Shirley Murdock - As We Lay (1986)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025

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  • @DallasSniper
    @DallasSniper 4 года назад +729

    Who's still reminiscing this jam in 2021 as they were when it first came out in 1986?

    • @GHSTTHERENEGADE
      @GHSTTHERENEGADE 3 года назад +20

      I was fucking 1 years old when this came out!?!? Sheeesh

    • @erinjohnson4273
      @erinjohnson4273 3 года назад +13

      Me. I was 8 lol 😂

    • @toniwilliams9817
      @toniwilliams9817 3 года назад +4

      Me 🙋🏾‍♀️

    • @karstenthompson2590
      @karstenthompson2590 3 года назад +3

      Damn yo!!! I'm doing just like that!!! Starting with my 1st REAL GF !! I'M GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE "PRESENT" !! The past is what it was good or not . As long as u have happy memories, at least 1 (damn)!!U will ALWAYS be able to SMILE!!! "NOW that 🌳 is LEGALLLL !!, THE WORLD SHOULD BE A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE PAST. THE " PRESENT" is a" GIFT" .. THATS WHY the 2 words are officially the reason why the 2 words are associated to me!! ..SO LETS SMOKE, LAUGH, AND REMINISCE ABOUT ...AS REV. AL GREEN WOULD SAY..... " FOR THE GOOD TIMESSSSS!!" WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, ....U KNOW Who who you are!!! ETERNALLY !!! MISS B.A.T. From MR. F.L.M. !! .... reppn RVA!!

    • @bigtrust1
      @bigtrust1 3 года назад +8

      this is one of them joints that kept my walkman STRONG as I went home from my then "girlfriend's" house at night @ the break of day On the B52 in Brooklyn. She is NOW my WIFE as she has been for the last 31 years and this is STILL strong to the baby making playlist to this day... classic!!!

  • @friscobeats2846
    @friscobeats2846 3 года назад +538

    How in the F@%$ she made cheating sound so good!!!! Amazing song

  • @TechSavvyTommy
    @TechSavvyTommy 10 лет назад +602

    This song proves that music can be beautiful and incredibly messy at the same time!

  • @OfficialCandor
    @OfficialCandor 3 года назад +1674

    This is the most beautiful and trifling song ever 😂

    • @jennifergwinnett3442
      @jennifergwinnett3442 2 года назад +55

      So true wjat u just said

    • @bh6360
      @bh6360 2 года назад +50

      For real ! 🤣🤣💯💯

    • @lindaharris762
      @lindaharris762 2 года назад +35

      I love this song ❤️ reminds me of someone from my pass!

    • @sharonbaldwin4459
      @sharonbaldwin4459 2 года назад +31

      Facts! 😂🤣

    • @djlo8238
      @djlo8238 2 года назад +26

      I swear it is LoL 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @fredwright7074
    @fredwright7074 2 года назад +55

    I had to leave 2022 for a minute and come back to 1986. Who's enjoying this classic wit me

  • @divaslm1
    @divaslm1 5 лет назад +447

    Whoever arrange and composed this song knew what they were doing.

    • @tommykeith7093
      @tommykeith7093 3 года назад +42

      ROGER (THE DODGER)TROUTMAN!!!!!!!!!

    • @michael_sterling
      @michael_sterling 3 года назад +7

      @@tommykeith7093 His brother Larry wrote this one, I think.

    • @kevinthomas522
      @kevinthomas522 3 года назад +15

      Shirley had a hand in writing on this album but Roger wrote and produced this song.

    • @m.henderson8431
      @m.henderson8431 3 года назад +3

      Or was too caught up 😁

    • @marietmc2421
      @marietmc2421 3 года назад +1

      @@kevinthomas522 you are so fresh

  • @khaeementertainmentfilms929
    @khaeementertainmentfilms929 7 лет назад +1368

    This song was as real as it gets. She didn't glorify or demonize. She just sung the truth about how crazy life can be. I was a teen when this song came out and it educated me on what NOT TO DO. The lesson I took from the song was that "everything that feels good to you, ain't always good for you."

    • @beautibyconni4991
      @beautibyconni4991 5 лет назад +23

      Truth!!!!

    • @kishamorgan1214
      @kishamorgan1214 5 лет назад +10

      Shit happens in ya life, sometimes good for you and sometimes bad btches

    • @Leahh823
      @Leahh823 5 лет назад +16

      You’re so right.

    • @Silitama
      @Silitama 5 лет назад +32

      That's what makes the song so great, just turn your location off, lmfao

    • @andrewdouglass1427
      @andrewdouglass1427 5 лет назад +13

      @@Silitama Laughing so hard at that I snorted

  • @ceejayh1120
    @ceejayh1120 Год назад +283

    This song takes me back to my father cheating on my mother. That still hurts me to this day. I'm a 50yr old man. That ruined our family!! It also taught me to stick to one women. I saw how much it hurt my mother. I'm married faithfully to the same women 27yrs and counting.

  • @Lovinmylife1979
    @Lovinmylife1979 Год назад +133

    Im still reminiscing in 2024. This song doesn't get old

  • @Nisha-ut1wk
    @Nisha-ut1wk 10 месяцев назад +102

    It’s 2024 and this song goes hard….

