I try to reason and tell myself you'll return
But you are gone and I know, I know, I know you're gone
You were mine for only a minute
And if I hurt you I didn't intend it
You are gone away, I keep tellin' my mind
You're not gonna stay
But I believe sometimes that I lost you, baby
I lost you, baby, you were gone
Forgive and forget it that's not what I'll ask you to do
'Cause I want you back, yeah
You know, you know I want you back
And in concluding my mental discussion
I found I lost my prized possession
You are gone away, I keep tellin' my mind
You're not gonna stay
And I believe sometimes that I lost you, baby
I lost you, baby, you were gone
You were mine for only a minute
And if I hurt you I didn't intend it
You are gone away, I keep tellin' my mind
You're not gonna stay
And I believe sometimes that I lost you, baby
I lost you, baby and you were gone
Lie, lies I told you baby
Georgia rose, Georgia rose
You're the most precious rose Dixie grows
Though it don't seem quite right
'Cause your skin's dark as night
I know you've heart full of light
To the good Lord above
We all look the same
So, don't hang your head in shame
Georgia rose, Georgia rose
Don't be blue 'cause you're black
Georgia rose
Georgia rose, Georgia rose
Don't be blue 'cause you're black
All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray
Away for a walk on a winter's day
I'd be so safe and warm if I was in L.A.
California dreamin' on such a winter's day
I stopped into a church yes I did, that I passed along the way
And I got down on my knees down on my knees
And I pretended to pray, you know the preacher he likes it cold
'Coz he knows I'm gonna stay, as he knows I'm gonna stay
California dreamin' on such a winter's day, oh yeah
All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray
I've been for a walk on a cold winter's day, yeah
I'd be so safe and warm if I was in L.A
California dreamin' on such a winter's day
On such a winter's day, on such a winter's day
California, California dreamin', California dreamin'
Play that for me
Close your eyes
And rest your tired body next to mine
Nobody knows more than you
These hard times that we're living through
But baby, we'll go on and on
Hey, Lord knows we got each other
So kiss me, kiss me hard and long
Hard times, we can get over, yeah
Now the sun, yeah, it must rise
And she coming with a bag of tricks
And treats and dirty lies, nobody smiles, nobody cries
And no one seems to care if they live or die
But baby, we'll go on and on, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord knows
We have got each other, yeah
So come on and kiss me, kiss me hard and long
Ooh, hard times, we can get over
Those ballots and boxes, bullets and guns, yeah
And the outlaw, the outlaw always runs and runs, yeah he does
But baby, just you come, come to me
Come to me, come to me, come to me, baby
When, whenever you need me
So kiss me hard, lay some kisses on me, baby
'Cause I need you and you know that
What this madness in my mind
Never really knew love before this time
Boy you'll take me where I've never been before
Now I what to explore more and more, just...
Give me your love, Give me your love
Give me your love, Give me your love,
Give me your love, Give me your love,
Give me your love, Give me your love,
I'm your woman, you're my man,
Doesn't matter if the world can't understand
I know if you stay right here by my side
I'll have no fear; I'll never run and hide just...
Captivate my soul, hold me
When I'm down I need your love to console me
Some weakness tells me when the morning comes
It's hard for me to try to see you're not the one
For the love of you I just might just do most anything
It's the sensation the slightest touch can bring
Baby I adore you this is not a fling
With every breath I sing for you to...
(Chorus)
When I was a very small child
my mother told me
Hold on to the things that you love
And never let them go
Love is too precious to be wasted
And that is why I want you to know...
What's this madness in my mind I really new love before this time
Boy you'll take me where I've never been before.
Now I want to explore more and more and more
Chorus x2:
Who you gonna call when it's time to brawl
standin' 'round waitin' for my queendom to fall
Well I think not, styles are pipin' hot
Blazin', amazin', I give it all I got
I'm tellin' you straight up, all sleepin' beauties better wake up
I'll tear your state up, so set the date up
And I'm a rip it, what if it what was it
Who did it, who does it
From private to public
Anywhere I'm in there and been there
So recognize this, who the nicest
Sit down and settle for your constellation prizes
Whatever you want I got
Whether you ready or not
It's about to get hot when I drop
So notes, pause another spot
To do you, don't get me in a corner make me do you
Don't try to be me, do you
Be coo' to you and do you
I'm on a higher level with different class, another plane
I am the Queen, that's my name, time to explain
that I spit game with dames
Leave 'em all with shit stains
Split frames, hopin' you hopin' that I'm jokin'
Don't know but still blink off like fo'-fo's
but so-so, slow mo's comin' in like the po-po's
Don't want rocks comin' at me the wrong way
Packin' much rocks, it's gonna be a long day
And for real, spittin' on imbessiles and spinnin' wheels
on my 600 you want it, you must be blunted
I'll take it to your stomach, run it, give me all
mic for mic, steppin' to me you gonna fall, we brawl
Throwin' a two-piece so loose leafs
It's the Q-U-double-E-N
You know how I'm MCin'
Chorus x2
See physically you not ready
Lyrically you not ready
Mentally maybe
Who talks tough, time to get the baby
No threats or small bets on my bond we can get it on
From dusk 'til dawn from night 'til mourn
Some bubble hard squads are gone, no gimmicks, no tricks
'til one of us admits it's a battle a whisk
So look I'm off the hook, while you off the rocker
Thinkin' I'm shook, get the phone book, call the doctor
Are you out of your mind, doubtin' mines, out of line
Talkin' out your behind, shoutin' rhymes out of time
It's all over, what's up, yeah, what, what now, you tough now
Now you hush, hush now, ain't sayin' too much now
Thought so, haunt yo' sleepin' ass, creepin' fast
like you was doin' somethin', now I gotta ruin somethin'
You image, your career, lookie here you whole life is hangin' in the air
like a chandilier, poppin' off like a can of beer, understand is it clear
If not let me put it in your ear that I'm royalty
Even though I'm low-key, you know me
You be singin' over my tracks like it's kareoke
If you don't know the half you gon' feel the wrath
Represent the rugged path, the Flavor Unit staff
Droppin' math'matics, layin' you out like craftmatic
I'll let you have it, so you don't want the static
Chorus x2
Music play
Something dreamy for dancing
While we're here romancing
It's love's holiday
And Love will be our guide
Close your eyes
When you open them dear
I'll be right hear by your side
So...
Close your eyes
Rest your head on my shoulder and sleep
Close your eyes
And I will close mine
Close your eyes
Let's pretend that we're both counting sheep
Close your eyes
This is divine
Music play
Something dreamy for dancing
While were here romancing
It's love's holiday
And Love will be our guide
Close your eyes
When you open them dear
I'll be near by your side
My mellow Latee was kicking flavor
The R.E. posse said, "Yo Latifah we can do this"
So I paused in the thought and in my brilliance I caught
And I agreed because I already knew this
Now you should want to flex 'cause I'm in full effect
Queen Latifah is five-oh on this set
You've been begging and dying for somebody's rhyming to set you free
For God so loved the world He gave to me
I'm coolin' teaching those needing schoolin'
The mic, this mic in my hand, I'm rulin'
So prepare your mind for my lifeline
And meet the new Queen of Royal Badness
Latifah has the spirit so head for the water
And dive into the wrath of my madness
Cost of living getting higher
'Cause them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher
'Cause her to rhyme our way
Some MC's have gold and African vein
And using each other to compete with
Their subjects I pity because their rhymes are not witty like mine
To write a rhyme so delicious you can eat it
There are those who like my taste, but don't consider biting
There's penalties for those who don't do writing, just be reciting
Everyone else's word that took a lot of thinking
It's not my fault your thoughts are shrinking
While mine are growing, yes, you know like all the woman inside of me
Despite what you do or say and even in spite of me
Brothers, catch my eye with little hijinks like eye winks
Dying to have a lover of my likeness
So release all your shyness, call me 'Your Highness'
And dare to feel the wrath of my madness
Cost of living getting higher
'Cause them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher
'Cause her to rhyme our way
Word of mouth is always everlasting
And everlasting are the words that I bring
The ruler of the ring is Lord Ramsey
And music is made by Mark the 45 King
You tremble for my treble, you're begging for the bass
The voice is too vicious, the same as the pace
The crowds, they love me, they give only hugs
The shrinked-to-fit button flies fit quite snug
As a bug, you know why? Because I'm bugging
Of the beats that DJ Mark is loving
So plex on the sounds that I'm pumping
I'm jumping with the energy to turn your mind to gladness
Come on, just get into it, don't lie and say you've been through it
Feel the wrath of my madness
Cost of living getting higher
'Cause them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher
'Cause her to rhyme our way
The scene is mine, 'cause I took it
I took it for the money and I took it for the fun
Don't step up in my face, you don't want to feel the taste
Don't try and play me out 'cause I am not the one
Brothers on my bra strap, sisters clocking my sound, why?
Because they wanna be down with the
Queen L A T I F A H in command
I supply the concept for you to understand
For those who want to bite, don't make me have to fuss
The only thing you get is the glutenous maximus
Suckers on the tip, you're loving me, you're leaving me
You wish that one day you could have this
Come on, you know the time, just be thankful for the rhyme
And get up on the wrath of my madness
Cost of living getting higher
'Cause them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher
'Cause her to rhyme our way
Cost of living getting higher
'Cause them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher
My mellow Latee was kicking flavor
The R.E. posse said, "Yo Latifah we can do this"
So I paused in the thought and in my brilliance I caught
And I agreed because I already knew this
Now you should want to flex 'cause I'm in full effect
Queen Latifah is five-oh on this set
You've been begging and dying for somebody's rhyming to set you free
For God so loved the world He gave to me
I'm coolin' teaching those needing schoolin'
The mic, this mic in my hand, I'm rulin'
So prepare your mind for my lifeline
And meet the new Queen of Royal Badness
Latifah has the spirit so head for the water
And dive into the wrath of my madness
Cost of living getting higher
'Cause them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher
'Cause her to rhyme our way
Some MC's have gold and African vein
And using each other to compete with
Their subjects I pity because their rhymes are not witty like mine
To write a rhyme so delicious you can eat it
There are those who like my taste, but don't consider biting
There's penalties for those who don't do writing, just be reciting
Everyone else's word that took a lot of thinking
It's not my fault your thoughts are shrinking
While mine are growing, yes, you know like all the woman inside of me
Despite what you do or say and even in spite of me
Brothers, catch my eye with little hijinks like eye winks
Dying to have a lover of my likeness
So release all your shyness, call me 'Your Highness'
And dare to feel the wrath of my madness
Cost of living getting higher
'Cause them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher
'Cause her to rhyme our way
Word of mouth is always everlasting
And everlasting are the words that I bring
The ruler of the ring is Lord Ramsey
And music is made by Mark the 45 King
You tremble for my treble, you're begging for the bass
The voice is too vicious, the same as the pace
The crowds, they love me, they give only hugs
The shrinked-to-fit button flies fit quite snug
As a bug, you know why? Because I'm bugging
Of the beats that DJ Mark is loving
So plex on the sounds that I'm pumping
I'm jumping with the energy to turn your mind to gladness
Come on, just get into it, don't lie and say you've been through it
Feel the wrath of my madness
Cost of living getting higher
'Cause them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher
'Cause her to rhyme our way
The scene is mine, 'cause I took it
I took it for the money and I took it for the fun
Don't step up in my face, you don't want to feel the taste
Don't try and play me out 'cause I am not the one
Brothers on my bra strap, sisters clocking my sound, why?
Because they wanna be down with the
Queen L A T I F A H in command
I supply the concept for you to understand
For those who want to bite, don't make me have to fuss
The only thing you get is the glutenous maximus
Suckers on the tip, you're loving me, you're leaving me
You wish that one day you could have this
Come on, you know the time, just be thankful for the rhyme
And get up on the wrath of my madness
Cost of living getting higher
'Cause them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher
'Cause her to rhyme our way
Cost of living getting higher
'Cause them to rhyme our way
Queen Latifah getting higher
[Incomprehensible]
I stepped into a basement party in Brooklyn
The brothers was looking as soon as I put a foot in
A female walked up to me and said, "Latifah bust a line"
I don't think you're on the strength, show me the time
I said, "If you really want to do this, we can do this, fine
Take six paces and begin to rhyme"
As soon as she attempted to make a sound
I ate her up with the verb, broke her down with the noun
'Cause I hate it when someone challenges with me
But cannot balance with me
I get annoyed when they can't go blow for blow
I get pissed when I hear the lyrics a sucker brings
Ha ha, I was thinking the same thing
Well, I was approached by a whole damn group of them
Rhyme fiends, biters, and bums
Took me kind of light, said they wanted to fight
I kinda got uptight, you didn't do what I think you did? Yeah, right
Bash, went the first, smash, went the next one
What about the third, he started, he started to run
But to his surprise, his feet must have slipped
'Cause I snapped that neck before the second step
You see you may speculate, but everybody knows
Not one amateur can deal with the pros
These are the pros
Coming now from Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear some more then just follow
If you like the smooth chanted lyrics then just say, "Bo bo bo bo"
There was a time that a man could go
Anyplace, anywhere without a Rambo
But now me have to keep me pistol loaded with rhyme
Have to deal with bad breath biters that step out of line
So when they make a move them surely get a taste of it
I'm Daddy-O and I don't quit
So feel the flow, y'all, because you're under attack
From my rhymes, 'cause I'm writing swift rhymes in stacks
And four words to the wack, just stay the hell back
'Cause it's a fact if you're wack you ain't saying Jack
So we can go rhyme for rhyme if you wish
But eating you suckers is my favorite dish
And I warned you suckers if you messed with me
You'll be the next ingredient in my recipe
Start and don't finish, I'll hunt you down
And you can't run forever, so you'll be found
And with nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide
How you wanna be eaten, boy, baked or fried?
These are the pros
Coming now from Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear some more then just follow
If you like the smooth chanted lyrics then just say, "Bo bo bo bo"
These are the pros
Coming now from Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear some more then just follow
If you like the smooth chanted lyrics then just say, "Bo bo bo bo"
It's Latifah the Queen, pioneer of the mainstream
I flow just like a pro 'cause it's the same thing
Suckers have to realize how foolish they sound
So button your lips and stop trying to be down
I caught you out there, how many times? A lot of times
'Cause when it comes to mine, you know I gotta rhyme
Stepping to the right, to the left
To the best place, well I have to face
A sucker like a pooh-butt, weak and soft
Riding my bra strap trying to get off
Understand and know, that if you want to go
You'd better be ready to flow 'cause I'm a pro
These are the pros
Coming now from Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear some more then just follow
If you like the smooth chanted lyrics then just say, "Bo bo bo bo"
These are the pros
Coming now from Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear some more then just follow
If you like the smooth chanted lyrics then just say, "Bo bo bo bo"
We wax floors with bums, make mocks out of some
Sting 'em hard, and watch them complain how it stung
Kidnap the babysitter, lock 'em inside a box
Daddy-O and the true blue queen of rock
These are the pros
Coming now from Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear some more then just follow
If you like the smooth chanted lyrics then just say, "Bo bo bo bo"
These are the pros
Coming now from Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear some more then just follow
If you like the smooth chanted lyrics then just say, "Bo bo bo bo"
These are the pros
Coming now from Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear some more then just follow
If you like the smooth chanted lyrics then just say, "Bo bo bo bo"
These are the pros
Coming now from Queen Latifah and Daddy-O
And if you want to hear some more then just follow
Basslines affect me when my rhymes direct me
Forgive the crowds, O Lord, they know not why they sweat me
Biting's against the law in the place that I live
So I lock up the door with the keys to my crib
The call me the high priestess of this hasta
Although I'm not a dread and not a rasta
There's never been a word I can't master
I've always been, a piddly pastor
I reign, the lesson of today
You have to listen to each and every single word I have to say
Because the Ruler Lord Ramsey is on my side
And I'm the princess of the posse, so yo, take it light
The Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool one
She rhyme on my record and she ram jam me gun
The Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool girl
She rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA, the world
You try to dissect my rhymes to see if there's a pattern
I bounced it all around you like the rings around Saturn
Let me know now if you'd like to protest
And proceeding a greeting, or would you rather progress
Onto a higher plateau, to the peak and I'm taking it slow
Enough for you to see the knowledge and to know
I'm the Q-U-E-E-N, L-A-T-I-F-A-H
Queen of the R.E. Posse the GLA which is
Get Live Alright, you standing there chewing on your fingernails
Nervous, watching me doing the live thing
Singing like a bird sing, ringing like the phone ring
I'm the Queen and you're the underling
I'm never following, I follow none
The princess of the posse is a cool one
The Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool one
She rhyme on my record and she ram jam me gun
The Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool girl
She rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA, the world
I'm the queen of the clan, with a mic in my hand
I step over suckers to position myself to rule this land
It's a concoction, for my ability
To show the skeezers the meaning of humility
Cause they don't know I'm the one to fly one or two
I'm snatching hearts cause I'm Latifah and I want to
I find it necessary to tell you to get off my tip
I'm kicking gold so grab a hold and get a good grip
Stop the lying, the trying
The time buying, you've been denying
You're dependent on me, the princess of the posse
I got the cards, so I'm dealing a death blow
You're taking no crowns, put that on cease
My DJ's name is Mark the 45 King to the posse
Peace, got to let you know where I come from
The princess of the posse is a cool one
The Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool one
She rhyme on my record and she ram jam me gun
The Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool girl
She rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA, the world
Now take run the family
Me say me have to do it for the R.E. posse
You try to be down, you can't take the crown
Maybe from someone else but not me (Repeat 2x)
Get funky with it
I told you before you burn when you play with fire
So take off your hats, matter of fact hail the new Sire
You're hungry as hell, so I'm cookin' up the chowder
It's laced with ingredients, gon' come on like gunpowder
Pom-pom, lick a shot, then I got the order
I'm runnin' for the border for causin' disorder
Pom-pom, lick a shot, got on my defenses
I'm runnin' for the fences, of course I'm relentless
The particular name of this Queen is Latifah
I've often been classified as a feminine teacher
Collectively capture the heart of a nation
Love my culture and show appreciation
You're lookin' for the black influ'? I do want too give it to you
What are you mad? Give me some of what you had
You can huff-huff, puff-puff and bluff-bluff
But I got nuff' of the ruff stuff
Ruff and tuff
Ruff and tuff
Ruff and tuff
And all that stuff
Now nuff of the ruff stuff, that's what I do, and I do it well
The proof is in the puddin', I show and prove, not show and tell
Talk tales, you get caught up in a crossfire
Buckshot must be what you want and desire
I write concepts, I don't be frontin' or be buggin'
I solely write the rhymes for the beats that you be lovin'
It's a love thang, the Queen doin' her thang
If I was a liquid, you would drink me like Tang
You think I'm kickin' things that I myself don't even heed?
