Say What!?
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 Track Listing 1. Say You Belong To Me 2. Man On Top 3. ABC (Listen Up) 4. Afrodisiac 5. I Don't Care 6. VIP (Can You Hear Me Now?) 7. Truth & Lies 8. Intoxicated 9. The Day That I Died 10. How 'Bout It Baby? 11. If You Don't Know 12. I'll Be Right Back 13. Money On My Mind |
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Say You Belong To Me
Boy I know that where we are is just the place to be It seems like everything around is gone It’s just you and me It’s time for the show We can do whatever just feel free Let’s take the time to read each other’s minds, it’s on I know that you’ve been watching me I can see that it’s more than just a crush I know where you’d like to be I want you in my arms and feel your touch I have been waiting for so long It’s now or never before the time is gone I’ll give you everything you need If you tell me you belong to me (chorus) Say you belong to me Don’t you know that I want you for myself? I know that you’re watching me Don’t you know that it’s you and no one else? Say you belong to me Don’t you know that I want you for myself? Baby don’t you be shy with me Just say you belong to me Say what? We’re getting close I can feel the heat under my feet Take it slow Whisper in my ear softly Baby tonight It’s only your voice I wanna hear I’ll make you feel right As long as you belong to me (chorus) Boy you know that I can read your mind And your attention is so plain to see But tonight I wanna take my time I want you to look in my eyes and read Boy you know that I can take your mind And turn you into anything I want you to be But tonight I wanna hear you say it Say you belong to me (chorus) Man On Top This is just a little message to the man on top Everyone wants to get their hands on what you got They stand and they watch They plan and they plot your demise Now they got their eyes on your prize ‘Cause you’re the baddest around The cat’s meow Walking ‘round town like “look at me now” With every good reason to be happy and proud You’ve worked hard and now you stand out in the crowd But some will work harder to bring you down Than to pick themselves up off of the ground So keep your head high but not in the clouds Stay humble and it won’t all come crumbling down So be careful who you meet on the way to the top They’ll be the same ones you see on the day that you drop Because what goes around comes around And what goes up must come down (chorus) Everybody wants to stop the man on top Everyone takes their shot at the man on top They all await his drop, the man on top So they can claim the spot as the man on top As they say, move your feet you lose your seat Be careful who you meet and who you mistreat Not everyone will have your best interests at heart They’ll build you up to break you down then rip you apart And you worked really hard to get where you are Now here you are, damn near a star But as celebrity grows jealousy shows It’s getting hard to even tell your friends from your foes Sometimes it’s the ones that you least expect Won’t show their true colors til you reach success So twinkle twinkle little star Oh how they wonder how to get where you are So be careful who you meet on your way to the top They’ll be the same ones you see on the day that you drop Because what goes around comes around And what goes up must come down (chorus) Now wait just a second I wanna state for the record Something’s wrong here And I came to address it Just a little message Directed to all you fellas When a woman’s on top Men tend to get jealous And try to discredit our efforts We made it on our merits But you wonder “how’d she get it?” And who she slept with To all you sexists that question our successes We ain’t gonna stop The top is where we’re headed It’s the woman on top And now we ain’t gonna stop It’s the woman on top Hey man on top, I got your spot (chorus) ABC (Listen Up) Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Akil Boldly Calculates Dope Elegant Flows Grooving Hard Improvising Jazz, Kicking Lyrical Modes Never Operating Petty, Questioning Rap Styles Teaching Unique Vocabulary, With Xenophiles Yo Zeros You Xerox Wonderful Vivid Unique Tracks Sling Raps; Quit Poaching Our Nasty Masterful Lack-a-daisical Killer Jams It’s Home Grown Fam Everybody Dance, Chill, Believe And Love – Let’s Overcome Violent Egos Hate – Hurts Anyone, Torturing Equals Peace – Pretty Easy After Calling Everyone I hope you paid attention cause I’m already done So check it After Birth Comes Death Eventually Fools Gamble Happiness Ignores Jealousy Kids Lose Melodies Nations Overemphasize Penalties Quietly Ruining Societies Tremendously Us3 Visited Wembley… and XYZ It’s just a gimmick Afrodisiac I don’t need to dine by candlelight Wine or Barry White to set the mood off right All I need is you tonight You’re an afternoon delight You whet my appetite so let me have a bite The sex is outta sight You know just how I like it And didn’t have to be told We go to bed but we don’t get much sleep though Eyes can’t keep closed, my own private peep show She knows how to