    • @DaGodds
      @DaGodds 5 месяцев назад +2

      Hard af

    • @raychellstringfellow1922
      @raychellstringfellow1922 4 месяца назад +1

      My favorite ❤️

    • @Tooty88
      @Tooty88 3 месяца назад

      I go between this and Kelly Prices cover.. I love them both

  • @mscreeo09
    @mscreeo09 5 лет назад +388

    Seen her up close and personal last night. She sang this song and what she stated after was heartfelt. The sins you lay with, comes with a price

    • @godmyfather4954
      @godmyfather4954 3 года назад +21

      My grandma love this song in l will always play it for her

    • @vernbillinger1954
      @vernbillinger1954 3 года назад +14

      Always a price ...I come to grow up. . Stephani mills back in the day too..

    • @jonka1
      @jonka1 3 года назад +10

      She's singing about the human condition, not sins.

    • @DJDaddyAbraham
      @DJDaddyAbraham 3 года назад +1

      On the Pokey Bear / Bishop Bullwinkle tour?

    • @m.henderson8431
      @m.henderson8431 3 года назад +12

      Indeed, they do. I'm still paying the price in 2022 😢

  • @nikkih5920
    @nikkih5920 3 года назад +321

    The clarity in her voice, her tone, the musical arrangement, the message, this song is EVERYTHING!! Soul/r&b music is not the same.

    • @jhunn4527
      @jhunn4527 Год назад +8

      So,so true!!

    • @cpman1987
      @cpman1987 Год назад +14

      The late master producer, composer , singer, arranger, songwriter, prolific guitar player and funk music pioneer, Roger Troutman (R.I.P.).
      🎸 🎵 ✍️
      And Billy Beck, ( keyboard player, arranger, producer for the legendary funk band "The Ohio Players") really put their soulful feet into this R&B classic slow melodic song about adultery and forbidden love 🚫!!
      Their production along Shirley Murdock's vocals made this song prolific!! "Illegitimate Baby making music" at its very Finest!!

    • @scottericaj
      @scottericaj Год назад +10

      From the DJ booth to the bedroom… this woman’s voice echoed for year’s 😉

  • @jajuanjohnson2695
    @jajuanjohnson2695 5 лет назад +446

    Folk ain't ready for this type of realness in R&B anymore.

  • @jshamorri
    @jshamorri 7 лет назад +1834

    I remember trying to write the words to this song, I stopped, rewind, and play it again then write, I did this over and over and over and over, my mother unplugged it and I asked her why did she just do that because she messed me up... She had tears in her eyes, I said what's wrong momma, she couldn't formulate her thoughts, I froze and then she said, baby your brother was just killed, SADDEST FAY OF MY LIFE, I wanted to record, sing, cry, scream, I was paralyzed by fear. I was 24 and my brother was 22, oh how I miss him coming home in the middle of the night to tell me to cook chicken and fries, and play WAR, the card game. Oh how I still hurt. His girlfriend was pregnant, and he never met her, but she was born on my birthday...

    • @jeremyandrews8768
      @jeremyandrews8768 7 лет назад +14

      J Morris tape deck...

    • @JamesKing-qy3kb
      @JamesKing-qy3kb 6 лет назад +33

      Sorry abt ur loss

    • @antjuanjenkins9908
      @antjuanjenkins9908 6 лет назад +7

      J Morris I had to do that to

    • @bettywilliams350
      @bettywilliams350 6 лет назад +39

      J Morris sad story. Wow. Some songs bring back memories. Praying for strength. As I listen to this song I understand your mom cause I just burried my mom2 months ago. My best friend. Oh Lord this song is powerful

    • @shyb7007
      @shyb7007 6 лет назад +19

      God Bless You BabyGirl, and your Fam. Love U.

  • @puremusicluveer
    @puremusicluveer 8 лет назад +580

    I think a lot people misunderstand the message of this song. She's only confessing that they messed up by committing infidelity. She's not bragging about it. This is story that many have experienced and this is just her telling her story and taking ownership

  • @jamesgowan3326
    @jamesgowan3326 3 года назад +234

    2022....36 yrs later I still love her voice...

    • @ladama3201
      @ladama3201 2 года назад +9

      It’s a trifling classic

    • @momadog5687
      @momadog5687 2 года назад +1

      Same...

    • @mkelly534
      @mkelly534 2 года назад +4

      I am shocked nobody has remade this classic. It better be one of the better vocalist though

    • @momadog5687
      @momadog5687 2 года назад +3

      @@mkelly534 Hard act to follow for sure...

    • @ladama3201
      @ladama3201 2 года назад +1

      @@mkelly534 no remakes

  • @lyrixztv8920
    @lyrixztv8920 8 лет назад +220

    my mama wasn't creepin around but she would get up at 7am every Saturday and have this song on blast as she was cooking breakfast for the house

  • @mariaddis9341
    @mariaddis9341 5 лет назад +171

    Say what you want about mistresses and sidechicks, this song was EPIC!!!! The arrangement and melody was ev-er-y-thang!!!!

