Lyrix

Emancipation
(© 1996 NPG Records)

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Jam Of The Year Right Back Here In My Arms Somebody's Somebody Get Yo Groove On Courtin' Time Betcha By Golly Wow! We Gets Up White Mansion Damned If I Do I Can't Make U Love Me Mr. Happy In This Bed I Scream	Sex In The Summer One Kiss At A Time Soul Sanctuary Emale Curious Child Dreamin' About U Joint 2 Joint The Holy River Let's Have A Baby Saviour The Plan Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife	Slave New World The Human Body Face Down La, La, La Means I Love U Style Sleep Around Da Da Da My Computer One Of Us The Love We Make Emancipation

Jam Of The Year

Ooh!

This is the joint I've been layin' 4 all night
This is the one that really gets me gone
The DJ's on point, I'm sayin' he's alright
We gonna fun baby, baby, it's on

Gotta new Puerto Rican score
And she doin' it on the floor
When the groove rubberbaby's hot
I'm givin' it all I got

CHORUS:
Ooh, everybody's here
This is the jam of the year
Ooh, everybody's here
This is the jam of the year

Gimme a drummer and a funky bass line
That's all I need and I'm ready 2 flow
Been chillin' in the cut and now I'm comin' 2 get mine
And if I hit U once, I got 2 hit U some more

Gotta new Puerto Rican score
And she doin' it on the floor (Doin' it on the floor)
When the groove rubberbaby's hot
I'm givin' it all I got

CHORUS
(Everybody's here)
Yeah, ooh

Ooh!

Let's make a toast 2 the host with the most, heh
Raise your glass if U're on your own, yeah
(Raise your glass if U're on your own)
All the girls say "Ho!" (Ho!) if your man's givin' up the gold
All the fellas say "Woof!" if U're only givin' up the bone
2night we're gonna hide it

(Whatcha say, baby?)
Yeah, baby
(Whatcha say, baby?)

This is the joint I've been layin' 4 all night
This is the one that really gets me gone (This is the one, this is the one)
The DJ's on point, I'm sayin' he's alright
We gonna fun baby, baby, it's on

Gotta new Puerto Rican score
And she's doin' it on the floor
When the groove rubberbaby's hot
I'm givin' it all I got
I'm givin' it, I'm givin' it, I'm givin' it all I got

CHORUS
(Everybody's here)
(This is the jam of the year)

Did U come 2 jam, baby? (Oh yeah)
Then let me see ya, come on

CHORUS {repeat refrain 3 times}
Yeah, baby
(I wanna, I wanna jam) Come on
(Everybody's here)
(J-jam, j-jam, j-jam, j-jam of the year)
(Say what? Ha ha)
(I like that beat, oh baby)
(I wanna, I wanna) {x3}
(Everybody)

CHORUS
(Everybody's here)
(This is the jam of the year)
(Everybody's here)

Ooh! {x8}
This is the jam of the year

Ooh, everybody's here (Everybody)
This is the jam of the year (This is the jam of the year!)

{"Cuz that's my only mission" sample repeats in song}

Oh baby
(Right back here in my arms) {x2}
Right back here, yeah

Don't want U 2 write me no letters
Don't want U callin' my farm
I just want U, I just want U
I just want U right back here in my arms
Alright

I ain't checkin' 4 the sweet talk, baby (Right)
Talkin' 'bout how U're missin' my charms (Right)
I just want U, I just want U
I just want U right back here in my arms ("That's my only mission")
I just want U, I just want U
I just want U right back here in my arms

(Right back here in my arms)
Oh baby
(Right back here in my arms)
Oh baby

I know U got a lot on your mind (Right)
That's why I wanna give U some time (Right)
Till I get 2, till I get 2
Till I get 2 hug that body so fine

I know U need a little space, just a little
That's why I ain't showin' my face (Right)
I just want U, I just want U
I just want U right back here in my arms

Oh baby
(Right back here in my arms)
(Right, right)
Right back in my arms (Right back here in my arms)
Right back, right back
Right back here in my arms
(Right) (Right back here in my arms)

No, no, no 2 the postman bringin' me letters
U know a brotha gonna feel much better
If he keep his mind on, U know, whatever
Anything as long as it is makin' it wetter
Cuz I can't stop thinkin' about what we do
There ought 2 be a law against the hoochie ooh! (Ooh!)
Can we groove? I don't wanna do U no harm
I just want U right back here in my arms

Oh baby (Right back here in my arms)

Don't want U 2 write me no letters
I just want U, I just want U
I just want U right back here in my arms

Ooh yeah, right back here in my arms
(Right back here in my arms)
I just want U right back here in my arms (Right)
Right back here in my arms
(Right back here in my arms) (Right)
Right back, right back (Right)
I'll try 2 write U back
(Right back here in my arms)

Somebody's somebody
Somewhere, someone

It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I just can't sleep
Outside the rain is pourin', I'm lonely as can be
Maybe 2night'll be different than the nights before
I need 2 feel someone beside me, I can't be alone no more

CHORUS:
2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I wanna belong 2 someone (Someone)
2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I want somebody that'll do it 'til the job gets done (Oh yeah)

This big ol' world can be so empty livin' in it all alone
I realize, in its best disguise, a pretty house don't make a home
There's a hunger deep inside of me, how the fire burns
I wanna give good love 2 someone and get good love in return, oh

(CHORUS)
Somebody's somebody
Someone
I wanna be somebody's body
Oh yes, oh yeah

Someone 2 hold me in that hour midnight
Someone 2 console me when things ain't goin' 2 right
Someone 2 bring me dinner sometime, yeah (Mine, all mine)
Somebody I can call all mine

It's 2:05 in the morning and I got no one 2 call
I'm longin' 2 hear another voice inside these lonely walls (Lonely walls)
Maybe 2night'll be different (different) than the nights before (Maybe not)
I need 2 feel someone beside me, I cannot be alone no more (No more,
no more!)

(CHORUS) {x2}
Somebody's somebody
I don't wanna be alone, no no!
I don't wanna wait another day, no!
I'll do it over and over and over and over, yeah!

Ooh, I don't wanna wait, no!
Can I belong 2 U, baby? Oh yeah! (I wanna belong 2 someone)
Ooh, slow, deep and long
Do me over and over and over and over

(2night I wanna be somebody's somebody)
Oh yeah
If U're out there, come on, baby
I'll keep it hot 4 U
(2night I wanna be somebody's somebody)
Come on, baby
(2night I want somebody that'll do it 'til the job gets done, oh yeah)
Done

Somebody's somebody

Get your groove on

I got some money cuz I just got paid
It's time 2 get my groove on
Been workin' hard, now it's time 2 play
I gots 2 get my groove on
Can't wait 2 see your face again
U keep me happy, yeah, U're my best friend
In The Park around a half past 9
Meet me, we'll have a real good time

CHORUS:
Come on, everybody get your groove on
Come on, we gonna party all night long
Get your groove on

I got some honey and some peppermint tea
That's all I need 2 get my drink on
Don't want this night 2 end if U're with me
We gonna party all night long
Bring the player, I'll bring the CDs
But don't U put nothing slow on
That new D'Angelo, some N.P.G.
And we'll make a bet 2 see who keep their clothes on

CHORUS

I'm usually workin' both night and day
No time 4 fun
But 2night I'm gonna get my groove on
I'm sayin' 'til I see the sun
Till I see the sun, ooh, I wanna play

Come on!