stroke more than my ego You’re a torpedo heading straight for my libido Hitting below the belt, what a deep blow she dealt We both just melt in the heat of passion I see it happen over and over in my head it’s like a re-enactment Of my wildest dreams It’s like a scene from a movie screen Erotic beauty queen It don’t take much to get me in the mood All you have to do is walk in the room You’re a natural afrodisiac Damn I never felt like that before I just left and now I’m at your door back for more I’m not asking for a lot just all you’ve got First time I saw you my jaw just dropped cause you’re so hot Close your door; make sure it’s locked Cause your way’s unorthodox When your neighbours called the cops they all just watched And I ain’t wanna stop Nothing can keep me back cause she’s a natural afrodisiac Your lovemaking’s breathtaking I’m left shaking in front of the bed pacing Just waiting for the next occasion I’m usually very patient but now my belly’s aching Butterflies in my stomach, I’m lovesick, you’re my medication No love potion’s this potent You got me open; I’m hotter than molten lava That’s how ya got my juices flowing An explosion of emotion, the dam’s broken No holding back I’m ready to blow my stack You’re a natural afrodisiac You’re like a book, X-rated I look through your pages Almost fainted when I saw you naked I’m like a boy and you’re my favorite toy to play with A joy you make it to call you lover Cause you work wonders under the blanket So let’s get physical I wanna get your whole body under the mistletoe and kiss it slow Starting with your toes Then work my way up your curves til I struck a nerve I feel like such a perv That’s what you do to me But don’t stop you do it beautifully I don’t know if it’s love or lust But oh what a rush Just your touch does so much Even brushing up against me accidentally Sends me into a frenzy no matter how gently That’s why I never took viagra Cause all I have to do is look atcha You’re a natural afrodisiac I Don’t Care He was raised by the radio and television To earn his loot shoplifting and he’s selling ism He never knew any better that’s the way he’s living You see his father’s not around cause he went to prison He’s got a mindstate torn in a civil war And he’s gonna solve all his problems at the liquor store He does what he wants You tell him that it’s immature But you can’t handle all the places that he’s been before Like watching his brother die from a stray bullet Trying to live a short life to the very fullest Gold chains, he’s got a Range Rover with rims He’s got a new leather jacket and a closet of Tims It’s the American nightmare And you might care But he’s a cold calculating con artist He’s like “yeah? Come over here” BANG! And it’s over tonight yeah I guess you had it coming cause nobody here fights fair He’s walking down the bombed out blocks without cops And gets props for telling fiends where to cop rocks Trust is a luxury and he’s too cheap Cause his moms is checking his pockets whenever he sleeps He’s got a chip on his shoulder, a monkey on his back He needs to smoke weed so he started selling crack He’s living in the struggle; he’s used to despair You can look into his eyes and he’s never scared He’s thinking I don’t care She ran away from the pain at an early age From a father with a problem and a dirty place She tried school but the bars made it like a cage And she could make mad money from a pretty face Without a pimp she was raped by a group of guys And they laughed when she cried out to the sky But the stars and the heavens never intervened Now she’s got a son even though she’s seventeen In the scene she’s a queen but it doesn’t last When her boyfriends start paying her with crack In her dreams she can fly, now it’s more than that She gets high every time she gets on her back Now the drug keeps calling, she can’t escape Nobody wants to keep paying her the same rate Because it’s not the same face, not the same waist But she needs even more of the same base She was forced to find a way to satisfy the urge She starts selling every gift that she ever earned And then she turns every trick that she’s ever learned Lighting up the glass pipe until her fingers burned She’s a fiend for the rock and she can’t stop She tries to sell her own son when goes to cop And all the guys stop calling and they don’t stare She’s got a jones for the dope and she won’t share She’s thinking I don’t care VIP (Can You Hear Me Now?) (chorus) Can you hear me now? Can you feel me now? She’s a freak in NYC Hanging in the VIP And you know she’s trying to sleep with MVPs To get into the BIZ But lemme tell you I feel nice when I sip some water with some ice So if you wanna hold me tonight You don’t have to ask me for the price (chorus) Getting in a club isn’t hard to do I can rock for the block party barbecue I’m not another freak in the VIP Trying to get free drinks with my TITs I’m unimpressed by material excess So gimme the microphone and let your stereo check this You wanna dance? Get on your feet All I need is a band and I get on the beat I feel fine watching you all waiting