I rap not for the love of music, but for greed?
"Latifah's booty, yo, she could never succeed"
Shit
You watch me do it and boom it, the Flavor Unit will snap necks
You a-fi listen a likkle, you fi go buy the cassette
You're starvin', 'cause you ain't had enough
That's right, nuff' of the ruff stuff
Ruff and tuff
Ruff and tuff
Ruff and tuff
And all that stuff
You talk about flavor, I got enough flavor to make a grapefruit sweet
Get old ladies jumpin' out of their seats
Change a peach to a pear to a plum with a little sun 'n rays
I got flavor for days
Now I'm the type that the fellas call a honey, and
From me you know you get a worth for your money, and
This is no meaningless attack, I gave you a chance
Matter of fact, yo, I ordered them to dance for me
They tried to turn me 'Inside Out'
They felt the 'Wrath Of My Madness', I let them 'Come Into My House'
It's called 'Latifah's Law', for the criminal to curse
And all the gentlemen know its rule, 'Ladies First'
Not the typical female that tends to
Fall victim to the 'Evil That Men Do'
Small puff, I call your bluff
I'm not mad, I just had nuff' of the ruff stuff
Ruff and tuff
Ruff and tuff
Ruff and tuff
And all that stuff
Everybody know Latifah love positivity
Now positivity erase negativity
Mi comin' inna di dance [Incomprehensible]
Me rollin' with the Flavor Unit posse
As a black woman mi want equality
Equality, and di freedom to be me
Mi have a mother Rita, only call her Mommy
Likkle brother and sister, Angelo and Kelly
A brother in them laws, but mi call him Winki
Lost mi daddy and you're our family
[Incomprehensible] black [Incomprehensible] black country
Let me remind you on how to unwind your body
So dance and shake and just keep in step
Understand, draw a clear picture
What I'm gonna hit you with is truly def
These are the words of a Queen of a Queendom
All competitors, I simply cream them
One by one, I dust a rush them all
If you have any more, bring them
To the front so they can sho me what they got
What they got, it better be hot
Cause if it's not, I'll simply knock them out the box
And they'll be put in a spot
The style I use will surely amuse
The party people to a state of gladness
What I mean is I'm on the scene
I'm the Queen of Royal Badness
Well it's the Lah, T-I-F-A-H
While I say my rhyme, Mark creates
The direct hi-tech sound of the dope noise
The bass will pound, I hope girls, I hope boys
Understand what I'm quoting, I'm not joking
Or freaking, this is a Queen speaking
Wis words, when I'm done I leave your eyes blurred
When you address me, address me as "Your Highness"
One of hip-hop's finest
You see, I can flow on tempo, off tempo
It makes me no difference
So play that beat, play it, kick it, watch me
Flip it, with dope lyrics, you want to hear it?
Observe my ways and actions, I grab the mic
And draw attractions
To the table, I'm a hit you at all angles
Those who think I caught a fit, I strangled them
The result with a pen and a pad
Gets mean, see I'm the Queen of Royal Badness
I can't wait until the party is jam-packed
When I start to drop it, the people say "Damn, black"
The queen is hyped up, awesome and deadly
If you don't dance, grab a chair and plex, B
Composure's kept, blows are thrown in death, hard as hell
Guard as well as you can or step
Off the premisis, in one minute it's
Going to explode in a style that's limitless
Make your first move, don't let it be your worst move
Cause if you do, you'll be a hurt fool
Keep your mouth shut to those that shout and cuss
It's no doubt that I got clout and I'll bust
Literature that flows like liquid
Some can't comprehend the way I kicked it
So don't say nothing
Just listen up, follow instructions
Rhyme, shake, slide, and dance like Lat said
When I'm on stage I sold rage and drop heads
Ambidextrous, skilled with both hands
Teaching a lesson, ready to throw jams
Latifah loves to rip up the scenery
It's nothing special, just a Queen to me
So do the knowledge, see if you can catch this
The queen is hyped up, the queen is hyped up
The queen is hyped up, the queen is hyped up
Ayo Manda, what's up La
Yo people have been trying to get fierce on me
I think it's time I tell them about themselves
Yo, just give it to them safari style
Well, well, well it's L A, the T I, the F A H, you?ll see why
Q U double E N is the reason I must be myself
What else? Well, fame hasn't got me
Souped up, selling out, sloppy or poppy
There so much live for, there for here's more from a woman
All woman keep the rumors to yourself
The over blown, home grown, not known
Fools who never shown proof let alone own
A lot of props or hip hip pop chart
Notch on your clock is my spot
Now who got the marks? I do
Why you little played out a chew, bless you
I'm allergic to wack crews, the La, the ti, the fah
The queen is up, throwing salt that you never seen before
How dare those who talk we can't have them
Some make me wanna go out with the bat and a magnum
But a wise, civilized and growing higher
Judgments from the Queen punish is the fire
I here to make these fools out of liars
You must learn step and respect the sire face the fire
Latifah had it up to here the frauds felling fear, fear
The sound is playing like a Q-tip digging your ear, ear
Mama Zula stands for positivity, knowledge and grace
I never run my piece, damn, I'll take it to your face
Open why you hoping none stutter, stop 'em
Maybe choke, choke because it's very hard to breathe
While La got you in a yolk, I'll cut your throat, I'll cut it short
No one ever getting near Latifah's had it up to here
Give it to 'em Queen, yeah, yeah, yeah
Give it to 'em Queen, I got it
Give it to 'em Queen, yeah, yeah, yeah
Give it to 'em Queen, I got it
Give it to 'em Queen, yeah, yeah, yeah
Give it to 'em Queen, I got it
Give it to em Queen, yeah, yeah, yeah
The Queen L A T I F A H in command
Some of these commercial entertainers
Are commercially a pain to my mind and my behind
Try to dis Dana, bumping me off
Because the Queen has reached a certain plateau
All I do is boo and say, 'Is that so?'
Talk is cheap and if talk got any cheaper
They'll be selling Nike tongues instead of sneakers
Kay sa rah sa rah, blazay blah, etcetera
This is a scene from the Queen La, La
Lovely and lyrically loose but lady like
I'm too slick to slip up or get tricked by the shady type
Chomps y'all talk and still wonder how loose I got
When I'm in town I give the boosters booster shots
Breaks breaks, face face, never never, waste waste
Your mind on a rhyme
That will get thrown in your fronting face
I'll cut your throat, I'll cut it short
No one ever getting near Latifah's had it up to here
Give it to 'em Queen, who got it?
Give it to 'em Queen Latifah
Give it to 'em Queen, who got it?
Give it to 'em Queen Latifah
Give it to 'em Queen, who got it?
Give it to 'em Queen Latifah
Give it to 'em Queen, who got it?
Queen L A T I F A H in command
Royal and loyal, face the fire, boy
You wouldn't get the time of the day
So make way, hey, silence I say
Lay low and have a cold one
Cause the whipping I'm dishing is an old one
I through some soul into my morning bowl then I rolled
I took your gold and stopped your singled
'Cause it ever never sold
Matter of fact it never even got the time to sprout
So you could never give me body or come in my house
The flavor unit is doing back again this year
How many flavors of the flavor can you love to hear
Feel the force of my holocaust, I'm staring at ya
Put in a bid on who will fall, I'm sure to match ya
Snatch ya, stature
Your broken looks more like a fracture, catch that rapper
Latifah will be back to crush ya, go buy a heart
'Cause from the start I told ya no one getting near
Latifah's had it up to here
Give it to 'em Queen, who got it?
Give it to 'em Queen Latifah
Give it to 'em Queen, who got it?
Give it to 'em Queen, the flavor unit
Give it to 'em Queen, I got it
Give it to 'em Queen, Latifah
Give it to 'em Queen, DJ A D
Give it to 'em Queen, ease off
Give it to 'em Queen
L A, L A T I F A H in command
Give it to 'em Queen
L A T I F A H in command
Give it to 'em Queen
L A T I F A H in command
Give it to 'em Queen
L A T I F A H in command
The ladies will kick it the rhyme that is wicked
Those that don't know how to be pros get evicted
A woman can bear you break you take you
Now it's time to rhyme can you relate to
A sister dope enough to make you holler and scream
Ayo let me take it from here Queen excuse me but I think I'm about do
To get into precisely what I am about to do
I'm conversating to the folks that have no whatsoever clue
So listen very carefully as I break it down for you
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily hyper happy overjoyed
Pleased with all the beats and rhymes my sisters have employed
Slick and smooth throwing down the sound totally a yes
Let me state the position, ladies first, yes? Yes
Yeah, there's going to be some changes in here
Believe me when I say being a woman is great, you see
I know all the fellas out there will agree with me
Not for being one but for being with one
Because when it's time for loving it's the woman that gets some
Strong, stepping, strutting, moving on
Rhyming, cutting, and not forgetting
We are the ones that give birth
To the new generation of prophets because it's ladies first
I break into a lyrical freestyle
Grab the mic, look into the crowd and see smiles
'Cause they see a woman standing up on her own two
Sloppy slouching is something I won't do
Some think that we can't flow stereotypes, they got to go
I'm a mess around and flip the scene into reverse
With what? With a little touch of ladies first
Who said the ladies couldn't make it, you must be blind
If you don't believe, well here, listen to this rhyme
Ladies first, there's no time to rehearse
I'm divine and my mind expands throughout the universe
A female rapper with the message to send the
Queen Latifah is a perfect specimen
My sister, can I get some?
Sure, Monie Love, grab the mic and get dumb
Yo, praise me not for simply being what I am
Born in L O N D O N and sound American
You dig exactly where I'm coming from
You want righteous rhyming, I'm a give you some
To enable you to aid yourself and get paid
And the material that has no meaning I wish to slay
Pay me every bit of your attention
Like mother, like daughter, I would also like to mention
I wish for you to bring me to, bring me to the rhythm
Of which is now systematically given
Desperately stressing I'm the daughter of a sister
Who's the mother of a brother who's the brother of another
Plus one more, all four have a job to do, we doing it
Respect due, to the mother who's the root of it
And next up is me, the M O N I E L O V E
And I'm first cause I'm a L A D I E
Contact and in fact, the style, it gets harder
Cooling on the scene with my European partner
Laying down track after track, waiting for the climax
When I get there, that's when I tax
The next man, or the next woman
It doesn't make a difference, keep the competition coming
And I'll recite the chapter in verse
[Queen Latifah]
Possy Dovey! (Yes mama?) Time to get up!
Hello I'm Queen Latifah how ya doing?
I hope that you're with this I hope that you're willing
I want to introduce you to a cut called
"Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children"
[Dove]
Well here comes the goy (Goy?)
The truth to the goy
You know the one that ate up like boy
Stepping with a step, keeping with a kept
Making an appearance with a notty-head set
Lunatics you lose cause the Plug 2's singing
Peace to the negative, nah, you make the weigh-in
Weigh-in, weigh-in, way out of order
If you know you're better, you'd better that you caught a
Waving mine a peace sign higher than a kite
If you're feeling sick, it's alright it's fever night
Don't do "Do see do" and dig in no potholes
Cause if you do we calling in March Patrol
It's no different from the verbal last heard
Cayumbo is the ruler that's bond to the word
He's moving more than three feet, jocking with the knee deep
Dove is going to leave you with a tweet tweet tweet
[Posdnuos]
Next on the menu, we continue with the pasta
Dipped in chocolate, served with lotsa
Twizzlers and honey, yum yum yummy
Lyrics I'm flaunting is good for the tummy
Tiptoing in I proceed to the floors
Selling much records like a pimp mover
Excuse me mommy, Pos wins
Cause I'm the A to the Plug W-O-N
Brother freak it live for this tribe
Now let's ride down the highway of vibes
Pushing that we start cause the soul says please
Cutting back with the raps and we don't get cheese
Ducks and we sit need to get?
Cause preacher is the key to the casualty
Polaroid flicks are back and you know
That the soul is moving on up like the Jeffersons
Go mommy! (Repeat 16x)
[Queen Latifah]
I'm back, a black queen upon the scene
With a knack for funky tracks, know what I mean?
Prince Paul produces this and it's a fly one
It has a beat that weigh, he's one of my sons
It's a family affair and then we're out of here
There is no doubt here, cause this is our year
So flex to a Queen Latifah/De La Soul sound
(Go ahead mama get down)
It's inevitable that this joint venture would be incredible
We never put ourselves on any pedistal
But the rhyme is so good it's practically edible (Say what?)
So check the sounds of Mama Zulu
As I relay the story untold
And if you're wondering why I got kids so big
They weren't born from the body, they were born from the soul
(Chorus)
When i'm sexing u when i'm next 2 u i know it's alright , it's the things u do make me cling to u cause i know it's alright .
1-Theirs a special way that u do what u do anywhere and anytime your not an ordinary lover u give me sometimes keep me so satisfied
Chorus
I'm over whelemed by the way that u handle cause i been down for a little while i've got experience to know when it's this good everything everything is alright
Chorus
When your here i dont' fear i feel so safe and secure u feel good in my arms and i know , your the one
Chorus
How do I know your never go , you've got to be the one for me i always pray that u will stay so baby , don't u go
How do I know your never go , you've got to be the one for me i always pray that u will stay so baby dont' u go
Chorus
Well, it’s almost nightfall
And there’s no forecast of rainfall
And I’m in the mood for a party
So I’m gonna go out to a club
And give the dancefloor body
So I jump in the car and go to the venue
Walk in the door and now I’m on the menu
Guys in the house, they’re wacthing me
They’re clocking me, there’s no stopping me
(refrain)
(desire) I know you want me
(you’re fine) thank you
But I’m not the type of girl that you think I am
I don’t jump into the arms of every man
(but I’m paid) I don’t need your money
(I love you) you must be mad
Easy lover is something that I ain’t
Besides, I don’t know you from a can of paint
Tell me why is it when I walk past the guys
I always hear, yo, baby?
