A Positive Place

Think from a positive positive place
And eliminate the negative base
Think from a positive positive place
And eliminate the negative base

If U think from a positive place
And try hard 2 eliminate the negative base
Then all the many colors runnin' round this world
Would create an unstoppable race
So come 2gether my brother and love one another
And let's make this a peaceful place
4 all the children 2 enjoy, every small girl and boy
This land we must not waste

CHORUS:
Think from a positive positive place
And eliminate the negative base
Think from a positive positive place
And eliminate the negative base
Think from a positive positive place
And eliminate the negative base
Think from a positive positive place
And eliminate the negative base

Negative is darkness, positive is light
Our communities are dying, the families are not tight
Parents get 2gether let's do this right (Let's do this right)
So our future is strong enough 2 win this fight

CHORUS

The enemy is darkness, God is light
Jealousy, envy, narrow-minded weary
Prejudice, bigotry, arrogance, leery
Vicious minds, soul unkind surely needs 2 feel thee

CHORUS
(Ooh, ohh) {repeat in background}

(New power, yeah)

(Clap your hands and stomp your feet) {"I No" sample} {fade out}
U want me 2 what?
(Clap your hands and stomp your feet)
Yo, what?

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Come Outside And Play

Can U come outside and play?!

Give me your name and number
Give me the keys 2 your ride
Put the top down
Let me cruise up the ocean side
Let me put my arm around U
Unsnap your self-consciousness
Take off everything except your stockings
I wanna kiss U more or less

Can U come outside and play? {"Play" repeats is BG of song}
Tell me baby, what do U say?

I got a bet goin' with my partner
That U're the best kisser in L.A.
If I'm, uh, out of line, U can tell me
But if I'm not, we can get busy

Come on baby, tell me what do U say?
Can U come outside and play?
Play! Play!

Take off everything except your stockings
I wanna kiss U more or less {x3}
I wanna... I wanna... I wanna...
I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna play!

I got a bet goin' with my partner
That U're the best kisser in L.A.
Come on baby, come on baby
Come on, come outside and play {x3}
Play

(Can U come outside and play?)
Come outside and play!
(Play) {x8}
(Can U come outside and play?)
(Play) {x15}
(Can U come..)
(Can U come..)
(Can U come outside..)
(Can U come outside and play?)

U'll be fine {segue}
We can withstand the test of time
It's all or nothing
Everything we do
Even when I can't be
Can't be with U

It doesn't mean U're any farther away
Just means we're still prisoners
Not entirely free
There's a new age dawning
Slowly opening heaven's door
Contrary 2 rumour
Heaven is keeping score

The New Power Generation has just taken control

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Don't Say U Love Me

(Don't say U love me) {x3}

If ever there was a girl of contradiction, baby, that girl is U
One minute U are a stranger, the next U're my guru
How I miss those moments when I'd crawl into your arms
We were perfect lovers then, what happened 2 your charm?

Don't say that U love me, baby, cuz I don't wanna know
Our love is like a roller coaster, up and down we go

Don't say U love me, I'm sick of this push and pull
U can't even love yourself so 2 love me, U're incapable
Don't say U love me, I am not a fool
Say anything, just please don't say U love me

I've been so naive and blind 2 think U'd do no wrong
Yes, I'm still a dreamer, but the little boy is gone
U used 2 hug me, kiss me, touch me, lick me, fill me with your charm
Then my credit card was in your hand and U say don't be alarmed? (Whoa!)

Don't say that U love me, baby, cuz I don't wanna know
Our love is like a roller coaster, up and down we go

Don't say U love me, I'm sick of this push and pull
U can't even love yourself so 2 love me, U're incapable
Don't say U love me cuz I am not a fool
Say anything, just please don't say U love me

Locked in your prison, I forgot about me
But now, my dear, I am here 2 tell U I am free
This little story is not 4 your glory
It's time 2 pack your bags and don't forget 2 leave the key

Don't say U love me
Say anything, just don't say U love me

If ever there was a girl of contradiction, baby, that girl is U
One minute U are a stranger, the next U're my guru
U used 2 hug me, kiss me, touch me, lick me, fill me with all your charms
That was then, this is now

Don't say U love me cuz I don't wanna know
Our love is like a roller coaster, up and down we go
Don't say U love me, I'm sick of this push and pull
U can't even love yourself, 2 love me, U're incapable

Don't say U love me {x3}
Say anything, just please don't say U love me

Don't say that U love me, baby, cuz I am not a fool
Say anything, just please don't say U love me
No, I don't wanna hear it, just go!

Don't say U love me

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The Flow

Rock the house

Tony?

Yo?

What we gon' do now?

Rock 2 the F.L.O.W.

How?

Just like U're supposed 2

N.P.G. in max attack!