on the line I don’t need your fancy wine To show that I know about life (chorus) Big willying in the VIP I got a big willy watch but it still ain’t free I got a really big whip for my PYT But then it ran outta gas so it’s BYE Ha! I wanna floss like BIG-GIE And party til I DIE I won’t stop til I drop, I’m a PIG You DIG the rhythm that I BIT What? You wanna ask me to see ID? No! There goes the bartenders TIP bro You don’t know me, I’m a VIP I just wanna big piece of the PIE Psyche! I get down cause I’m digging the sound I wiggle around and rock to the rhythm I found a way to move the crowd and it sounds divine My nouns combine in ways to astound your mind I got no time to fake, no cake to waste Don’t hate the way that I make breaks relate to words And it seems absurd but still makes sense I got much more to say and it’s really intense So yo, get ready to get up, get ready to listen Cause I just delivered a rhythm for your criticism Yeah, I can’t change who’s saying my name But player haters can’t hate it I ain’t playing a game What? (chorus) Truth & Lies A child is born with no state of mind Blind to the ways of mankind But I can’t find the words that properly describes The problems that arise So I gotta decide to either keep it bottled inside or swallow my pride But I got God on my side I’m a follow his guide So I got down on my knees, apologized For all the times my son looked in his fathers eyes and saw the lies and alibis Next day to my surprise when I woke at sunrise I saw my son rise right next to me Put his hands on my head and said to me In a voice best described as heavenly: “The truth shall set you free” “Stop letting me walk around with blindness on I’m relying on you to teach me right from wrong Cause one day I’ll be gone, won’t be a child for long You’ve found your words, now go write your song” (chorus) Who, what, when, where, why? How do I find which way to reply? Ask me no questions I’ll tell you no lies Surprise, the truth’s right in front of your eyes Riddle me this You see a man slitting his wrists And he’s rich Beautiful women wanna give him a kiss He was given a gift but it wasn’t something he wished He’d rather throw it all away for some ignorant bliss To exist or not to exist? That’s a question I try to resist Deep like a bottomless pit So I swallow my pride and follow my wits My motto is this: Hold your head high You could call it a risk But if I can’t live on my feet I’ll die on my knees Sowing the seeds of the struggle, I gotta be free Or better yet I gotta be me I gotta believe that if the truth is a lie then knowledge is key So yo, gimme the question and let me dissect it My questions are deeper than my jealousy’s best diss An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind I gotta find what I seek or I’ll never respond (chorus) We’ve been lied to, we got reparations due While you’re at it, where’s our 40 acres too? Save the mule? In fact you can save the bull Why should we believe anything you say is true? Been waiting too long man, them days are through We no longer cater to red, white & blue I posed those same questions to you-know-WHO He said: “Ask not WHAT your country can do for you” I said well WHEN exactly you gonna do for us too And WHERE will we be when it finally comes through Forget it, I don’t know WHY I’m asking you You stole our ballots too We know HOW you do The proud and few, we never ever doubted you Until we found out how your accountants grew fat from laying us flat Taking the rap obeying your crap Seeing the real reason that we’re breaking our backs And yo, we wanna know why the leaders are gone People can die, corporations treat us as pawns You can see that it’s wrong but you let them lead us along They’re the same corporations that you need to be strong And I know that it’s a game Truth is I shoulder the blame I’m just another con artist making a claim I know I need more than my words working for change It makes me frustrated that I’m seeking personal gain But tell me (chorus) Intoxicated Sitting here wondering how to find a way Can’t get rid of this feeling Take him out of my head I don’t know I can’t find the words to say Would I be falling in love with? Someone that I hate My arms my lungs my blood my heart It’s ruling every single part Going through my veins like a poison I’m breathing in I’m breathing out Trying to push him back so hard Gotta find my way out of this prison (chorus) I’m intoxicated Falling slowly I’m intoxicated Someone save me I think about him and I still don’t understand He’s holding my spirit in the palm of his hand I’m possessed, defenceless Feels like he’s running after me Can somebody set me free? (chorus) Intoxicated, slowly falling more and more Someone set me free Don’t wanna surrender to love My arms my lungs my blood my heart It’s ruling every single part Going through my veins like a poison I’m breathing in I’m breathing out Trying to push him back so hard Gotta find my way out of this prison (chorus) The Day That I Died The day that I died kids were playing outside The sun was out, folks taking a drive to the countryside No-one