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U Got The Look     If I Was Your Girlfriend     Strange Relationship

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man     The Cross

It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night     Adore

 

DISC I

 

[lyrics R from my own interpretation and that of some close FRIENDS]

 

 

U Got The Look

Here we R folks
The dream we all dream of
Boy versus girl in the World Series of love
Tell me, have U got the look?

U walked in, I woke up
I never seen a pretty girl
Look so tough, baby
U got that look
Color U peach and black
Color me takin' aback
Crucial, I think I wantcha

U've got the look, U've got the hook
U sho'nuf do B cookin' in my book
Ur face is jammin'
Ur body's heck-a-slammin'
If love is good, let's get 2 rammin'
U got the look, U got the look

Look here
U got the look (U got the look)
U must'a took (U must'a took)
A whole hour just 2 make up Ur face, baby
Closin' time, ugly lights, everybody's inspected (everybody's inspected)
But U R a natural beauty unaffected (unaffected)
Did I say an hour?
My face is red, I stand corrected (I stand corrected)

U've got the look, U've got the hook
U sho'nuf do B cookin' in my book
Ur face is jammin'
Ur body's heck-a-slammin'
If love is good, let's get 2 rammin'
U got the look, U got the look

(There's no girl 2 do)
Well here we R, ladies and gentlemen
The dream we all dream of (oh, please!)
Boy versus girl in the world series of love
Slammin'

U walked in (I walked in)
I woke up (U woke up)
I never seen a pretty girl look so tough' baby (baby)
U got that look, yes U do (yes U do)
Color U peach and black
Color me takin' aback, baby
Crucial, I think I wantcha

U've got the look, U've got the hook
U sho'nuf do B cookin' in my book
Ur face is jammin'
Ur body's heck-a-slammin'
If Ur love is good, let's get 2 rammin' (now)
U got the look, U got the look

Here we R folks
The dream we all dream of

U got the look
U got the look
U got the look
U got the look
U got the look

 

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If I Was Your Girlfriend

"Look at the bargains over here, ladies..."

If I was Ur girlfriend
Would U remember 2 tell me all the things U 4got
When I was Ur man?
Hey, when I was Ur man
If I was Ur best friend
Would U let me take care of U and do all the things
That only a best friend can
Only best friends can

If I was Ur girlfriend
If I was Ur girlfriend

If I was Ur girlfriend
Would U let me dress U
I mean, help U pick out Ur clothes
B4 we go out
Not that U're helpless
But sometimes, sometimes
Those R the things that bein' in love's about
If I was Ur one and only friend
Would U run 2 me if somebody hurt U
Even if that somebody was me?
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could B
Please

If I was Ur girlfriend
If I was Ur girlfriend

Would U let me wash Ur hair
Could I make U breakfast sometime
Or then, could we just hang out, I mean
Could we go 2 a movie and cry 2gether
Cuz 2 me baby that would B so fine

If I was Ur girlfriend
Baby can I dress U
I mean, help U pick out Ur clothes
B4 we go out
(If I was Ur girlfriend)
Listen girl, I ain't sayin U're helpless
But sometimes, sometimes
Those R the things that bein' in love's about (sugar)