1, 2
(Ain't no stoppin' now!) {repeat in song}

Hang up on the sample
The time has come, forget the fun
I just begun my run
I'm bringin' hard just like a loaded gun
I must've claimed that the rest is mental
Break it down, let me kick the credential
Strong willed since the day I was born
In the flow when I'm bumpin' the norm
And I'm makin' it
Wonderin' if I'm fakin' it?
Wannabes in the 'hood kickin' back talkin' shit
U can't do it, he ain't nothin'
Gotta have a hole in a system that's bumpin'?
Fool, that's what they want U 2 think
Another punk caught in the bureaucratic gangk
And I ain't havin' it (Why?)
I work 2 hard
Hold me down, I'm just bored
Cuz statistics show I got the vote
U say U want some more?
Kick it up P, kick the flow

CHORUS:
Rock 2 the F.L.O.W.
Just like U're supposed 2 do
Rock 2 the F.L.O.W.
Just like U're supposed 2 do

U dare compare, son
U are unaware
2 make it, U see, takes a certain flair
4 some critics, the proudness and U
U know the ones that pay me like a well paid jigaboo (Whoo!)
They call me militant
2 them that represents a man who speaks his mind
And if U're hesitant 2 come correct in full effect
I give respect
Even if at times it means my neck
Yet U chastise and U criticize
But there's one thing U have not yet realized
I gotta movement
Oops, your lips stoop it
U try 2 diss me? (What?)
U look stupid
Yeah, but I forgive and forget
It makes me a stronger man
When my time not spent on an asshole
I just struck a blow
And 2 do that (What?)
U know it takes a flow

CHORUS
(Now everybody)
(Kick the flow)
(What's up?)

Michael B. in the house (Come on)
We got the juice
Michael B. in the house (Don't tell me we ain't funky) We're gettin' funky 2night

Rock, rock, rock the house

Tony, somebody wanna know who U sleep with, man

Contradiction, your prediction is that
Is it really important where I take my naps? (No!)
Or who I sleep with?
People with real minds will peep this out
Then there goes your clout
Another fool don't know what they're talkin' about
Like the brother who tried 2 approach and attempt 2 roast (What?)
And even boast about how he knew me when
Damn, here we go again
U never went 2 school as far as I know
And now U're tryin' 2 say that U're writin' a bio (Oops!)
About me?
Boy, I hate 2 say it: "Nigga, please!"
I've done things U never dreamed before
Ask what I'm kickin'?
Yo, I'm kickin' the flow

CHORUS
(We're gettin' funky 2night everybody)
(Kick the flow)
(Just give the drummer some, alright)

Michael B. in the house {x2} {ad libbed vocals in BG}

CHORUS
(We're gettin' funky 2night)

Tony?

Yo?

I'm gonna give U this groove, but U know what?

What's that?
Ha ha
Ha ha

Gonna give U this groove, but U know what?

What's that?

Got 2 give somethin' back

I gotcha covered P

Who, who, who, who, who turn the mutha out? MPLS
Who, who, who, who? Uh oh, here we go, here we go!
Who, who, who, who, who turn the mutha out? MPLS
Who, who, who, who? Uh oh, here we go, here we go!

Kick the flow

Start the rap all over again

Kick the flow

The time has come, forget the fun
I just begun my run
Kick, kick, kick, kick the flow

(Kick 'em)
Strong willed since the day I was born (Yeah)
In the flow when I'm bumpin' the norm
And I'm makin' it (Yeah)
Kick the flow

Kickin' back talkin' shit

Another punk caught in the bureaucratic gangk
And I ain't havin' it (Why?)
Kick the flow
Kick {x5}

CHORUS
(Kick the flow)
(Now everybody)
(Kick, kick, kick the flow)

Well paid jigaboo (Whoo!)

2 come correct in full effect
I give respect
Even at times it means my neck

What? Yeah

U try 2 diss me, U look stupid (What?)
But I forgive and forget
I just throw a blow and we do that jig
Take a bow

CHORUS
(Gettin' funky 2night)
(Give the drummer some)

Kick kick, kick kick, kick (Rock, rock)
Kick kick, kick kick, kick (Rock the house)
Kick kick, kick kick, kick (No) {sample repeated}
Kick the flow
Kick kick, kick kick, kick {x3}
Put that straight kick on it
Kick the flow

CHORUS

CHORUS
(Kick the flow {x3})
(Kick-kick-kick the flow)

Who turn the mutha out? MPLS
Who, who, who, who? Uh oh, here we go, here we go!
Who, who, who, who, who turn the mutha out? MPLS
Who, who, who, who? Uh oh, here we go, here we go!