    • @cpman1987
      @cpman1987 Год назад +9

      The late master producer, composer , singer, arranger, songwriter, prolific guitar player and funk music pioneer, Roger Troutman (R.I.P.).
      🎸 🎵 ✍️
      And Billy Beck, ( keyboard player, arranger, producer player for the legendary funk band "The Ohio Players") really put their soulful feet into this R&B classic slow melodic song about adultery and forbidden love 🚫!!
      Their production along with Shirley Murdock's vocals made this song prolific!! "Illegitimate Baby making music" at its very Finest!!

    • @henrilouisecarter2777
      @henrilouisecarter2777 Год назад +7

      I was in a similar situation back then. I used to cry buckets when I heard this. He wasn't free but I was. The things you do when you're young and dumb!

    • @kokowalker
      @kokowalker Год назад +5

      ​@@henrilouisecarter2777 it has nothing to do with age and being bumb

    • @12diamonds
      @12diamonds Год назад

      He ug

    • @matthewwright5588
      @matthewwright5588 Год назад +1

      A master piece

  • @toniwilliams9817
    @toniwilliams9817 4 года назад +344

    I didn’t really understand what this song was really about when I was a child...but I learned as an adult...☺️

    • @pandorasbox6607
      @pandorasbox6607 3 года назад +6

      💯💯

    • @daviddavidson8050
      @daviddavidson8050 3 года назад +5

      Omg! Seriously young lady? 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

    • @olay5757
      @olay5757 3 года назад +26

      Same. My mom use to play it on cleaning days along with Whitney. I use to sing along too. Had no clue what it was about until now

    • @vanityposh
      @vanityposh 3 года назад +2

      lol

    • @lmarshell8225
      @lmarshell8225 3 года назад

      😭😭😭

  • @marcusanders5320
    @marcusanders5320 Год назад +70

    What I've always loved about this song it captures the human frailties and passions that we experience everyday. At the end becomes about our choices, and yet we cannot ignore the fact we have these feelings and experiences.

  • @damonsmith625
    @damonsmith625 4 года назад +204

    I love her voice it's like listening to the ocean

    • @Redbottoms1
      @Redbottoms1 3 года назад +6

      Best description

    • @anarizmoore
      @anarizmoore 3 года назад +6

      WOW...I like that visual....like a singing mermaid ❤️

    • @phreshking5747
      @phreshking5747 2 года назад +3

      Yes!

    • @omd0
      @omd0 2 года назад +3

      That’s actually very accurate

  • @andrejohnson7737
    @andrejohnson7737 4 года назад +872

    If you come home and your wife is playing this with a glass of wine in her hand you got a problem big dawg..

  • @rymcplus8741
    @rymcplus8741 Год назад +21

    I was 8 yrs old in '86', leaving DC my sister played this song in her car taking me and my sisters back to our new home in Fairfax county, Virginia. Our oldest sister passed 2 years later, in a car accident. Plus I moved away from my third grade love. What a harsh year.

  • @GillianThomas-x7w
    @GillianThomas-x7w 11 месяцев назад +10

    This will still be valid 30 years from now...what lyrics and vocals ❤

    • @tgd9477
      @tgd9477 8 месяцев назад +1

      Cuz folks gone be cheatin til world's end.

  • @kristelquartz6085
    @kristelquartz6085 5 лет назад +152

    This is actually a song about feeling remorse after cheating one night. So soulful!!! I love Ms. Shirley!!! She has such a beautiful voice!!!!

    • @5x7m
      @5x7m 2 года назад +4

      @Kristel Quartz.... Yes she does! She kept it real with this song. I've always appreciated the underlying message of this song vs other songs about adultery/temptation such as "Saving All My Love For You" and "Secret Lovers".

    • @cpman1987
      @cpman1987 Год назад +3

      Roger Troutman (R.I.P.) and Billy Beck Keyboard (player for the legendary funk band "The Ohio Players") really put their soulful feet in this R&B classic!! Their production and Shirley Murdock's vocals made this song prolific!!

    • @rickyathomas5099
      @rickyathomas5099 Год назад

    • @GaryandPoochie
      @GaryandPoochie 7 месяцев назад +1

      She's showing remorse I think to her best friend for cheating with her man smh.. that's when women held themselves accountable for dirty doins.. that's the beauty of this song luv you Ms. Shirley and ur character.. cuddles.❤❤❤❤❤

  • @chaseofori-atta2225
    @chaseofori-atta2225 3 года назад +253

    Walk of shame music right here, but such a CLASSIC!

    • @yellowsubmarine3725
      @yellowsubmarine3725 3 года назад +12

      lmao

    • @carltonwalton9819
      @carltonwalton9819 3 года назад +9

      🤣🤣🤣🤣. Lol. You dirty for that! Thank you. 😂😂😂😂

    • @terryjonus4126
      @terryjonus4126 3 года назад

      Which most have experienced..penance Lord

    • @kookieklean2192
      @kookieklean2192 3 года назад +7

      😂😂😂😂😂 now im tryna figure out who man ma mama waa creepin wit cause she sure banged this alot😂

    • @kaygbemi7717
      @kaygbemi7717 3 года назад

      😂😂😂

  • @kurtadams3021
    @kurtadams3021 5 лет назад +155

    Ms. Murdock is a great SINGER

  • @aok6694
    @aok6694 Год назад +39

    This song was simply one of those universal events that happen once in a lifetime. I realize that many people discuss the meaning of the song. Yes, that is vital. However, the way in which this musical composition coalesced with the exceptional voice of Ms. Murdoch to top it off, is truly an act of genius.