Sugar do U know what I'm saying 2 U this evening? (sugar)
Maybe U think I'm being
A little self-centered (If I was Ur girlfriend)
But I, I said I want 2 B (sugar)
All of the things U R 2 me (sugar)
Surely, surely U can see (If I was Ur girlfriend)
{{If I was your girlfriend repeated in background}}
Is it really necessary 4 me 2 go out of the room
Just because U wanna undress?
I mean, we don't have 2 make children 2 make love
And then, we don't have 2 make love 2 have an orgasm
Ur body's what I'm all about
Can I see U?
I'll show U
Why not?
U can think it's because I'm Ur friend I'll do it 4 U
Of course I'll undress in front of U!
And when I'm naked, what shall I do?
How can I make U see that it's cool?
Can't U just trust me?
If I was Ur girlfriend U could
Oh, yeah, I think so
Listen, 4 U naked I would dance a ballet
Would that get U off?
Then tell me what will!
If I was Ur girlfriend, would U tell me?
Would U let me see U naked then?
Would U let me give U a bath?
Would U let me tickle U so hard U'd laugh and laugh
And would U, would U let me kiss U there
U know down there where it counts
I'll do it so good I swear I'll drink every ounce
And then I'll hold U tight and hold U long
And 2gether we'll stare in2 silence
And we'll try 2 imagine what it looks like
Yeah, we'll try 2 imagine what, what silence looks like
Yeah, we'll try 2 imagine what silence looks like
Yeah, we'll try...

 

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Strange Relationship

I guess U know me well, I don't like winter
But I seem 2 get a kick out of doing U cold
Oh, what the hell, U always surrender
What's this strange relationship that we hold on 2?

Baby I just can't stand 2 see U happy
More than that I hate 2 see U sad
Honey if U left me I just might do something rash
What's this strange relationship? (ship, ship, ship)

I came and took Ur love, I took Ur body
I took all the self respect U ever had
I took U 4 a ride and baby I'm sorry
The more U love me sugar, the more it makes me mad

Baby I just can't stand 2 see U happy
More than that I hate 2 see U sad
Honey if U left me I just might do something rash
What's this strange relationship? (ship, ship, ship)

Isn't it a shame this ain't a movie
Then U could rewrite my every line
I'll take all the blame, yo baby I'm sorry
But I didn't like the way U where, so I had 2 make U mine

Baby I just can't stand 2 see U happy
More than that I hate 2 see U sad
Honey if U left me I just might do something rash
What's this strange relationship? (ship, ship, ship)

Mmmmm, my strange relationship
Can't live with U, can't live without U
That's all about..
Do U know? (strange relationship)
I think U and I got a (strange relationship)
What's this strange relationship?
Yeah, yeah [repeated 2 fade]

 

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I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

It was only last June when her old man ran away
She couldn't stop crying 'cause she knew he was gone 2 stay
It was 10:35 on a lonely friday night
She was standin' by the bar
Hmm, she was lookin' alright, yeah
I asked if she wanted 2 dance
And she said all she wanted was a good man
And wanted 2 know if I thought I was qualified, yeah

And I said, baby don't waste Ur time
I know what's on Ur mind
I may B qualified 4 a one night stand
But I could never take the place of Ur man

It hurt me so bad when she told me
With tears in her eyes (tears in her eyes)
He was all she ever had and now she wanted 2 die
He left her with a baby and another one on the way
She couldn't stop cryin'
Cause she knew he was gone 2 stay
She asked me if we could B friends
And I said, oh, honey baby that's a dead end
U know and I know that we wouldn't B satisfied

And I said, baby don't waste Ur time
I know what's on Ur mind
U wouldn't B satisfied with a one night stand
And I could never take the place of Ur man

Yeah, yeah, the place of Ur man

 

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The Cross

Black day, stormy night
No love, no hope in sight
Don't cry, he is coming
Don't die without knowing the cross

Ghettos 2 the left of us
Flowers 2 the right
There'll B bread 4 all of us
If we can just bear the cross

Sweet song of salvation
A pregnant mother sings
She lives in starvation
Her children need all that she brings

We all have our problems
Some BIG, some R small
Soon all of our problems
Will B taken by the cross

Black day, stormy night
No love, no hope in sight
Don't cry 4 he is coming
Don't die without knowing the cross

Ghettos 2 the left of us
Flowers 2 the right
There'll B bread 4 all, y'all
If we can just, just bear the cross, yeah

We all have our problems
Some R BIG, some R small
Soon all of our problems, y'all
Will B taken by the cross

The cross

The cross

 

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It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night

(Oh-we-oh-oooh)