Bass and drums
Groove

CHORUS
(Getting funky 2night, everybody)

CHORUS {repeat till fadeout}
(Yeah)

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Get Blue

B. L. U. E., blue {x2}

Get blue
Show me what I mean 2 U
Put your arms around me
Do everything your mama told U not 2 do

Get blue
I will never leave U, girl
That's 4 damn sure
Cuz I am not a fool if U get blue

B. L. U. E., blue

Get blue
Let's do something taboo
I'll be yours 4ever more
Excuse me while I close the door

Don't hesitate cuz if U really love me, girl
We can't leave anything 2 fate
Don't make me wait cuz I am in the mood
I'm sure U are 2 so get blue

Get blue (blue)
I don't wanna hurt U
I know what people told ya
I know how they try 2 mold ya

Get blue
I don't wanna be your mama
I don't wanna be your daddy
I just wanna hold U, hold U until U get satisfied

Get blue, ooh
Come on, girl
Let me caress ya
In places that'll show the innermost side of U

Get blue
Come on now, baby
Let me do, do, do what I've been dreamin', don't...

(Don't hesitate) Don't U hesitate
(Cuz if U love me) Cuz if U really love me, girl
We can't leave anything 2 fate
Don't make me wait cuz I am in the mood (mood)
And I'm sure U are 2, get blue

Ooh (B. L. U. E., blue)
Blue - let's get blue, baby {x2}
Blue (Blue)

B. L. U. E., blue

Get blue
Ever since I looked at U
I wanted 2 take off your inhibitions and do something taboo

Get blue
B. L. U. E.

B. L. U. E., blue {x3}

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Glam Slam '91

Glam Slam

Everybody grab a body, pump it like U want somebody {x2}

CHORUS:
Glam Slam
Everybody grab a body, pump it like U wanna party
Glam Slam
Everybody grab a body, pump it like U wanna party

Hey little girly, don't U wait
I can see U had a hard day
Come on baby, let your hair down
Come on, dance 2 the funky sound (Oh)

CHORUS

Hey little girly, what U say?
Swing that big ol' hip this way
I can show U how 2 do it
Grab my body, let's get 2 it (Oh)

CHORUS

Hey little girly, what U drinkin'?
Skip that, I was just thinkin'
U + me, what a ride
If U was thinkin' the same, we could continue outside
Lay your pretty body against the parkin' meter
Flip your dress down like I was strippin' a Peter Paul's Almond Joy
Let me show U, baby, I'm a talented boy

Everybody grab a body, pump it like U want somebody {x3}
(I'm a talented boy) {x2}
Glam slam

Mmm, we could kiss in front of everybody
I don't care, that's right, I pulled your dress up
Shit, U ain't got no underwear on
I should've known, I should've known
Butterscotch curly hair, I wish U had some drawers on now
Stone freak 2 the bone
I can't believe it
Girl, we goin' home

Everybody grab a body, pump it like U want somebody {x2}
Glam Slam

So, here we are, here we are in my Paisley crib
Whatcha want 2 eat?
No toy, I don't serve ribs
U better be happy that dress is still on
I heard the rip when U sat down
Honey, them hips is gone
But that's al... - I clock 'em, clock 'em that way
Remind me of somethin' James used to say:
"I like 'em fat, I like 'em proud"
U gotta have a mother 4 me
Now move your big ass around this way
So I can work on that zipper, baby
2night I'm a star and U're the Big Dipper

Glam Slam
Everybody grab a body, pump it like U wanna party

Everybody grab a body {x2}

Can I interest U in [this here] Duke?
The past could be useful in the moment of truth
If I'm keepin', things ain't what they use 2 be
And I catch U hummin' along, I know U're 4 the greed
But it's cool because 2 me U look 17
Yeah, I got a lot of nerve, I color it green
I wanna put U in a love machine
But first I wanna scream, first I wanna scream
Scream about the way U really make me feel
No need 4 respect cuz U 4ever get the seal of approval
Yeah, I know U ain't a tramp
I watched 5 guys get their faces slapped
I count 3 more askin' U 2 dance
The rap must have truly been tired and bland
U couldn't wear the look that had all 3 runnin'
Girl, I must confess your finesse is stunnin'

Everybody grab a body, pump it like U want somebody {x2}

CHORUS
(Slammin')

Glam Slam (Hey)
Everybody grab a body, pump it like U want somebody

Everybody grab a body, pump it like U wanna party
Glam Slam
Everybody grab a body, pump it like U wanna party
Glam Slam

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Hold Me

Someone said what someone saw and now we can't be lovers
Who do we believe when we can't believe each other?
If U and I are lost because of what some people say
Then there's no justice in this world 2day

CHORUS:
Hold me and we can make it through the rain
Hold me and we can weather any pain
If U and I are lost because of what some people say
Then there's no justice in this world 2day
Hold me and make this world just go away

All my life I've longed 4 someone just 2 be in my corner
2 believe in me when no 1 else did, that was all I wanted
And when U came into my heart, joy was all U made
I can't believe this is the same heart that U want 2 break

CHORUS

It seems like only yesterday U said U loved me
U said I was your universe with only God above me
How could U say all those things and lead me on this way?
2 think that I could give U up 4 what some people say

