Queen Naija, Words of Affirmation | Music Lifts 🎶 🏋

In the 16^th edition of Music Lifts (2024), we’re uplifted by R&B singer/songwriter, Queen Naija performing “Words of Affirmation.”

Welcome to Music Lifts 🎶 🏋, a column that seeks to highlight songs that encourage, inspire, and uplift the spirit; songs that exude fortitude, positivity, and resolve, even in the face of adversity.  Featured songs aren’t genre-specific; songs may or may not be faith-based. The goal is for these songs to make you feel better – be LIFTED to new heights!  So, for the 16^th edition of Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 (2024), we highlight “Words of Affirmation” as performed by Queen Naija. 

“Love me, tell me you love me / And even when I feel it, still need to hear it,” Queen Naija sings in the first verse of “Words of Affirmation”. “Words of Affirmation” graces her 2023 EP, After the Butterflies.  She concludes the verse with the thoughtful lyrics, “‘Cause your words really touch me.” Never underestimate the power of words! In the second verse, she requests that he “tell me I’m worthy.” “Words of Affirmation” was penned by Queen Naija alongside producer, Mike Woods.  “Words of Affirmation” features a lush, urban sound palette – the perfect backdrop for the affirmation of love.

This R&B ballad is marvelous, relatable, and thoughtful.  Queen Naija serves up beautiful vocals.  She sounds commanding and expressive.  The melodies are tuneful in the verses and the centerpiece, the chorus. The chorus sums up what Naija needs in her relationship – those words of affirmation!

“I’ma need a little more than you bein’ present, I

Need a little more than you just givin’ me presents, I need

Communication, affirmations, appreciation

So, say it, say it, say it…

Over and over, over and over…”

“Words of Affirmation” exemplifies a musical lift, speaking to the power and positivity that words can have.

Queen Naija // After the Butterflies (EP) // Capitol // 2023

Queen Naija, Words of Affirmation: Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 No. 16 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Capitol; Hamid Tajik, Qamar Rehman, vansh mehta, Viridiana Rivera via Pexels]