Speak

Hey girl, let's hang 2night

Alrighty

Around a half past 9?

I got some money cuz I just got paid
It's time 2 get my groove on
Been workin' hard, now it's time 2 play
I gots 2 get my groove on

Come on, everybody get your groove on (Hey baby)
Come on!
Get your groove on

Get your groove on

{Repeat CHORUS in BG}
Hey, nice joint, huh?

It's alright

U see anything U like in here, U know what I'm sayin'?

I think I see little somethin', somethin' over there

But there's 2 much smoke in here, ehh

Wait, wait, wait

What's your name, lil'? Come here

Eeewww!

Get it on, get on
Get your groove on
Baby, get your groove on
Oh yeah
Get it on

(Get your groove on) {repeat in BG}
Getcha, getcha, get your groove on
Getcha, getcha
Getcha, getcha, get your groove on
Getcha, get your groove on
Oh baby
Get your groove on
Oh baby, oh yeah
Get your groove on {x2}

Girl, U believe that brother that came over here?

I'm tellin' U, with a tooth missin' and everything

Hey Rhonda, girl, how U doin'?

Hey, how U doin' Montalbo?

Is Juice in there?

Don't U mean...

U know, Big Julius

The sleazy one?

Yo, I know Big Juice is in there, girl

Gettin' that groove on (Get your groove on)
(Getcha, getcha, get your groove on)
Oh, get it on

Girl, I think we better leave
Cuz if we don't, I think I might have 2 have another one
Then I might change my name

2... ?

What's my name? Margarita

Y'all help me find Juice, I'm tryin', I can't find him

Are U still lookin' 4 him?

Yeah, he's just... U know
He's up in here somewhere, I can't find him though

      (No no, definitely not seen him)
      Girl, let's go, I smell like an ashtray
      (It's time 2 go)

We ain't goin' nowhere

Sir, I'm sorry
This club has a very strict dress code
We do not accept bluejeans

What U mean?
It don't take Stevie Wonder 2 see I got on the right clothes in here
I need 2 get up in this club
Hell, I could buy every one of ya
Fuck yourself!

It's courtin' time

I've been holdin' back a good deal longer than I shouldaoughta
I bet U got the notion that I couldn't make up my mind
But now I'm ready 2 tell your mama that I gots 2 get with her daughta
Put on your good dress, baby - it's courtin' time!

Every day I wait is just another day your baby's lonely
No matter what I'm talkin' about it always comes back 2 U (U)
I lost more friends this week because the only
The only one I want deserves the best, the very best that I can do
Put on your shoppin' shoes, honey - it's courtin' time!

Yes it is
Yeah
Keep it right there

All the friends I thought I had found out they were not at all
With no regrets, the joy I get from knowin' that U're mine
A thousand times the victor (victor) I am (yes!)
Baby, baby, it's courtin', courtin', courtin', courtin' time!

Yeah!
Get ready
It's courtin' time!
Yeah

Courtin', it's courtin' time! {x3 in BG}
(It's courtin' time!)
Baby, now U gonna know
What it's like when a boy truly loves a girl
(It's courtin' time!)
Well

When I do that (do that), when I do that (do that), when I do that
I'm gonna make them honeys twirl (twirl)
It's courtin' time!

It's courtin', courtin' time! {x2}
It's courtin', courtin', courtin' time, yeah!

Come on and get some, baby
It's courtin' time
Yeah, yeah

There's a spark of magic in your eyes
Candyland appears each time U smile
Never thought that fairy tales came true
But they come true when I'm near U

U're a genie in disguise
Full of wonder and surprise and...

CHORUS:
Betcha by golly wow! (wow!) (wow!)
U're the one that I've been waiting 4 4ever
And ever will my love 4 U keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

If I could, I'd catch a falling star
2 shine on U so I know where U are
Paint a rainbow in your favorite shade
2 show I love U, thinking of U

Write your name across the sky
Anything U ask, I'll try cuz...

(CHORUS)
Betcha by golly!
U're the one, yes U are! (Don't U let 'em tell U otherwise)
And ever will my love 4 U keep growing strong!

Baby, sometime
A man can't find words 2 express all the things he feels inside
But every just so often
The words of another who's truly in love seem 2 work out fine

2 say I love U (I love U)
2 say I'm thinking of U!

(CHORUS)
U're the one I'm thinking of, thinkin' of
Ever will my...
And ever will my love 4 U keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

I love U, baby

We Gets Up

Oh yeah, what'd U think was gonna happen?
Come on!

CHORUS:
We gets up, everybody get down
Make a sound, make a sound
We gets up when we come 2 your town
I said the lost is found

We gets up - ain't no need 2 trip
We're the one deserving of the championship
We gets up - so U feel the gift
All the competition, they got 2 quit

CHORUS

Yeah! How U think we comin'?
Smash em' like U wanna sting

We just bad - we so bad, we good
Comin' 2 wreck shop in your neighborhood
NPG - and we're makin' it understood
Ain't no one can stop us, how U think U could?

CHORUS

Yeah, NPG, New Power Soul, K-k-k-kick it!

Oh yeah!
Gimme the break, gimme the break, huh

If y'all take a left, we gonna go right
But we'll keep this mutha rockin' till the broad daylight

People, wave your hands
Ain't nobody better in all of the land
See them go ...{boom}! Yeah, we crushin' the man
That don't believe we get up, yes we can!
We gets up, up, up, up!

Oh yeah! {x2}

CHORUS

We gets up {x5} (Oh yeah)
Alright

We gets up!

Big white mansion
Top of the road
Latest fashion
Happy, don't U know?

Here I am in New York, yeah
See the girl bold and fair ("Yo, Anita!") {Martin sample}
What's in your backpack 2day?
Will it take my blues away?
That's OK, "U gotta run..."
Huh, check it, I don't need U 2 have some fun
Comin' from the land of snow
I guess I'm kinda used 2 cold

But one day I'll have a big white mansion
At the top of the road
I'm gonna wear the latest fashion
I'm gonna be happy, don't U know?

I could use a new guitar
Sing a tune at Chazz' bar
Maybe meet a debutante
Be a toy, do what she want (Tell me what U wanna do?)
9 o'clock, see John K.
"But U don't rock, come another day" (When?)
Come another day
Spirit so low reachin' up 4 ground (Reachin' up 4 ground)
One day I'm gonna make it in this lonely town

Then I'll live in a big white mansion
At the top of the road
I'm gonna wear the latest fashion
Then I'll be happy, don't U know?

Hey there, what's your name? (What's your name, cutie?)
And can U tell me how 2 play the game? ("I am a winner") (Listen 2 this)
Do I really have 2 cut my hair? (No)
Now, that's a cross I could never bear (How 'bout them publishing rights?)
Sell my publishing? What a laugh! (Ha ha)
I don't know Bo, but I do know math (I do know math)
Back 2 Minneapolis, there U go
U can't find your house underneath the snow

Cuz U're livin' in a big white mansion (Oh yes)
At the top of the road
U're wearin' the latest fashion
Tryin' 2 be happy, don't U know? (Tryin' 2 be happy, happy)

Big white, big white mansion (Big white mansion)
At the top of the road
U and me wearin' Versace, Gucci (Latest fashion)
Hoochies, they all wanna do me (Happy, don't U know?)
But am I really happy?
Big white mansion
Yeah, maybe one day

("Yo, Anita!") {Martin sample}
("Yo, check out that ass!")