Hold me and we can make it through the rain
Hold me and we can weather any pain
If U and I are lost because of what some people say
Then there's no justice in this world 2day

Hold me and we can make it through the rain
Hold me and we can weather any pain
If U and I are lost because of what some people say
Then there's no thread of justice in this world 2day
Hold me and make this world just go away

Hold me and make this world just go away

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Insatiable

{ad libbed intro}

Turn the lights off, strike a candle
No one that I've ever... knows how 2 handle
My body, the way U truly do
Insatiable's my name when it comes 2 U

I got a jones Martha, oh yeah, it be like this
(I can't have a hug unless)
I can't have a hug unless I have a kiss

CHORUS:
My body, baby, U truly do
Insatiable's my name when it comes 2 U

Like a wildcat, Martha, in a celibate rage
I want U alone in my dirty little cage
Can U understand, Martha?

CHORUS

Ooh, I give in 2 U upon command
Cuz if I don't my satisfaction is damned
I can't stand it, Martha (No!)

CHORUS

Insatiable, baby, baby, ooh
U're insatiable, insatiable
(CHORUS)

2night, we video
No one will ever know
We'll erase the naughty bits
I'll show my... if U show your...

I can't help it, Martha
{"Sexual fantasy" and "Insatiable" repeat in
background}
I can't help what U do 2 me
U are my every fantasy

There's no telling how far I'd go
Cuz when it comes 2 U I know
I'm insatiable and I just can't stop
Even if I wasn't thirty I would drink every drop
Please baby, don't say no
Cuz I'll surely go
Crazy

Okay, so all U do
Is push the little red button
And I belong 2 U
In your little video box
Nay, don't look at the clock
Yeah, it's 2:45, we got all night
First, U got 2 tell me what U want me 2 do
(CHORUS)
Come on
There's no telling how far I'd go
(This is true)
Cuz when it comes 2 U I know
I'm insatiable and I just can't stop
Even if I wasn't thirsty I would drink every drop
So take it slow babe, and let's unwind
Do U really want all my clothes off? (Yes)
Then what are U going 2 do 2 prove it?
Aren't U afraid we're gonna be found out?
Then let's get on with the show
Turn the lights down lower
Doesn't my body look good in the shadows? Just...ooh
Ooh, baby knows what 2 do
Have U done this before?
I dunno (I dunno)
U say U want my hips up in the air? (Yeah)
Oh no, I don't care
My body, baby, U truly do
I know I could be nasty with U
Oh, yeah!
Up and down just like a seesaw (Back and forth)
Back and forth, oh girl, I'm falling (Listen)
I love U, baby {x2}
U are mine
U're nastier than I thought
It's just 2:49

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Live 4 Love

{A crowd chant of "live 4 love" is sampled throughout the song"}

Launch procedure commence
Countdown start
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Keep goin'
Live 4 love {x6}

30,000 feet and still a-counting (Live 4 love)
The attack on my plane is steadily mounting (Live 4 love)
Feel like I could die from my heart a-pounding (Live 4 love)
How can I live 4 love?

(Calling...) Live 4 love, live 4 love
(Calling...) Live 4 love, live 4 love

Kicked outta my home at 17 (Live 4 love) (Get outta here!)
But bounced back and forth like a flicker on a screen (Live 4 love)
Don't nobody know the trouble I've seen (Live 4 love) (Leave me alone!)
How can I live 4 love?

(I'm calling...) Live 4 love, live 4 love
(Calling...) Live 4 love, (4 real) live 4 love
Live 4 love!

(Live 4 love, live 4 love, live!)

My mission, so they said, was just 2 drop the bombs
Don't think about the families, the babies or the moms
Just like I got no conscience, just like I got no qualms
Just like I don't live 4 love

Go, Tommy, go! {x8}

So here, my target is approaching
The angel on my shoulder starts coaching
Is it the angel of death, I take a deep breath
How can I die, how can I die?
How can I die 4 love?

Maybe I was better off staying in school (Live 4 love)
But everybody said flying planes was cool (Live 4 love)
It's so easy 2 say when U're not goin' through
How can I live 4 love? (Live 4 love)

(I'm calling...) Live 4 love, live 4 love
(Calling...) Live 4 love, (live 4 love) live 4 love

Damn! I got hit, but I could still complete the mission (Live 4 love)
I flash upon my own father, long ago wishin'
Before we die, that I would always try (Live 4 love)
Always try 2 live 4 love
2day I'm in another place, I have another face (Live 4 love)
My name has been changed 2 protect my new race
The choice U make is vital (Live 4 love)
So at the end of my recital I say, "U got 2 live 4 love"

Keep goin'
(Live 4 love)
[Steady, steady]