  • @perfectbeat
    @perfectbeat 8 лет назад +320

    Damn, this is still the jam!

    • @queennicholson6957
      @queennicholson6957 5 лет назад +1

      Catching catfish early summer

    • @yolieBaeBae
      @yolieBaeBae 4 года назад +1

      That’s because there will always be an unfaithful partner!!!
      This is how some wives/girlfriends are told!!
      Cheaters couldn’t tell it themselves.

  • @beer7217
    @beer7217 9 лет назад +178

    By far one of the best songs that's ever existed!

    • @stayintuneusa962
      @stayintuneusa962 3 года назад +5

      Periodt!

    • @natinapowell3565
      @natinapowell3565 2 года назад +5

      Yes for a side piece. Beautiful vocals

    • @DivineMotherGoddess888
      @DivineMotherGoddess888 2 года назад +2

      Yes Lawd!!! This lady is AMAZING!

    • @cpman1987
      @cpman1987 Год назад +1

      The late master producer, composer , singer, arranger, songwriter, prolific guitar player and funk music pioneer, Roger Troutman (R.I.P.).
      🎸 🎵 ✍️
      And Billy Beck, ( keyboard player, arranger, producer for the legendary funk band "The Ohio Players") really put their soulful feet into this R&B classic melodic slow jam, about adultery and forbidden love 🚫!!
      Their production along with Shirley Murdock's vocals made this song prolific!! "Illegitimate Baby making music" at its very Finest!!

    • @travelnguy2002
      @travelnguy2002 2 месяца назад

      I agree, Lisa Fischer's How can I Ease the Pain is right there to.

  • @lillianl7382
    @lillianl7382 7 лет назад +158

    The way that she sang the song you could see everything that she was singing about in your mind. From the first verse to the last word. IT'S MORNING...IT'S MORNING....

    • @Marshaey1977
      @Marshaey1977 4 года назад +3

      You're right. I have a visual of what's going on everytime I hear this song.

    • @marjorierobinson6032
      @marjorierobinson6032 3 года назад +4

      Everything in that song..is Exactly what me and my x husband did...But you reap what you sow

    • @DeniseGilliard-lu2dx
      @DeniseGilliard-lu2dx 7 месяцев назад

      What yesss all I one song😂❤

    • @DeniseGilliard-lu2dx
      @DeniseGilliard-lu2dx 7 месяцев назад

      Wasn't enough comm😂🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺 😢😂but true rs 💙🥰

  • @teonstrong4963
    @teonstrong4963 2 года назад +48

    This song will continue to be as truthful and heartfelt as yesterday!

  • @MsSmithti1
    @MsSmithti1 4 года назад +38

    This song came to life in my life! When this song came out I was sleeping with a married man and gave birth to his child! He never went back to the wife but I never became the wife because he never divorced her. Even today we are the best of friends and together we raised a very intelligent, sweet, college graduate, but it's nothing like being raised with a mother and father together who loves each other! I never wanted to hurt his wife but I fell in love with him(they both were cheating on each other). Today, I am a Woman of God ( happily married 17 years and counting) and I dedicate my life to schooling young girls on the love of God and not the FLESH! Thank God we Serve a LOVING GOD WHO FORGIVES! The wife and I are friends today and Sisters in Christ! God turned it around for the both of us! My daughter and her daughters interact like sisters and they call me Momma Lady T! What a Mighty God we serve! I BLESS GOD FOR FORGIVING ME and for the wife FORGIVING ME as well, AS WE LAY!

    • @Geech122408
      @Geech122408 4 года назад +5

      Beautiful testimony 💞

    • @BlackPlightPeople
      @BlackPlightPeople Год назад +5

      You said that you did not want to hurt her, but you did.

    • @MsSmithti1
      @MsSmithti1 Год назад +5

      @@BlackPlightPeople and I'm so sure you're not perfect either Sis. God has to forgive you too. Just be glad it wasn't YOU!!!

    • @ebonyfrazier7179
      @ebonyfrazier7179 8 месяцев назад +3

      Thank you for sharing your testimony!!! God is faithful!

    • @ebonyfrazier7179
      @ebonyfrazier7179 8 месяцев назад +5

      @@BlackPlightPeopleshe repented and that’s the testimony. She is not her past praise God!