(groove!)
(drop out them horns)

It's gonna B a beautiful
It's gonna B a beautiful night
U got Ur world 2gether
Everything's lookin' alright
2night there's no 2morrow
This is gonna B the one (alright, Paris, we gonna see how)
2night we're gonna lose our sorrow (soulful U R, R U ready?)
2night we're gonna have some fun (come on, say it...)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna B a beautiful
It's gonna B a beautiful night (keep singin, y'all)
(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna B a beautiful
It's gonna B a beautiful night (verse, clap Ur hands)

Little boy got the notion, get some love 2night
Get yo rap in motion, 4 she out o' sight
Little girl at the party,
Maybe she'd like 2 dance
Ring around the rosie (Paris, R U ready?)
Pocket full of chance (horns, do it)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh) (sing it, y'all)
It's gonna B a beautiful
It's gonna B a beautiful night
(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna B a beautiful
It's gonna B a beautiful night (guitars and drums, groove)
(dance, come on)
They say that there's nothing's better
Than sleeping on a rainy day
We could spend the night 2gether
Come on baby what U say?

It's gonna B a beautiful
It's gonna B a beautiful night, oh
It's gonna B a beautiful
It's gonna B a beautiful night, oh
It's gonna B a beautiful
It's gonna B a beautiful night, oh
It's gonna B a beautiful, beautiful night (say it)

No time 4 politics, no we don't wanna fight
Everybody get up, it's gonna B a beautiful night
No time 4 sorrow, this is gonna B the one
2night there's no 2morrow
2night we're gonna have some fun (R U ready Paris?)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh) (say it, y'all)
It's gonna B a beautiful
It's gonna B a beautiful night (c'mon)
(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna B a beautiful
It's gonna B a beautiful night (two times)

We R beautiful, it's gonna B a beautiful night
We R beautiful, it's gonna B a beautiful night
We R beautiful, it's gonna B a beautiful night
We R beautiful, it's gonna B a beautiful night
We R beautiful, it's gonna B a beautiful night
We R beautiful, it's gonna B a beautiful night
We R beautiful, it's gonna B a beautiful night
We R beautiful, it's gonna B a beautiful night
(Paris, say it once more time, uh!)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh) (say it)
It's gonna B a beautiful
It's gonna B a beautiful night (night, y'all, yeah)
(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna B a beautiful
It's gonna B a beautiful night (just the drums, just the drum -- Bobby)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh) {{repeated in the background}}

Everybody get way down,
2night we're gonna ball
2night we're gonna get the bomb, y'all
I'm talkin' 'bout the Detroit crawl

Everybody in the west
Everybody in the east
[Every man I'll injure]
With my chicken grease
Get with it

(one more)

(R U ready Paris - Soul Clap)
(ah yeah, ah yeah)

(gimme the bass, gimme the bass, one time)

Said the table 2 the chair
"U can hardly B aware
How I suffer from the heat
And from chillblains on my feet!
If we took a little walk
We might have a little talk!
Pray let us take the air!"
Said the table 2 the chair (can't nobody)

Said the chair 2 the table
"Now U know we R not able! (fuck with us)
How foolishly U talk
When U know we cannot walk!" (can't nobody)
Said the table with a sigh
"It can do no harm 2 try (fuck with us)
I've as many legs as U
Why can't we walk on two?" (say, can't nobody)

So they both went showly down (fuck with us)
And walked about the town
With a cheerful bumpy sound (can't nobody)
As they toddled round and round
And everybody cried
As they hastened 2 their side (fuck with us)
"See the table and the chair
Have come 2 take the air!" (y'all - say it y'all)

But in going down an alley
2 a castle in the valley
They completely lost their way
And wandered all the day
Till, 2 see them safely back
They paid a ducky-quack
And a beetle and a mouse
Who took them 2 their house.