Live, live
(Live 4 love)
Live, live {repeated}
(Live 4 love) {repeated}

Live 4 love, without love U don't live
And how U make it is based on what U're givin' back
In fact only a few of us slip through the cracks
Through generations the cards have always been stacked against us
So love each other, it's a must
If we just trust and cut the fuss
Believe me, unity is a must
A concept of havin' it is blurred
The American Dream is over, haven't U heard?
I'm kickin' reality in the streets of the city
There's this mentality what goes around comes around
And gangk any clown who ain't down with the colors that U're sportin' 'round
Listen G, U are supposed 2 be
Strivin' 2 be the best that U can be
So stop tryin' 2 dominate and push and shove (Live 4 love)
Come on, y'all, we got 2 live 4 love

Live 4 love {repeat}

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Love... Thy Will Be Done

Love... Thy will be done
I can no longer hide, I can no longer run
No longer can I resist Your guiding light
That gives me the power 2 keep up the fight

Oh Lord, Love... Thy will be done
Since I have found U, my life has just begun
And I see all of Your creations as one perfect complex
No one less beautiful or more special than the next
We are all blessed and so wise 2 accept
Thy will, Love, be done

Love... Thy will be mine
And make me strive 4 the glorious and devine
I could not be more, more satisfied (Satisfied)
Even when there's no peace outside my window, there's peace inside
And that why I no longer run (I no longer run)
Love... Thy will be done

CHORUS:
Love... Thy will be done
I can no longer hide, I can no longer run
Oh Love... Thy will be done
Thy will, Love, be done

Oh, no longer can I resist (No)
The guiding light (Guiding light)
The light that gives me power 2 keep up the fight
I couldn't be more satisfied (No)
Even when there's no peace outside my window, there is peace inside
And that's why I can no longer run
Love, thy will be done {x3}
Oh!

CHORUS

Oh Love... Thy will be done
I can no longer hide, I can no longer run
Oh Love... Thy will be done (Sing it)
Thy will, Love, be done (Glory, glory, glory)
Thy will, Love, be done (Glory)
Thy will, Love, be done

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Martika's Kitchen

Wooo, here we go
The table's set baby
Wooo, ah, here we go
My oven is hot (Hot)

Come on, get some in Martika's kitchen, baby
U bring the noise and I'll bring the smile
It's been so long since U've been down in the kitchen, baby
My desire's running longer than a country mile

CHORUS:
So true, U can make all my wishes
So real, U can make all my dreams
And if U're good baby, I'll even let U break the dishes
Come on get some, get some, get some
In Martika's kitchen baby

Ooh, I'm talkin' about the kitchen

Don't U just love springtime in the city?
Ba-ba-boom box kick-kick-kickin' out the latest jams (Latest jam)
J Boys dancin 4 all the girls lookin' so pretty
Love is in the air, inhibition be damned

CHORUS

(Ohh, yeah)

The table is set
The oven is hot
Baby when we get started we won't ev-ev-ever stop
Come on, get some
Get, get, get some
(U can make all my wishes)

Come on baby, let me hear U say U're wid it
Come on sweetie, if U're good I'll let U get it
I don't care, I've got the chair if U think your butt'll fit it
U turn me all the way up, I admit it

Come on, get some in Martika's kitchen baby
U bring the noise and I'll bring the smile
It's been so long since U've been down 2 the kitchen baby
My desire's ru-u-u-ning longer than a country mile
So T-R-U-E true

The table is set
The oven is hot
Baby when we get started we wo-o-on't ever stop

Come on, get some in Martika's kitchen baby
U bring the noise and I'll bring the smile

CHORUS
(I'll even let U break the dishes)

(Woo hoo) {repeated}
(U can make all my wishes)
The kitchen, baby
(U can make all my dreams)
The kitchen, baby
(I'll even let U break the dishes)
Martika's kitchen, baby
(Get some, get some, get some)
In Martika's kitchen, baby {x2} {fade out}

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My Pony

I can't wait until the night comes
Cuz that's when me and my pony have fun
My pony do me like no other do
I lose all self-control, can't stay in groove

CHORUS:
Ride, ride
Saddle up my pony and ride
Ride, ride
Saddle up my pony and ride

My pony always let's me dress her up
She got the rad bod, heck-a-buff
Music pumpin' in our summer loft
I'm so glad pony let me get her off

CHORUS

(Ride) (x4)

No inhibition, my pony don't care
She jumped the hurdles like they're not there
One time she bucked me, but I got back on
I rode my pony till her buck was gone

CHORUS

She loves to sook in the saddle or bare-back
I get her in the hay, then I lure my mare back
I can't wait until the night come
Cuz that's when me and my pony have fun

CHORUS {x2}

(Ride) {repeat till fade}

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My Tree

Don't pick my apples
Don't pick my peaches
Leave my tree alone

This is not my money
This is not my car
This is not my world 2
What labels me a star?