  • @MrJonsboo
    @MrJonsboo 8 лет назад +199

    Feeling some type away listening to this song...damn...😔

    • @kolasoljet4697
      @kolasoljet4697 5 лет назад

      Kissable Me me toooooo crying eye was only seven but that was some painful days love this shit tho

    • @goodboyd5764
      @goodboyd5764 5 лет назад

      Me to

    • @karbe7122
      @karbe7122 28 дней назад

      Guilty? 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @IamTroyEl
    @IamTroyEl 4 года назад +205

    Woke up this morning singing this song in my house. It's 2020 and I'm 41. My kids are like, Dad!!!! Stop!!! 😂😂😂
    I'm just in a nostalgic mood this day.

  • @cristalle1
    @cristalle1 2 года назад +63

    2022 and this still hits the spot. Perfection.

  • @HONEYBCRISSY
    @HONEYBCRISSY 5 лет назад +22

    Its not so much the words of the song that holds me, its her VOICE.... MY GAWD!!!

    • @9nineinches287
      @9nineinches287 5 лет назад +2

      Hello Crystal..... I like your words

    • @KingAdnyeus
      @KingAdnyeus Год назад +1

      Exactly my feelings, glad someone understands music with similar ear. 🔥

  • @DelaCroix799
    @DelaCroix799 5 лет назад +276

    Makes cheating sound so damn beautiful. The worth. I love you Shirley.

  • @lorettamartin4936
    @lorettamartin4936 3 года назад +32

    I was 7 when this song hit I’m 42 and still playing it. I lived it and fully appreciate whoever composed it.

  • @alicemiriah
    @alicemiriah 4 месяца назад +8

    My mom loved this song when was a kid in the late 90’s. I never noticed this song came out in 86. My mother was 15 in 86. That year her and my father met at ages 15 and 13. 😭 🥀 they’re both gone, now. I miss them so much and I’m so happy they played all types of music ❤

    • @Sybil-k6d
      @Sybil-k6d Месяц назад

      Amazing Grace healing, just one night making love two lovers envelope in each other arm's sing so purely but instead it's tempting temptation Messy ❤ breaking still listening 🎧😮😮

  • @MarieAmicalola
    @MarieAmicalola 2 года назад +49

    Saw her sing this last night. She still sounds beautiful. She also sung gospel to us first as if she was trying to brace us first lol. I enjoyed her live and the blending of R&B and gospel.

  • @darkroom8275
    @darkroom8275 3 года назад +49

    Real music like this dose not get old 👌

  • @dgreborn8308
    @dgreborn8308 4 года назад +823

    Who's still listening in 2020? 🙋❤

  • @baltimoremook3857
    @baltimoremook3857 10 месяцев назад +11

    2024 still listening

  • @nupe1950
    @nupe1950 10 лет назад +227

    The #1 cheating song of ALLTIME. You belong to me, just for 1 night!!! Gotta love this song.

    • @floydjohnson5074
      @floydjohnson5074 5 лет назад +10

      No Billy Paul me and mrs Jones

    • @jrcarter9175
      @jrcarter9175 4 года назад +5

      @@floydjohnson5074 And "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right".

    • @kdgiddens2633
      @kdgiddens2633 4 года назад +8

      Secret Lovers - Atlantic Star as well

    • @delsanders7882
      @delsanders7882 4 года назад +2

      Part-Time Lover by Stevie Wonder
      Stay by Sugarland
      Kiss And Say Goodbye by The Manhattans

    • @shirleyzuber9648
      @shirleyzuber9648 4 года назад +1

      @@kdgiddens2633 one of my favorites

  • @kareemali1742
    @kareemali1742 11 лет назад +1320

    Why are songs about cheating always the best ones

    • @Kevin198898
      @Kevin198898 11 лет назад +19

      Boy! Dont make me smack you too California ! lol

    • @Kevin198898
      @Kevin198898 11 лет назад +10

      sneaky traffling tramp slut lol

    • @Kevin198898
      @Kevin198898 11 лет назад +9

      sneak traffling no goodin type of a brotha lol

    • @Healthycleanedges
      @Healthycleanedges 6 лет назад +46

      Kareem Ali because of the passion in it.

    • @mikeward5720
      @mikeward5720 6 лет назад +40

      B/c they singing w/ feeling / love / confusion!

  • @TruthSeeker434
    @TruthSeeker434 8 лет назад +143

    What a song. didn't know what it meant til I was a lil older but, wow such vocals.

    • @shannahib72
      @shannahib72 8 лет назад +3

      shanna king

    • @broccolihart1
      @broccolihart1 5 лет назад

      Her vocals are golden

    • @raemin-laanmcneil8449
      @raemin-laanmcneil8449 4 года назад +1

      Idk, but when I was young I always knew what was up.....I've been always said to have an old soul though....

  • @bgcutie559
    @bgcutie559 7 месяцев назад +14

    I Love These Ultimate Classics... 2024

  • @Capricestpierre4hire
    @Capricestpierre4hire 6 лет назад +52

    I love this song! Growing up in the inner city of Los Angels, Calif in the 80's was tough! With the explosion of crack on the streets and gang violence killing what seemed like the innocent over money and turf. And when it feels like U just cant take the heat of it all no more, a song like this comes out and calms the hood for a minute; at least a pause to acknowledge the Love felt and brought through Shirley Murdock's, rendition of "As We Lay." Thank U so much, I love this song and this was a "Hood" favorite!

