I'm currently working on a new 'global remix' of my song Just Beneath The Skin.  The original version is the first track on my profile.  Here's how YOU can be a part of this remix- and you don't even need to be a singer or play an instrument!

The idea is to combine my music with spoken voices in various languages/accents, speaking lines from the lyrics of the song. 

I am especially interested in various English accents of course, (British, American, Caribbean etc) as well as French, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Urdu/Hindi, Chinese, Hebrew, Hausa languages. 

Simply send an mp3 to imanihekima@yahoo.co.uk or ihekima@yahoo.com with your spoken voice saying THREE lines from the song, in your own language/accent.  One of the lines must be 'Just Beneath The Skin', the other two lines are entirely your choice. 
The sooner you're able to send your mp3 in the better, as it will allow me and Chris (Soulfunktion Productions) to make a start on the track. 

FUTURE RELEASE/ROYALTIES etc:

As well as being credited for your input, you'll receive a free copy of the song.  The track would appear either on my album (aiming for an early 2010 release) or a possible future single.  In the event of a release, arrangements would be made for you to receive royalties for any airplay the song receives.  I'd also be happy to pay you a session fee at Musicians Union rates for your time, in the event of the song becoming very successful, i.e selling thousands of copies.  In the meantime, I'd be very grateful for you to offer your input for free.

 Many thanks to Mel of Aspire management for her assistance in developing this idea.

The lyrics are as follows:


JUST BENEATH THE SKIN

Just beneath the skin
You will hardly know it's in
Push a button if you want to know our names
Invented in the labs
To keep the low life under tabs
Something tells me that there is another aim
 
Just beneath the skin
Keep the masses disciplined
So the mob won't stray too far out of line
Tamper with their choice
Artificial inner voice
Yet they tell us it is harmless and benign
 
CHORUS
JUST BENEATH THE SKIN (repeat)
 
Just beneath the skin
Cleverly we're taken in
Everybody wants their children free from harm
Before very long
Some will think it hardly wrong
If a chip is placed inside their children's arm
 
And just beneath the skin
Like a shot of heroin
In the interest of the world's security
They say "We're on high alert, c'mon people it won't hurt...be injected, give them your identity"
 
CHORUS
 
Just beneath the skin
It's a game we may not win
In the first place, we can't see we're being played
If you've got a doubt
You should ALWAYS seek it out
Truth is hard to face but do not be afraid

CHORUS

Words/music by Imani Hekima (2009)

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.  

Imani