CHORUS:
This is my tree, my tree
And I ain't never gonna let U climb me
This is my tree, my tree
And I ain't never gonna let U climb me

Can't a man have secrets?
Can't a man have love?
Can't a man have an attitude?
Or is it all or none?
I don't know what U want

CHORUS

Watch me dance

This is not my woman
This is not her race
Color shouldn't matter
If your soul is in the right place, right place, ooh

CHORUS

Yo, Robin Power's on the mic now

Pumpin' a steady jam, but this ain't a battle
N.P.G. is in the house 2 rattle your brain 2 the new idea
Love's the only drug we're doin' here
Love's the only drug we're doin' here
We doin' it hard! (Hard!)
N.P.G. is in the house and we're just gettin' started (In the house, yeah)
And on the way, I'll preview all the days 2 come (Mm-hmm)
We got a big bad drummer who got computers on the run, oh yes it is
Got computers on the run
N.P.G. in the house (N.P.G. in the house)
N.P.G. in the house (N.P.G. in the house)
Yeah

If U're lookin' 4 [it then]
Look in your own backyard
Plant some peace flowers in your war zone
So I can fire my bodyguards

This is my tree (CHORUS {x5})
No, U ain't climbin' me
I ain't never gonna let cha climb my tree
That's right
Funky, funky, but we got 2 slow this down
Yo, Robin Power's on the mic now
And I'm comin' from a positive place
Uptown James, let's get ready 2 turn this papa out
Yo boy, turn this mic up
I want them 2 hear what I got 2 say
Testing, 1 2, testing, 1 2
It ain't loud enough baby, turn it up
Prince? Prince?
Yo, I don't think U heard me
U got 2 slow this down
Did U hear me? (This is.. this is..)
Yo, yo, slow it down (This is.. this is..)
(This is.. this is my tree)
Yeah

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Oobey Doop

Oobey shoo doo loo be doo
Loo fly me shoo koo doo ooh

Hey yeah!

Every time I turn around
There's another war tryin' 2 bring me down
Nobody ever told me what I'm fightin' 4
They just tell me get in line
Change my clothes, change my mind
It's 110 and I'm just gettin' bored

Maybe we should be dancin' {x2}

U make me say oobey doop be shoo ooh
Doo fly me shoo doo koo ooh
U make say oobey doop be shoo ooh
Doo fly me shoo doo koo ooh

I don't mean no disrespect
But the way I see it, this is a mess
It's got your butt in a sho'nuff dirty jam
If I could just make believe
Make U holler on your knees
Praying 4 somethin' 2 make U understand

Maybe we should be dancin' {x2}

CHORUS:
I can't help but say oobey doop be shoo ooh
Doo fly me shoo doo koo ooh
I can't help but say oobey doop be shoo ooh
Doo fly me shoo doo koo ooh

Maybe we should be dancin'

(Oobey doop be doop be shoo)
Sooner or later, your ways will tumble
Just might take an all night rumble
Might take a piece of New Power cake
But if U cut away the war, hearts will break
Hearts will break

Maybe we should be dancin'
Dance (Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh)

Every time I turn around
There's another war tryin' 2 bring me down
Nobody ever told me what I'm fightin' 4

CHORUS

Maybe we should be dancin'

{Parts of CHORUS repeat}
Baby, baby
Maybe we should be dancin'
U make me say...
Maybe we should be dancin'

Oobey doop be shoo ooh
Doo fly me shoo doo koo ooh
I can't help but say oobey doop be shoo ooh
Doo fly me shoo doo koo ooh

Maybe we should be dancin'

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Open Book

U said my heart's just like an open book
But there are lines U've never seen
U said that U could tell in a single look
But U never looked in between
Sometimes I wanted 2 keep U, sometimes I wanted your love
But I've awakened 2 the reality that sometimes is not enough
Oh, our separate dreams pulled us our separate ways
We were so different from the very start
2 me it was 4ever, 2 U it was just a phase
I'll give back your name if U give back my heart

CHORUS:
U said U'd take me 2 another world
I said U were only posing
U'd never be able 2 read this girl
So the open book is closing, closing, closing
Closing

Sometimes it felt so natural, sometimes it felt so right
It doesn't seem fair that U and I ever had a fight ... no!
Sometimes I wanted 2 keep U, sometimes I wanted your love
But I've awakened 2 the reality that sometimes is not enough
Oh, now your touch is a reminder like the thorns upon a rose
The beauty is mine if I can stand the cut

CHORUS {x2}

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Schoolyard

(Schoolyard)

I was only 16 and her name was Carrie
She was the number one little girl I wanted 2 marry me
She was only 14, but she had the major body
Yeah, this girl was mean
Me and Ace picked Carrie up from school one day
We took her 4 a ride in Ace's car, the music started 2 play
We sat real close, both nervous
Lookin' at each other not knowin' what 2 say

Carrie was a sister
But her eyes kinda made her look Japanese
Her short cut afro, shiny and soft
Her clothes fit 2 please
Ace was a real fast driver
With every turn, Carrie fell in my lap
He asked us where we wanted 2 go
I said "Yeah right, like U need a map!"

