“Waterfalls” was written by Marqueze Etheridge, Lisa Lopes, and Organized Noise and was released on TLC’s album CrazySexyCool.
The song earned the group two nominations at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards in 1996.
Fun Facts:
- Tione Watkins, Lisa Lopes, and Rozonda Thomas formed TLC in 1991. Crystal Jones, a teenage artist who initially invented the concept of the band, was replaced by Thomas before the first recording contract was signed.
- The group’s first album was titled Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip and had three songs hit the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100.
- “Waterfalls” peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
- The music video for “Waterfalls,” which had a million-dollar budget, also won TLC four MTV Video Music Awards.
- The song’s lyrics addressed pressing issues in the 1990s, including street violence, illegal drugs, and HIV/AIDS.
- “Waterfalls” has been used in numerous movies and TV shows, including “Scream Queens,” “Captain Marvel,” and “Little Fires Everywhere.”
- In 2017, Billboard included the song in its list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. Buzzfeed also mentioned “Waterfalls” in its collection of The 50 Best 90s Songs of Summer.
- The song has been certified as Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
- “Waterfalls” has also been covered by other artists, such as Bette Midler and Stooshe.
- Original TLC member Lisa Lopes died in a car accident in 2002. Surviving members Tione Watkins and Rozonda Thomas still perform as TLC, vowing never to replace Lisa with another member.
Lyrics
A lonely mother gazing out of her window
Staring at a son that she just can’t touch
If at any time he’s in a jam she’ll be by his side
But he doesn’t realize he hurts her so much
But all the praying just ain’t helping at all
‘Cause he can’t seem to keep his self out of trouble
So, he goes out and he makes his money the best way he know how
Another body laying cold in the gutter
Listen to me
Don’t go chasing waterfalls
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to
I know that you’re gonna have it your way or nothing at all
But I think you’re moving too fast
Little precious has a natural obsession for temptation
But he just can’t see
She give him loving that his body can’t handle
But all he can say is, “Baby, it’s good to me”
One day he goes and takes a glimpse in the mirror
But he doesn’t recognize his own face
His health is fading and he doesn’t know why
Three letters took him to his final resting place
Y’all don’t hear me
Don’t go chasing waterfalls
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to
I know that you’re gonna have it your way or nothing at all
But I think you’re moving too fast
I seen a rainbow yesterday
But too many storms have come and gone
Leavin’ a trace of not on God-given ray
Is it because my life is ten shades of gray
I pray all ten fade away
Seldom praise Him for the sunny days
And like his promise is true
Only my faith can undo
The many chances I blew
To bring my life to anew
Clear blue and unconditional skies
Have dried the tears from my eyes
No more lonely cries
My only bleedin’ hope
Is for the folk who can’t cope
Wit such an endurin’ pain
That it keeps ’em in the pourin’ rain
Who’s to blame
For tootin’ caine in your own vein
What a shame
You shoot and aim for someone else’s brain
You claim the insane
And name this day in time
For fallin prey to crime
I say the system got you victim to your own mind
Dreams are hopeless aspirations
In hopes of comin’ true
Believe in yourself
The rest is up to me and you
Don’t go chasing waterfalls
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to
I know that you’re gonna have it your way or nothing at all
But I think you’re moving too fast
Don’t go chasing waterfalls
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to
I know that you’re gonna have it your way or nothing at all
But I think you’re moving too fast
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