Her second album Change It All, featuring the single 'First Love', was released in December 2005. She also toured North America with band Spearhead.Īpart from her solo work, she has collaborated with rappers Aceyalone, E-40, Hieroglyphics, and Triple Threat, and written for jazz trio Soulive. She co-wrote and co-produced the entire album, which is a mixture of neo soul and jazz. In 2001, she signed with Skyblaze Recordings/Columbia Records, and in 2002, she released her first album Even Closer, featuring the single 'Closer'. After graduating from high school, Goapele attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where she studied music theory. She also sang in the Oakland Youth Choir and joined a group called Vocal Motion. During these years, she joined several groups that fought racism and sexism. Sometimes it feels like Ill never go pass here Sometimes it feel like Im stock forever, ever Chorus: But Im going higher Closer to my dreams Going higher and higher I can almost reach Sometimes you just have to let it go Leaving all my fears. Goapele attended the Berkeley Arts Magnet School in Berkeley, California. Closer to my dreams Its coming over me Im getting higher Closer to my dreams Feel it in my sleep. She was born to a Jewish mother, Noa, and an African father, Douglas Mohlabane, who was a South African political exile. Her name means 'to go forward' in the South African language Sesotho. Goapele (born Goapele Mohlabane on 11th July 1977 in Oakland, California) i… Read Full Bio ↴ Goapele (born Goapele Mohlabane on 11th July 1977 in Oakland, California) is a U.S.