The schoolyard, the schoolyard
Gettin' it on in the schoolyard
With a wink and a nod we were off 2 Ace's pod
Like peas who's hangin' 4 a knife

The schoolyard, the schoolyard
Gettin' it on in the schoolyard
We never want it 4 the children of our own
We all pray better seeds we have sown
But one story that is most commonly known
Is gettin' it on in the schoolyard

(Schoolyard)

Ace's girl showed up, that's when the party started jumpin'
Tower Of Power's "Squib Cakes" steady humpin'
I said "Carrie, hmm, do U wanna dance?"
She said "Uh hmm, yeah, like later man, first let me smoke this weed"
I said "Damn, my cologne ain't sayin' shit if this is what she needs"

Yeah, before I knew it, Carrie was seein' double
That's when me and her got into trouble
So much 4 the dance
I started takin' off Carrie's pants

The schoolyard, the schoolyard
Gettin' it on in the schoolyard

(Hey hey.. hey!)

And now boys and girls 4 the graphic part
Close your ears if U ain't got a nasty heart
The schoolyard, the schoolyard
Here we go
Now take a glove, fill it with hot baby lotion and slip it on (Well)
Pull it tight, that's what Carrie was like
One stroke and I was gone
Gone I was, it's true
The schoolyard, the schoolyard

When your schoolyard baby comes home
And it's all that's on their mind
Try 2 remember how U felt your very first time.. oh!

The schoolyard, the schoolyard
Gettin' it on in the schoolyard (Gettin' it on)
We never want it 4 the children of our own
We all pray better seeds we have sown
But one story that is most commonly known
Is gettin' it on in the schoolyard (Gettin' it on, oh)

(Well, gettin' it on.. heh, heh)

The schoolyard (Schoolyard), the schoolyard (Schoolyard)
Gettin' it on in the schoolyard (Boy, U're gettin', yeah)
The schoolyard, the schoolyard (Schoolyard)
Gettin' it on in the schoolyard (Gettin' it on, get.. get.. gettin' it on, yeah)
(Hey!)

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Something Funky This House Comes

Yeah, NPG in max attack y'all
Yeah, we breakin' backs, no doubt
Get with it, fellas

CHORUS:
Boom, yeah!
Keep rocking like that, yeah
Boom, yeah!
Who dared said that we can't jam?
Boom, yeah!
Keep rocking like that, yeah
Boom, yeah!
Something this house funky comes

Get up and step 2 this rhyme
It's about time, get in line, U find
Never will U undermine this, yeah
Shooting from the hip, it's a gift
A funky beat with a verbal twist

CHORUS
(Keep rocking like that, y'all, yeah)

Yeah, this is funky {x2}

Something this house funky comes
A bet with the one, sure shot with the gat
We sprayin' the funk
There is no doubt your daughter learned something
Next up: the introductions

This is an all star squad
U'd better bring more gangk than a lynch mob
U started think U're... think U're gonna rob
Yeah, cousin', don't quit your day job
Right now I'm gonna ask
The man with the fingers and the sonic blast
And the boom 4 the brother who'll please ya
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up 4 my brother
Levi Seacer

The T the O the M the M the Y
Like a widow, riff, then make'em cry
Come on Rosie (Yeah)
With the vocals so warm and cozy (Uh huh)
When U sing, U make the brothers say, "hold me"
Ladies and gentlemen, Rosie Gaines

Something funky this house come {x4}
(Yeah, who dared said that we can't jam?)

Next up, on drums and percussion
End of discussion
These boys are bum rushing the show
At anytime of given day
Michael B. and Kirky J.
Go, go
Something this... {x4}

Boom, yeah! (Yeah!)
Boom, yeah!
Who dared said that we can't jam?
Boom, ha ha
Boom, yeah! {x2}
Something this house funky comes

Let me ask U get steppin'
And when they do there'll be nothing left when
U open the door
They'll be burning the floor
Making party people scream 4 more
It's on U fellas

Make money, make money, make money
Make money, make money, yeah!

Give a brother a rope
Wanna be a cowboy
Ride 'em, fellas
(Yeah, this is funky)
Something this house funky comes (Yeah, this is funky)

Boom, yeah!
Yeah {x2}

I'm slippery
Ooh, do U think they'll forgive me?
Cuz ain't no way around it, boy
U see that I am getting peed up
What's up?
2day I mackin' paid 4 giving a fuck
Hell no, we said it, U print it, they read it
Give it up
Yo, this question of color, my answer: black
Ask how I'm living?
I said I'm going 4 mine
If it's a crime
I'll do the time, never mind
A system that's been keeping a black ass in line
I'll take it down
Cuz I'm about 2 clown
Make sure it's gonna, boy
Undeniable sound
I take on the task
When things are moving fast
Here's the blast since U like 2 typecast

