Name: Diamonds in the Rough
Duration: P00H04M12S
Description: Cheryl Hendrickson (The American Professionals) debuts new solo project, premiering her first single “Diamonds in the Rough”, featuring vocals by Little Lonely and Arrica Rose

Diamonds in the Rough

by Cheryl Hendrickson

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Cheryl Hendrickson (The American Professionals) debuts new solo project, premiering her first single “Diamonds in the Rough”, featuring vocals by Little Lonely and Arrica Rose

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Mantle heat
With force unknown
Layers fall
A crystal grows

Overlooked
And tossed aside
In time a ray
Shines through

Forge through the battlefield
Pulling free
A beauty from deep within
Born to be

A beauty from deep within
Born to be

Inch by inch
Instinct your guide
Silk spun tight
Rebirth divine

Chrysalis
Sheds dull for bold
Silently
You soar

Strip away from
A shell that binds
Dissolving through corroded bones
Emerging fresh and powerful

Held back by faith
Or who you love
A mind judged for
Breasts that provide

Mother’s past
Hydrate the fight
For equal dreams you strive

Forge through the battlefield
Pulling free
A beauty from deep within
Born to be

Strip away from
A shell that binds
Dissolving through corroded bones
Emerging fresh and powerful

Silently you soar
Equal dreams you strive
Pulling free
Emerging powerful

A young jewel starts
With jagged edge
Tumbled by
A world’s confines

Contours formed
And shape defined
The diamond’s strength shines through

©2017, Cheryl Hendrickson
Charlie in the Box Music, ASCAP
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released May 15, 2017
Music and Lyrics by Cheryl Hendrickson

Cheryl Hendrickson: vocals, vocal percussion, bass
Little Lonely: vocals, vocal percussion
Arrica Rose: vocals, vocal percussion

Produced by Chuck Lindo
Engineered by Chuck Lindo and Jean-Paul Riva
Mastered by Piper Payne

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The American Professionals St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis hook-heavy guitar pop band The American Professionals’ core members Chuck Lindo and Cheryl Hendrickson’s music and personal lives are both intertwined and parallel. This husband/wife team makes that paradox possible on their 2017 release, Sympathetic Overdrive. The record is a genre-hopping display of both unity and individuality, fear and hope, love and scorn. ... more

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