I mean like what’s the big idea?
I’m a queen, nuff respect
Treat me like a lady
And, no, my name ain’t yo and I ain’t got your baby
I’m looking for a guy who’s sincere
One with class and savoir faire
I’m looking for someone who has to be
Perfect for the queen latifah me
(fly girl, fly girl)
(come here, cuz you’re sexy and you’re fine)
(and I want you to be mine)
(fly girl, fly girl)
(have no fear, your heart is in good hands)
(won’t you let me be your man? )
All my friends are in relationships
Some of then good ones and some of them bad ones
Some of the bad ones took a turn for the better
And some of the good ones ended up sad ones
You see? loving, it ain’t hard to get
I want a friend not just a lover
Someone who is dedicated only to me
Not to me and two or three others
One who will not lie to me or think
He can get my love by buying me
I know I’ll find him some day
And when I find him
He sure won’t say
(repeat refrain)
(fly girl, fly girl
(come here, cuz you’re sexy and you’re fine)
(and I want you to be mine)
(fly girl, fly girl, have no fear)
(have no fear, your heart is in good hands)
(won’t you let me be your man? )
Lounging, sitting in the house
And I’m cooling, first day of the week
So there’s nothing to do
And I’m in the mood for a real soft kiss
Momma never said there’ll be days like this
So I called her and we talked for a while
Hang up the phone feeling better
With a smile
It’s cool, cuz 91 is my year
And this time I know I’m gonna hear
(fly girl, fly girl, come here)
(come here, cuz you’re sexy and you’re fine)
(and I want you to be mine)
(fly girl, fly girl)
(have no fear, your heart is in good hands)
(won’t you let me be your man? )
(repeat refrain)
Fly girl (15x)
Booty rappers posin' as gunclappers get bitch smacked... need to switch
to bein'
actors, image is all ya after, ho galacta in the lip, the clappers and
the clips will
flip a flow like divine be turnin' tricks. Ima take mine wactha like
when the beat
come soft, I leave darkness where there used to be your front teeth. I'm
heartless,
when it comes to havin' the back of my partners, yeah we artists but
testin' us ain't
the smartest. You can huff, puff, but blow me down I doubt it kid, or
get yo' ass
whooped behind what ya mouth did. You need more "Hail Mary's" than a
catholic,
yo ass aint slick I'll mess your shit quick. I got connects, I get stuck
like glue stand
to the F you I had to make it so your parents forget you. Cause if I let
you get
over and then I pass you, think you can do it on a reg so Ima wreck you.
CHORUS
Elements that I'm among, these none. Fools be gettin' done, but over
dumb
reasons. Yall didnt Know. Elements that I'm among, these none. Betta
check it out
before you become one. Elements that I'm among, these none. Fools be
gettin'
done, but over dumb reasons. Yall didnt Know. Elements that I'm among,
these
none. Betta check it out before you become one.
Now you said no tricks in '86 it's time to build, now we gone be pushin'
'96 and
niggas still gotta kill. Tryin to keep it real... but is it really real?
If you could fly
is it? Get between my legs, you fuckin kid you'd be the man but hold ya
head.
Because if a fifth was a fifth we all be drunk... nigga dont, put no
yayo in my
blunt. I just, wanna bring the funk like a puma. yo wannabe niggas is
fired or be
the ill reputed. You throw shade, I throw it too, more than you can
chew... I get
back at you, lyrically hack at you. I keep the facts here, I keep it
real hell yeah, I
keep the facts there, dont make me hate you like a papsmear, thats
where, I get
ticked, matter fact in the '96 I'm also pistol grip pump on my lap at
all times shit.
Niggas be on some black on black crime shit. And I can't let it slide
cause I'm
terrified that I might be the next homocide, the pound is on my side.
CHORUS
Elements that I'm among, these none. Fools be gettin' done, but over
dumb
reasons. Yall didnt Know. Elements that I'm among, these none. Betta
check it out
before you become one. Elements that I'm among, these none. Fools be
gettin'
done, but over dumb reasons. Yall didnt Know. Elements that I'm among,
these
none. Betta check it out before you become one.
Niggas be all in my face like government be in my check, every time I
pick up the
mic and begin to wreck. But right now my job is more important than a
nigga,
I'm in to peace, its so tricky this ain't the way I figured. An evident
I wasn't
raised that way, we kicks a grip to stay that way, and I'm tryin' to
stay "forever
free," like AZ... baskin' in the riches of this hip hop M U S I C.
'Cause when the
east is in the house, "Oh My God!" Is right. I know girls that's givin'
niggas fair
fights, so you damn right. Ima stick up for mine, like a queen at a bee,
and Ima
get my own rythm wihtout a "G". Hey, if ya kiddie come come, well ya
need to
run run, like a bee yall get stomped, by my diggy dumps dumps, all
because of ya
tounge. And I'll be lampin' in the sun when the day is done.
Hey old friend let's look back
On the crazy clothes we wore
Ain't it fun to look back
And to see it's all been done before
All those nights together
Are a special memory
And I can't wait for tomorrow
Just as long as you're dancing next to me
'Cause it's so clear every year we get stronger
What's gone is gone, the past is the past
Turn the radio up and then hit the gas 'cause
I know we've come so far
But we've got so far to go
I know the road seems long
But it won't be long 'till it's time to go
So most days we'll take it fast
And some nights we'll take it slow
I know we've come so far
But baby, baby we've got so far to go
Hey old friend together
Side by side and year by year
The road was filled with twists and turns
Oh, but that's the road that got us here
Let's move past the bad times
But before those memories fade
Let's forgive but not forget
And learn from the mistakes we made
'Cause it's so clear every year we get stronger
So don't give up and don't say when
And just get back on the road again 'cause
I know we've come so far
But we've got so far to go
I know the road seems long
But it won't be long 'till it's time to go
So most days we'll take it fast
And some nights we'll take it slow
I know we've come so far
But baby, baby we've got so far to go
Hey old friend come along for this ride
There's plenty of room so jump inside
The highway's rocky every now and then
But it's so much better then where I've been
Just keep movin' at your own speed
Your heart is all the compass you'll ever need
Let's keep cruisin' the road we're on
'Cause the rear view mirror only shows what's gone, gone, gone
We got so far to go
Oh, it's so clear every year we get stronger
So shine that light, take my hand
Let's dance into the promise land 'cause
I know we've come so far
But we've got so far to go
I know the road seems long
But it won't be long 'till it's time to go
So most days we'll take it fast
And some nights we'll take it slow
I know we've come so far
But baby, baby we've got so far to go
But baby, baby we've got so far to go
Baby, baby, ooh
Baby, baby we've got so far to go
Baby, baby, ooh
Baby, baby we've got so far to go
Baby, baby, ooh
Baby, baby we've got so far to go
Baby, baby, ooh
Baby, baby we've got so far to go
Baby, baby, ooh
Baby, baby we've got so far to go
Baby, baby, ooh
U.N.I.T.Y., U.N.I.T.Y., that's a unity
U.N.I.T.Y., love a black man from infinity to infinity
U.N.I.T.Y., U.N.I.T.Y., that's a unity
U.N.I.T.Y., love a black woman from infinity to infinity
U.N.I.T.Y., U.N.I.T.Y., that's a unity
U.N.I.T.Y., love a black man from infinity to infinity
Instinct leads me to another flow
Everytime I hear a brother call a girl a bitch or a hoe
Trying to make a sister feel low
You know all of that gots to go
Now everybody knows there's exceptions to this rule
Now don't be getting mad, when we playing, it's cool
But don't you be calling me out my name
I bring wrath to those who disrespect me like a dame
That's why I'm talking, one day I was walking down the block
I had my cutoff shorts on right 'cause it was crazy hot
I walked past these dudes when they passed me
One of 'em felt my booty, he was nasty
I turned around red, somebody was catching the wrath
Then the little one said, "Yeah me, bitch" and laughed
Since he was with his boys he tried to break fly
I punched him dead in his eye and said, "Who you calling a bitch?"
U.N.I.T.Y., U.N.I.T.Y., that's a unity
U.N.I.T.Y., love a black woman from infinity to infinity
U.N.I.T.Y., U.N.I.T.Y., that's a unity
U.N.I.T.Y., love a black man from infinity to infinity
I hit the bottom, there ain't nowhere else to go but up
Bad days at work, give you an attitude then you were rough
And take it out on me but that's about enough
You put your hands on me again, I'll put your ass in handcuffs
I guess I fell so deep in love I grew dependency
I was too blind to see just how it was affecting me
All that I knew was you, you was all the man I had
And I was scared to let you go, even though you treated me bad
But I don't want to see my kids see me getting beat down
By daddy smacking mommy all around
You say I'm nothing without ya, but I'm nothing with ya
A man don't really love you if he hits ya
This is my notice to the door, I'm not taking it no more
I'm not your personal whore, that's not what I'm here for
And nothing good gonna come to ya til you do right by me
Brother you wait and see, who you calling a bitch?
U.N.I.T.Y., U.N.I.T.Y., that's a unity
U.N.I.T.Y., love a black man from infinity to infinity
U.N.I.T.Y., U.N.I.T.Y., that's a unity
U.N.I.T.Y., love a black woman from infinity to infinity
What's going on in your mind is what I ask ya?
But like yo-yo, you don't hear me though
You wear a rag around your head and you call yourself
A 'Gangsta bitch' now that you saw Apache's video
I saw you wilding, acting like a fool
I peeped you out the window jumping girls after school
But where did all of this come from?
A minute ago, you was a nerd and nobody ever heard of ya
Now you a wannabe hard
You barely know your ABC's, please
There's plenty of people out there with triggers ready to pull it
Why you trying to jump in front of the bullet, young lady
And real bad girls are the silent type
Ain't none of this work getting your face sliced
'Cause that's what happened to your homegirl, right?
Bucking with nobody, she got to wear that for life
Who you calling a bitch?
U.N.I.T.Y., U.N.I.T.Y., that's a unity
U.N.I.T.Y., love a black man from infinity to infinity
U.N.I.T.Y., U.N.I.T.Y.
What you mean, wanna know how I feel about you, baby?
Be poetic about it, alright
I love the east, I love the west
And north and south, they're both the best
But I'll only go there as a guest
'Cause I love being here with you
I love the sea, I love the shore
I love the rocks but what is more?
With you they'd never be a bore
'Cause I love being here with you
Singin' in the shower, laughin' by the hour
Life is such a breezy game
Love all kinds of weather, as long we're together
I love to hear you say my name
I like good wine and fine cuisine
And candle light, I like the scene
But baby, if you know what I mean
'Cause I love being here with you
I love being here with you
I like a dance by Fred Astaire
And Brando's eyes, Yul Brynner's hair
But I think to tell you's only fair
That I love being here with you
And Cary Grant, oh do-dah-day
His utter charm takes me away
But don't get me wrong, how do you say
I love being here with you
Oh, Basie's band's a-swingin', I like Ella singin'
'Cause there's something else, you know
They know how to say it, they know how to play it
They wind it up and let it go
I love the thrill of New York shows
I'd love to Durante's nose
But I'd like to say before I close, yeah, yeah
Well, it's almost nightfall
And there's no forecast of rainfall
And I'm in the mood for a party
So I'm gonna go out to a club and give the dance floor body
So I jump in the car and go to the venue
Walk in the door and now I'm on the menu
Guys in the house, they're watching me
They're clocking me, there's no stopping me
(Desire)
I know you want me
(You're fine)
Thank you
But I'm not the type of girl that you think I am
I don't jump into the arms of every man
(But I'm paid)
I don't need your money
(I love you)
You must be mad
Easy lover is something that I ain't
Besides, I don't know you from a can of paint
Tell me why is it when I walk past the guys
I always hear, yo, baby?
I mean like what's the big idea?
I'm a queen, nuff respect treat me like a lady
And, no, my name ain't yo and I ain't got your baby
I'm looking for a guy who's sincere
One with class and savior faire
I'm looking for someone who has to be
Perfect for the Queen Latifah me
Fly girl, fly girl
Come here
'Cuz you're sexy and you're fine
And I want you to be mine
Fly girl, fly girl
Have no fear
Your heart is in good hands
Won't you let me be your man?
All my friends are in relationships
Some of them good ones and some of them bad ones
Some of the bad ones took a turn for the better
And some of the good ones ended up sad ones
You see loving, it ain't hard to get
I want a friend not just a lover
Someone who is dedicated only to me
Not to me and two or three others
One who will not lie to me or think
He can get my love by buying me
I know I'll find him some day
And when I find him, he sure won't say
(Desire)
I know you want me
(You're fine)
Thank you
But I'm not the type of girl that you think I am
I don't jump into the arms of every man
(But I'm paid)
I don't need your money
(I love you)
You must be mad
Easy lover is something that I ain't
Besides, I don't know you from a can of paint
Fly girl, fly girl
Come here
'Cuz you're sexy and you're fine
And I want you to be mine
Fly girl, fly girl, have no fear
Have no fear
Your heart is in good hands
Won't you let me be your man?
Lounging, sitting in the house
And I'm cooling, first day of the week
So there's nothing to do
I'm in the mood for a real soft kiss
Momma never said there'll be days like this
So I called her and we talked for a while
Hang up the phone feeling better
With a smile
It's cool, 'cuz 91 is my year
And this time I know I'm gonna hear
Fly girl, fly girl, come here
Come here
'Cuz you're sexy and you're fine
And I want you to be mine
Fly girl, fly girl, have no fear
Have no fear
Your heart is in good hands
Won't you let me be your man?
