Nomad Featuring MC Mikee Freedom– Devotion (1990)

Nomad is a house music duo from England who had several big hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, as well as some similar successes in the UK Singles Chart. Group members are Damon Rochefort (Nomad is Damon spelled backwards, thus the group's name), Steve McCutcheon and Sharon D. Clarke.

Damon Rochefort started his writing career as a columnist on Black music trade bible ‘Blues & Soul’ before graduating to ‘Smash Hits’ and The Sun’s Bizarre column at the age of 18

In 1990 they hit #1 on the dance chart, and #2 in the UK, with the track, "(I Wanna Give You) Devotion." The issue bore the credit 'Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom'.

Touring the world as a bona fide pop star (i.e. he couldn’t play any instruments), Rochefort went on to write and produce for other acts including Elton John, Ru Paul, Bad Boys Inc. Michelle Gayle and Kim Wilde before meeting Alomo’s Marks & Gran at a sitcom workshop

After writing various episodes of ‘Birds Of A Feather’, Rochefort concentrated on creating original shows including ‘Boyz R Us’ for the BBC – a show about a boy band and its manipulative manager, something Rochefort knew quite a lot about – ‘The Bad Old Days’ - about a turn-of-the century music hall, - and ‘Last Gasp’ also with the BBC

Concurrently, Rochefort was presenting on TV too: ITV’s network dance show BPM for two years and more recently his own live chat show – which he also wrote - on BBC Wales, the award-winning ‘Damon Rochefort Tonight’ (tapes available)

Rochefort wrote his first theatrical piece ‘Live At Carnegie Hall’ in association with The Royal Ballet, a tribute to Judy Garland which premiered at The Royal Opera House and toured the US and Australia

I wanna give you devotion
I wanna give you devotion
I wanna give you devotion
Oh oh oh ee oh
I wanna give you devotion
I wanna give you a place
To release your feelings
A star beat rhythm with a standard healing
A word and a message with a lot of emotion
With total dedication and a lot of devotion
And a lot of devotion
I wanna give you devotion
Well, let's start here
At the beginning of my lyric
To be too bad to rhyme is not a merit
To rock, to roll, to soul is what I aim for
Wait 'til I hit the goal
And that's a top score
Some of these are long, others with an ease
To write me rhyme in line
Oh, that's a cool breeze
And on and on 'til you get the job done
Oh oh ee oh
I wanna give you devotion
I wanna give you devotion
Total dedication and a lot of devotion
Ooh ooh ee ooh
Well, magical moments, moments are magical
Star-call mystical, logical, lyrical
Magical moments are meant to be kept
Don't erase them from your brain, I need to inject
I have a dream, there's a nightmare inside me
It's getting me uptight for the sight is a fright
'Cause night creeps in creeping, creeping, slowly
Gassing, frightening, spooky
'Cause a frightening nightmare terrorise
Poll tax came and up went the rise
Open your eyes and realise
I'm a truly disguise
Like hawk, the slayer, he came and courted
Maggie came, but now she's slaughtered
I wanna give you devotion
So don't use, abuse or lose, you're a flotex
Rock the mike to the disc
And don't get upset
Rhyme in time for the finest quality
That's the time when you know you're an M.C
M.i.k., double e, take it down now Mikee
M.i.k., double e
I wanna give you devotion
We're gonna take it down
Take it down, take it down, Mikee
Take it down, take it down, take it down, Mikee
Take it down, take it down, take it down, Mikee
Take it down, take it down, take it down, Mikee (Oh oh ooh ee oh)
M.i.k., double e, double e
I wanna give you devotion
I wanna give you devotion
I wanna give you devotion
Oh oh oh ee oh
Why don't you come for me?
Come for me, come for me now
Come for reason, come for the sound
Come for me, why don't you come for me?
Why don't you come for me? come for me
Because I, I'm an entertainer, I'm an entertainer
Come for me, I'm an entertainer, I'm an entertainer
I'm an entertainer, I'm an entertainer, come with me
I'm an entertainer, I'm an entertainer
Some for the lyrics black
Some are heart attack
Well, some of the lyrics
Some are fast and some are like that
The best of the ones are easy
Come to the microphone
I'm just another cool breeze
I'm just another cool breeze
Ooh oh oh ee oh
I wanna give you a place to release your feelings
A star beat rhythm with a standard healing
A word and a message with a lot of emotion
With total dedication and a lot of devotion
And a lot of devotion
I wanna give you devotion
Total dedication and a lot of devotion