Week 5 - Birth Year

[Allison Iraheta]

Song: "Free Your Mind" by En Vogue (Year: 1992)

Reason
So I chose this rockin' cover of "Free Your Mind" by En Vogue featuring Kelly Clarkson. I wanted to take an RnB song and make it fit me more which is exactly what this version helps me accomplish. All of the girls have a powerful voice like mine and this version is sooo cool.Also this delivers a good message, it tells everyone to have an open mind which I totally agree with. I think I can have a real standout moment with this song.



(Free your mind)

I wear tight clothing, high heel shoes
It doesn't mean that i'm a prostitute, oh no no
I like rap music, wear hip hop clothes
That doesn't mean that I'm sellin' dope, no no no
Oh lord forgive me, for having straight hair, no
It doesn't mean there's another blood in my heir, yeah yeah
I might date another race or color
It doesn't mean I don't like my strong black brothers

(ooh la la ooh la la ooh la la ooh la la)
(Why oh why must it be this way)
(ooh la la ooh la la ooh la la ooh la la)
(Before you can read me you gotta learn how to see me, I said)

Free your mind and rest will follow
Be color blind don't be so shallow *2

So I'm a sister, buy thing with cash
That really doesn't mean that all my credit's bad, oh
So why dispute me and waste my time
Because you really think the price is high, for me
I can't look without being watched, you know
You rang my buy before I made up my mind
Oh now attitude, why even bother
I can't change your mind, you can't change my color

(ooh la la ooh la la ooh la la ooh la la)
(Why oh why must it be this way)
(ooh la la ooh la la ooh la la ooh la la)
(Before you can read me you gotta learn how to see me, I said)

Free your mind and rest will follow
Be color blind don't be so shallow

(Repeating)

[Kara DioGuardi]

Allison, I do not get how you can sing a duet??? Your only one person! It was an okay song choice but i dont get which part your supposed to sing. It was just confusing and not that great.

[Allison Iraheta]

It's just one person singing all the parts, it's not like they're talking to each other or anything.

[Simon Cowell]

i acually liked the choice but nxt time get 1 person singing it

[Allison Iraheta]

I don't think the number of people singing it really matters

[Kara DioGuardi]

Well it makes no sense how you one person can sing a song with two people.

[Allison Iraheta]

It's just one person singing all the words, I don't think it's that big of a deal, but ok.

[Randy Jackson]

It wasn't that bad. I understood you were singing all the parts. I liked it. It was a fun song. I think you picked a great song. You are probably one of my favorites this week.