(Desire)
I know you want me
(You're fine)
Thank you
But I'm not the type of girl that you think I am
I don't jump into the arms of every man
(But I'm paid)
I don't need your money
(I love you)
You must be mad
Easy lover is something that I ain't
Besides, I don't know you from a can of paint
Fly girl
Fly girl
Fly girl
Don't cry, don't cry, baby
Don't cry, baby
Dry your eyes
And let's be sweethearts again
Oh, 'cause you know
You know I didn't mean
To ever treat you so mean
Come on, come on sweetheart
Let's try it over again
And oh, don't cry, don't cry, baby
Don't cry, don't cry
Dry your eyes
And let's be sweethearts again
And oh, 'cause you know
You know I didn't mean
To ever treat you so mean
Come on, come on sweetheart
And let's try it over again
Oh, don't cry, don't cry, baby
Oh, don't cry, baby, don't cry
Dry your eyes
And let's be sweethearts again
Oh, don't cry, don't cry
Don't cry, don't cry
I'm so sorry, baby
Don't cry
And don't cry
I got you right here
I wanna keep you near
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, yeah
You make me laugh
'Cos your eyes they light the night
They look right through me, la, la, la, la
You bashful boy
You're hiding something sweet
Please give it to me, yeah
Oh, talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the poetry man
You make things alright, yeah, yeah
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, yeah
You are the genie
All I ask for is your smile
Each time I rub the lamp, la, la, la, la
When I'm with you
I have a giggling teenage crush
Then I'm a sultry vamp, yeah, a sultry vamp
Woah, talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the poetry man
You make things alright, yeah, yeah
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, yeah
Woah, talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the poetry man
You make things alright
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, yeah, ooh
So once again
It's time to say so long
And so recall the call of life, la, la, la, la
You're goin' home now
Home's that place somewhere you go each day
To see your wife, to see your wife
Woah, talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the poetry man
You make things alright, yeah
Woah, talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the poetry man
Let's start the show off, sisters ago look alive
The Queen Latifah, the King of 45
Bringing a mixture of pure flavor
I make beats, she rock rhymes, so I gave a
A sample sound, the she added a compound
Word, this is for those who haven't heard
A King and Queen combine minds and trample
Those who oppose us, here's an example
It's time to run, the King and Queen is on the set
The competition is petty and ready to step
To the first one, go ahead, rehearse one
I hope you don't know you sound like the worst one
Rhymes are smoking, concentration can't be broken
Queen Latifah's outspoken
Use your imagination, picture this
Any male or female rapper trying to dis
Here for excitement and enticement
With my competitors killed I go build with my enlightenment
Teach the youth, feed the needy
Confident decedent of Queen Nefertiti
The mother of civilization will rise
Like the cream and still build the strong foundation
Secondary but necessary to reproduce
Acknowledge the fact that I'm black and I don't lack
Queen Latifah is giving you a piece of my mind
A rhyme spoken by a feminine teacher
Rhymes I do employ, no time for slimy toys
I'm steady and stable and the label is Tommy Boy
Backed by The Unit, produced by The King
Perfection pressed with the style that we bring
For the hip-hop patients, this is a King and Queen creation
Technician, musical musician
I'm stating the facts, strictly non-fiction
In hip-hop, you wonder who's in trouble most
Creativity, you get a double dose
How can you stop me? No, I put you to a test
The rhymes are Romeo
(The beat's a Juliet)
With topic blend, this makes me a hard one
Persevere, I'm here, gets taught one
Strength producer, I send you an ultimatum
Hardcore worldwide is how I take 'em
I rock, never hyperventilate
Others get tired, could use a commercial break
45 King, DJ Mark's my alias
It takes a ton of MC's to prevail against me
Just listen, I'm unstoppable
You want a mission? This one's impossible
Beats rock all night with no curfew
My talent's advanced, you haven't a clue
How I do it, the smoothest loopest spare it
If the style fits, I wear it
Many attempts were made, none was recognized
45 King said sample soundified
I'm going to Wonderland to check, find out who's next
You pretty good, but not quite a legend yet
Studio mixer, I got the formula
And said the man from self, I'm warning you
It's my domain, just ask my chauffeur
My ride's equipped everything from a pool to a sofa
On top, it's a usual act
Can't wait to get down to 45 Studios
I'm into rap, but no urge to sing
Oh, I don't know
And it makes me scared
Because I'm falling in love
And I don't know if you feel the same
I'm taking this time to write you this letter
'Cause what we got is good but want to make it better, yo boo
I'm digging you, you got all of the equipment
Now I'm ready for a commitment
I'm not trying to rush things not looking for an engagement ring
But the queen needs a king
And I choose you, 'cause what we got is in tune
Since you promised me the moon I hope to see it soon
I want make this official man, I miss you
I feel for your touch and your kiss too
Listen I hope I'm not being to blunt
Don't wanna scare you away, it's a game I want to play but
Oh, I don't know
And it makes me scared
Because I'm falling in love
And I don't know if you feel the same
Oh, I don't know
(I don't know)
And it makes me scared
(So scared)
Because I'm falling in love
(Falling in love)
And I don't know if you feel the same
(Falling in love, hey)
I know you love it when I call you big poppa my thoughts are pure
I heard you left your last 'cause she was insecure
I'm not trying to compare myself but I got health and wealth
And now you dealing with the top shelf
My orgasmic thoughts need support
Thinking of positions you taught while I stare at the gifts you bought
The things you do for me make you my number one
When you're around I have a lot of fun check me now
Like the time we went to six flags boosting, tearing off tags
And sticking souvenirs into our bags
Slipped up, almost got caught then tried again
You're more than a lover your my best friend
Do you remember the first time I letcha get it
I was nervous you were too but wouldn't admit it
You were the best I had that's why I want all of you
Now tell them hookers to stop calling you
I'm dead up I want to wear your name
So I pray and ask God to make you feel the same
Oh, I don't know
(Don't know)
And it makes me scared
(It makes me so scared)
Because I'm falling in love
(I'm falling in love again, again)
And I don't know if you feel the same
(Baby baby baby baby)
Oh, I don't know
(I don't know)
And it makes me scared
(I'm makes me scared)
Because I'm falling in love
(I'm falling in love again)
And I don't know if you feel the same
(Oh yeah)
Is there a place to ease my mind
(Place to ease my mind)
Think about you all the time, yeah
Show me a sign and wish that you would
Offer me a sign, relax my mind
Let me close by saying stop delaying our fate
Let go your fear I'm here come hold your soul make
I want more but I don't want push
It's never to late so be straight don't beat around the bush
I'm all woman if you don't feel like I feel that's fine
Let's stay friends but I want you to be mine now check it
But I'll take what I can take it can't get no plainer
With love sincerely yours your boo Dana
Oh P.S. guess who's back around
My ex he called me said he bought a house up town
But I told him that my love for you was too strong
Write back and don't make me wait to long
Oh, I don't know
(I don't know)
And it makes me scared
(Makes me so scared)
Because I'm falling in love
(I'm falling in love)
And I don't know if you feel the same
(I want to know, I wanna know)
Oh, I don't know
(I don't know)
And it makes me scared
(I'm so scared)
Because I'm falling in love
(I'm falling in love)
And I don't know if you feel the same
(Just me and my queen do you know what I mean)
Oh, I don't know
(Hey, hey)
And it makes me scared
(Hey, hey)
Because I'm falling in love
(Falling in love)
And I don't know if you feel the same
(Tell me if it's good enough for you)
Oh, I don't know
And it makes me scared
(I'm falling for you)
Because I'm falling in love
And I don't know if you feel the same
f/ Monie Love
* contains a short bonus verse not on the LP version
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
(Funky)
(Funky)
[Queen Latifah]
The ladies will kick it, the rhyme that is wicked
Those that don't know how to be pros get evicted
A woman can bear you, break you, take you
Now it's time to rhyme, can you relate to
A sister dope enough to make you holler and scream
[Monie Love]
Ayo, let me take it from here, Queen...
Excuse me but I think I'm about do
To get into precisely what I am about to do
I'm conversating to the folks who have no whatsoever clue
So listen very carefully as I break it down for you
Merrily merrily merrily merrily hyper happy overjoyed
Pleased with all the beats and rhymes my sisters have employed
Slick and smooth throwing down the sound totally a yes
Let me state the position: Ladies first, yes? (Yes)
(Yeah, there's going to be some changes in here)
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
[Monie Love]
Believe me when I say being a woman is great, you see
I know that all the fellas out there will agree with me
Not the being one but the being with one
Because when it's time for loving it's the woman that gets some
Strong, stepping, strutting, moving on
Rhyming, cutting, and not forgetting
We are the ones that give birth
To the new generation of prophets because it's Ladies First
[Queen Latifah]
I break into a lyrical freestyle
Grab the mic, look at the crowd and see smiles
Cause they see a woman standing up on her own two
Sloppy slouching is something I won't do
Some think that we can't flow (can't flow)
Stereotypes, they got to go (got to go)
I'm a mess around and flip the scene into reverse
(With what?) With a little touch of "Ladies First"
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
(Yeah, there's going to be some changes made here)
[Queen Latifah]
Who said that the ladies couldn't make it, you must be blind
If you don't believe, well here, listen to this rhyme
Ladies first, there's no time to rehearse
I'm divine and my mind expands throughout the universe
A female rapper with the message to send the
Queen Latifah is a perfect specimen
[Monie Love]
My sister, can I get some?
[Queen Latifah]
Sure, Monie Love, grab the mic and get dumb
[Monie Lovie]
Yo, praise me not for simply being what I am
Born in L-O-N-D-O-N and sound American
You dig exactly where I'm coming from
You want righteous rhyming, Imma give you some
To enable you to aid yourself and get paid
And the material that has no meaning I wish to slay
Pay me every bit of your attention
Like mother, like daughter, I would also like to mention
I wish for you to bring me to, bring me to the rhythm
Of which is now systematically given
Desperately stressing I'm the daughter of a sister
Who's the mother of a brother who's the brother of another
Plus one more; all four
Have a job to do, we doing it
Respect due, to the mother who's the root of it
And next up is me, the M-O-N-I-E L-O-V-E
And I'm first cause I'm a L-A-D-I-E
[Queen Latifah]
Contact and in fact, the style, it gets harder
Cooling on the scene with my European partner
Laying down track after track, waiting for the climax
When I get there, that's when I tax
The next man, or the next woman
It doesn't make a difference, keep the competition coming
And I'll recite the chapter in verse
The title of this recital is "Ladies First"
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
[Queen Latifah]
Step out into the night
Queens of civilization are on the mic
The scene is right, the crowd is hype
I expel the wack and those who bite
Why, cause I'm that type
Swaying with beats 45 King style
He wants me to sing but I swing, so meanwhile
A footnote for the opposite sex
Monie ripped the mic, I rocked it next
Plex, you never catch me at my worst
You get the drift? It's Ladies First
Who you gon' call when it's time to brawl?
Standin' 'round, waitin' for my Queendom to fall
Well, I think not, styles are pipin' hot
Blazin', amazin', I give it all I got
Who you gon' call when it's time to brawl?
Standin' 'round, waitin' for my Queendom to fall
Well, I think not, styles are pipin' hot
Blazin', amazin', I give it all I got
I'm tellin' you straight up all you sleepin' beauties better wake up
I'll tear your state up so set the date up
And I'm a rip it, what if it what was it
Who did it, who does it? From private to public
Anywhere I'm in there and been there so recognize this, who the nicest
Sit down and settle for your constellation prizes
Whatever you want I got, whether you ready or not
It's about to get hot when I drop so pick up, pause another spot
To do you, don't get me in a corner, make me do you
Don't try to be me, do you? Be coo' to you and do you
I'm on a higher level with different class, another plane
The Queen, that's my name, time to explain
That I spit game with dames, leave 'em all with shit stains
Split frames, hopin' you hopin' that I'm jokin'
Don't know but still blink off like fo'-fo's
But so-so, slow mo's comin' in like the po-po's
Don't want rocks comin' at me the wrong way
Packin' much rocks, it's gonna be a long day
For real, spittin' on imbessiles and spinnin' wheels
On my 600 you want it, you must be blunted
I'll take it to your stomach, run it, give me all
Mic for mic, steppin' to me you gonna fall, we brawl
Throwin' a two-piece so loose leafs
It's the Q U double E N, you know how I'm MCin'
Who you gon' call when it's time to brawl?
Standin' 'round waitin' for my Queendom to fall
I think not, styles are pipin' hot
Blazin', amazin', I give it all I got
Who you gon' call when it's time to brawl?
Standin' 'round, waitin' for my Queendom to fall
Well, I think not, styles are pipin' hot
Blazin', amazin', I give it all I got
See, physically you not ready, lyrically you not ready
Mentally maybe, who talks tough, time to get the baby
No threats or small bets on my bond we can get it on
From dusk 'til dawn, from night 'til morn
Some bubble hard squads's gone
No gimmicks, no tricks
'Til one of us admits it's a battle a whisk
So look, I'm off the hook, while you off the rocker
Thinkin' I'm shook, get the phone book, call the doctor
Are you out of your mind, doubtin' mines, out of line
Talkin' out your behind, shoutin' rhymes out of time?
It's all over, what's up? Yeah, what, what now? You tough now
Now you hush, hush now, ain't sayin' too much now
Thought so haunt yo' sleepin' ass, creepin' fast
Like you was doin' somethin', now I gotta ruin somethin'
You image, your career, lookie here
Your whole life is hangin' in the air like a chandelier
Poppin' off like a can of beer, understand, is it clear?
If not, let me put it in your ear that I'm royalty
Even though I'm low-key, you know me
You be singin' over my tracks like it's karaoke
If you don't know the half, you gon' feel the wrath
Represent the rugged path, the Flavor Unit staff
Droppin' mathematics, layin' you out like craftmatic
I'll let you have it so you don't want the static
Who you gon' call when it's time to brawl?
Standin' 'round waitin' for my Queendom to fall
I think not, styles are pipin' hot
Blazin', amazin', I give it all I got
Who you gon' call when it's time to brawl?
Standin' 'round, waitin' for my Queendom to fall
I think not, styles are pipin' hot
Blazin', amazin', I give it all I got
[Bill Withers' hit from 1974]
Your love is like a a chunk of gold
Hard to gain, and hard to hold
Like a rose that's soft to touch
Love has gone, and it hurts so much
Well and why...
Must the same love that made me laugh
Make me cry?
Well now you think of love as sitting on a mountain
Think of it as being a great big rock
Won't you think before you started to roll it down
Because once you start it, you can't make it stop
I've given all I have to give
And if you don't want me
I don't want to live
Well and why...
Must the same love that made me laugh:
Why you wanna make me cry? [5x]
Why you wanna make me lay in my pillow
Just cryin' like a weeping willow
Why you wanna make me cry? [4x]
Why you wanna make me mess in my pillow
I'm just cryin' like a weeping willow
Why you wanna make me cry? [3x]
(Voiceover)
And now, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The keeper of the keys,
The countess of the clink
the mistress of murderers row,
Matron Mama Morton!
(Queen Latifah)
Ask any of the chickies in my pen
they'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen.
I love them all and all of them love me
because the system works,
the system called reciprocity.
Got a little motto,
Always sees me through:
"When you're good to Mama, Mama's good to you."
Theres a lot of favours I'm prepared to do,
You do one for Mama, she'll do one for you.
They say that life is tit for tat,
and that's the way I live.
So I deserve a lot of tat
For what I've got to give.
Don't you know that this hand
washes that one too.
When you're good to Mama, Mama's good to you
If you want my gravy
Pepper my Ragu
Spice it up for mama
She'll get hot for you
When they pass that basket
Folks contribute too,
You put in for Mama,
She'll put out for you
The folks at top the ladder
are the ones the world adores
So boost me up my ladder, kid
and I'll boost you up yours
Lets all stroke together
Like the princeton crew
When your stroking Mama, Mama's stroking you
So whats the one conclusion
I could bring this number to -
When you're good to Mama, Mamas good to you
Its been too long since you kiss
Me do you want me or is you
Gonna leave it alone i'm so tired of this driving
Throw my head i will see you
[Chorus:]
No/yes ya gonna see me
No/yes ya gonna see me
No/yes ya gonna see me
No/yes ya gonna see me
If its real nada see the
Truth the reality is real
Regonize
[Chorus]
(feat. James Moody)
[King Pleasure's 1952 hit]
[He:] There I go, there I go, there I go
There I go..
Pretty baby, you are the soul who snaps my control
Such a funny thing but every time you're near me
I never can behave
You give me a smile and then I'm wrapped up in your magic
There's music all around me, crazy music
Music that keeps calling me so very close to you
Turns me your slave
Come and do with me any little thing you want to
Anything baby, just let me get next to you
Am I insane or do I really see heaven in your eyes?
Bright as stars that shine up above you in the clear blue skies
How I worry about you
Just can't live my life without you
Baby come here, don't have no fear
Oh, is there a wonder why
I'm really feeling in the mood for love?
So tell me why stop to think
About this weather, my dear?
This little dream might fade away
There I go talking out of my head again, oh baby
Won't you come and put our two hearts together?
That would make me strong and brave
Oh when we are one, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid
If there's a cloud up above us
Go on and let it rain
I'm sure our love together will endure a hurricane
Oh my baby
Won't you please let me love you
And give a relief from this awful misery?
[She:] What is all this talk about loving me, my sweet?
I am not afraid, not anymore, not like before
Can't you understand me?
Now baby, please pull yourself together, do it soon
My soul's on fire, come on and take me
I'll be what you make me, my darling, my sweet
[He:] Oh baby, you make me feel so good
Let me take you by the hand
Come let us visit out there
In that new promised land
Maybe there we can find
A good place to use a loving state of mind
I'm so tired of being without
And never knowing what love's about...
James Moody, you can come on in man
And you can blow now if you want to
[Both:] We're through.
[Queen Latifah]
Possy, Dovey! (Yes mama?) Time to get up!
Hello, I'm Queen Latifah, how ya doing?
I hope that you're with this, I hope that you're willing
I want to introduce you to a cut called
"Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children"
[Dove]
Well here comes the goy (Goy?)
The truth to the goy
You know the one, that ate up like boy
Stepping with a step, keeping with a kept
Making an appearance with a notty-head set
Lunatics you lose cause the Plug 2's singing
Peace to the negative, nah, you make the weigh-in
Weigh-in, weigh-in, way out of order
If you know you're better, you'd better that you caught a
Waving mine a peace sign higher than a kite
If you're feeling sick, it's alright it's fever night
Don't do "Do see do" and dig in no potholes
Cause if you do we calling in March Patrol
It's no different from the verbal last heard
Cayumbo is the ruler that's bond to the word
He's moving more than three feet, jocking with the knee deep
Dove is going to leave you with a tweet tweet tweet
[Posdnuos]
Next on the menu, we continue with the pasta
Dipped in chocolate, served with lotsa
Twizzlers and honey, yum yum yummy
Lyrics I'm flaunting is good for the tummy
Tiptoing in I proceed to the floors
Selling much records like a pimp mover
Excuse me mommy, Pos wins
Cause I'm the A to the Plug W-O-N
Brother freak it live for this tribe
Now let's ride down the highway of vibes
Pushing that we start cause the soul says please
Cutting back with the raps and we don't get cheese
Ducks and we sit need to get ????