cried, or even realized I was ever alive No one recognized that bum on the train slumming for change Stumbling in pain, but we are one and the same Before today I had a name Corporal Willie James, I flew fighter planes You know, in the big one No, no not this one, not as many victims I was a kid then Given my missions, I didn’t pick them It was either that or prison So I chose enlistment See I killed for the GI bill There’s no need to read my will I couldn’t leave nothing but a button And got no-one left but a cousin And he ain’t coming On the day that I died I’ve been laying here for quite a while I guess it’s been a long time since the day that I died They never understood, neither did I They said I had it all but was acting like a child I played a deadly game against myself Stared in my reflection looking for someone else Starved myself to find a way to satisfy All the voices arguing inside my mind The day that I died nobody came to my side Birds stayed in the sky, bees celebrated the hive My inner child cried and I must hate him inside I tried so hard to kill him when I was alive See sometimes death wears a disguise Just another guy that was once careful and wise Now I got nurses afraid to stare in my eyes It hurts to leave my parents alive Living with the lies that I tried to hide Not to mention the lovers that I sentenced to death With my penchant for sex Sweet words and a tender caress Guilty of innocence and I meant to confess Maybe next time I’ll remember to check Unfortunately next time will never be next How ‘Bout It Baby New York City 2006 I took a little trip downtown to the Fish And as I walked in before I ordered my drink I caught a glimpse of a beauty that tickled me pink So listen She walked by right in front of the jukebox My jaw dropped, seemed like even the tune stopped We exchanged a glance I took a chance and followed her to make an advance Cause I could not control it I knew that she could see I noticed it too And I was hoping that it was more than just another trip to the door She might as well have been ridin’ a clamshell And by the inner beauty that a lyricist can’t spell And even though I knew that she’d probably play me I was like, “how ‘bout it baby?” She went outside to talk to a friend I didn’t wanna interrupt her & try to cut in But then her friend said hello She needed a flame and luckily I had a match and I told her my name And we all chit chatted and we headed inside I didn’t wanna suffocate her, she was feeling my vibe So I played the wall But before she left we had a quick conversation and I was impressed I said, “What’s your job and whatcha wanna do next? Why d’ya look my way?” She didn’t wanna say “What’s your favourite flower? Is it roses?” I listened up and she took it away She said, “What’s your sign and what time were you born at? Where did you grow up?” Leo, 5 and Philly “What’s your background? How can I describe you?” A black Jew, I’m silly but how ‘bout it baby? Even if I knew that she was married when I met her I could never understand exactly why I sweat her She got me hot and bothered and she didn’t want a dollar I wanna thank her mama and her father for the honor But wait She’s separated Outrageous But I was sorta shallow I couldn’t escape the fact that I was attracted to her aloe vera Smooth epidermis And to this day she makes me nervous Trying to hide it from her, now I know it really isn’t worth it cause she noticed To make matters worse she was gorgeous Mentally as well as all the features on her surface She was lovely And even though I knew she didn’t love me She had a way of making every other beauty ugly And every time I see her I’m reminded why she makes me smile She’s got it goin’ on Every time I see her I’m reminded She’s the reason that I wrote this song I said, every time I see her I’m reminded why she makes me smile She’s got it goin’ on Every time I see her I’m reminded She drives me crazy, how ‘bout it baby? If You Don’t Know When I think about the branches of my family tree I see the roots underground in the land of the free But they were choked by the weeds and the vandalous thieves Branded and keyed Beaten like a gamblers knees I can’t weep for the willow I’m angry as bees demanding a queen Trapped by humanity’s greed I give thanks that my ancestors planted a seed So I know I can’t sleep til I abandon the dream I don’t count sheep I’m living with my eyes open Trying to laugh and act happy like God’s joking The poems I rhyme remind me to find hope And I’m keeping my mind focused following divine motion But I get paid to glance down over the waves that buried the slaves And gave evolution a stage In a plane I can’t fathom or imagine the pain The same teardrops rage every time that it rains (chorus) If you don’t know where you come from How you’re gonna know how to go through what you go through (How you gonna know, how you gonna know If you don’t know where you come from?) Travelling around the world carrying a heavy weight Here in this suitcase, the struggles that my family faces Anywhere that I go I’m still riding the same train On the same stage in the