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Oh lord, gimme strength
Sweet lord, gimme love
Oh lord, gimme strength
Sweet lord, gimme love

I'm not your lover, i wanna be your friend
But i need something, do you comprehend?
It took a long time for this heart to mend
There's something wrong with the love you send

Oh give me strength oh lord above
I need some of that sweet toxic love
Sweet toxic love pouring through my veins
To lift me up to make me insane

I'm not your punch bag i'm not your floor
You can't walk on me 'til you get bored
Before you break it, you must be sure
That you can't use this love no more

Oh give me strength oh lord above
I need some of that sweet toxic love
Sweet toxic love pouring through my veins
To lift me up, to make me insane

God would have loved you but he never had the chance
Love it means nothing 'til it's slipping through your hands
And all the people with their problems and their plans
Though it's nothing new for me and you, i still know who i am

Oh give me strength, oh lord above ( my sweet lord)
I need some of that sweet toxic love (just give me love)
Sweet toxic love pouring through my veins
To lift me up, to make me insane

Oh lord (oh lord), gimme stregth
Sweet lord, gimme love (gimme love)
Oh lord (oh lord), gimme strength
Sweet lord, gimme love
(just gimme love)

Happy ever after
That's the story that you're told
When you're young, your mother says it's so
But when you hear them fight
In your bedroom late at night
You wonder does she really know

Can't you see
This ain' t the way it's supposed to be
Mother father sister brother
Happy family

Can't you see
I hate the way that you talk to me
Mother father sister brother
Happy family

Jealousy and laughter
Noone ever told you why, oh why
But they stay together always do or die
When he looks at you
Just do as i say not as i do
No wonder that your anger, anger grows

Can't you see
This ain' t the way it's supposed to be
Mother father sister brother
Happy family

Can't you see
I play no part of your misery
Mother father sister brother
Happy family

Can't you see, can't you see?

(mother father sister brother)
(happy family)

When you hear them fight
In your bedroom late at night
You wonder does she really know, no

Can't you see
This ain' t the way it's supposed to be
Mother father sister brother
Happy family

Can't you see
I play no part of your misery
Mother father sister brother
Happy family

Mother father sister brother
Happy family

Here i clutch my rosaries
And picture god a man
Yes he's standing right in front of me
Yes he knows just what i am

I am frightened by these moments
And the things i can reveal
He says 'hold on'
You know i love you still

It don't matter
What the good book says
Whether it's good or it's right
I'm gonna do it anyway

Oh lord, give me strength
Oh lord, give me love
Oh lord, give me strength
Oh lord, give me love

Give me love
Give me love
Give me love

Take me to the river
'cause the desert is too dry
I'm not asking for redemption
For the things i feel inside

When you found me here in darkness
I was cursing at my fate
Before you leave me standing
It is not too late

Redemption
I don't need no cure
Be your healing hands
On the sick and the poor

Oh lord, give me strength
Oh lord, give me love
Oh lord, give me strength
Oh lord, give me love

Oh lord, give me love
Oh lord, give me love
Oh lord, give me love
Oh lord, give me love

Oh lord, give me strength
Oh lord, give me love
Oh lord, give me strength
Oh lord, give me love

Oh lord, give me strength
Oh lord, give me love
Oh lord, give me strength
Oh lord

I came in here tonight
Just like all of you
Looking for some fun
Something nice to do
Yeah, something nice to do

I've got the feeling
You must be screaming
Your love is walking away
I've got this feeling
You must be screaming
But i just wanted to say

Girlfriend, everybody needs
A boyfriend,
Cos when you've got a boyfriend
You've got something else to do

I'm throwing down tonight
Just like all of you
I'm looking for wome fun
Nothing less to lose
No, nothing else to lose

I've got the feeling
You must be screaming
Your love is walking away
I've got this feeling
You must be screaming
But i just wanted to say

Girlfriend, everybody needs
A boyfriend,
Cos when you've got a boyfriend
You've got something else to do

If you want to keep your man
Be a devil if you have to
Hold on to him girl
There are those that will
Defeat you
There are others that
Will leave you dry
Go on girl
Take your love and wrap
It around
The first sucker that you meet
What's the matter honey
Did your neck throw up?
Just get off my face

Waking up beside you
Felt a slap that made you cry
Nowhere else to hide those
Dirty little thoughts of mine

No angel trying to love you, no way
I wouldn't put that by your side
I ain't, i ain't above you, no
I let my morals take a slide

When you know it's over
Why then waste my time, yeah
When you know it's over
Don't tell me it's just one more mountain to climb

Use me
Use me like you found the time
Use me
Use me 'cause tonight you're mine

No angel trying to love you, no way
I wouldn't put that by your side
I ain't, i ain't above you, no
I let my morals take a slide