Damned if I do

Tell me what's up with the teenage indecision
I'm mad in love but U won't give me permission
U said, "Be here at 9"
Then scream at me 4 not giving U more time, more time

Damned if I do, damned if I don't
U say U want me 2 love U
But when I try, U won't
Maybe, maybe we should say goodbye

Damned if I do

Tell me the truth, how many U do it 2?
I smell vermouth everytime I don't get 2 kiss U
Enough's enough
If U don't want my lovin', then I'll give up, I'll give up

CHORUS:
Damned if I do, damned if I don't
U say U want me 2 love U
But when I try, U won't
Baby, maybe we should say goodbye

Goodbye

Damned if I don't try 2 make U see yourself the way I do
Open minded, worldly, always ready 4 taboo
Tell me what's up, are we gonna go 2 heaven?
I'll fill your cup, I won't do it like Kevin

CHORUS

Damned if I do, damned if I don't
Baby, maybe we should say goodbye
Maybe we should say, "I do"

Tú siempre estás hablando de lo qué tenemos qué hacer
{U're always speaking about what we should do}

Bueno, tú sabes
{Well, U know}

Pero lo qué tienes qué hacer
{But what U should do}

Qué? {What?}

Es buscarte una menta para la boca porque apestas!
{Is get a breath mint because your mouth stinks!}

Qué es lo qué tú estás diciendo?
{What are U saying?}

Por favor... cometelas todas!
{Please... eat them all!}

A mi no me apesta la boca!
{My breath doesn't stink!}

I Can't Make U Love Me

Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don't patronize
Don't patronize me

Cuz I can't make U love me if U don't
I can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart (my heart) and I'll feel the power
But U won't, no, U won't
Cuz I can't make U love me if U don't

Do U?
Do U love me?
Look at me

I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
The love U don't feel, when U're holding me (Hold me)
Morning will come and I'll do what's right (Do it right {x2})
Just give me 'til then 2 give up this fight
And I will, I will give up this fight
Oh, yes I will

Cuz I can't make U love me if U don't
I can't make your heart feel something it won't
Ah, don't U know here in the dark, in the dark baby, these final hours
(Here in the dark)
I will lay down my heart (my heart) and I'll feel the power, oh yes I will
But U won't
Tell me why, tell me why U don't?

(I can't make U love me if U don't)
Come here, baby
(I can't make your heart feel something it won't)
Talk 2 me, tell me where U wanna be kissed
Talk 2 me, tell me how U want me 2 do this
In this bedroom/church, U can guess the offering

I offer U (My heart)
I offer U sexual relations (But U won't)
But U won't (U won't)
Tell me what's up baby?
Am I moving 2 fast?
Not only do I wanna be the first, I wanna be the last, the last
Is that so bad?
I.. I want 2.. U know

I wanna, I wanna, I wanna make U love me
(Do U love me?)
Come on baby, U can take it (My heart) (Come on and take it)
It's real love - I wanna make it (I wanna)
But U won't love me, love me (But U won't)
U won't love me, baby
What's a man 2 do?
What is this man gonna do?

I can't make U love me if U don't
I want U 2 (love me) love me
I need U 2 (kiss me, yeah)
Oh darlin' (Love me)
Love me {x5}

Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close between your thighs
(I can't make U love me)

Mr. Happy

{"Microphone check" sample repeated in song}

Turn off that weak jam, man
Come on, huh
Mr. Happy's here, huh, and we're buggin'

CHORUS:
I will take care of U
Whatever U want, I do it right
Oh, I will take care of U
Mr. Happy every day and night, oh

I got some money, I got some juice
But somethin's funny, I ain't got U
I comes 2 party (Yeah), don't wanna be alone
I need somebody - somebody grown

CHORUS

Oh yeah

Sugarbaby, with the curly hair
Dancin' crazy, underwear
Witcha name on it, lookin' fine ("Bought a house next 2 Prince") (Fine)
Keep smackin' that booty and U'll be mine

CHORUS

Pump it up, pump it up
Brown man, puffin' on a weak jam
Understand this is 80 proof
Guaranteed 2 get your girl loose if she douche
Throw your set up 2 the roof, huh
Third finger down, if U're wild, make a sound
Look at my people gettin' on down (Get down, get down)
Skip the Remy and let me have some Mary Tyler Moore of that new
power soul
Comin' from the midwest passin' every test with a fuzztone remote control

CHORUS {x2}
(Yeah)
(Come on)

Yeah, one, well
I'll make your love come down like a freakin' elevator
In the middle of the night, body vibratin' like a pager
U play the drink, baby, I'll play the chaser
Do I love U? I can't love U cuz I hate cha
See, U got this bad case of the sad face
Dinner at 8, then intercourse at my place
Keep the drapes open, VCR, the whole bit
I know it sound sick, but baby, let's make a flick
Mr. Happy, babydoll, I came 2 do damage (I will take care of U)
Rock your world, knock your brain 2 another planet
U know my north pole can generate heat
Been thinkin' about me? Hmm, I can see them stains in your sheets
Before the reputation, they all used 2 pass me (I will take care of U)

Yeah?

Now they stop 2 ask me

4 real?

Straight up, the lifestyle of Mr. Happy

Yeah

Oh, I will take care of U
Whatever U want, I do it right, oh
Mr. Happy every day and night ("Bought a house next 2 Prince")
(Yeah)

2 these walls I talk
Tellin' 'em what I wasn't strong enough 2 say
2 these walls I talk
Tellin' 'em how I cried the day U went away

How do we ever lose communication?
How do we ever lose each other's sound?
Baby, if U wanna, we can fix the situation
Maybe we can stop the rain from coming down

Yeah

In this bed I scream
Lonely nights I lay awake thinking of U
And if I'm cursed with a dream
A thousand times I feel whatever I've put U through

Tell me, how're we gonna put this back 2gether?
How're we gonna think with the same mind?
Knowing all along that life is so much better
Living and loving 2gether all the time

Living and loving

In this bed I, in this bed I, in this bed I scream

In this car I drive
I'm looking 4 the road that leads back 2 the soul we shared
With my very life
I'd gladly be the body upon the cross we bear (Cross we bear)

How do we ever lose communication? (How did we?)
How do we ever lose each other's sound? (I don't know)
Baby, if U wanna, we can fix the situation
Maybe we can stop the rain from coming down

Maybe we can't, maybe we can
Stop the rain, stop the rain

In this bed I, in this bed I, in this bed I scream
I scream

In this bed I scream

Sex in the summer, gettin' it on
Gimme that number, we can party all night long

CHORUS:
Sex in the summer, gettin' it on
Gimme that number, we can party all night long
Checkin' 4 bikinis, layin' in the sand
Rub it like a genie, livin' while we can

Afternoon in the city, somewhere in July
Policemen actin'... yeah, U know, de-elevate a brotha's high
The mama's in the short dress, blowin' in the breeze
The papa's just a-prayin' 4 the gust that will bust that butt out, please, oh!