same play Even if the faces change Can I cry when I know the things they’ve been through? Can I smile when I know how much they cried? Should I lie to myself when I know the past? I guess I’ll try my best to carry on Because I know where I come from (chorus) The pain of the past can easily eclipse the present But raindrops relieve tears like kisses from heaven And they’re flooding the streets deeper than a busted levy They try to smile on the news, I don’t trust the TV Cause there’s another branch breaking and you can’t feel it And there’s another tree falling and you can’t hear it We’re the lost generation of youth looking for truth It’s a strange fruit trying to change suit with the same roots, but yo Can I cry when I know the things they’ve been through? Can I smile when I know how much they cried? Should I lie to myself when I know the past? I guess I’ll try my best to carry on Because I know where I come from I’ll Be Right Back Friday night and I look nice The night is mine Sitting in front of this middle aged guy that I met online Looking in my eyes when he talks to me I can see that he’s my type Thinking to myself am I the kinda clothing that I wanna wear next time But then the food came out He was talking with it filling up his mouth Had a chicken finger falling on my blouse Hell no I’m not going to your house There’s been an emergency; I left my poodle in surgery I gotta leave now but I won’t be long Where’s the jukebox Let me play you a song (chorus) I’ll be right back Met a fit woman at the corner store Told her that I really wanna talk some more So I took her downtown later on that week Then it all fell apart when she started to speak Cause even though she was gentle and cute All she could talk about was spending my loot She wanted new boots and a diamond ring Saying every boyfriend had to buy these things At the restaurant it was all about the price Forget about the fact that the food was nice She ordered every dish that she said she liked Then the food came out she only took two bites I wrapped it all up and she started to laugh Then she took it outside, threw it all in the trash Thinking that she was moving up in my flat I had to lie for a second, said I’ll be right back (chorus) Yo how’d your date go last week? Badly actually Rather gabby, a regular chatty Kathy yapping at me Like “no man can make me happy” Going on and on about her baby daddy Conversation one-sided She confided all the sick minded things she wanna do to his privates You know the type Psycho feminist: “All men are pigs… Yada yada yada, expletives!” Don’t need a man, got a job with benefits, got a very big office She’s a top executive A man never lived more competitive That old: “Anything a man do, I can do better” biz Every word out her mouth was negative But now I’m just wondering where the exit is Looked in her face and I lied to her flat I’d really like to chat but I’ll be right back Money On My Mind I’m rich bitch! So rich it’s disgusting Call me moneyman Blow 20 grand like it was nothing Purchase after purchase Me return it? Defeats the purpose! Not concerned with saving I burn it quick as I earn it Got the baddest spending habits The fact is when I die they’ll find no money in my mattress Spend the last bit on my casket Adapted Dead Prez’s tactics: Get some matches, set it Then spread it around with my ashes Stack chips like Pringles Don’t even use singles Won’t loan out money but throw out twenties if they’re wrinkled Got my mind on my money Money on my mind See my mind thinks money Money all the time (chorus) Got my mind on my money Money on my mind See my mind thinks money Money all the time Got my mind on my money Money on my mind See my mind thinks money Money every time Ever since second grade Getting paid was the gameplan Watching kids breakdance for money down at Playland I became a changed man watching change exchange hands Got a lemonade stand, now I’m a made man Had 3 summer jobs, 2 paper routes The 1 kid on the block with his own bank account 0 games in my house cause man that’s for losers Got my hand on a computer Started planning for the future Little man with a business plan Bill Gates’ biggest fan Trying to get as rich as I can But then it ran out, it didn’t pan out And what’s worse, the dotcom bubble burst And everybody lost their shirts I’m out of work But got a thirst for legal tender Me surrender? Getting paid’s still first on the agenda Got my mind on my money Money on my mind See my mind thinks money Money all the time (chorus) Got my mind on my money Money on my mind I thought I’d retire by the time I’m 29 But I fell on hard times And ain’t got a dime And it’s all about the bottom line The dollar sign Now I got a 9 to 5 Working side by side with those trying to survive Heads held high with pride Just happy to be alive It’s about time I realized That your true wealth’s inside… Nah! ‘Cause I Got my mind on my money Money on my mind See my mind thinks money Money all the time Got my mind on my money Money on my mind See my mind thinks money Money all the time |
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