mom passed away. This song will forever bind me to my mom. "I know that I am you and you are me and we are one."

@SCA440 5 жыл бұрын

I first heard and loved the Hawaiian version years ago, but I like this one too...

@lexiwolf1201 7 жыл бұрын

This song has been playing in my head for a few days now but all that played was the bass part. Glad I finally remembered the lyrics. Love this song.

@PockASqueeno 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait to sing this in heaven with my grandparents. ❤️ RIP

@mghall8000 9 жыл бұрын

Our choir sang this on the day of the dead, or All Soul's Day, this past November, and I was missing my mother who passed last year. Thank you for posting.

@judywilliams210 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Margaret. I had forgotten how perfect this piece was for someone who has lost someone. It became clear tonight, because I have a friend in hospice now... not sure when she will pass, but she is fading. I have another friend who is supposed to be entering hospice for her 102nd birthday this week. Thank you, again, for this.

@alika207 11 жыл бұрын

This is on "Still on the Journey" from 1993.

@BethieeJ 12 жыл бұрын

This song makes me think of my nan because I had to sing it in a concert with my choir shortly after she died and it really brought home that she was gone

@dennischapman2289 8 жыл бұрын

I first listened to this song soon after my father died, and it had a tremendous impact on me. I especially remember the line '... and now you are gone...', but also the hopeful conclusion at the end '...but you are with me...'. I loved listening to it, because it lifted me up. As the years have passed, I keep coming back to it -- to experience my acute sense of loss at that time, and also the wonderful feeling by the end of it. Thank you for this song !!

@Cultureboy 13 жыл бұрын

Glorious sound, challenging lyrics and the commitment of women to bringing hope through music to our fragile world. Blessings and thanks to you Sweet Honey in the Rock for the years of song that have fired my passion.

@baruta07 13 жыл бұрын

Sang this for coastal sound '03 first time we practiced it as a group i broke down and wept. Someone close to me was ill and it just embodied how i felt

@deaswe3 11 жыл бұрын

Sounds so beautiful

@nitsamarcandonatou9147 Жыл бұрын

Thank you… A most beautiful and moving song❤

@seriela 13 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this. I was looking for it on youtube a long while ago. Saw some good versions but nothing as sweet as this.

@ParisCouture Жыл бұрын

🙌🏽💖✨💞😪😥😪💞✨💖🙌🏽 Blessed Father and Mother in Heaven. So very very moving...

@velmamcglothen8790 7 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful song and poem...

@akiraryuu6335 11 жыл бұрын

I sung this for my spring consert a few weeks ago. This is all for you Mrs. Laura Sam, thank you for 29 years of teaching the best chores in North Carolina. Williams High School will never be the same with out you.

@andrejude 9 жыл бұрын

My daughter's choir did this song. I loved it then and now, I am obsessed with it to the point of finding all versions. A deep and meaningful song that prompts me to tears...†

@arthurmcjoe9779 3 жыл бұрын

This song legit calms me down so much. Use it at work to calm me down from quitting my job lol

@sexyness3799 11 жыл бұрын

sang this song for chior and i keep listening to it over and over again

@johannaauten7975 8 жыл бұрын

They have such great harmony and blending of their voices.

@brettharrell8182 10 жыл бұрын

I sang this song in choir after a really bad breakup with a man I had thought I would marry and really loved me... His loss but still love this song.

@Nancy6797 10 жыл бұрын

So wonderful to hear this now as I think about my beautiful Dad.

@scottbelcher6976 9 жыл бұрын

This is such a wonderful song. I believe it has the power to reach deep to a different place for so many people. The loss of someone that creates a void in our lives....of which we are unsure will ever be filled again.

@marjoriewilkes246 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Sean Kessler, for posting this. Our church choir sang it yesterday, and I've been listening to it over and over, remembering loved ones who've crossed to the other side and a dear soul who is leaving her body even as I write these words. This song has comforted me in a way that nothing and no one else has. So much gratitude for Ysaye M. Barnwell and Sweet Honey in the Rock.

@annerunnells3560 8 жыл бұрын

We have done this at our church and everyone just loved it! Congregration and singers alike. Thanks Ysaye Barnwell for the wonderful music!!