CHORUS
(Yeah, this is funky) {repeat in background}

Yeah, end of discussion

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Spirit

When the sands of time are running out
When the voice of oppression screams and shouts
When all seems lost U got 2 try
2 never let your spirit die

(Spirit)

An angel came 2 greet me
It happened in a dream
Spoke of my reality
Not being what it seems

Within us lives a new world
This world, he calmly said
Will only be when evil and all its sorrows are truly dead, oh

CHORUS:
When the sands of time are running out (Spirit)
When the voice of oppression screams and shouts (Spirit)
When all seems lost U got 2 try (Spirit)
2 never let your spirit die

(Never let your spirit die)

U cannot accept deception
And real love will never lie
We must try 2 be the chosen few
And keep that love alive
(Keep that love alive)

We will never be unfulfilled
Your deck will be full of aces
Whenever the spirit wills
We can go 2 higher places

CHORUS
(Yeah, yeah)

Spirit
(Yeah, yeah)
Spirit

U got 2 view this world
Through kaleidoscopic eyes
U got 2 see every color
If U want 2 see the reasons why

An angel came 2 greet me
It happened in a dream
He spoke of my reality
Not being what it seems
Within us lives a new world
This world, he calmly said
Will only be when evil and all its sorrows are truly dead

Spirit {x4}
Ohh!

When your time is running out (Spirit)
When the voice of oppression screams and shouts (Spirit)
When all seems lost U got 2 try (Spirit)
2 never let your spirit die
(Never) {x5}

CHORUS
(Spirit)

Whoa ohh ohh (Spirit) {x4}
Don't ever give up
(Spirit) {fade out}

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Thieves In The Temple

CHORUS:
Love - come quick
Love - come in a hurry
There are thieves in the temple 2night

They don't care when they kick, no
Just as long as they hurt U
There are thieves in the temple 2night

Love - if U're there come save me
From all this cold despair
I can hang when U're around
But I'll surely die if U're not there

CHORUS
(Hear me)

I feel like they're looking 4 my soul
Like a poor man looking for gold
There are thieves in the temple 2night

Voices from the sky say rely on your best friend
2 pull U through
But even if I wanted 2 I couldn't really truly
Cuz my only friend is U

Ah Love - come quick
Love - come in a hurry
There are thieves in the temple 2night, oh Lord

Kicking me in my heart
Tearing me all apart
There are thieves in the temple 2night, yeah, hey

Thinking that they gonna change me
Taking me out of my misery
Thieves in the temple 2night, hmm
There are thieves, thieves
Thieves in the temple 2night

CHORUS

They don't care when they kick, no
Just as long as they hurt U
There are thieves in the temple 2night

Love - if U're there come save me
From all this cold despair
I can hang when U're around
But I'll surely die if U're not there

CHORUS
(Hear me)

Feel like they're looking 4 my soul
Like a poor man looking for gold
There are thieves in the temple 2night

Voices from the sky say rely on your best friend
2 pull U through
But even if I wanted 2 I couldn't really truly
Cuz my only friend is U

Ah Love - come quick
Love - come in a hurry
There are thieves in the temple 2night, oh Lord

Kicking me in my heart
Tearing me all apart
There are thieves in the temple 2night, yeah, hey

Thinking that they gonna change me
Taking me out of my misery
Thieves in the temple 2night, hmm
There are thieves, thieves
Thieves in the temple 2night

Ah Love - come quick
Love - come in a hurry
There are thieves in the temple 2night, oh Lord

Kicking me in my heart
Tearing me all apart
There are thieves in the temple 2night, yeah, hey

Thinking that they gonna change me
Taking me out of my misery
Thieves in the temple 2night {Fade out}

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Well Done

Man waking up from another hangover
All in all, the man feel so bad
It just occurred 2 him he wadn't a 4-leaf clover
Need 2 get busy instead of feeling sad

CHORUS:
Well done, well done
Much better than well said
Stop standing 'round talking stuff
When someone else is in your bed
It's much better well done

Well done, oh oh
Well done

Check the situation in the motherland
U need 2 get happy if U a free man
If not, instead of doing time
Take a look inside y'all and check out your mind
(Take a look inside and check out your mind)

CHORUS

Yeah
It's much better well done
Yeah, alright

Who U living 4?
Who would U die 4?
What cause would U fight and make a stand 4?
Instead of flapping your gums
Get on your horse
And run, run, run, run, run

Well done (huh), well done
Much better than well said

The color of my skin shouldn't cover the fact
That I'm still your brother
And U got 2 get offa my back
Well done
Get offa my back
Hey!

Man waking up from another hangover
Indecision hounds are on his trail
Figured he would give up but not without excuses
Where his spirit should, his tongue will prevail
Don't the man know that?

Well done, well done
Much better than well said
Stop standing 'round talking stuff
When someone else is in your bed
I've said enough, y'all
Well done

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