  • @ChocolateMocha-nm7wl
    @ChocolateMocha-nm7wl 8 лет назад +141

    My favorite Shirley Murdock song!☺😊☺😊

  • @bonnieriley8413
    @bonnieriley8413 5 лет назад +97

    Just watched unsung- Mrs. Shirley Murdock what a voice (amazing )❤❤

    • @robinthomas1237
      @robinthomas1237 5 лет назад

      Bonnie Riley 😲 I remember this song 33 years ago 🤔 My God 🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @ms.independent8935
      @ms.independent8935 5 лет назад +2

      Me too!!!!!

    • @tgd9477
      @tgd9477 5 лет назад +2

      Yes! Unsung brought me here...this woman can SANG!!!❤

    • @raemin-laanmcneil8449
      @raemin-laanmcneil8449 4 года назад

      Yes that was a good Unsung episode

  • @saddarionoglesby6515
    @saddarionoglesby6515 3 года назад +33

    Who here with me in 2022 rocking the older vibes❗️🔥🙌🏽

    • @lucrisiaphilan7313
      @lucrisiaphilan7313 Год назад +1

      And still in 2024 🎉🎶🎵🎶🥰💙🩷

    • @kbonce4669
      @kbonce4669 11 месяцев назад +1

      2024 still rocking

    • @yezell6189
      @yezell6189 10 месяцев назад +2

      2024 and it's still Rockin Bruh!!!💥💥💥

  • @SistaCitizen
    @SistaCitizen 2 года назад +41

    The music composition and flow of this song is a masterpiece. The way the music knew to be quiet and let her talk it out. literally a steady bass a quiet keyboard and a shaker, the whole song. Then it matches her energy when she starts to really feel remorse. Brilliant. Seems almost too intimate for us to hear as her inner monolog.

  • @quincyhyde8760
    @quincyhyde8760 5 лет назад +46

    As a kid i loved hearing this song....as a husband I wondered how did this dude spent the whole damn night !!! Brah....go home, u doin too much

  • @joejohnson6973
    @joejohnson6973 9 лет назад +62

    I remember moms turnin onn da radio an this a b playin loud as hell..all da yung girlz out side a b in da crib or in front of da crib listenin to this too...we fell in luv yung az hell off this music..i wish we could bring them dayz back..

  • @roberthenderson56
    @roberthenderson56 10 месяцев назад +2

    This Lady is awesome with her golden voice.

  • @kurtadams3021
    @kurtadams3021 5 лет назад +125

    RIP Roger Troutman . GENIUS

  • @nannykimcajunlady4817
    @nannykimcajunlady4817 6 лет назад +33

    The first time I heard Shirly was in the 1980's. Her voice touched my soul and still does and I'm 55 now. Love you lady!!!!!!

  • @Black.Irishman
    @Black.Irishman 3 года назад +20

    There’s nothing better to listen than these oldies.

  • @gregorypope3899
    @gregorypope3899 2 года назад +23

    It must be very difficult to write a song of this magnitude without having had the actual experience. Great work!

  • @DallasSniper
    @DallasSniper 7 лет назад +116

    Thanks Roger Troutman for producing this hit.

    • @ericpledge1
      @ericpledge1 6 лет назад +2

      This song was written by Larry Troutman and keyboardist Billy Beck(Ohio Players)

    • @ericpledge1
      @ericpledge1 6 лет назад

      I think it was actually one of Roger's brothers that produce the song. I forgot his name.

    • @timmy841212
      @timmy841212 5 лет назад

      @@ericpledge1 No Roger produced it lol

    • @strika256
      @strika256 4 года назад

      Myron Woodson that’s my bday apr251991

    • @ConneshoeurKicks910
      @ConneshoeurKicks910 4 года назад

      Classic. My aunts used to play the heck out of this song. Now i know why lol.

  • @payehomage6922
    @payehomage6922 6 лет назад +39

    This song still gives me chills 🙌🏿

  • @gabrielblackmon5124
    @gabrielblackmon5124 9 лет назад +301

    Shirley Murdock's version IS a all-time favorite classic. Kelly Price did a excellent job covering Murdock's version

    • @LadeeHornet93
      @LadeeHornet93 6 лет назад +8

      gabriel blackmon I agree this version will always be a classic

    • @nikitaberry6116
      @nikitaberry6116 6 лет назад +1

      Garden

    • @bigb2494
      @bigb2494 5 лет назад +8

      Will always be Shirley's song.

    • @jon99miller
      @jon99miller 5 лет назад +3

      @@bigb2494 Not really It was The Human Body's song. They had it first Roger decide to let Shirley have it and do a remake of it for her album.

    • @mrsfantastical2010
      @mrsfantastical2010 5 лет назад

      djstyles thank you.

  • @Macdaddy1981
    @Macdaddy1981 10 месяцев назад +96

    2024 anybody??

  • @cwilliams6258
    @cwilliams6258 4 года назад +27

    The first 30 seconds of this song is pure musical genius!