@901mtwnshawty 4 жыл бұрын

I've been out high school choir almost 14yrs and this still makes me cry 😢

@cjraga94 11 жыл бұрын

Think of my grandma every time...

@teresamariedyer7894 12 жыл бұрын

Divine

@funvideofan1625 3 жыл бұрын

Singing: Sweet Honey In The Rock Album: Still On The Journey Track: #5 Year: 1993 Composer Lyricist: Ysaye Maria Barnwell “For My Father, Lriving Frederick Barnwell” - Ysaye Singing: Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Aisha Kahlil, Carol Maillard, Shirley Childress Saxton

@JamiJennings 11 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful song, reminds me of my mom also wonderful harmonies!

@JimmyReefMalone 12 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful arrangment! Great job.

@jalto6 12 жыл бұрын

How could anybody dislike this? Their pointer must have slipped. :]

@gypiesthatremain 11 жыл бұрын

So beautiful

@dandowell8501 5 ай бұрын

I remeber seeing them on a PBS special doing "Breaths" and I thought they access to different dimensions. They made me curious about everything. I didn't hear this until a good 25 years later. It made me curious if they they still had access to those different dimensions.

@Spiritualevolution2023 3 жыл бұрын

beautiful and powerful Thanks and praise be to the ancestors. and your mother be honored

@ricardolawrence5704 10 жыл бұрын

I hope that one day I actually get the chance to dance to this song on stage.

@lilybell4399 3 жыл бұрын

Have you?

@gnomie49 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. It is so beautiful and moving.

@rnicolej7 9 жыл бұрын

I sang this in choir. Love this song and the choir arrangement!

@mooosh1001 11 жыл бұрын

The chorus' rendition was beautiful. You all were splendid!

@True_kind_of_love 10 жыл бұрын

I love this song..Singing it in choir

@alacheekymonkey 12 жыл бұрын

@seanieboy6165 - I first heard this song a few years ago and fell in love with it. My father passed away on Jan 3rd and yes, this song speaks to me more than ever as I grieve. I'm sorry about your mom. I wish you peace.

@LiveLaughLovee131 11 жыл бұрын

Were singing this in choir now

@angelawerner9551 2 жыл бұрын

So beautiful!!!!!!! I heard concordia choir's version on Spotify came up on my shuffle I can't believe I haven't heard this before

@niccage6375 10 жыл бұрын

The bass line is so hard to memorize.

@xynthar4432 3 жыл бұрын

OOOH YES IT IS AND THANKFULLY IM IN TENOR XD. Our class tried clapping the rhythm for bass it was really hard...

@richellelazaro 11 жыл бұрын

mom's favourite... wish this was our grad song...

@chrisheath777 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@TheAnonymousPerson17 12 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!!!!! :')

@robertoliver7679 11 жыл бұрын

So beautiful.

@armegedinox 6 жыл бұрын

oh the sweetest memories

@YoungIdentityMCR 13 жыл бұрын

In memory of my mother and father this is for my daughter and son

@rachelejones1731 Жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful 😢 rip GRANDMA

@AmanCreatesArt 11 жыл бұрын

This is truly one of the most beautiful songs. I was just at Yale for an event and heard the a capella group Shades do a lovely version of it.

@ann8846 5 жыл бұрын

First heard it done by an a capella group in Poughkeepsie...this version is nice because different voices take the lead each verse...

@Quietlynne 7 жыл бұрын

I read the lyrics at my mom's funeral.

@poke5999 12 жыл бұрын

awesome song

@hannastreetmusic 9 жыл бұрын

I'm singing this in chorus. It's such a gorgeous song :)

@sootlace 13 жыл бұрын

We too sang this many years ago for our show choir competition. We even did a hula dance with it. :) It was a beautiful number.

@naturallyshawn39 9 жыл бұрын

Yas!!!

@Amadmaniac1 9 жыл бұрын

wauwatosa west choir sang this for the 2015 graduation today.

@Blizzing03 12 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!

@funvideofan1625 3 ай бұрын

Everyone who watched stampy’s videos now probably think of this song all the time

@elysekennedy2791 11 жыл бұрын

love DIS