(CHORUS)
Here we go - Oh
All 7 - Hey
Baby, baby - Get naughty
Mmm, uh

Everybody's got a black book in case of emergency
In case the sun is shinin' at the beach and the honeys are out 2 play
The cool boys just a-watchin' all the pretty moves U make
Frontin' in the sun, jammin' 4 the one lover that U wanna take home

(CHORUS)
Here we go - Hey
All 7 - All night long
Baby, baby - Summertime
Uh, uh

Sex in the summer, sex in the summertime
It will be fine

Checkin' out Mahalia's greatest - "In The Upper Room"
When my boy Kirk calls singin'
"Hope we get 2gether soon (soon, soon)
We can fire up the Honda and pick up Rhonda
We can jam on a brand new tune
Improvise all through the night, it'll be just like havin'..."

(CHORUS)
Oh oh oh oh - We'll get it on
All 7 - Party, darlin'
Baby, baby - Oh oh oh oh
Uh, uh

Can't U feel the new day dawning? All believers will see
An end 2 suffering and every disease
Every waking hour will soon be spent kissin' each other
Angelic sisters and brothers
Clap your hands 4 one another, we'll be havin'...

CHORUS
Oh oh oh oh - Busy busy
Give it 2 me - All night long
Ooh yeah
Rub me, rub me - Livin' while we can, baby

Sex in the summer, gettin' it on
Gimme that number, we can party all night long

Sex in the summer

Sex in the summer
Get it on!
Sex in the summer
Right on!
Get it on!
Sex in the summer

Come here, baby
Come and get your come on

Oh, I see this is what U wanted
One kiss at a time
(I got 2 be) I got 2 be up on it
If I want 2 make U mine

This is something every girl should know
Every part of U comes alive when U take it slow
Every nervous twitch that happens when my tongue is there
Your lips, up and down your back and every single hair
It all makes up the beauty of your grand design
Every man has got a duty and 2night I want 2 do mine

(Oh, I see) Oh, I see this is what U wanted
One kiss at a time
(I got 2 be) I got 2 be up on it, yeah
If I want 2 make U mine

This is something every man should see
Give your woman what she wants and give her what she needs
(What she needs {x3})
Ask her in a whisper that only 2 can hear
What can I do, what can I say, baby?
Forget your every single fear
Slowly I pull your strap down and touch U as if 2 heal (heal)
Layer by layer, inch by inch, until your true love is revealed

Oh, I see, ooh, this is what U wanted, baby
One kiss at a time
I got 2 be, I got 2 be up on it
If I want 2 make U mine

If every man could love their woman the way that I love U
Time would stop and the sky would fall
And all could see the glory of what true love could bring
That's why I sing
Oh, I see

(Oh, I see) Mmm, this is what U wanted
One kiss at a time
I got 2 be on my knees, I.. I.. I.. I gotta please
(If I want 2 make U mine)

Only, only, only way 2 get your come on, all night long
One kiss at a time (And I know that's right)
(I gotta stay) I gotta stay, [good and long] (Now come on)
On this Valentine

Come on (Come and get your come on)
Get your come on, baby
One kiss at a time
Come on, baby, let's get this on
One kiss at a time
Uh huh, yeah
One kiss at a time {x2}

Loving U in silence, knowing that it's right
Under your gaze I ponder this love 2night
Unbothered by the chaos swirling 'round outside
In your arms is where I want 2 live and die

Someplace where your face is all that I see
Where the love we make intoxicates intensively
In a mirror where your sweet reflection used 2 be
There is hope, there is joy, my soul sanctuary
My soul sanctuary

Loving U in silence, neverending kiss
Under your gaze I can peacefully exist
Sanctuary, baby, nothing compares 2 this
In my darkest hour U can be my bliss (Bliss)

All of me I give 2 thee down at your feet
The reassurance in your rhythm speaks 2 me
Over and over your screams are like a prayer
In the dark, U are there (U are there), my soul sanctuary
Ooh, my soul sanctuary

Loving U in passion unmolested in this garden
Mango and nectarine, sweet honeydew, I beg your pardon
My mouth runneth over from ecstasy
It's true (it's true), baby, I love the taste of U

Loving U in silence, knowing that it's right
Under your gaze I ponder this love 2night
Unbothered by the chaos swirling around outside
In your arms is where I wanna live and die

Someplace (someplace) where your face is all that I see (All that I see)
Where the love we make intoxicates intensively (Intensively)
In a mirror (mirror) where your sweet (sweet) reflections used 2 be
There is hope, there is joy, my soul sanctuary
My soul sanctuary
(My, my, my, my, my soul) My soul sanctuary
Oh, my soul sanctuary
Soul sanctuary

Ooh aah ooh {x2}

The emale left so clearly upon a computer screen
Read like a threat that crept into her like a sex machine
Wanted: Any woman who's first name begins with a "Z"
From the sound of the keys, a pawn makes a move
Her reply brings on the groove

www.emale.com
The king takes the pawn
www.emale.com
It's on, it's on, it's on!

He couldn't wait 2 tell her 'til after he got the nella
Her love would only even the score
It seemed her darling fella
He stole a hellalotta bucks from the corner store
The declaration of war that followed
She never believed, oh

In the darkest corners where widows mourn
That's where he whispered her name
He said, "We can do it here, my dear
But I fear your tears will fall like rain"
They fall like...

"Because I must tell U (Tell U)
While I'm deep in your smell
U got the man I want 2 inflict with pain
I'm running a game with my paper
I'm turning the boy 2 vapor
Now I wanna do the same 2 U
If U don't tattoo my name upon your train"

www.emale.com (Oh, the king takes the pawn)
The king takes the pawn (Oh)
www.emale.com
It's on, it's on, it's on! (It's on, it's on)

www.emale.com
The king takes the pawn
www.emale.com (www)
It's on, it's on, it's on! (I said it's on, it's on, it's on)

It's on

In a room full of harlots and fantasy
Destiny beckoned us there
Curious child on the balcony
We took the dare

Careless I was 2 caress thee
Yet never regretting the time
The joy that we shared, it was meant 2 be
And not a crime
No, it's not a crime

If memory serves us, we will align
2 the truth that we most often share
Curious child, U are on my mind
Do U care?

If the wind blew every petal from your precious red rose
Would U be afraid of what U'd find inside?

