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Track: The Only One
Artist: Mýa
Album: Beauty & The Streets

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Mya (born October 10, 1979, Washington, D.C., USA) is an American Grammy award winning singer, actress and dancer. She is named after acclaimed poet [a312669]. Her father Sherman is an African American while her mother Theresa is Italian. Mya had been interested in singing and dancing as a child and began taking jazz, ballet and tap dancing classes from a very early age. During her teenage, her primary interest was in dancing, and she joined a dance troupe called T.W.A. (Tappers With Attitude) in 1992 at the age of 13. She studied under [a350807] of Dance Theater of Harlem who also chose her for a solo dance performance at the Kennedy Center. Mya recalls facing peer pressure due to her mixed ethnicity but she rose above it and focused on her career in dance and later music. She became a dancer for Black Entertainment Television’s music videos from 1996 to 1998 and also became a teacher of children’s jazz and hip-hop dance classes in Camp Springs. Around this time, she also began to develop her musical abilities and her father helped her to record a demo, which he took to producers and record companies. He finally landed her a deal with [l2311] and spent two years recording her debut album, also titled “Mya”. The album featured collaborations with big industry names such as [a26918], [a26713], [a50703], [a157579] and [a37907] and was a huge hit with tracks like “It’s All About Me”, “Movin’ On”, and “My First Night with You”. It was eventually certified platinum and peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard 200. Her second album, titled “Fear of Flying”, was released in April 2000. It was also successful, and featured the hit song “Case of the Ex”. This won Mya a Soul Train Music Award nomination for R&B/Soul Album – Female and a UK MOBO nomination for Best Album, selling over 1 million copies in the U.S. and certified platinum by the RIAA. In 2001, she sang two of her biggest hits, both on the soundtracks of successful films. The first was for Walt Disney’s “Atlantis: The Lost Empire” and the next was for [a289151]’s musical film “Moulin Rouge!” in which she collaborated with [a77855], [a114823], and [a36988] on the remake of the song “Lady Marmalade”. This song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 5 weeks and the four artists performed at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards. They performed again at the 44th Grammy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Mya has acted in the Oscar winning musical film Chicago in the song “Cell Block Tango” as well as other films including “In Too Deep”, “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights”, “Cursed” and “The Penthouse”. She also released two albums exclusively in Japan, titled “Beauty & the Streets” and “K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple)” although she released versions of the albums in the U.S. later. In 2009, Mya participated in season 9 of the reality TV show “Dancing with the Stars” as a dance contestant. She was one of the most popular contestants and finished as a runner up. Mya is an active philanthropist and is the spokesperson for Secret to Self Esteem. She also founded TMATF, that is, The Mya Arts & Tech Foundation, which is a nonprofit that provides youth from disadvantaged backgrounds with opportunity for a better arts and technology education. She also supports LGBT causes, AIDS and earthquake victims.

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Release: Mȳa* - Beauty & The Streets: Mixtape Vol. 1
Year: 2009
Genres: Hip Hop, Funk / Soul
Styles: Contemporary R&B

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[Spoken:]
Baby, I know you think I play games with your heart when I hold back, It doesnt mean that I dont want you, Its just im a little selfish, and I dont like to share.
[Verse 1:]
I know you be thinking sometimes I be rushing you off that I got another man but boy thats not the case, Im so damn attracted to you but I wanna do it right so I fight the feelings 'cause im worth the wait. Your body's banging like crazy, Your swagga's got me like damn, So gangsta but grown and sexy, Everything I want in a man, You make a chick wanna take it off and give it to you right now, But I gotta know whats up before we cut and thats whats up, because I wanna be
[Chorus:]
The only one, the only one
(Not yo main chick, not yo main chick)
The only one, the only one
(So tell me can you handle it)
So much love that I got in store, So many places you aint been before, give you mine if you give me yours, but before we go behind closed doors i gotta be
The only one, the only one baby

[Verse 2:]
Now here we are all alone in this empty room, and its getting real crazy, against the wall, got me pinned up, Im bout to fuck up, so stop wait a minute baby, Now I already know that you got alot of women in your life, 'cause you so fly, and I dont wanna get hurt, You make a chick wanna take it off and give it to you right now, I wanna get to know you betta boy or let go cuz I wanna be

[Chorus]

[Verse 3:]
Ill be waitin for ya, Ill be waitin
Hope youre waitin for me, hope youre waitin [x2]
I really dont need to tell you, You already know you fine, It aint one girl in this world who wouldnt stand in line, So Im gon test my patience, Let you enjoy your fame and when you done wit them hoes and wanna roll wit a real chick she right here waitin.