When you know it's over
Why then waste my time, yeah
When you know it's over
Don't tell me it's just one more mountain to climb

Use me
Use me like you found the time
Use me
Use me 'cause tonight you're mine

Use me
Use me like you found the time
Use me
Use me 'cause tonight you're mine

Use me
Use me 'cause tonight you're mine
Use me
Use me 'cause you've found the time

Use me
Use me 'cause tonight you're mine
Use me
Use me like you found the time

Use me
Use me 'cause tonight you're mine
Use me
Use me like you found the time

Use me
Use me 'cause tonight you're mine
Use me

Won't you be elated
To tamper with our pride
They say to celebrate it
Is social suicide

I'm not your average beat boy
I'm not your rebel guy
You want to make us hated
You want to make us slide

No clause 28
No clause 28
Brother you're much too late

Don't need this legislation
You don't need this score
Don't need this facist groove
Just to show pornography the door

Don't mean to be too precious
I don't mean to be uptight
But tell me iron lady
Are we moving to the right?

No clause 28
No clause 28
Brother you're much too late

They talk about aids they call it a curse
But brothers we know it's gonna get worse
You know you won't cure it with tv campaigns
Or telling those mothers what to put in their veins

I'm telling you suckers start using your heads
By putting the money in hospital beds
You're clamping our cars the streets are a mess
Look what you've done to the nhs

Not tory, not labour, not sdp
It's all the same from a factory
Don't talk to me about political choice
I don't like your tone and i don't like your voice

No clause 28
No clause 28
Brother you're much too late

I know all there is to know about the crying game
I've had my share of the crying game

First there are kisses, then there are sighs
And then before you know where you are
You're sayin' goodbye

One day soon i'm gonna tell the moon about the crying game
And if he knows maybe he'll explain

Why there are heartaches, why there are tears
And what to do to stop feeling blue
When love disappears

I know all there is to know about the crying game
I've had my share of the crying game

First there are kisses, then there are sighs
And then before you know where you are
You're sayin' goodbye

Don't want no more of the crying game
Don't want no more of the crying game
Don't want no more of the crying game
Don't want no more of the crying game

I go where i go
You don't need to let me know
I go where i go

Baby i know this ain't perfection
But you're good to me sometimes
Holding onto love for those moments
Some would say is a waste of my time

When i hold you up people say i'm sad
Sad and lonely
When you put me down people say i'm sad
But they don't know me

I go where i go
You don't need to let me know
I go where i go
Where i go

People tell me boy, it's foolish
Always got so much to say
Lovers, dreamers, come between us
But we always find our way

If you break my heart i will still be here
Like a broken fool
Told you from the start, pain won't make us part
That's the golden rule

I go where i go
You don't need to let me know
I go where i go
I go where i go

They don't tell us nothing new
We're as bright as day
Live on love, that's what we do
This is what i say

I go where i go
I go where i go
You don't need to tell me so
I go where i go
I go where i go
You don't need to tell me so

I go where i go
You don't need to let me know
I go where i go
You don't need to tell me so

You walk sidewalk

And i pray, i pray
And i pray, i pray
I've been on my knees all day

Jerk faced pop star
Driving in your big car
Good looks, strong hooks
Only get you so far

High life, rich wife
Cut you like a knife

And i pray , i pray
I've been on my knees all day
And i pray, i pray
I hear every word you say

Cadillac, club knack

You look red, do drugs
Holler 'cause they're mean thugs
Hot wheel, better deals
Who's been holding his wheels

High life, rich wife
Cut you like a knife

And i pray , i pray
I've been on my knees all day
And i pray, i pray
I hear every word you say

I've got all my money
I've got all my money
I've got all my money
I've got all my money

Jerk faced pop star
Driving in your big car
Good looks, strong hooks
Only get you so far

High life, rich wife
Cut you like a knife

And i pray , i pray
I've been on my knees all day
And i pray, i pray
I hear every word you say

And i pray , i pray
I've been on my knees all day
And i pray, i pray
Don't you hear a word i say

What you say?

Those early days who said
Patience never pays?
It's a man's world we're living in
But that don't mean you have to start giving in

When he says, woman, there's a place for you
That don't mean that's what you have to do
There's a gift somebody gave to you
It's called talking and saying out loud

My mama never knew but i do, i do
My mama never knew
Oh she never knew
But i do, yes i do
Oh my mama she never knew
Yes i do

It was late, late in life
When my mama started to fight
She said man, boy what the hell are you
Gonna break up this room with a word or two

If it seems i ain't good enough for you
Then you know just what you have to do
Pack your bags honey, take your life with you
Go on walk out that door i won't say it no more

My mama never knew but i do, i do
My mama never knew
Oh she never knew
But i do, yes i do
Oh my mama she never knew
She never knew
Yes i do