When I'm alone in my room
I can't stop dreaming about U, dreaming about U
When I'm alone in my room
I can't stop dreaming about U, dreaming about U
And every time I do what I need 2 do
I can't stop dreaming about U, dreaming about U

Revolving around every word that is spoken
Like the planets around the sun
I want U
Your tongue is a great persuader
Yeah, U got me sold
And when I'm alone in my room just watching a rose
I dream about U, I dream about U

When I'm alone in my room, yeah
I can't stop dreaming about U
When I'm alone in my room, baby, baby
I can't stop dreaming about U, dreaming about U
And every time I do what I need 2 do
I can't stop dreaming about U, dreaming about U

When my sane twin reigns
Claiming your aim is 2 maim my subconscious into being with U
I dream about U
Betting on the notion that if my lustier twin prevails
Like the ruins of Rome, I'll lie helpless at your feet
Yeah, when I'm alone
I dream about U, I dream about U

I dream about U, baby
When I'm alone in my room
I dream about U, my baby
I dream about U, U, U

(And here we stand)
And here we stand amidst your core (U)
Like the petals on this rose I adore (U)
The inside (The inside)
If the inside is kind
Kind in a sense that one would come from all
And the wish that U wish will come true if U call
But if not, (U will fall) U will fall
And I'll still be alone (Just dreaming about U)
With this ball in my stomach just dreaming about U (Dreaming about U)

If U wanna we can kick it, baby, joint 2 joint

CHORUS:
(Sex me) - Uh, yeah (safe), joint 2 joint
(Sex me) - Uh, yeah (safe), kick it, baby, joint 2 joint
(Sex me) - Uh, yeah (safe), joint 2 joint
(Sex me) - Uh, yeah

Before I melt the wax 2 quizzical
Let me just say that U are physically
The most toned one I've ever seen
U're making me proud 2 be a human be-i-ng (Uh huh!)
And if we're ever naked in the same machine
I'm gonna lick it, baby, joint 2 joint

CHORUS

So first I need a picture of your mother
2 verify the fact that there's not another
One in the universe so supreme
Damn, U got the rock 2 give a brotha cream (Cream)
And if we're ever naked in the same machine
I'm gonna lick it, baby, joint 2 joint

(Sex me) - Uh, yeah (safe), joint 2 joint
(Sex, sex, sex me) - If U wanna we can kick it, baby, joint 2 joint
(Sex me) - Oh yeah, I got some hot sauce, joint 2 joint (Ha ha ha)
(Sex me) - Said kick it baby, joint 2 joint (Right on, ha ha ha)
(Sex me) - Yeah (safe)

Come upstairs 2 my room

Joint 2 joint (I never sucked...) {x2}

I never sucked sour splints from a chew stick
Don't lick bics cuz fire sticks 2 flame (flame)
Get wicks 2 catch brothers who choose 2 let burns remain
Now I see all Dicks, Toms and Harrys are not the same
Some dipped in my lower lip, sipped a supple poison (poison {x3})

Joint 2 joint (I never sucked...) {x4}

(Come with me, 4 those who wanna change)
(But nothing comes 4 free)

Joint 2 joint, nothing comes 4 free
If U show your love, U can get with me
U can get with me, U can get with me
Joint 2 joint

Up the stairs 2 my lovely room
Stroke your face and U're under soon
Sittin' in the corner in your underwear
Lettin' me caress your nappy hair

Joint 2 joint, nothing comes 4 free
If U show your love, U can get with me
And if U light my candle, we can share the stone
Flames of desire, sweet gypsy moans
Sweet gypsy moans
Joint 2 joint {x3}

Joint 2 joint, nothing comes 4 free

Oh great, now U think U're my soulmate
U don't even know what kind of cereal I like
Wrong! Cap'n Crunch with soy milk
Cuz cows are 4 calves
U'd probably take me 4 half
U don't love me, U're a faker
U just want me 4 my acres

(Na na, na na na na)
Joint 2 joint {x3}

Joint 2 joint, nothing comes 4 free (Sex me)
If U show your love, U can get with me {repeat in a loop}
(Na na, na na na na) (Nothing comes 4 free)
If we're ever naked in the same machine
Baby, we can kick it joint 2 joint

Where 2?

I..I don't know
An..anywhere, just drive

It's me
I'm just drivin'
Listen, I need 2 get with U
No, I mean 4, I mean 4 good
I'm serious this time
Nah, that's all over now, U know it
I front sometimes, but U know, this is as quiet as it's kept...
Listen, I just gotta get outta here, that's all
Let me call U back, alright?
Yeah, yeah, later

Let's go down 2 the holy river
If we drown then we'll be delivered

U can still see the picture upon the wall
One eye staring at nothing at all
The other one trying 2 focus through all your tears
U can try and try but there's nothin' 2 hide
U can't run from yourself and what's inside
U got 2 find the answers 2 the questions that U most fear

So over and over U ask your soul
Why'd U come down 2 a world so cold?
And the voice inside says 2night the truth will be told

U surrounded yourself with all the wrong faces
Spending your time in all the wrong places
Puttin' your faith in things that only make U cry
People say they love U when they wanna help
But how can they when U can't help yourself?
The more they say they love U, the more U just wanna die
So here we go again, the self analysis
Have another glass of Port and uh.. forget this
The band's playin' at the club 2night and they're bound 2 groove

There U are, U think U're high
U can't ask yourself cuz U'd only lie
If U had a dollar 4 every time U tried

U can't call nobody cuz they'll tell U straight up
Come and make love when U really hate 'em
Relationships based on the physical are over and done
They're over and done (They're over and done)
U'd rather have fun
With only one, with only one
Only one... one (one)

And then it hit 'cha like a fist on a wall
Who gave U life when there was none at all?
Who gave the sun permission 2 rise up everyday? (Ooh, oh yes)
Let me tell it (Go'n)
If U ask God 2 love U longer
Every breath U take will make U stronger
Keepin' U happy (happy) and proud 2 call His name (Go'n and say it)
Jesus (Jesus)

And over and over U ask your soul
Why'd U come down 2 a world so cold?
And the voice inside said 2night the truth will be told
And this time I was listening, hear me

Let's go down 2 the holy river
If we drown then we'll be delivered (Yes we will)
If we don't then we'll never see the light (No)
If U die before U try
U'll have 2 come back and face the light (Oh yes)
When U believe it, U got a good reason 2 cry (Oh my, my)

So I went on down 2 the holy river
I called my girl and told her I had something 2 give her
I asked her 2 marry me and she said yes, I cried
Oh, that night I drowned in her tears and mine
And.. and instead of a glass of sorrow and wine
Looking back y'all, I don't miss nothing except the time
And when I see that picture upon the wall
The one eye staring at nothing at all
My eyes trying 2 focus but these are much different tears
Oh, yes they are
Let's go down 2 the holy river {x3}

Let's go down 2 the holy river {x3}

I can't wait no more, no
Let's have a baby
What are we livin' 4? Tell me
Let's make love, let's make love

So long have I gazed into your eyes
Wonderin' what they'd look like on a newborn child
I cannot lie when my hand is on your thighs
I'm thinking, isn't it a miracle that life comes from inside?
So long I have listened 2 your voice
Wonderin' what it would sound like coming from a girl or a boy
Isn't it funny that when U're truly in love
How just the thought of such things can bring U so much joy?

And I can't wait no more, oh no
Let's have a baby
Oh girl, come and shut the door, go on, shut it
Let's make love
U wanna make love?

