You Are The Best - Lola Parks

A fun, relaxed, uplifting Soul Folk Pop track ALA Grace Potter, John Mayer, Gwen Stefani. "You Are The Best" speaks of female empowerment, self-worth, individuality and carrying on with a can do, fearless, don't settle attitude. Live your best life, be your best self - you are the best.

MAPL - 100% Canadian
Artist: Lola Parks
Music, lyrics, vocals, acoustic guitar: Sandy Powlik
Piano: Chris Van Sickle
Electric guitar: Adam Dobres
Bass: MJ Dandeneau
Drums: Daniel Ruiz
Producer, Engineer: Catherine Hiltz
Mastering Engineer: Elisa Pangsaeng
Thank you Creative BC - Career Development Program for funding the sound recording.

Cover photo: pic of my mama as a little girl, standing strong and victorious
Cover graphic design: walilee through Fiverr.com
Video creation/edit: Sandy Powlik; clips from CD Baby - Rotor Music

Release date: May 12, 2023, aligned with Mother's Day, a celebration of the women in our lives, our mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmas, friends & lovers.

Lyrics:
Everyone always has advice
About how a girl should live
Here I am in my blue jeans
Sometimes climbing the walls but always fighting to be myself


Spend all this time worrying
If I’m not good enough in all sorts of ways
Am I too short, do I talk too much
Why am I alone? Why do I miss his touch?


It ain’t in any man, what you need
Look inside, you got everything
Use your head, use your heart, it’s like mama said
You are the best


So for all the girls who don’t know
Or you forgot oh-oh
It ain’t on any boy or man to fill you up
But don’t let him bring you down

Even if he’s the only one in your sight
If he’s playin' you, then girl it still ain’t right
Make him be the one to try
Or stand up and say, “Bye bye”


It ain’t in any man, what you need
Look inside, you got everything
Use your head, use your heart, it’s like mama said
You are the best


Liberate yourself from the judge within
It’s your own self-rejection, not rejection from him
Grab a hold of what makes you something else
Because you are the best


Bye bye - stand up and say if he don’t treat you right
Bye bye - he ain’t worth your time
Bye bye – stay strong and true to you
You are the best