Tied to the cross
Sometimes i feel like an anchor in your life
I'm just a woman
But more than a woman i have in my life
She said, you bring me down
You turn me around
If there's a justice
I want justice in this life

My mama never knew but i do, i do
My mama never knew but i do
Yes i do

Those early days who said
Patience never pays?
It's a man's world we're living in
But that don't mean you have to start giving in

When he says, woman, there's a place for you
That don't mean that's what you have to do
There's a gift somebody gave to you
It's called talking and saying out loud

My mama never knew but i do, i do
My mama never knew
Oh she never knew
But i do, yes i do
Oh my mama she never knew
Yes i do

Just like a woman
She knows everything

American girls stand tall but american boyz
American girls stand tall but american boyz

I saw a sweet set of eyes down in makeshift hollywood
Where the black boys tap new york and the white guys wish they could
He was standing feet sweet looking good to go
I could swing this city but the traffic moves too slow

American boyz spit junk like you breed virtue
American boyz say look out here comes a fool
American boyz are sweet if you handle it trick or treat
American girls stand tall but american boyz

I saw some crying eyes down on c 'n' 79
There was a hitman on the phone he was try'na crush a friend of mine
Me and merri were flying just above the flame
Oh lord he was pretty but he loved to smoke cocaine

American boyz spit junk like you breed virtue, yeah
American boyz say look out here comes a fool
American boyz are so sweet but don't ever be too scared to speak
American girls stand tall but american boyz

Talking about american boys

I made out in the back of a yellow taxi
God it was cold but i took the safest route
I was high, heridity, all the lights poked fun at me
Acid makes you feel like you're in a movie

American girls stand tall but american boyz
American girls stand tall but american boyz
American girls stand tall but american boyz
American girls stand tall

American boyz spit junk like you breed virtue, yeah
American boyz say look out here comes a fool
American boyz are so sweet but don't ever be too scared to speak
American girls are cool but american boyz

American boyz are studs on the highway
And life is a quest without recreation
God is a beach so glad you could make it
American boyz one chance better take it

All american
All american boyz
How american is american?

Saying sorry
Would mean i've apologised
And you know i was good to you baby
There were very few lies

Now that you ask me
I'm no saint inside
The same things you feel little darling
I don't try to hide

When i think about the laughter
Directed at me
I don't give a damn anymore
If they don't see what i see

We've got the right to love
We've got the chance to make it work
We've got the right to love
Yes we got the right

That's where you get me, yes you do
Almost every time
When it comes down to making love
It has to be right

When i think about the laughter
Directed at me
I don't give a damn anymore
If they don't see what i see

We've got the right to love
We've got the chance to make it work
We've got the right to love
Yes we got the right

Don't put the blame on me
I won't tell you no lies
Don't put the blame on me
Got no time for compromise

We've got the right to love
We've got the chance to make it work
We've got the right to love
Yes we got the right

You keep saying you've got something for me
Something you call love, but confess
You've been messing where you shouldn't be messing
And someone else is getting all your best

These boots are made for walkin'
That's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you

You keep lying when you oughta to be truthin'
You keep losing when you oughta not bet
You keep saming when you ought to be changin'
What's right is right, but you ain't been right yet

These boots are made for walkin'
That's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are gonna kick you

You keep playing where you shouldn't be playing
You keep thinking that you'll never get burnt
I just found me a brand new box of matches
Your body knows you ain't got time to hurt

These boots are made for walkin'
That's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you

Are you ready boots?
Start walkin'

Hey yeah
Hey yeah yeah
Oh baby
Hey yeah yeah

Watching you walk away
Right out of my life
Hearing the things that you say
Love overdrive

So what are those precious feelings
You have for me, me, me
Am i an all-time loser
Why can't you see

Only your love can make me feel the way i do yeah
Only your love can make me keep on loving you
Gonna keep on loving you

Baby - are you too afraid you found it?
Baby - are you too afraid you found it?
Baby - are you too afraid you found it?
Baby - are you too afraid you found my love?

If you should say my affection
Is a waste of your time
If you should walk away
Boy, i'll say that's fine

Only your love can make me feel the way i do yeah
Only your love can make me keep on loving you, yeah
Gonna keep on loving you

Baby - are you too afraid you found it?
Baby - are you too afraid you found it?
Baby - are you too afraid you found it?
Baby - are you too afraid you found my love?

I feel afraid
I feel afraid

Only your love can make me feel the way i do yeah
Only your love can make me keep on loving you, yeah
Gonna keep on loving you

Babe - won't you wrap your arms around me?
Babe - could you keep the love, you found it?
Babe - won't you wrap your arms around me?
Babe - could you keep the love, you found it?

Stay with me all night why don't you?