Cause preacher is the key to the casualty
Polaroid flicks are back and you know
That the soul is moving on up like the Jeffersons
Go mommy! (Repeat 16x)
[Queen Latifah]
I'm back, a black queen upon the scene
With a knack for funky tracks, know what I mean?
Prince Paul produces this and it's a fly one
It has a beat that weigh, he's one of my sons
It's a family affair and then we're out of here
There is no doubt here, cause this is our year
So flex to a Queen Latifah/De La Soul sound
(Go ahead mama get down)
It's inevitable that this joint venture would be incredible
We never put ourselves on any pedistal
But the rhyme is so good it's practically edible (Say what?)
So check the sounds of Mama Zulu
As I relay the story untold
And if you're wondering why I got kids so big
They weren't born from the body, they were born from the soul
(De La Soul gives shoutouts til fade)
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
(Funky)
(Funky)
[Queen Latifah]
The ladies will kick it, the rhyme that is wicked
Those that don't know how to be pros get evicted
A woman can bear you, break you, take you
Now it's time to rhyme, can you relate to
A sister dope enough to make you holler and scream
[Monie Love]
Ayo, let me take it from here, Queen...
Excuse me but I think I'm about do
To get into precisely what I am about to do
I'm conversating to the folks who have no whatsoever clue
So listen very carefully as I break it down for you
Merrily merrily merrily merrily hyper happy overjoyed
Pleased with all the beats and rhymes my sisters have employed
Slick and smooth throwing down the sound totally a yes
Let me state the position: Ladies first, yes? (Yes)
(Yeah, there's going to be some changes in here)
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
[Monie Love]
Believe me when I say being a woman is great, you see
I know that all the fellas out there will agree with me
Not the being one but the being with one
Because when it's time for loving it's the woman that gets some
Strong, stepping, strutting, moving on
Rhyming, cutting, and not forgetting
We are the ones that give birth
To the new generation of prophets because it's Ladies First
[Queen Latifah]
I break into a lyrical freestyle
Grab the mic, look at the crowd and see smiles
Cause they see a woman standing up on her own two
Sloppy slouching is something I won't do
Some think that we can't flow (can't flow)
Stereotypes, they got to go (got to go)
I'm a mess around and flip the scene into reverse
(With what?) With a little touch of "Ladies First"
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
(Yeah, there's going to be some changes made here)
[Queen Latifah]
Who said that the ladies couldn't make it, you must be blind
If you don't believe, well here, listen to this rhyme
Ladies first, there's no time to rehearse
I'm divine and my mind expands throughout the universe
A female rapper with the message to send the
Queen Latifah is a perfect specimen
[Monie Love]
My sister, can I get some?
[Queen Latifah]
Sure, Monie Love, grab the mic and get dumb
[Monie Lovie]
Yo, praise me not for simply being what I am
Born in L-O-N-D-O-N and sound American
You dig exactly where I'm coming from
You want righteous rhyming, Imma give you some
To enable you to aid yourself and get paid
And the material that has no meaning I wish to slay
Pay me every bit of your attention
Like mother, like daughter, I would also like to mention
I wish for you to bring me to, bring me to the rhythm
Of which is now systematically given
Desperately stressing I'm the daughter of a sister
Who's the mother of a brother who's the brother of another
Plus one more; all four
Have a job to do, we doing it
Respect due, to the mother who's the root of it
And next up is me, the M-O-N-I-E L-O-V-E
And I'm first cause I'm a L-A-D-I-E
[Queen Latifah]
Contact and in fact, the style, it gets harder
Cooling on the scene with my European partner
Laying down track after track, waiting for the climax
When I get there, that's when I tax
The next man, or the next woman
It doesn't make a difference, keep the competition coming
And I'll recite the chapter in verse
The title of this recital is "Ladies First"
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
Oooh, Ladies first, ladies first
[Queen Latifah]
Step out into the night
Queens of civilization are on the mic
The scene is right, the crowd is hype
I expel the wack and those who bite
Why, cause I'm that type
Swaying with beats 45 King style
He wants me to sing but I swing, so meanwhile
A footnote for the opposite sex
Monie ripped the mic, I rocked it next
Plex, you never catch me at my worst
You get the drift? It's Ladies First
(Queen Latifah)
Yo what's up this is Queen Latifah in the house
Definetely representin Jersey on the love love
Coolin' in the county; shoot (?)
But damn I miss home
[Chorus 4X]
I can't. forget New Jersey
(Verse 1: Queen Latifah)
When I think of home I think of a place where theres no over-flowin
And all my family and peeps I knew when I was growin
Mommy and daddy made me proud to in Owens
So for me to keep goin, I would become
Her eminental royal highness
The Queen Latifah; no doubt; one of New Jersey's finest
So, said it all
Get up on all of my own
Cause Jersey's what I think about when I think of home
Don't let know one get close to you except the chosen
Stick with the ones who meant the most to you
when you were broke and blue, that's how fam do
That's how you stay true around these snakes
that freakin' smile when they hate you
I'm quick to take the ride down for in-town
(Just another day living on a down)
My experience legit, my rhymes is on hit
It's mad truth to the room where we the shit; I can't forget
[Chorus]
(Verse 2: Queen Latifah)
I used to work at Burger King but after takin orders
I used to take the path to Latin Quarters across the waters
Where I learned to do the Who, yo, I couldn't stop
I brought it back around the way to show the peple on my block
Teacher, teacher, tell me how you do it
It looks so simple like that there's nothin to it
So, we meet in Irvington and after school I run
To the Willobrook Mall, there was Solamon
I had a talent for getting up for gear
A petty thief, small time crook of the year
But I chilled cause I had bigger dreams than to steal
And Ramsey came for me and Patchy to put our voices on a reel
And I could hear myself on the radio
"45 King Special Red Alert Show"
Cause that's what life was all about to me
All E-E flavor you did it, represent Jersey
[Chorus]
(Verse 3: Queen Latifah)
I think about my mom and my brothers when I'm all swoll
Shock, Kim, when I'm all swoll
My baby sister. when I'm all swoll
Hostan, when I'm all swoll
Ill-Town, when I all swoll
Jill-Town, J.C, when I'm all swoll
(?) to (?) so on, when I'm all swoll
Recognize the whole mama soul
We got Naughty
In another words we got Nicky
We got Redman, the Order Facts and Whitney (?)
Bruce Springsteen, and a house ah blacks
Shaquille O'Neal, oh he'll catch rack
Tisha Campbell, Jerry Lewis, Tony Bennett
Back spin, or spin it,
Thursday peppermint and I'm in it
Shag do's, I does no fo's in the spot
Cause them peeps is my peeps and my back is got
Nuf' respect to your burough, your block
You're black; I love to see us move as a flock
Unscrapped, against each other
No body armor
Nobody harms a hair on a head, everything calmer
We ghetto stars and fools
We paid the dues
We made the blues
So come on with the come on
And get down with the get down
I'm down with my hometown sound
I used to visit all the very gay places
Those come what may places
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
To get the feel of life...
From jazz and cocktails.
The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
With distant gay traces
That used to be there you could see where they'd been washed away
By too many through the day...
Twelve o'clock tales.
Then you came along with your siren of song
To tempt me to madness!
I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness
Of a great love for me.
Ah yes! I was wrong...
Again,
I was wrong.
Life is lonely again,
And only last year everything seemed so sure.
Now life is awful again,
A troughful of hearts could only be a bore.
A week in paris will ease the bite of it,
All I care is to smile in spite of it.
I'll forget you, I will
While yet you are still burning inside my brain.
Romance is mush,
Stifling those who strive.
I'll live a lush life in some small dive...
And there I'll be, while I rot
Alright listen, I'm back again cause that's what you required of
Me steady rhyming, and I'm so sick and tired of
Being forced to put suckers in their place
You make me mad enough to punch you in the face
But I'm not trying, so never sound like I don't bone to pick with you
Show and prove that you can stand on your own two
I speak the poetry, dissing those who keep on quoting me
Try to play me, cease it, you don't know me
So smile in my face, behind my back take a line or two
I'm not an idiot, so who you think you lying to?
Queen Latifah's here to lay the law down
So speed it up or shake it around because it's a showdown
The 45 King is arising, suprising, hypnotising star, he's up to par
So I hope you've prepared yourself for what you're in for
This is Latifah's Law
BMW's and gold rope chains don't impress me
Or get you closer to the point you can undress me
Get skeezed, you nose will bleed, that's how they live life
Prepare to feel the wrath of the giver of all life
Fire and desire make you go a little higher
When I grab the wire of the mic
And get hype, I'm sorry you sound dot
Cause I roll like the homicide squad
You must be broke and, hoping that I'm soft but I'm dope and
Left you in the litter to consider coping with
Life, it's trife yeah, but these things happen
You need to make it better, stop trying to be the mack again
Get a grip on the African way
Cause there's a sucker born every day
Crime's the way for you to see what the Queen saw
And this is Latifah's law
Now DJ Mark made up a beat that he can bring you
And I of course supply the rhyme that you can swing to
The Flavor Unit keeps all, and keeps a way to band
And slides keep the hardcore fall, cause I'm heavy-handed
Whip out a .45 caliber pen and begin
A funky message from beginning to end
Peace be to Africa, can't forget my other land
Won't fulfill my heart unless I speak about the motherland
You say you're living right, but we know it's nonsense
In case you forgot, just check your conscience
At showtime, I blow lines, you don't get yours, I get mine
Your showtimes, you behind, the Queen Latifah divine
Rule number one: don't step across the line that I drew
Number two: don't take credit for something that you didn't do
Number three: check your heart, every man has a call
(Latif speaks)
Baby, you know you mean the world to me
That's why I can't keep you in a situation
where I can hurt you
Can I talk to you?
(Girl speaks)
Okay...
VERSE 1:
First of all, I wanna tell you
that all I do is have love for you
No matter we go separate ways,
I'll still ride for you
'Cause you're the truth
Can't be replaced
You the type of girl that make
a nigga go out and get the ring
But the problem is
I'm not positive that I can give the commitment
that you're asking for
'Cause right now I'm young and though you're the one
I can't guarantee that I can be the one you want
(You want someone who is faithful)
I'm not admitting I can't do it, just dont wanna
put you through it
(If I may happen to see one)
She may holla, I may holla, but I wouldn't wanna
do that to you, no
CHORUS:
Girl, I feel that I'll be cheating you if I continue to see you
'Cause you're not ready to get serious--I'm not 'cause I'm
still curious
See, I'd rather keep it real and tell you how I feel
'Cause I think you're beautiful and I don't wanna hurt you, no
VERSE 2:
See over and over again
I keep on saying to myself
I must be going out my
mind to not wanna spend more time with her
'Cause I love you more
and to game your heart
'Cause I know that I'm not ready
(To lock it down full time, settle down
with one dime, spend the rest of my life
with you)
It's better cry now, than hate me later
Trust me I've had a broken heart before
and I
(I know just how it feels)
And know in time it will heal
(In time it will reveal)
If our love is real, ohh
CHORUS X2
(Trust me girl, I never wanted to,
I never wanted to hurt you) X2
No, no, no
I said no, no, no, no, no
No, woah, woah, woah, woah
No, yeah
CHORUS
Girl, I feel that I'll be cheating you if I continue to see you
'Cause you're not ready to get serious--I'm not 'cause I'm
still curious...
If I do baby, don't tell you the truth, it will
only hurt you later, later, oh girl
CHORUS
Girl, I feel that I'll be cheating you if I continue to see you
'Cause you're not ready to get serious--I'm not 'cause I'm
still curious...
FADE OUT
It's a fact I'll attest to, mess around and I'll arrest you
I ain't playing, you know what I'm saying?
This ain't the best you've ever hear coming from a female MC
But you know what I mean? (Hail to the Queen!)
This MC stands for "Microphone Commando"
When I command that you take a hand
And throw it up in the air, yeah, just like that now
Chill, and watch me rap cause I'm flowing (Flowing)
Just like water I slaughter (Slaughter)
A battle, put me in it, I win it
The mission is music and rhythm
Rhythm backed by words, all in my system
System by techniques, techniques I got my heart in
Heart into the music, music I take part in
One try, one God, and one destiny
Just dance for me
"Dance to the music" (Repeat 2x)
Now understand that you must (dance) because this is a beat to clap to
My brother Lance said "Latifah you got to make them get up off their feet"
So I put my rhyme to a DJ Mark beat
Ample samples, this for example
Are made by the 45 King, so cancel
Your plans of moving to the front lines
He's a DJ, producer, and mind you a friend of mine
I hop, dip, and spend with the children
So get down with the sound and you will lend
To let me bring while I bring
Queen Latifah to the 45 King, creating
A new style in the name of the Flavor Unit
That's the way we like it, so I'm doing it
So if you want to know what the plan is to be
I order you to dance for me
"Dance to the music" (Repeat 2x)
My voice is your choice at a stage show
I do it for the Flavor Unit to make you say "ho"
With powerful lyrics I'm armed
To let a sucker step up and get bombed
By a beat created by my producer
To break you out of the stuff that you're used to
This here is a moment of truth
So take the record to the DJ booth
And let's start this, let the beat get dumb
Cause I'm a shake it all night and then some
People dancing, I can spot 'em
When I take control, you know I got 'em
Stop the music? That's not a question
The Flavor Unit takes no suggestions
If you're not on the dance tip, here's your chance to be
I order you to dance for me
"Dance to the music" (Repeat 6x)
(why ya'll ain't say. yooo
You know you supposed to say something to me)
Oh baby baby, ahh yeah, clap your hands y'all
Check it, dig it while i rip it
Check it while i wreck it
(give it to'm La)
Ok gimme a few seconds
First I give a shout to every Jersery born and bread head
And everybody in new york from to brunettes to read heads
Who got my back?
(Jersey got yo back)
Yo tell me who's got my back?
(the Bronx got your back)
Yo tell me who's got my back?
(Brooklyn got your back)
Yo yo yo yo who's got my back
(uptown got your back)
Thank you as I come back in to the beat
Give a shout out to my brother L.A.N.C.E
Up in heaven, resting, chilling, watching over me
You know you're too good to be forgotten
Poppa wasn't here but there was Lance in the house
It's only me and mommy you the man of the house
Always flip the scipt back to the old days
I used to rock it on the high school stage
I used to drink 40s back then I didn't blaze
Twitched to the pipe with the peace these days
Just go on to let you know I flow on
I'm wicked out my gluteus so ho on and ho on
(hooohhoo)
That's what we about to do
(hooohhoo)
Take you on a mission with the Flavor U
Uh, me no deal with no dibby dibby flip flop
I get mad when it comes to playing hip hop
But chill
(gimme five on the black hand side)
Just chill
(gimme five on the black hand side)
Yo chill
(gimme five on the black hand side)
(gimme five on the black hand side)
Come on chill
(gimme five on the black hand side)
Check it fear don't live in here
Tears don't bring me cheers
So gear for another year because I had it up to here
Yeah, I'm about through with you
You whack and bootie pooh with
Rip up the crew left and right hear the one and the two
I'm read-to-set-it-off again
Wanna bet I can wreck you and your next of kin
In fact don't make me have to get the royal getcha
Best ta your narrow ass up off that crack
Booking any show when I know that I'll pack it
Attacking with my tactics
I'm loaded like a full metal jacket
I'll flip mines to get mines
I'm happy to get with you
But you can't come out to play
Right now you got to much shit to do
It's all game it all sounds the same
The suckas know my name is sitting on the tips of their brains
But they shame, they scared to face me
Yet they want to disgrace me, erase me
They must be freaking crazy
I'm the la la la from haulstead
Bread with the queen with a prefix
It's off with your head
And that's a promise cause I don't make threats
So mind your neck cause it's about to get set
C'mon set it off (2x)
(gimme five on the black hand side)
Uh, set it off
(gimme five on the black hand side)
Somebody set it off
(gimme five on the black hand side)
Watch somebody set it off
(gimme five on the black hand side)
Check the queen set it off
Parley
Ah uh, yeah (3x)
Black reign 1993.