I'm leaving it up 2 U
I'll do what U want 2 do
But U got 2 understand
U're my woman and I'm your man
I can't even go 4 a ride
Believe me, honey, I've tried
Without thinking about a little baby
A baby sittin' right by my side
And if anybody in the whole wide world
Ever thought that they could do that 4 me
They are one mistaken girl
Cuz baby, U got me, U got me open, yes U do
And we're doing just fine
If U really love me, baby
If U can find the time

I can't wait no more
Let's have a baby
Don't U wanna?
What are we livin' 4? Tell me, tell me
Let's have a baby
Come on, come on and shut the door, girl
U know what I wanna do
Let's.. let's make love

Saviour

How did I ever come this far without U, baby?
What was I thinkin', what was I tryin' 2 be?
Never did U ever give me reason 2 doubt U, baby
U are my destiny and this I truly see

I can see we're like 2 petals from the same flower, baby
We're like 2 branches from the same tree
Whenever I look in your eyes, I can see a paradise
U're my saviour, U're all I ever need (Saviour)

I used 2 say, no one lover could have me, no one lover
That was before my eyes had seen the light
2 make love with another, uh uh, I couldn't do it, no way (Couldn't do it)
U're my saviour (saviour), U're the only one that does it right

Can't U see we're like 2 petals from the same flower, baby?
We're like 2 branches from the same tree
Whenever I look in your eyes, I can see a paradise
U're my saviour, U're all I ever need

What would I be without your love around me?
(Oh, what would I be, oh, without your love?)
What would I see, U constantly astound me
(Oh baby, U know U constantly astound me)
Saviour {repeated}

Yeah!
Well, oh!
(Saviour)

Oh, how did I (how did I) come this far
Without U, baby? (without U, baby) I don't know
What was I thinkin' (what was I thinkin')
What was I tryin' 2 be? (I don't know)
But what I do know is that...

(Can't U see we're like) We're like 2 petals from the same flower, baby
We're like 2 branches from the same tree
(2 drops of water from the same sea)
Whenever I look in your eyes, I can see a paradise
U're my saviour, U're all I...
U're my saviour, U're all I ever...
U're my saviour, U're all I ever need (Saviour)
Saviour, U're all I ever need

Saviour, U (I do)
U are my flower, baby (flower)
Ooh, every, every hour (hour)
Oh, yes U are
Won't U come and justa... (Won't U come and justa...)
Rain, I said rain!
(Won't U come and justa...)
Rain, rain, rain!
(...rain some of your sweet love down on me?)
Down on me! {x2}
Saviour! Saviour! Saviour!
Yeah! {repeated}
Down on me!

Instrumental

If I ever held a hand
It was only because I'd never held your hand
That was part of the plan
I had 2 get it right if I was 2 be your man

And if I ever kissed your lips
I needed time 2 cross the others off my list (off my list)
A higher high 2 the trip (trip)
I wanted U 2 go, that was my wish - yes it was

(Ooh my) Friend, lover, sister, mother/wife
Air, food, water, love of my life

If I ever shared a bed
It was only cuz I wanted 2 live up 2 what the people said, oh yes
(What they say?) {x5}
Now I'm livin' instead
Everyday just 2 say U're the only one who's in my head
(The only one) {x2}
Oh yes U are

And if I ever made U cry
All I have 2 do is think about it and I just wanna die (I just wanna die)
(I just wanna break down and die, die, die, die)
How I'd ever make it by (I don't know) without U, baby (without U, baby)
I don't know (No!), I hope I never have 2 try, yeah
(Please don't ever leave me)
Oh, listen 2 me

(Ooh my) Friend, lover, sister, mother/wife
(My sweet, sweet friend, lover, sister, mother/wife)
Air, food, water, love of my life

The eyes of my child I see every time U look at me
(I see a sweet baby smile)
A sweet baby smile like a light that shines 4 all 2 see

(And if I ever held a hand) If I ever held a hand
Oh, 'twas only cuz I'd never held yours
That was part of, part of the plan
I had 2 get it right (right) if I was 2 be your man because...

(Ooh my) Friend, lover, sister, mother/wife
(Friend, lover, sister, mother/wife)
My, my, my, my air, my food, my water, love of my life (I love U)
(Everlasting life)

Teacher (teacher), healer (healer), feeler (feeler), sight 4 sore eyes
(Let me look at your eyes - U're so pretty)
Oh, yes U are, baby
(Ooh my) Don't U know U're my friend, my lover, my sister, love of my life (mother/wife)
Yeah, baby, yes U are

{"Te amo" is "I love U"}
(Ooh my) Friend (te amo), lover (te amo), sister (te amo), mother/wife
(Hug me, hug me, hug me baby, U are my life)
(I'll stay with U 4ever) {x2}
Till death do us part, baby (Yes sir!)
Air (te amo), food (te amo), water (te amo), love (love of my life)
U are the only, only love of my life

My friend, lover, sister, mother/wife

CHORUS:
Everybody keeps tryin' 2 break my heart
Everybody except 4 me
I just want a chance 2 play the part
The part of someone truly free

Like candle slowly burning, I can feel my world unravel
Hemisphere upon hemisphere lie beneath my soul, soul
My enemies kept it turning, but now they pound the gavel
And judging me accordingly, I know, I know

CHORUS

Hey! {x3}
Oh

Burning slowly candle, handle careless they did
Merrily down 3 heartbreak boulevards
Like fashion statements, they lie "U be lookin' so good 2night, kid"
I do my best 2 party, it's just that everybody keeps tryin' 2 break my heart

(CHORUS)
Except 4 me (Except 4 me)
I just want a chance 2 play

(Just wanna be free)

Slowly candle burns, where'd they learn hypnosis?
How'd they keep me under 4 so long?
Break the bread I earn, just keep me far from closest
I need their kind 2 illustrate what's wrong - what's wrong?

Well, I'll tell U they just keep tryin' 2 break my heart (CHORUS)
They just keep tryin' 2 break my heart, ow!

(Everybody) {x2}

CHORUS

But I can't let U break my heart

(Everybody keeps tryin' 2 break my heart)
Slave! (Everybody keeps tryin' 2 break my heart)
Slave! Slave! (Everybody keeps tryin' 2 break my heart)
Slave!

New world {x4}

When the sharpest vibration
Saves U from obliteration
The intelligence of your bed reacts
Covering U head 2 toe with an air-filled sack

CHORUS:
When the lines blur every boy and girl
How we gonna make it in this brave new world?
Love 4 one another - New world
Love 4 one another - New world

When U wanna find some isolation
But the tracker U got from vaccination (Keeps playin')
Keeps playin' - "U'll never walk alone" (Over and over)
They're always listening, especially on the phone

CHORUS

Wait a minute
New world

Did U hear about the new pill? It feels like sex!
Guaranteed 2 thrill with no ill side-effects
A pill that will stop the wrinkles, a pill that will stop the pain
A pill that will make a baby never seek political gain
What's it all 4 when U can alter biology?
Who or what, then my friend, will U and I be? {x2}

When the sharpest vibration
Saves U from obliteration
When the melting pot stirs, how U gonna take it?
When U can't tell him from her, how U gonna fake it?

When the lines blur every boy and girl
How U gonna make it in this brave new world?
Love 4 one another - New world
Love 4 one another (How U gonna take it?)
(How U gonna fake it?)
Love 4 one another (How U gonna take it?)
(New world) New world

New world

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! {x2}

Can U take me home
Where we can be alone?
Can U make me happy
Till my pain is gone?
Can U get me excited?
Excited enough 2 thank the God above 4 the human body

Yeah, yeah, yeah
4 the human body
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Can U get me excited
Till my love is long?
Can U let me ride it (Oh yeah)
Till the early morn'?
Can U freak me dirty?
Freak me till I thank the God above 4 the human body

Yeah, yeah, yeah
4 the human body

(Slave!) {x4}

(Dead like Elvis) {sample repeated in song}

Check, check, 1 2, check
U know what he's sayin'?

