These lyrics show just shattered we can become from the constant reminders of death:

His vocal , seamlessly moving back and forth from falsetto to natural tenor, demonstrates the peaks and valleys of one’s soul brought on by this tragedy. Jazz’s verse follows the bereaved as he goes through his day to day still feeling the surge of loss. In the first lyric, sung by Woody, the man pensively braces himself for the hit: “I don’t know how much long you’re going to be here…,” We all do what we can to reduce the likelihood of losing someone without them knowing how we feel about them. It communicates how a spouse’s death could push our lives pass a spiritual point of no return. On an album featuring provocative production and lyrical content, (“Tell Me,” “In My Bed,”) “5 Steps” was a torch song of the tallest order, fusing gospel undertones to a secular song. On their 1996 eponymous debut CD, Sisqo, Jazz, Nokio and Woody had notorious songwriters like Daryl Simmons and Keith Sweat contribute, but the songs the quartet penned and produced themselves proved as comparable as the output of their big named contributors no more evident than on the CD’s fifth single. A situation personified by Dru Hill’s “5 Steps.”īaltimore vocal group Dru Hill were up-and-comers in the realm of contemporary R&B, popularized by groups like Jodeci and Silk. There’s an immeasurable amount of pain that forever changes the living.

Of all the uncertainties that life entails, death is the only certain thing we all have to look forward to, and losing your life companion unexpectedly is something that none of us can prepared for. When a bride and groom say those vows, “until death do us part,” each tend to think that death is far away and they’ll be white-haired and wrinkled before they have to deal with that. There’re experiences that nobody is immune from, like…death of a spouse. There are emotions that every person may come to feel in their lives, despite the barriers of language and environment. Music is the vernacular that can describe all human conditions. “5 Steps” from Dru Hill’s debut album remains a heavily requested song to this date, due largely to it’s mature themes of death, regret and change.

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