I'd like to welcome you to this album
Matter of fact I'd like to welcome you to a new day
A new day to hear me
And now the six merry murderesses of the Crookem County Jail
In their rendition of 'The Cell Block Tango'
Pop! Six! Squish! Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz!
Pop! Six! Squish! Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz!
Pop! Six! Squish! Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz!
He had it coming, he had it coming
He only had himself to blame
If you'd have been there, if you'd have seen it
I betcha you would have done the same
Pop! Six! Squish! Uh Uh, Cicero, Lipschitz!
You know how people have these little habits
That get you down like Ernie
Ernie like to chew gum, no, not chew, Pop
Like, I come home this one day and there's Ernie
Layin' on the couch chewin', no, not chewin', poppin'
So, I said to him, I said
"Ernie, you pop that gum one more time" and he did
So I took the shotgun off the wall
And I fired two warning shots into his head
He had it coming, he had it coming
He only had himself to blame
I met Ezekiel Young from Salt Lake city about two years ago
And he told me he was single and we hit it off right away
So, we started living together
He'd go to work, he'd come home, I'd fix him a drink, we'd have dinner.
Then I found out, single, my ass
Not only was he married, well, he had six wives
One of those Mormons, you know
So that night, when he came home
I fixed him his drink as usual
You know, some guys just can't hold their arsenic
He had it coming, he had it coming
He took a flower in its prime
And then he used it and he abused it
It was a murder but not a crime
Now, I'm standing in the kitchen
Carvin' up the chicken for dinner
And in storms my husband Wilbrin in a jealous rage
"You been screwin' the milkman"
He says and he kept sayin'
"You been screwin the milkman"
Then he ran into my knife
He ran into my knife ten times
If you'd have been there, if you'd have seen it
I betcha you would have done the same
Mit kersek, en itt? Azt mondjok, hogy a hires
Lakem lefogta a ferjemet en meg lecsaptam a fejet
De nem igaz, en artatlan vagyok
Nem tudom mert mondja Uncle Sam hogy en tettem
Probaltam a rendorsegen megmayarazni de nem ertettek meg
But did you do it?
Uh uh, not guilty
My sister, Veronica and I had this double act
And my husband, Charlie traveled around with us
With the last number in our act
We did 20 acrobatic tricks in our world
One two three four five, splits, spread eagles
Flip flops, back flips, one right after the other
Well, this one night we were in Cicero
The three of us, we were in this hotel room
Boozin' and havin' a few laughs and we ran out of ice
So I went out to get some
I come back, open the door
There's Veronica and Charlie
Doing number seventeen, the spread eagle
Well, I was in such a state of shock, I completely blacked out
I can't remember a thing, it wasn't until later
When I was washing the blood off my hands
I even knew they were dead
They had it coming, they had it coming
They had it coming all along
I didn't do it, inspite if I'd done it
How could you tell me that I was wrong?
I loved Alvin Lipschitz, he was a real artistic guy, sensitive, a painter
But he was always trying to find himself
He go out every night looking for himself
And on the way, he found Ruth, Gladys, Rosemary and Irving
I guess you can say we broke up because of artistic differences
He saw himself as alive and I saw him dead
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
They had it comin', they had it comin'
They had it comin' all along
'Cause if they used us and they abused us
How could they tell us that we were wrong?
He had it coming, he had it coming
He only had himself to blame
If you'd have been there, if you'd have seen it
I betcha you would have done the same
You pop that gum one more time
Single my ass
Ten times
Miert csukott Uncle Sam bortonbe
Number seventeen, the spread eagle
Artistic differences
If I gave you my love
I'd tell you what I'd do
I'd expect a whole lot of love outta you
You gotta be good to me
I'm gonna be good to you
There's a whole lotta things you and I could do
What about the way love me?
And what about the way you squeeze me
It's simply beautiful, beautiful
It's simply beautiful baby, simply beautiful
The way you love me, it's simply beautiful
I'm gonna be good to you
So many things I could do for you, baby
Our love is simply beautiful, simply beautiful
When you get right down to it
When ya need me I'll be right there
Simply beautiful
When ya need me I'll be right there
Simply beautiful
When ya need me, right there
It would be easier to take the wet from water
Or the dry from sand
Than for anyone to try to separate us
Or stop us from holding hands
'Cause I love you
(I love you)
Oh, I love you from the bottom of my heart
And what love has joined together
What love has joined together
Can't nobody take it apart
It would be easier to take the cold from snow
Or the heat from fire
Than for anyone to take my love from you, baby
'Cause you're my heart's desire
I really love you
(I love you)
I love you from the bottom of my heart
And what love has joined together
What love has joined together
What love has joined together
Can't nobody take it apart
Even if they separate us
A thousand miles apart
We will still be together
In each other's hearts
It would be easier to change
All the seasons of the year
Than for anyone to change
The way I feel about you, oh, I love you dear
I really love you
(I love you)
Oh, baby, I love you from the bottom of my heart
Love has joined together
What love has joined together
What love has joined together
Can't nobody take it apart, baby
What love has joined together
What love has joined together
What love has joined together
What love has joined together
What love has joined together
What love has joined together
Ooh, Think of the weekend love
Watch this
Weekend love
Gonna spend a weekend love
Weekend love
Just a case of weekend love
If you've been misled by anything I said
Didn't mean to turn you on, but the vibe was oh, so strong
And you got things to do when I have got things too
So I'll catch you on the weekend
Mondays to Fridays, I don't see you then
A WEEK and a END
And a LOVE we were meant to be
A WEEK, a END
LOVE, we were meant to be
Weekend love
Gonna spend a weekend love
Weekend love
Just a case of weekend love
Seems it's been so long
Since you thrilled me with your charms
I tenderly imagine me resting in your arms
You've got things to do when I have got things too
So I'll catch you on the weekend
Mondays to Fridays, I don't see you then
Because we're sorry when we part and we love when we meet
I know we only do that only once in a week
Sorry when we part and we love when we meet
I know we only do that only once in a week
I know, you know, we all occupied
From our own love life things has been denied
Many feelin's hide, many tears I've cried
But by the weekend let my spirit divide
Weekend love
Gonna spend a weekend love
Weekend love
Just a case of weekend love
If you've been misled by anything I've said
I didn't mean to turn you on but the vibe was oh, so strong
And you've got things to do when I have got things too
So I'll catch you on the weekend
Mondays to Fridays, I don't see you then
A WEEK and a END
LOVE we were meant to be
A WEEK, a END
LOVE we were meant to be
When we are absent, that is a plus 100 percent
To nourish and cherish every moment
To deliver the goods I am efficient
And I know you're possessed with the ingredients
During the week the days seems to be long
But on the weekend I wish I could reverse it's time
Great things can come in a small bag
So let's make use of the time that we have
When we are together 'cause we stay popular
If we never miss a second of the hour
When we are together I sit and I wonder
If this love is gonna last forever?
Well, then I think and I start remember
That we are a judge star
Weekend love
Gonna spend a weekend love
Weekend love
Did I make you hot? Tell me
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I can see it in your eyes
You wanna get down with Queen La
Lace Latifa, I can see ya eyes on my body parts
The friendship's slippin' 'coz it ain't me you hittin'
Why you trippin'?
Wishin' you could get a taste from the black Queen
It captivates the mass when I slide on the scene, yo
We ain't gettin' down like that
You took a hug to the next level, try to spit that
Counterfeit, nice shit put on the act trick
Try to get a quick kiss and you got snapped quick
I tried to be nice and play it all smooth
Well I guess done has somethin' to prove
So I had to move, getaway like a fugitive
Didn't wanna do the kid 'coz I knew the kid
Didn't really wanna do no harm
I don't know what I did but I didn't mean to turn you on
I took you out, I was only tryin' to be nice
Let you touch it once or twice
Oh, I didn't mean to turn you on
All the ladies in the place know how it go
When you show a lil' kindness, cats wanna flow
Want some mo' neck shit, some mo' sex shit
Well, you tell 'em from the door, it's strictly friendship
Didn't mean to turn you on
Why apologize? I ain't do nothin' wrong
You knew what the deal was, what the real was
You was confused with the levels of love
I seen you in the club with your eyes on me
All night lookin' asinine, up under the strobe light
More thin ice, there's still [Incomprehensible]
When it break through I don't think we could be friends
If you sayin' you a playa, baby, live like one
You play yourself like a bomb, never gettin' none
And say beggin' for some and never get it
If I turned you on, I guess you gotta live with it
I took you out, I was only tryin' to be nice
Let you touch it once or twice
Oh, I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
So what you mad now, got a attitude now
'Coz I had to pull your foul?
Frontin' big Willie style when you're a major joke
Pagin' me so much till my pager smoked
Got your Eskimo kiss and shit
Your nose's too brown, how you get chicks to trip
Well I ain't the one, I could buy you and your whip
Hold your head 'coz I've got so many hits, what?
I took you out, I was only tryin' to be nice
Let you touch it once or twice
Oh, I didn't mean to turn you on
And I took you out
I was only tryin' to be nice
Let you touch it once or twice
Oh, I didn't mean to turn you on
And I took you out
I was only tryin' to be nice
Let you touch it once or twice
I'm trav'lin' light
Because my man has gone
But from now on
I'm trav'lin' light
He said, "Goodbye"
And took my heart away
So from today
I'm trav'lin' light
No one to see
I'm free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories
Some lucky night
He may come back again
But until then
I'm trav'lin' light
No one to see
I'm free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories
Some lucky night
He may, he may come back again
But until then
I've wined and dined on mulligan stew,
and never wished for turkey.
As I hitched and hiked and grifted, too,
from Maine to Albuquerque.
Alas, I missed the Beaux-Arts Ball, and what is twice as sad:
I was never at a party where they honored Noel Ca'ad.
But social circles spin too fast for me;
My Hobohemia is the place to be…..
I get too hungry for dinner at eight, I like the theatre but never come late.
I never bother with people I hate: That's why the lady is a tramp.
I don't like crap games with Barons and Earls,
Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls.
Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls:
That's why the lady is a tramp.
I like the free fresh wind in my hair, life without care:
I'm broke, it's oke.
Hate California, it's cold and it's damp:
That's why the lady is a tramp.
I go to Coney - the beach is divine.
I go to ball games - the bleachers are fine.
I follow Winchell and read every line:
That's why the lady is a tramp!
I like a prize fight that isn't a fake.
I love the rowing on Central park lake.
I go to opera and stay wide awake:
That's why the lady is a tramp!
I like the green grass under my shoes, what can I lose?
I'm flat! That's that! I'm all alone when I lower my lamp:
Do we look? Where is love?
Has it gone? Do we search or move on?
Hear the wind as it blows
And my heart says the next time I'll know
Set it off, I suggest y'all
Set it off, I suggest y'all
Set it off
Come on now, set it off
Set it off on the left y'all
Set it off on the right y'all
Set it off
Come on now, set it off
Holding on, friends around
All together searching for a way out
When it's time, will we know?
Or will life grant us no second try?
Set it off, I suggest y'all
Set it off, I suggest y'all
Set it off
Come on now, set it off
Set it off on the left y'all
Set it off on the right y'all
Set it off
Come on now, set it off
Now it's too late to work it out
I'm in too deep to just pull out
There ain't no way I'll turn away
Nothing to do but set it off
Set it off, I suggest y'all
Set it off, I suggest y'all
Set it off
Come on now, set it off
Set it off on the left y'all
Set it off on the right y'all
Set it off
Come on now, set it off
Me hear police, them a chat about me just one time
Me live the life, love money, that's two crimes
What will be my destiny? Hey, hey
Me say silly of me to think that I could
Ever get away with crime
What will I do? Hey
When they come for you, check it
I got nowhere to go, nothin' to lose, I'm lost
Who rotton but Cleo, hot like ultra reels
Wit' my back to the wall, I put my gat to not dog
Replace your playa's ball with a number one ball
Situations up in here got me capable of sinnin'
You grinnin'? Watch me speed stick ya like Mennin
Lettin' it off, settin' it off, then beginning
Pinnin' these ill rhymes, representin' ill women, set it
Set it off, I suggest y'all
Set it off, I suggest y'all
Set it off
Come on now, set it off
Set it off on the left y'all
Set it off on the right y'all
Set it off
Come on now, set it off
Set it off, I suggest y'all
Set it off, I suggest y'all
Set it off
Come on now, set it off
Set it off on the left y'all
Set it off on the right y'all
Set it off
Quiet nights and quiet stars, quiet chords from my guitar
Floating on the silence that surrounds us
Quiet thoughts and quiet dreams, quiet walks by quiet streams
Climbing hills where lovers go to watch the world below together
We will live eternally in this mood of reverie
Away from all the earthly cares around us
My world was dull, each minute, until I found you in it
And all at once, the happiness I knew
Became these quiet nights of loving you
We will live eternally in this mood of reverie
Away from all the earthly cares around us
My world was dull, each minute, until I found you in it
And all at once, the happiness I knew
Basslines affect me when my rhymes direct me
Forgive the crowds, O Lord, they know not why they sweat me
Biting's against the law in the place that I live
So I lock up the door with the keys to my crib
They call me the high priestess of this hasta
Although I'm not a dread and not a rasta
There's never been a word I can't master
I've always been a piddly pastor
I reign the lesson of today
You have to listen to each and every single word I have to say
Because the ruler, Lord Ramsey is on my side
And I'm the princess of the posse, so yo, take it light
Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool one
She rhyme American, she rap Jamaican
Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool girl
She rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA, the world
You try to dissect my rhymes to see if there's a pattern
I bounced it all around you like the rings around Saturn
Let me know now if you'd like to protest this proceeding of greeting
Or would you rather progress onto a higher plateau?
Truely I'm taking it slow
Enough for you to seek the knowledge and to know
I'm the Q U E E N, L A T I F A H
Queen of the Army Posse, the DLA which is get alive alright
You standing there chewing on your fingernails
Nervous, watching me doing the live thing
Singing like a bird sing, ringing like the phone ring
I'm the Queen and you're the underling
I'm never following, I follow nothing
The princess of the posse is a cool one
Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool one
She rhyme American, she rap Jamaican
Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool girl
She rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA, the world
I'm the queen of the clan, with a mic in my hand
I step over suckers to position myself to rule this land
It's a concoction for my ability
To show the skeezers the meaning of humility
'Cause they don't know I'm the one to fly one or two
I'm snatching hearts 'cause I'm Latifah and I want to
I find it necessary to tell you to get off my tip
I'm kicking gold, so grab a hoe and get a good grip
Stop the lying, the trying, the time buying, you've been denying
'Cause you're dependent on me, the princess of the posse
Yo, I got the cards, so I'm dealing a death blow
You're taking no crowns, put that on cease
My DJ's name is Mark the 45 King to the posse
Peace, got to let you know where I come from
The princess of the posse is a cool one
Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool one
She rhyme American, she rap Jamaican
Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool girl
She rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA, the world
Latifah run the family
Me say me have to do it for the R.E. posse
You try to be down, you can't take the crown
Maybe from someone else but not me
Latifah run the family
Me say me have to do it for the R.E. posse
You try to be down, you can't take the crown
Refugees, go 'head and do it
Paper
Go 'head and do it
Refugees, go 'head and do it
Paper
Go 'head and do it
Refugees, go 'head and do it
Paper
Go 'head and do it
Refugees, go 'head and do it
Paper
Go 'head and do it
Refugees, go 'head and do it
Paper
Go 'head and do it
Ooh, I betca' wondering how I knew
That you been tryin' to infiltrate my crew
It ain't no hiding from the flava you
Don't get it confused, you ain't untouchable
(Go 'head and do it)
And while I been tryin' to keep my cool like a queen
(Ooh, like a queen)
Without them bringin' the naughty girl outta me
(Ooh, naughty girl outta me)
Don't cha know I heard you tryin' to take mine
While I shine, you're living fake lives
Don't ya know I heard you tryin' to take mine
But, while I shine ya lip and fake y'all styles
All around me
(Hata's tryin' to play La')
(But, they know that they can't take her paper)
Go 'head and do it
Everybody talking see
Spreadin' them lies about my friends and me
They say that we're tighter than suppose to get
That's because I haven't let ya chill wit me yet
You make it hard for a girl to roll
(Ooh, girl to roll)
But, make it easy so my pockets stay swol'
(Ooh, pockets stay swol')
Don't cha know I heard you tryin' to take mine
While I shine, you're living fake lives
Don't ya know I heard you tryin' to take mine
But, while I shine ya lip and fake y'all styles
All around me
(Hata's tryin' to play La')
(But, they know that they can't take her paper)
Go 'head and do it
That's right, yeah
Check it, check it, why
Check it, check it
Come on, come on
Yo, yo
Where my fellas at? Where my fellas at?