When they whispered 2 each other
"O delightful little brother! (can't nobody fuck with us)
What a lovely walk we've taken!
Let us dine on beans and bacon!"
So the ducky and the little browny- (say it, y'all)
mousey and the beetle dined,
And danced upon the heads
Till they toddled 2 their beds. (can't nobody fuck with us)
Good God [repeated in the background]

Revolution, baby way down low
Beautiful night, y'all say it
Beautiful night, y'all say it
Say what a beautiful night, y'all say it
Beautiful night, y'all say it
Come on

(oh-we-oh-ooh)
Say it
(oh-we-oh-ooh)
Say it louder, y'all
(oh-we-oh-ooh)
Say it louder, y'all
(oh-we-oh-ooh)
Miko, Miko, hit me in the back with funk

Beautiful night, y'all say it
Beautiful night, y'all say it
Everbody feelin' alright, y'all say it
Gonna B a beautiful night, y'all say it
Everybody, (oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh)
Say it (oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh)
Say it (oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh)
(oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh)

Get the horns in here

Keep singin' y'all

Everybody clap Ur hands
Everybody clap Ur hands

Everbody, groove, come on

Confusion!

Yeah!

 

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Adore

Baby, yes

Until the end of time
I'll B there 4 U
U own my heart and mind
I truly adore U
If God one day stroke me blind
Ur beauty I'd still see
Love is 2 weak 2 define
Just what U mean 2 me

From the first moment I saw U
Ooh, I knew U where the 1
That night I had 2 call U
I was rappin' till the sun came up
Tellin' U just how fine U look
In a word, U were sex
All of my cool attitude U took
My body was next
U made love 2 me
Like U where afraid
Was U afraid of me?
Was I the first?
Was I Ur every fantasy?
That's why

Until the end of time
I'll B there 4 U
U own my heart and mind
I truly adore U
If God one day stroke me blind
Ur beauty I'd still see
Love is 2 weak 2 define
Just what U mean 2 me

When we B makin' love
I only hear the sounds
Heavenly angels cryin' up above
Tears of joy pourin' down on us
They know we need each other
They know U R my fix
I know, that U know that I ain't cheatin' baby
They know this is serious
I ain't funkin' just 4 kicks, no
This condition I got is crucial, crucial baby
U could say that I'm a terminal case
U could burn up my clothes
Smash up my ride, well maybe not the ride
But I got 2 have Ur face
All up in the place
I'd like 2 think that I'm a man of exquisite taste
A hundred percent Italian silk imported Egyptian lace
But nothin' baby, I said nothin' baby could compare
2 Ur lovely face
Do U know what I'm sayin' 2 ya this evening
I'm just tryin' 2 say
I'm just tryin' 2 say
That until, until the end of time
I'll B there 4 U
I'll B there 4 U
On my heart, on my mind, (truly adore U)
I truly adore U (darlin')
U don't know what U're mean 2 me
Baby, (until the end of time)
Baby, (I'll B there 4 U)
Baby, (U own my heart and mind)
'Til the end of time I'll B there 4 U
(I truly adore U)
Adore U (adore U)

Can I talk 2 U? {{chorus repeated in background}}
Tell U what U mean 2 me
Every time U wander
I'll B Ur eyes so U can see
I wanna show U things
That I show no other, I wanna B
More than, more than Ur mother
More than Ur brother
I wanna B (like no) like no other
If U need me, I'll never leave
I know, that U know, without U there is no me
There is no me
Without U there is no sea
There is no shore
Love is 2 weak 2 define how much I adore
U, child
U, child
The last words U hear
The last words U hear

(until the end of time)
I'll B there 4 U, baby
(until the end of time)

B with me darlin' til the end of time (until the end of time)
I'll give U my heart
I'll give U my mind
I'll give U my body (until the end of time)
I'll give U my time (until the end of time)
(until the end of time)

4 all time I am with U
U R with me
(until the end of time)
U R with me, U R with me

 

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DISC I

WELCOME 2 THE DAWN!