Happy to share this great review by Dave Franklin from a UK music blog site! To be honest, I usually do not care about reviews, because at the end of the day, they are nothing but personal opinions BUT, when you read a review that is so on point and is reflecting EVERYTHING that you are trying to achieve with your music and lyrics, you are just unbelievably grateful and empowered to continue your journey.
Lily Amis is open and honest enough to admit that her ability to make music, write and tell stories is the main reason she is still around. To her, the process offers an anti-depressant lifeline, an outlet, and a way of stopping her concerns, thoughts and anxieties from remaining bottled up inside her.
And, given such a platform, it seems only fitting that she uses such a privileged platform to say something helpful, relevant, poignant and even powerful, to send a message to the world through her music rather than fill the creative air with more music lacking in authenticity, integrity and honesty.
YoYo & Chess is just such a message. It broaches the idea that we are all beholden to puppet masters, no matter our station in life – class, creed, position or power. That we are all part of a game. Sometimes we are forced into the role of pawns moving as predicated by unseen strategists according to a plan we don’t know. Sometimes we are just being pulled back and forth like a YoYo, subject to unseen physical forces. The story within the song is both her story and our own. And, with war raging around the globe more than ever, social unrest on the rise and displaced populations continually pushed and pulled against their will, more relevant than ever.
As always, she created the song in collaboration with artist, singer, and producer Thir13een; it is everything the modern urban-infused pop song should be. Beat driven, groovesome, infectious and accessible. But unlike most songs made in pop quarters, it has a layer of depth and profundity that makes it stand head and shoulders above the competition.
DAVE FRANKLIN (dancing about architecture music blog)
This is time to end this mess
Our turning point in life is ending the circle of silence
Saying goodbye to standby
Cut the Yo-Yo string and feel alive
Take control of the game of life
Ladies & Gentlemen, Royalties & Refugees
Ordinary & celebrity, welcome to reality
Aren't you tired of waiting and fading?
While everyone else is living their dream
Remaining in standby is exhausting
Mighty hungry rulers place obstacles in our way
And all we wish desperately is to break out and get away
A.Z.A.D.I, AZADI, LIBERTY for you and me, mon amis
Consciously, unconsciously, maliciously
Swing with our destiny like a yo-yo
Throw us up and down in the air and we wonder helplessly
When will be released from the unbalanced uncertainty
YoYo and Chess, YoYo and Chess
This is time to end this mess
Our turning point in life is ending the circle of silence
Saying goodbye to standby
Cut the Yo-Yo string and feel alive
Take control of the game of life
See Life is a chessboard, black & white
Sometimes we're wrong, sometimes we're right
However, most people won't treat us right
We either stand in the front row or back
Kings and Queens cheat behind our back
Move us up and down and side to side
Left or right, none of this is right
A.Z.A.D.I, AZADI, LIBERTY for you and me, mon amis
The more we practice the game of life, of life
The better we defeat the knights, the nights
So make sure we play it right
Yo o & Chess, Yo Yo & Chess
This is time to end this mess
Our turning point in life is ending the circle of silence
Saying goodbye to standby
Cut the Yo-Yo string and feel alive
YoYo & Chess, Yo Yo & Chess
This is time to end this mess
Our turning point in life is ending the circle of silence
Saying goodbye to standby
Cut the Yo-Yo string and feel alive
Take control of the game of life!
Every waiting and fading has an ending
No one stands still forever
We've been trapped for way too long
Mon amis, the game is over!
We made it! Checkmate!
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