Where my ladies at? Where my ladies at?
As I look back on my life
(Check it)
To get where I am I had to sacrifice
You slammed my name in your magazine
This business gets hard tryin' to stay a queen
You're checkin' for me, you need to check yourself
(Ooh, check yourself)
And be someone, not someone else
(Ooh, someone else)
Refugees, go 'head and do it
Paper
Go 'head and do it
My baby, she may not look like one of those bunnies out of the
Playboy book well, I'm sorry 'bout that, Mr. Williams but she's
Got something Johnny, much greater than gold well, now
What's that? I'm crazy 'bout that girl, she's got so much soul
She's got the kind of loving, kissin' and a-huggin'
Sure is mellow, glad that I'm her fellow
And I know that she knocks me off my feet
Have mercy on me 'cause she knocks me off my feet
Can you dig it?
There is no girl in the whole world
That can love me like you do ow
Tell 'em bout it, Watson
My baby now, when she walks by
All the fellows go [unverified] and I know why
Have mercy, just look at her walk
It's simply because that girl, she walks so fine
And if she ever leave me, I will lose my mind
Because she's got the kind of lovin', kissin' and a-huggin'
Sure is mellow, glad that I'm her fellow
And I know that she knocks me off my feet
Have mercy on me! 'Cause she knocks me off my feet
I'd better tell 'em one more thing
There is no girl in the whole world
That can love me like you do
Ow, tell 'em 'bout it, Mr. Williams
Now everybody in my neighborhood
An' that's what's grooving me will testify that my girl, she looks so good
Well, let me tell you something else right here
She looks so fine, she give eyesight to the blind
Help 'em to make 'em see and if she ever leave me, I will lose my mind
Because she's got the kind of lovin'
Kissin' and a-huggin' sure is mellow, glad that I'm her fellow
And I know that she knocks me off my feet
Have mercy on me 'cause she knocks me off my feet
Can you dig it?
There is no girl in the whole world
That can love me like you do
When I'm sexing you, when I'm next to you, I know it's alright
It's the things you do, make me cling to you 'cause I know it's alright
There's a special way that you do what you do
Anywhere and anytime, you're not an ordinary lover
You give me good times, leave me so satisfied
When I'm sexing you, when I'm next to you, I know it's alright
It's the things you do, make me cling to you 'cause I know it's alright
I'm overwhemled by the way that you handle
'Cause I've been down for a little while
I've got experience to know when it's this good every thing
Every thing is alright, alright, yeah
When I'm sexing you, when I'm next to you, I know it's alright
It's the things you do, make me cling to you 'cause I know it's alright
It's alright, it's alright
When you're near, I don't fear, I feel so safe and secure
You feel good in my arms and I know that you are, you're the one for me
When I'm sexing you, when I'm next to you, I know it's alright
It's the things you do, make me cling to you 'cause I know it's alright
How do I know you'll never go? You've got to be the one for me
I always pray that you will stay 'cause baby you're the one
When I'm sexing you, when I'm next to you, I know it's alright
It's the things you do, make me cling to you 'cause I know it's alright
When I'm sexing you, when I'm next to you, I know it's alright
It's the things you do, make me cling to you 'cause I know it's alright
When I'm sexing you, when I'm next to you, I know it's alright
I could show the world how to smile
I could be glad all the while
I could turn the gray skies to blue
If I had you, baby, by my side
I could leave my old days behind
Leave all my pals and never mind
I could start my whole life anew
If I had you
I could climb a snow capped mountain
Sail the mighty ocean wide
I could cross a burning desert
If I had you by my side
I could be a queen, dear, uncrowned
Humble or poor, rich or renowned
There is nothin' I couldn't do
If I had you, If I had you, yeah
I could climb a snowcapped mountain
Sail the mighty ocean wide
I could cross a burnin' desert
If I had you by my side
I could show the world how to smile
I could be glad all of the while
I could turn the gray skies to blue
If I had you, baby, by my side
I could be a queen, dear, uncrowned
Humble or poor, rich or renowned
Baby, there is nothin' I couldn't do
If I had you
There is nothin' I couldn't do
If I had you
I'm not in love, so don't forget it
It's just a silly phase I'm going through
And just because I call you up
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made
I'm not in love, no, no, no, it's because
I like to see you but then again
That doesn't mean you mean that much to me
So if I call you, don't make a fuss
Don't go and tell your friends about the two of us
I'm not in love, oh, no, no, it's because
Woah, you'll wait a long time for me
Ooh, he'll wait a long time, yeah
I keep your picture right there on the wall
It hides a nasty stain that's been lying there, yeah, yeah
So don't you ask me, no, to give it back
I know you know it don't mean one thing to me
I'm ain't in love, no, no, no, no, it's because
Woah, you'll wait a long time for me
Ooh, he'll wait a long time for me, yeah
I'm not in love, no, I'm not in love, yeah, no, no, no, no
I ain't in love, no, no, no, no, it's because
Woah, you'll wait a long time for me
Ooh, he'll wait a long time for me
(Keep waiting, keep waiting, waiting, waiting)
I ain't in love, I ain't in love, no, no, no
(Keep waiting, keep waiting, waiting, waiting)
(Keep waiting, keep waiting, waiting, waiting)
I ain't in love, I ain't in love, I ain't in love, I ain't in love
(Keep waiting, keep waiting, waiting, waiting)
(Keep waiting, keep waiting, waiting, waiting)
I ain't thinkin' about you, baby
(Keep waiting, keep waiting, waiting, waiting)
I don't miss you like crazy
(Keep waiting, keep waiting, waiting, waiting)
I ain't in love, I ain't in love, I ain't in love, no
(Keep waiting, keep waiting, waiting, waiting)
I put a spell on you, yeah
Because you're mine
Oh baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
You better stop the things you do, hey
I ain't lying, no I ain't lying
You know I can't stand it
You running around, you know better baby
I can't stand it 'cause you put me down
I put a spell on you
'Cause you're mine
Come on now Herbie, come on dig in baby
Come on now dig in, dig in babe
You can't leave me baby
For I love you, I love you, I love you
Oh I love you anyhow
And I don't care if you don't want me
I'm your's right now, hear me
I put a spell on you, aey hey hey
I put a spell on you
Oh do you hear me now?
I put a spell on you, hey hey
Because you're, you're mine, yeah mine
You're mine baby
There's a light in the darkness
Though the night is black as my skin
There's a light burning bright
Showing me the way
But I know where I've been
There's a cry in the distance
It's a voice that comes from deep within
There's a cry asking why
I pray the answer's up ahead, yeah
'Cause I know where I've been
There's a road we've been traveling
Lost so many on the way
But the riches will be plenty
Worth the price, the price we had to pay
There's a dream in the future
There's a struggle that we have yet to win
And there's pride in my heart
'Cause I know where I'm going, yes, I do
And I know where I've been, yeah
There's a road we must travel
There's a promise we must make
But the riches will be plenty
Worth the risk and the chances that we take
There's a dream in the future
There's a struggle that we have yet to win
Use that pride in our hearts to lift us up to tomorrow
'Cause just to sit still would be a sin
I know it, I know it, I know where I'm going
Lord knows I know where I've been
Oh, when we win, I'll give thanks to my God
Hey, yeah, hello, stranger
It seems so good to see you back again
Tell me how long has it been?
Seems like a mighty long time
It seems like a mighty long time
Oh, oh, oh, my, my, my, I'm so glad
You stopped by to say, "Hello" to me
Remember that's the way it used to be
It seems like a mighty long time
Ooh, seems like a mighty long time, oh yeah
Oh yes, I'm so glad you are here again
Oh, oh, if you're not gonna stay
Please don't tease me like you did before because I still love you so
Although it seems like a mighty long time
Listen baby, it seems, seems like a mighty long time
Oh my, my, my, my, my
I'm still have you baby
I think you are here to last
I'm stayin', stayin' down here longer this time
It's a fact I'll attest to, mess around and I'll arrest you
I ain't playing, you know what I'm saying?
This ain't the best you've ever hear coming from a female MC
But you know what I mean? (Hail to the Queen!)
This MC stands for "Microphone Commando"
When I command that you take a hand
And throw it up in the air, yeah, just like that now
Chill, and watch me rap cause I'm flowing (Flowing)
Just like water I slaughter (Slaughter)
A battle, put me in it, I win it
The mission is music and rhythm
Rhythm backed by words, all in my system
System by techniques, techniques I got my heart in
Heart into the music, music I take part in
One try, one God, and one destiny
Just dance for me
"Dance to the music" (Repeat 2x)
Now understand that you must (dance) because this is a beat to clap to
My brother Lance said "Latifah you got to make them get up off their feet"
So I put my rhyme to a DJ Mark beat
Ample samples, this for example
Are made by the 45 King, so cancel
Your plans of moving to the front lines
He's a DJ, producer, and mind you a friend of mine
I hop, dip, and spend with the children
So get down with the sound and you will lend
To let me bring while I bring
Queen Latifah to the 45 King, creating
A new style in the name of the Flavor Unit
That's the way we like it, so I'm doing it
So if you want to know what the plan is to be
I order you to dance for me
"Dance to the music" (Repeat 2x)
My voice is your choice at a stage show
I do it for the Flavor Unit to make you say "ho"
With powerful lyrics I'm armed
To let a sucker step up and get bombed
By a beat created by my producer
To break you out of the stuff that you're used to
This here is a moment of truth
So take the record to the DJ booth
And let's start this, let the beat get dumb
Cause I'm a shake it all night and then some
People dancing, I can spot 'em
When I take control, you know I got 'em
Stop the music? That's not a question
The Flavor Unit takes no suggestions
If you're not on the dance tip, here's your chance to be
I order you to dance for me
Don't make me wait
Don't make me wait
Don't make me wait
Give me body
Give me body
Welcome into my queendom, come one come all
When it comes to lyrics I bring them
In spring I sing in fall I call out to all the ones who had a hard day
I prepared a place on my dance floor
The time is now for you to party
I thought it would be a good chance for you to move
One nation under a groove
House music always soothes
So get with the flow let's go yo
Can you rock to a house groove tempo?
If so, then shall we let the games begin?
What better off position can you be in?
I'm on fire, the flame's too hot to douse
The pool is over, come into my house
Don't make me wait
Come into my house
Give me body
Don't make me wait
Come into my house
Give me body
Here's a dance step, from now I'll kick a
Bass and treble flow through the speakers
Ride the rhythm, I know it's gonna reach ya
I'm the queen, Latifah
Now it's time to run through it 45 king? Cue it
Yeah, there you go, I told you you could do it
Now did you enjoy it?
That was cool
I knew it
Dance to the beat of the drum, give me some
With the flavor unit I've come to say, "Ride the groove line"
Don't swing the pipeline, listen to the smooth line
Throw away the white line
It's a house party I'm hosting
Come and rock with the one who's chosen
It can't turn me inside out
For those who dare, to come into my house
Don't make me wait
Come into my house
Give me body
Don't make me wait
Come into my house
Give me body
It's a new fusion I'm using, you ask what is it I'm doing?
Hip hop house, hip hop jazz, with a little pizazz
From the queen, the queen of royal badness
Remember me from wrath of my madness?
It's my rap that rocks this party, I'm a hijack and jack your body
This is not an erotic interlude, keep in mind I move multitudes
The Asiatic black woman, hardcore beat drumming
It's hard to keep a good woman down, so I keep coming
Blow for blow, I take and I get some still I rise in a civilized wisdom
I hope the lyrical display has you around
It's an open invitation, come into my house
Don't make me wait
Come into my house
Give me body
Don't make me wait
Come into my house
I want you to give me body
Don't make me wait
Come into my house
I know you're there, give me body
Don't make me wait
Come into my house
All the ones on the dance floor give me body
Yeah, come on, yeah
Come on, yeah
Give me body
Give me body
Give me body
Give me body
Come on, come on
Give me body
I know you're out there
I want you to come over here
To do a little somethin' like this
Shake it up then
Give me body
Don't make me wait
Don't make me wait
Don't make me wait
Bring on that pecan pie
Pour some sugar on it, sugar, don't be shy
Scoop me up a mess of that chocolate swirl
Don't be stingy, I'm a growing girl
I offer big love with no apology
How can I deny the world the most of me
I am not afraid to throw my weight around
Pound by pound by pound
Because I'm big, blonde and beautiful
Face the fact, the simply irrefutable
No one wants a meal that only offers the least
When girl, we're serving up the whole damn feast
Slice me off a piece of that hog head cheese
Then take a look inside my book of recipes
Now, don't you sniff around for something fluffy and light
We need a man who brings a man-size appetite
I'll use a pinch of sugar and a dash of spice
I'll let you lick the spoon because it tastes so nice
We'll keep it in a oven 'til it's good and hot
Keep on stirring 'til it hits the spot
Because I'm big, blonde and beautiful
There is nothing 'bout us that's unsuitable
Why sit in the bleachers, timid and afraid
When Edna, you look like the whole parade
They say that white has might and thin is in
Well, that's just bull
'Cause ladies, big is back and as for black
It's beautiful
All shapes and sizes, follow me
Who wants a twig when you can climb the whole tree
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And ooh yeah-yeah-yeah
Ooh yeah
You make me laugh
'Cause your eyes they light the night
They look right through me, la la la la
You bashful boy
You're hiding something sweet
Please give it to me yeah, to me
Oh-oh, talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the Poetry Man
You make things all rhyme, yeah-yeah
And ooh yeah-yeah-yeah
Ooh yeah
You are a genie
And all I ask for is your smile
Each time I rub a lamp, la la la la
When I am with you
I have a giggling teen-age crush
Then I'm a-a sultry vamp, yeah, a sultry vamp
Woah-oh, talk to me some more
You don't have to go
'Cause you're the Poetry Man
You make things all right, yeah-yeah
And ooh yeah-yeah-yeah
Ooh yeah
Saxophone solo
Talk to me some more
You don't have to go
You're the Poetry Man
And you make things all right
And ooh yeah-yeah-yeah
Ooh yeah
So once again
It's time to say so long
And so recall the law of life, la la la la
You're goin' home now
Oh, home's that place somewhere you go each day
To see your wife, yeah-yeah-yeah, to see your wife
Woah-oh, talk to me some more
You know that you don't have to go
You're the Poetry Man
You make things all rhyme, yeah
Woah-oh, talk to me some more
You know that you don't have to go
You're the Poetry Man
(Queen Talking)
We gon take this one over to 275 Paulstand
384 Steuyversant, we gon take it over to
155 Morgan
144 Harrison
Chorus: (1x)
Just Another Day, living in the hood
Just another day around the way
Feelin good today, feelin lovely-yay
Just another day, living in the hood
Just another day around the way
Feelin good today
I hear the(gunshot), but I'm here to stay
[Verse 1]
Well it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood
A beautiful day in the neighbor-hood
Can't go wrong, I feel strong and the flavor's good
I'm wit whateva comes my way, hip-hop hooray
Latifah's on vacation, I'm just plain on day to day
I strap out, step out in every direction
Glock, tech's, jimmy hat's, in case I need protection
So I land cruise, play I wanna be's
A kid in the increase gettin jack right in front of me
So I pull the tech close, my finger's on the trigger
Don't wanna get wet, so they step
Cause mine's is slighty bigger
But better yet, I'ma threat, so ya better walk
Or get sketched out in chalk, cause I don't wanna talk
I stay true blue, I'm hopin it's you too
I got the fever for the flava of a?
So it's back to the block time to play
It's just another day around the way, hey
[Chorus: 1x]
[Verse 2]
Time to chill, hit the hill, uptown let's keep it sight's
Shoot some pool, act a fool, cause it's own tonight
I'm doin the knowledge, it's not easy, easy
Watchin a cop cuff a kid for sellin a clip to a D.T.