Face down! {x2}

Somebody once told him that he wouldn't take Prince through the ringer
Let him go down as a washed up singer
Ain't that a bitch?
Thinkin' all along that he wanted 2 be rich
Never respected the root of all evil and he still don't 2 this day, huh
Bury him face down, let the motherfuckers kiss a ass, OK?

Face down! {x2}

Told 'em he wanted 2 sing a song about a black child goin' buck wild
And they just laughed in his face
Talk 2 your lawyer but U got no case
What U need 2 do is keep your place
Next time U pull a card, it better be a ace motherfucker
Or U can lay face down (Face down!)

1 2
Face down! 1 2

Horn {x2}
Bass {x2}

Him and her meaning who I'm singin' about
And his psychoanalyst kinda saw the catalyst
As the devil with the blue jeans on, huh
Ain't it kinda funny when U see the dawn?
Sign the name they gave ya
But when them motherfuckers turn around ass up, U're what?

Face down! 1 2
Face down! New Power Generation in the house, bury 'em all
Face down! Yes, oh Lord
Face down!

Orchestra {x3}
Face down!
Orchestra
Face down!

It's in his will, I read it
He shot 2 kill, he said it
4 those who know the number and don't call
Hmph, fuck all y'all

Face down! {x3}

Hey girl, I bet U didn't know I had both eyes on U
It's true
And U know what? I seen all those other guys 2
Baby, frankly, I don't give a damn

Many guys have come 2 U
With a line that wasn't true
And U'd pass 'em by (Pass them by)
Though U're in the center ring
And their lines don't mean a thing
Why don't U let me try? (Let me try)

Now I don't wear a diamond ring
I don't even know a song 2 sing
All I know is...

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la means I love U, oh baby
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la means I love U

If I ever saw a girl
That I needed in this world
U are the one 4 me
Let me hold U in my arms
Gonna fill U with my charms
I'm sure that U will see (U will see)

The things I am sayin' are true
And the way I wanna explain them 2 U
Baby, can U listen 2 me?

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la means I love U, oh baby
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la means I love U, yeah

So there, the book is open
What U wanna do?
Can U do-o-o me, baby, like I wanna do U?
Come here, let me hold U in my arms
Let me fill U with my charms

The things I am sayin' are true
And the way I explain them 2 U
Yes, 2 U!

(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la means I love U) {repeat in BG}
(La, la, la, la, la (means) I love U) I love U, I really, really love U
Ooh listen 2 me, baby
Ooh, I love U, I love ya, love ya
Ooh, take my hand, girl
U gotta understand
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be your man

U know where 2 find me when U make up that mind

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la means I love U, yeah

Style

(Style) Style, uh!
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Style, dig it
(Style) Style, come on
Uh, style

Style is not something that comes in a bottle
Style is more like Jackie O. when she was doin' Aristotle
Style is not a logo that sticks 2 the roof of one's ass
Style is like a second cousin 2 class

U got it! - Style, come on
U got it! - Style, say what?
U got it! - Style, come on
U got it! - Style, check it

Style ain't sittin' court side with the owner of the team
Style is owning the court and charging 'em all a fee
Style is not lusting after someone because they're cool
Style is loving yourself 'til everyone else does 2

U got it! - Style, come on
U got it! - Style, maybe
U got it! - Style, well well
U got it! - Style

Bridge:
Style don't get drunk on a Saturday night
Try 2 dress up every Sunday mornin' bright
Style don't get married then break the vow in a year
Style is keepin' a promise
Raise your hand y'all if U hear me

(Style) {x2}

Style is not biting style when U can't find the funk
Style is the face U make on a Michael Jordon dunk
Style ain't the jeep U bought when U know your broke ass got bills
Style is lettin' your lover drive while U talk on the phone and chill

U got it! - Style
U got it! - Style, maybe
U got it! - Style, come on
U got it! - Style

Bridge:
Style is a gold-tooth smile with an attitude
Style is a peaceful wild postin' the rude
Style is growing your own food
Style is a non-violent march
Style is an accurate account of what's inside every heart (Style)

Style is not a lie
Style is a man that cries
Style is the glow in a pregnant woman's eyes

(Style) {x4}

U got it! - Style, come on
U got it! - Style, do that, do that
U got it! - Style, got it?
U got it! - Style, mad, come on

(Style) U got it! - Yeah
(Style) U got it!
Style is a peaceful wild y'all
(Style) U got it! - Style
(Style) U got it!
Style is not thinking about style
So let me stop (Style)

(Style) {repeats in BG}
It's nice man
What U call that?
Style, I like that
It's about me?
(Keep, keep, keepin' on, people gotta keep, keep, keepin' on)
Right on (U got it!)
I ain't got no job, but I got style
Style, yeah

(Style) U got it!
Oh yeah
Hang on, hang on...

Style is buying your moms a house
Style is a clean mouth
Style is puppy breath
Style is no fear of death
Style is Ali's jab
Style is hailing a cab (Style)
Then U know, givin' 'em the finger when they pass your ass!

(Style) (U got it!) Bonnie, Bonnie
(Style) (U got it!) Oh yeah
(Style) Shirley, shake your ass, Shirley
(Sytle) Shirley, Shirley, I love U, Shirley

(Style) (U got it!) {repeat in BG)
Style is Mayte in the shower
Style is a soul new power
Style is when all black men are free
Style is U and me

(U got it!) {x3}

Do it like she like, do it like she like it {x4}

CHORUS:
Do it like she like it
So your baby don't wanna sleep around
Give her what she want when she want
When it come 2 U, she down

Baby let me read her journal
Or should I say: she turned around and it was gone
The innuendo reads eternal
Or should I say: every other page I'm on
When she come 2 cook your dinner
U can ask her if what I say is true
The secret will remain within her
But her shade of red will turn yours blue

CHORUS

Maybe U recall last summer
When U saw her ridin' in my car
A kiss or 2 later she was back in your bed
Smellin' like a fallen star
Just because she's fine
U think she don't wine & dine with everyone U know
Oh, long as U're fooled, I'm cool
She says she gonna put me in a video
U need 2...

CHORUS

Oh yeah!
Sleep around, sleep around {x2}

I'm the one who sent the herbs and a book on how 2 use them
I'm the one who pointed out her fears and how 2 lose them
And if a difference love will make
This advice U oughta take

Baby let me read her journal
Or should I say: she turned around and it was gone
The innuendo reads eternal
Or should I say: every other page I'm on
U need 2...

Do it like she like, do it like she like it (Sleep around) {x3}
Do it like she like it, like it, like it...

