Emancipation (edited)

(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}

Go
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}

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!)

(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}

{"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)

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

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!

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}

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

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

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

{"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)

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)

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!

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}

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
And 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 can bring
That's what 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}