  • @skip031890
    @skip031890 8 лет назад +750

    This song is so wrong, but sounds so right at the same time! XD

  • @Ifonlyyouknew1976
    @Ifonlyyouknew1976 4 года назад +32

    At 10 my mom wondered why I love this song so much. Lol I’m grown now and understand the lyrics....wow

    • @GHSTTHERENEGADE
      @GHSTTHERENEGADE 3 года назад +4

      You in your past life knew this pain too well

    • @Ifonlyyouknew1976
      @Ifonlyyouknew1976 3 года назад +1

      @@GHSTTHERENEGADE well that’s not good at all ☹️

    • @goldbars777
      @goldbars777 2 года назад +1

      I was 12.😂

    • @baypierce9740
      @baypierce9740 Год назад

      I used to sing my heart out😂

  • @JackieOney1111
    @JackieOney1111 Год назад +58

    In 2023 still nobody can touch this hit!!

  • @berenicegericke7138
    @berenicegericke7138 9 лет назад +61

    i dont know why but i love this song just so much memories ♡

    • @michaelpeterson1928
      @michaelpeterson1928 9 лет назад +4

      +Berenice Gericke Hi how are u, I call this writing Forgiven, It was eyes to her eyes, then wondering came through each mind , indeed we`re all alone a café corner coffee but we didn`t call home , we wanted to this moment to be ours though many people around us couldn`t see what`s going on , Forgiven never came to play with us, so we left together , here we are consenting adults, or maybe barrowed just one night , how can this be wrong ,time swiftly blew fast and now a shameful face has no reasons to look for tomorrow it`s done ,

    • @triciamarshall3263
      @triciamarshall3263 8 лет назад +2

      +Michael Peterson Damn

    • @SuperDetroit9
      @SuperDetroit9 8 лет назад +1

      Cool piece Michael P!!

    • @NOLA_Apparel504
      @NOLA_Apparel504 4 года назад

      💯

  • @chocolatethunder1104
    @chocolatethunder1104 Год назад +11

    I can't believe my parents let me listen to this as a kid 😂.

  • @ThunderByrd76
    @ThunderByrd76 8 лет назад +258

    everybody got a song to sing. don't act like she's the only one who have had dealings with someone else. You will never be attracted to just one person that life.

    • @dwade4986
      @dwade4986 8 лет назад +8

      lol. She's just singing! She didn't even write ppl.

    • @ThunderByrd76
      @ThunderByrd76 8 лет назад +6

      you right

    • @julioestorga9546
      @julioestorga9546 8 лет назад +6

      very nicely said. I couldn't agree with you more brother

    • @KAMARILEON
      @KAMARILEON 8 лет назад +7

      Exactly. humans are a part of nature.

    • @pandorasbox6607
      @pandorasbox6607 8 лет назад +5

      ThunderByrd76 My current situation

  • @ernieg
    @ernieg 8 месяцев назад +2

    I’m 53 and boy almost shed a tear Memories

  • @timothyypearson
    @timothyypearson 5 лет назад +13

    Mrs Shirley sanged the hell outta this song

    • @tgd9477
      @tgd9477 5 лет назад +1

      timothyy pearson she shole did!!!

    • @timothyypearson
      @timothyypearson 5 лет назад

      @@tgd9477 her personality is just as beautiful as her voice shes very sweet.

  • @singingqueen1201
    @singingqueen1201 4 года назад +98

    As a teen I use to sing the mess out this song, as I got older, I realized what the words meant but I don't care this song would always be in my top ten 🥰🤣....

    • @matthewwright5588
      @matthewwright5588 2 года назад +5

      it's like robin hood you steal but do great things with it.

    • @cpman1987
      @cpman1987 Год назад +2

      The late master producer, composer , singer, arranger, songwriter, prolific guitar player and funk music pioneer, Roger Troutman (R.I.P.).
      🎸 🎵 ✍️
      And Billy Beck, ( keyboard player, arranger, producer for the legendary funk band "The Ohio Players") really put their soulful feet into this R&B classic melodic slow jam, about adultery and forbidden love 🚫!!
      Their production along with Shirley Murdock's vocals made this song prolific!! "Illegitimate Baby making music" at its very Finest!!

  • @aagonzales67
    @aagonzales67 4 года назад +60

    Even after all these years this song has even more meaning. 'You belong to me for just one night' 💯 ♥️

    • @yellowsubmarine3725
      @yellowsubmarine3725 3 года назад +2

      💔😩

    • @jennifergwinnett3442
      @jennifergwinnett3442 2 года назад +2

      Love that line

    • @cpman1987
      @cpman1987 Год назад

      The late master producer, composer , singer, arranger, songwriter, prolific guitar player and funk music pioneer, Roger Troutman (R.I.P.).
      🎸 🎵 ✍️
      And Billy Beck, ( keyboard player, arranger, producer for the legendary funk band "The Ohio Players") really put their soulful feet into this R&B classic melodic slow jam, about adultery and forbidden love 🚫!!
      Their production along with Shirley Murdock's vocals made this song prolific!! "Illegitimate Baby making music" at its very Finest!!