Do it like she like it
So your baby don't wanna sleep around
Give her what she want when she want it
When it come 2 U, she down
Sleep around, sleep around

Do it like she like it
So your baby don't wanna sleep around
(I'm watchin' U, baby) (Do it like she like it, do it)
Give her what she want when she want it
When it come 2 U, she down
(Do it like she like)
Sleep around, sleep around

Do it like she like, do it like she like it {x4}

(Sleep around) {x5}

Do it like she like {x5}
Do it like she like it
Do it like she like
Do it {x10}
Do it like she like it (Sleep around)

Da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da, da

(Yeah y'all, it's like that y'all, it's like "Bet Your Life")
{sample repeated in song}

Yeah
It's like rolling in a Bronco pumpin' them pumps
U know what I'm sayin'?
On Broadway or somethin', U know what I'm sayin'?
Yo yo, straight up
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey yo, call the paddywagon, I've seen a black boy cash stackin'
Smirk on my face screamin', "Fuck the Grand Dragon"
4 the fast cash, we be thinkin' 2 slow
Clownin' each others on the damn talk shows
I don't wanna house but I gotta stick and rob
I got a disease, it's called "Can't find a job"
Smokin' on the herbs help me see a little better
Lookin' 4 a job in this cold ass weather

Watch out, I'm tryin' 2 get my shit 2gether (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
Yeah - da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
(Gotta keep it goin', gotta keep it goin')
It's been kinda lonely (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
Da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da)
(Gotta keep it goin', gotta keep it goin')

Hey yo, as soon as I come home, I'm stressed by my mama
Questionin' my whereabouts like I'm the Unabomber
Question mark, comma, freeze all the drama
Intensive care flows 4 all U hos smacked with trauma
As I sit back with my blunt and gin
Grab a pen, write a song about a million black men
Tryin' 2 blame all this violence on gangs
What about those fools who kill 4 nothin' and hijack planes?
(Let me hear U...)

Get your shit 2gether (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
Da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
(Gotta keep it goin', gotta keep it goin')
Da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
Da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da)
(Gotta keep it goin', gotta keep it goin')

Yo, I'm goin' 4 the gold like a olympic sprinter
Fuck the bullshit, steaks 4 dinner this winter
Yo, I've seen a murder scene that left a fool scarred
Plus I saw a prisonyard way before a schoolyard
Time's rough plus time's runnin' out
My mom said if I trip one more time, I'm gettin' kicked out
And I ain't tryin' 2 make excuses
But lookin' 4 a job in the ghetto is fuckin' useless (Let me hear U sing)

Get your shit 2gether, straight up (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
Yeah, uh - da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
(Let me hear U sing)
Da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
Da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da)

Ask yourself your destination
What the source of your inspiration be
And U will find a spirit tryin' 2 get back 2 the mind
How U was in your mama's belly
Live and let live was the order of the day
What U say?
Loving one another is the only way!

Da, da, da, da, da, da, da
If U believe in one thing, if U believe in 2 things
(Da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
If U believe in anything then let me hear U sing
"Da, da, da, da, da, da, da"
Keep on believin' (Da, da, da, da, da, da)
Lord

(Yeah y'all, it's like that y'all, it's like "Bet Your Life")
(Yeah y'all)
(Come on)
(Yeah y'all) {x2}
(It's like "Bet Your Life")
(Yeah y'all, it's like "Bet Your Life") {x3}
(Yeah)

"Welcome, U've got mail" {AOL sample}

(Computer) {sample repeats in BG}
It was Sunday night, instead of doing what I usually do I..

CHORUS:
I scan my computer looking 4 a site
Somebody 2 talk 2, funny and bright
I scan my computer looking 4 a site
Make believe it's a better world, a better life

Nothing on TV I ain't seen before
Another murder on the news, I can't take no more
Evil Incorporated, blowing up bombs and thangs
I have a child, huh, I have a lot 2 explain
I could write a letter, but who would I send it 2?
It was Sunday night, instead of doing what I usually do I..

CHORUS

I called an old friend of mine just the other day
No congratulations, no respect paid
All she did was wonder if the rumors were true
I said - "No, I ain't dead yet, but uh.. what about U?"
I can count my friends with a peace sign: 1, 2
It was Sunday night, instead of doing what I usually do I..

I scan my computer looking 4 a site
Somebody 2 talk 2, funny and bright (Oh)
I scan my computer looking 4 a site
Make believe it's a better world, a better life (A better life)

I got no mail, my computer

I told them I don't wanna see a doctor unless he's lonely 2
Every Sunday night, instead of doing what I usually do I..

I scan my computer looking 4 a site
Somebody 2 talk 2, funny and bright
I scan my computer looking 4 a site
Make believe it's a better world (Make believe it's a better world)
A better life {x52}

"Goodbye" {AOL sample}

(We didn't write this song, but listen)

If God had a name, what would it be
And would we call it 2 His face
If we were faced with Him and all His glory?
What would U ask if U had just one question?

Yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

CHORUS:
What if God was one of us?
Just a slave like one of us?
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' 2 make His way home

If God had a face, what would it look like
And would U wanna see it
If seeing meant that U would have 2 believe in things like heaven
And Jesus and the saints and all the prophets?

Yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

CHORUS

Yeah

Yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob (slave) like one of us?
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' 2 make His way home

Like a holy rollin' stone
Back up 2 heaven all alone
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept 4 the Pope maybe in Rome
But He ain't home, He aint home, He ain't home!
No, no, no, He ain't home! {x2}
Oh yeah, oh!

(What if God was one us?) {x4}

The Love We Make

Desperate is the day that is 2morrow
4 those who do not know the time has come
2 whip the dogs that beg, steal or borrow
From the table God set 4 His Son

Wicked is the witch that stands 4 nothing
All the while watching 2 see U fall
Deeper than the ditch that bred your suffering
The one being dug right now by them all

Happy is the way 2 meet your burdens
No matter how heavy or dark the day
Pity on those with no hope 4 2morrow
It's never as bad as it seems until we say

Precious is the baby with a mother
That tells him that his Saviour is coming soon
All that believe will cleanse and purify themselves
Put down the needle, put down the spoon {x2}

Sacred is the prayer that asks 4 nothing, oh
While seeking 2 give thanks 4 every breath we take, oh
Blessed are we inside this prayer
4 in the new world, we will be there

The only love there is, is the love we make {x2}
(The only love there is, is the love we make)
Only love there is, only love there is
The only love there is, is the love we make (Yeah)
The only love there is, is the love we make

Ever since I was a little baby
I had 2 have double everything
When they tell me that's enough
That's when I wanna fill my cup
2 the top, Johnny, hear me sing

CHORUS:
Emancipation - free 2 do what I wanna
Emancipation - see U in the purple rain
Emancipation - free 2 do what I wanna
Emancipation - break the chain, break the chain

Ever since that Eve did unto Adam, alright
What somebody been sho'nuff doin' 2 me (Watch it!)
I've been tryin' 2 break the chain
Get my little ass out the game
I'd rather sing with a bit more harmony, oh

CHORUS

Johnny please, huh, when I was on my knees
My back was broken and my spirit ill at ease
And now it seems just like the autumn leaves
Your money's turned from green 2 brown and now U best believe

CHORUS

(Emancipation) {repeat in BG}
Break the chain, oh yeah
Well, sho'nuff
See U in the purple rain
Emancipation - free 2 do what I wanna
Break the.. break the.. break the chain!

Hey!
Alright!
Hey! {x4}

Emancipation
Free - don't think I ain't!

Emancipation