    • @GSIP69
      @GSIP69 9 месяцев назад

      Sick 😣

  • @toyaadams8167
    @toyaadams8167 2 года назад +20

    as a kid, i thought this was a beautiful song sung sweetly from the heart🥰...as an adult...i was like😲...

  • @baiaforev2407
    @baiaforev2407 5 лет назад +22

    My mother hated me listening to this song as a kid. But I always loved this song. Her vocals are amazing.

  • @yvonnewynn1643
    @yvonnewynn1643 5 лет назад +12

    I remember my mother was singing this song when I was a little girl r.i.p momma love you

  • @DamonCahlil
    @DamonCahlil 11 лет назад +32

    5:24 is where I get my life!!!!! My favorite part of the song because that woman sang that!! Goosebumps every time. Anita Baker last night, Shirley Murdock this mornin.. yes I'm def gettin my life lol that good R&B that you can't sink yo feet in is the best..

    • @lllburgundylll
      @lllburgundylll 11 лет назад +2

      2:30 for me - the first goosebumps, obviously there were more...

    • @DamonCahlil
      @DamonCahlil 11 лет назад

      Yea just this song is goosebump city lol classic

    • @Kevin198898
      @Kevin198898 11 лет назад +1

      i can hit that note! i put my heart and soul each time i sing it by myself!

    • @DamonCahlil
      @DamonCahlil 11 лет назад +1

      Haha! Really?? Who doesn't put their heart & soul into this song I mean come on! Lol

  • @KristNi
    @KristNi Год назад +2

    I've been looking for this artist forever. I had a seizure and I forgot everything and Google is a joke! Wouldn't help me at all!

  • @rushramel
    @rushramel 9 лет назад +130

    Man I like this song. The experience is real

  • @95South_
    @95South_ 6 лет назад +13

    I met Shirley Murdock in Florida on July 4, 2018 Beautiful woman with a beautiful voice.

  • @lookinforthe70s
    @lookinforthe70s Год назад +5

    Can't help but reminisce when I hear this song. It just takes me away to different place.

  • @nyiajohnson6749
    @nyiajohnson6749 6 лет назад +48

    2018 still jamming ... who else is listening?

  • @bigmeet54
    @bigmeet54 7 лет назад +54

    How can you not LOVE this song despite the cheating concept?

  • @tinatolbert473
    @tinatolbert473 11 лет назад +43

    Shirley Murdock you can still feel these words as she sings this song!

  • @GrasLazuli
    @GrasLazuli Месяц назад +1

    One of the greatest singers out here.

  • @EbonyG-d7l
    @EbonyG-d7l Год назад +11

    Still brings tears❤❤❤❤

  • @tirzahhale5139
    @tirzahhale5139 5 лет назад +78

    2019... This is still true!!! Classic.

    • @KtotheG
      @KtotheG 4 года назад +2

      From the day it dropped... it was an immediate classic...

    • @blackhornet25
      @blackhornet25 4 года назад

      Timeless classic in 2021.

    • @theimaginist3310
      @theimaginist3310 3 года назад

      hahaha this will ALWAYS be true....

  • @lamont28sg
    @lamont28sg 4 года назад +17

    one of the greatest vocal performances of all time ..

  • @MrBrown-mw9il
    @MrBrown-mw9il 5 лет назад +26

    I was 10 years old when this came out. Thanks Shirley Murdock!🌹

    • @markeetaroane3
      @markeetaroane3 2 года назад +2

      Me too. My mom used to blast this jawn all the time. I knew back then what it meant

  • @itsyagirlbluee7841
    @itsyagirlbluee7841 5 лет назад +62

    The side chick Anthem in the old days 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏽

  • @KB-fj2sc
    @KB-fj2sc 8 лет назад +16

    shirley is cold as ice.. brilliant song

  • @北村一志-j5r
    @北村一志-j5r 11 месяцев назад +1

    I saw her Live in Japan.I love her songs still now.

  • @greengoddessof75
    @greengoddessof75 8 лет назад +20

    I was 11 yrs old when this came out. My uncle Clint hooked me on all the good stuff.

  • @JCC-c6f
    @JCC-c6f 4 года назад +33

    This woman can sing 🎤❤️😍

  • @matthewwright5588
    @matthewwright5588 11 месяцев назад +2

    Key word to sum it all up: MASTER PIECE

  • @dumontthe5th
    @dumontthe5th 5 лет назад +7

    this song could have easily been a country and western tune; it tells a story of life. People forget that really R&B tells stories, evokes feelings and emotions, makes us think and reminisce about those times, those episodes in our lives; the power of music, the power of Rhythm & Blues! Some of the best singers in the world crossed from Gospel to R&B and taught the world to sing! Shirley Murdock is a master teacher! ALL LOVE!

  • @jazzqueendc59
    @jazzqueendc59 2 года назад +5

    Shirley Murdock is my all-time favorite vocalist. As we lay contains elements of soul, jazz, gospel, country, r&b, Broadway, and opera. No one in the world can perform this song in a manner comparable to or better than Shirley. I wish she was my musical mentor. So undervalued!

  • @playboymaxim
    @playboymaxim 2 года назад +22

    One of the most beautifully composed songs I've ever heard, a masterpeice