But it's home, so I flex, get pressure's off my chest
Slip in a tape, now which hood should I hit next
Stomach ache, had a steak, and take for a bean pie
(Leonard Feather)
[This song was a hit for Dinah Washington in 1949 and was also covered by Billie Holiday]
Well good morning baby welcome back to town
How'd, fine papa, welcome back to town
You're doing so much travelling never know
When you'll be around
You're a fine and mellow fellow
But you're stubborn as a mule
You love me like an angel
But you treat me like a fool
Two-faced daddy don't hand me no doublecross
You'll see any time I'm ready
I can tell you baby get lost
Doing anything you choose
You're cheating on the outside
You better come back on the inside
Don't want no trouble I've got to be the boss
'cause you got too much to lose
And if you can't play it my way
Well now baby get lost
I try to stop your cheating
But I just don't have the time
'cause I got so many men that
Keep cool papa, you got to corne across
They're standing right in line
'cause any time I'm ready, yes any time I'm ready
You know when I'm ready
I can tell you baby get lost
The world, oh, oh, oh, the world
The world, oh, oh, oh
I smoked pot of blunt again for the pain to go away
But it wouldn't go away, just subsided through the haze
Just drifted off into deeper thought
I broke my mind and searched my heart
Finally what was blindin' me was just as clear as day
I figured out what's stressin' me, depressin' me
Mummy that man molesting me, oh no
Was only 5 years old, I couldn't seem to tell a soul
I didn't know how to let you and daddy know
And I can't go on like this
That's the type of thing that'd make you slash you wrists
But now that I realize this happened to me
I've gotta fight this
The devils are probably lyin', runnin' 'round and lyin'
Tryin' to move out is he gonna take my [Incomprehensible]?
Gotta get up, stand up, fight for hours
Every second of every minute and every hour I see your face
Help me with what happens in the world
Lesson number one the world ain't fair
It'll chew you up and it'll spit you out
So put your faith in it if you dare
The world
The world will put you right on top
Then snatch the bottom from under you
And just watch and laugh as you drop
The world
Lesson number one the world ain't fair
It'll chew you up and it'll spit you out
So put your faith in it if you dare
The world
Oh, the world will put you right on top
Then snatch the bottom from under you
And just watch and laugh as you drop
The world
Runnin' around the school as you tried committin' suicide
He asked what would make a 14 year old boy wanna take his life?
It'd be the fact that he got a dad who uses him as a punchin' bag
Beats him till he's blue and black and won't stop will he makes him cry
You kept it to yourself and made excuses for the bruises
Took painkillers to kill the pain from a daddy who's abusive
He was telling you, you were useless, never heard the words I love you
Made you feel like you were worthless, he's tryin' to save the trouble
And he can't go on like this
That's the type of thing that'd make you slash you wrists
Somebody shoulda told you that you're priceless
Put your faith in God and we can fight this
The devils are probably lyin', runnin' 'round and lyin'
Tryin' to move out, is he gonna take my [Incomprehensible]?
Gotta get up, stand up, fight for hours
Every second of every minute and every hour I see your face
Help me with what happens in the world
Lesson number one the world ain't fair
It'll chew you up and it'll spit you out
So put your faith in it if you dare
The world
The world will put you right on top
Then snatch the bottom from under you
And just watch and laugh as you drop
The world
Lesson number one the world ain't fair
It'll chew you up and it'll spit you out
So put your faith in it if you dare
The world
Oh, the world will put you right on top
Then snatch the bottom from under you
And just watch and laugh as you drop
The world
The world that we livin' in where we leave our babies
In the back seat of cars found my pass is blind
Desperate minds and emotional teenagers
Lookin' for love in all the wrong places
Love's so precious, don't ever wanna test it
Who's your momma? Who your daddy? You can't even tell
Your'e shinin' on, chattin', see news at eleven
Were all walking through this place with vain visions of heaven
The devils are probably lyin', runnin' 'round and lyin'
Tryin' to move out, is he gonna take my [Incomprehensible]?
Gotta get up, stand up, fight for hours
Every second of every minute and every hour I see your face
Help me with what happens in the world
The world, the world
The world, the world
The world, the world
The world
Lesson number one the world ain't fair
It'll chew you up and it'll spit you out
So put your faith in it if you dare
The world
The world will put you right on top
Then snatch the bottom from under you
And just watch and laugh as you drop
The world
Lesson number one the world ain't fair
It'll chew you up and it'll spit you out
So put your faith in it if you dare
The world
Oh, the world will put you right on top
Then snatch the bottom from under you
And just watch and laugh as you drop
The world
Lesson number one the world ain't fair
It'll chew you up and it'll spit you out
So put your faith in it if you dare
The world
The world will put you right on top
Then snatch the bottom from under you
And just watch and laugh as you drop
The world
Lesson number one the world ain't fair
It'll chew you up and it'll spit you out
So put your faith in it if you dare
The world
Oh, the world will put you right on top
Then snatch the bottom from under you
And just watch and laugh as you drop
The world, oh, oh, oh
The world, oh, oh, oh, the world
The world, oh, oh, oh
The world, oh, oh, oh, the world
Betcha got a chick on the side, sure you got a chick
I know you got a chick on the side
I know you got a chick on the side
I know you got a chick on the side
I know you got a chick on the side
I know you want us both and I know the reason why.
I can give you so much lovin,
But presents, she can buy you.
Last night youre in my arms,
Tonight Im all alone
[Chorus:]
How long will this game go on? How long?
Oh, oh how long?
Betcha got a chick on the side, sure you got a chick.
I know you got a chick on the side.
And its plain, plain enough to see that
Youre not the man for me.
I cant keep playin games that keep my heart in pain.
I want to turn and walk away but its harder to do
Than it is to say.
[Chorus]
It might hurt me for awhile but of one thing I am sure.
Ill get over you, yes Ill find someone new.
Each time I open up my heart,
It seems to just get torn apart.
[Adlib line 1:]
I saw you, dont you try to hide.
Dont hide it from me, no, no. no.
[Adlib line 2:]
You thought you would hide it, hide it,
Hide it from me.
[Repeat...]
More Queen Latifah's lyrics
A King And Queen Creation
Bananas
Come Into My House
Dance For Me
Don't Cry Baby
Elements I'm Among
Evil That Men Do
Fly Girl (brixton Bass Mix)
Georgia Rose
There's a somebody I'm longing to see
I hope that she turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me
I'm a little lamb who's lost in a wood
I know I could always be good
To one who'll watch over me
Although I may not be the man
Some girls think of as handsome
But to her heart
I carry the key
Won't you tell her please to put on some speed
Follow my lead, oh how I need
Someone to watch over me
I'm a little lamb who's lost in a wood
I know I could always be good
To one who'll watch over me
Although I may not be the man
Some girls think of as handsome
But to her heart
I carry the key
And this world would be like heaven, if she'd
Follow my lead, oh how I need
Someone to watch over me
Want a little sugar
In my bowl
I want a little sweetness
Down in my soul
I could stand some lovin'
Oh so bad
I feel so funny and I feel so sad
I want a little steam
On my clothes
Maybe I can fix things up
So they'll go
Whats ya matter Daddy
Come on, save my soul
I need some sugar in my bowl
I ain't foolin'
I want some sugar in my bowl
You been acting different
I've been told
Soothe me
I want some sugar in my bowl
I want some steam
On my clothes
Maybe I can fix things up so they'll go
Whats ya matter Daddy
Come on save my soul
I want some sugar in my bowl
I ain't foolin'
(feat. Queen Latifah)
(Herman Hupfield)
This day and age we're living in
Gives cause for apprehension
With speed and new invention
And things like third dimension
Yet we get a trifle weary
With Mr. Einstein's theory
So we must get down to earth at times
Relax relieve the tension
And no matter what the progress
Or what may yet be proved
The simple facts of life are such
They cannot be removed
You must remember this
A kiss is still a kiss,
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by
And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you"
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by
Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny
Well, it's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
(Queen Latifah) Times don't change, right?
(Rod Stewart) Sing it to me, Latifah
Oh, I'm singing it to you right now
Cause we're talking about
Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny
Well, it's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
As time goes by
(Voiceover)
And now, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The keeper of the keys,
The countess of the clink
The mistress of murderers row,
Matron Mama Morton!
(Queen Latifah)
Ask any of the chickies in my pen
They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen.
I love them all and all of them love me
Because the system works,
The system called reciprocity.
Got a little motto,
Always sees me through:
"When you're good to Mama, Mama's good to you."
There's a lot of favours I'm prepared to do,
You do one for Mama, she'll do one for you.
They say that life is tit for tat,
And that's the way I live.
So I deserve a lot of tat
For what I've got to give.
Don't you know that this hand
Washes that one too.
When you're good to Mama, Mama's good to you
If you want my gravy
Pepper my Ragu
Spice it up for mama
She'll get hot for you
When they pass that basket
Folks contribute too,
You put in for Mama,
She'll put out for you
The folks at top the ladder
Are the ones the world adores
So boost me up my ladder, kid
And I'll boost you up yours
Lets all stroke together
Like the princeton crew
When your stroking Mama, Mama's stroking you
So what's the one conclusion
I could bring this number to -
its been too long since you kiss
me do you want me or is you
gonna leave it alone i'm so tired of this driving
throw my head i will see you
no yes ya gonna see me
no yes ya gonna see me
no yes ya gonna see me
no yes ya gonna see me
if its real nada see the
truth the reality is real
regonize
Know, know what I mean?
Fast car, fast car
I wanna meet your fast car
Take me on a comet ride
Shoot me past the fast car
I wish I owned that last car
You could be the end to
Everything my heart's asking for
Take me away
(So, so, far away)
I don't wanna feel no sorrow
Take me away
(So, so, far away)
I might not see tomorrow
Hey, hey
You tell me you can cure my addiction
(Addiction)
And you tear my feet off the ground
Everytime I would forget my affliction
(Affliction)
But I don't want to come down
It's just the high that your givin' me
(Givin' me)
Is worth a million tears and frowns
It's just the high that your givin' me
(Givin' me)
Is worth a million years on the ground
Take me up in your rocket ship
Take me so, so far away
(Away)
Let me forget all the good shit
Take me so, so far away
(Away)
I need a face that's not mine that fits me
Just get me to forget misery
Yes indeed, we just be
In misery, yes indeed
We just be up high
When I'm with you
When I'm with you
You tell me you can cure my addiction
(Addiction)
And you tear my feet off the ground
Everytime I would forget my affliction
(Affliction)
But I don't want to come down
It's just the high that your givin' me
(Givin' me)
Is worth a million tears and frowns
It's just the high that your givin' me
(Givin' me)
Is worth a million years on the ground
You remind me of my Mercedez Benz
For you I spend all my years
You might wanna meet my friends
And I might wanna have your kids
I name 'em Shaniqua, Bonita, Rashawn
And baby, you can take me far away
See the moon and the stars
Now can't nobody do it like you do
(What?)
I admit you got to go
(What?)
Me and you, just us two
Spread my love like a swine flu
Ay, you got me high
Wanna touch the sky
You know you love me right?
Let's sing this lullaby
Yeah, you could be my fast car
Maybe be my Jaguar
Baby, what you isn't are
Make me see the moon and stars
I wanna touch the moon
Get some of this poom, poom
Ride it like zoom, zoom
Make him drop this fruit of the loom
He want my peach fair Victoria underwear
I love 'em, oh so swell
And yep, he love my fruit cocktail
I keep it real, baby
I love 'em crazy, baby
I'm a name brand bitch
She just don't need it, baby
You better stay with me
Sexy is what I need
I'm a F-A-S-T C-A-R M- ISS -E
You tell me you can cure my addiction
(Addiction)
And you tear my feet off the ground
Everytime I would forget my affliction
(Affliction)
But I don't want to come down
It's just the high that your givin' me
(Givin' me)
Is worth a million tears and frowns
It's just the high that your givin' me
(Givin' me)
Is worth a million years on the ground
High that you're givin' me
High that you're givin' me
High that you're givin' me
High that you're givin' me
You may not be living the life that you want
But tonight you gon live the life that you want
Gotta get as high as you want gotta let it fly if you want
You might not be living the life that you want
But tonight you gon live the life that you want
Gotta get as high as you want gotta let it fly if you want
Yeah - works over another day of your life passed
Your body's screaming your mind is waving white flags
Ducking and dodging life's left hooks and right jabs
Not to mention everything comes with a price tag
But tonight let's put your problems aside
Let all the bullshit depart let the bottles arrive
If anybody blows your high tries to mess up your buzz
You betta tell em you deserve it because [You had a long ass week]
Feelin like the longest week of my life
And I'm so ready to be myself whether I'm wrong or I'm right
Cause tonight we do it my way
Crusin down the highway
Look up to the sky just thank God its Friday
You had a long week chasing that dollar
The boss man stressing you makin you holla
It's friday night and you ain't working tomorrow
I bought the club out go head and get you a bottle
Sayin I ain't leaving till like 5 in the morning
I ain't gotta be to work until like 9 Monday morning
Its Friday night and you ain't working tomorrow
I bought the club out go head and get you a bottle
You had a long ass week
Yeah the week has finally come to a close
Cause every hour every minute you gotta stay on your toes
Work harder play harder than you ever could imagine
And your boss be stressing you so anything could happen
It's ok to walk around without a care in the world
It's ok to tell the truth without a dare in the world
It's time to sweat out all the pressures from your 9 to 5
Open your eyes cause its time to get live
You had a long ass week
Feeling like the longest week of my life
And I'm so ready to be myself whether I'm wrong or I'm right
Cause tonight we do it my way
Crusin down the highway
Look up to the sky just thank God its Friday
You had a long week chasing that dollar
The boss man stressing you makin you holla
It's friday night and you ain't working tomorrow
I bought the club out go head and get you a bottle
Sayin I ain't leaving till like 5 in the morning
I ain't gotta be to work until like 9 Monday morning
Its Friday night and you ain't working tomorrow
I bought the club out go ahead and get you a bottle
In the morning I'll be coming home from the night before
In the morning, oh in the morning
When you feel it, feel it flowing through your bones
You gotta move your body
Oh tell somebody
You may not be living the life that you want
But tonight you gon live the life that you want
Gotta get as high as you want gotta let it fly if you want
You had a long ass week
You had a long week chasing that dollar
The boss man stressing you makin you holla
It's friday night and you ain't working tomorrow
I bought the club out go head and get you a bottle
Sayin I ain't leaving till like 5 in the morning
I ain't gotta be to work until like 9 Monday morning
Its Friday night and you ain't working tomorrow
I bought the club out go ahead and get you a bottle
Oh, I don't know
And it makes me scared
Because I'm falling in love
And I don't know if you feel the same
I'm taking this time to write you this letter
'Cause what we got is good but want to make it better, yo boo
I'm digging you, you got all of the equipment
Now I'm ready for a commitment
I'm not trying to rush things not looking for an engagement ring
But the queen needs a king
And I choose you, 'cause what we got is in tune
Since you promised me the moon I hope to see it soon
I want make this official man, I miss you
I feel for your touch and your kiss too
Listen I hope I'm not being to blunt
Don't wanna scare you away, it's a game I want to play but
Oh, I don't know
And it makes me scared
Because I'm falling in love
And I don't know if you feel the same
Oh, I don't know
(I don't know)
And it makes me scared
(So scared)
Because I'm falling in love
(Falling in love)
And I don't know if you feel the same
(Falling in love, hey)
I know you love it when I call you big poppa my thoughts are pure
I heard you left your last 'cause she was insecure
I'm not trying to compare myself but I got health and wealth
And now you dealing with the top shelf
My orgasmic thoughts need support
Thinking of positions you taught while I stare at the gifts you bought
The things you do for me make you my number one
When you're around I have a lot of fun check me now
Like the time we went to six flags boosting, tearing off tags
And sticking souvenirs into our bags
Slipped up, almost got caught then tried again
You're more than a lover your my best friend
Do you remember the first time I letcha get it
I was nervous you were too but wouldn't admit it
You were the best I had that's why I want all of you
Now tell them hookers to stop calling you
I'm dead up I want to wear your name
So I pray and ask God to make you feel the same
Oh, I don't know
(Don't know)
And it makes me scared
(It makes me so scared)
Because I'm falling in love
(I'm falling in love again, again)
And I don't know if you feel the same
(Baby baby baby baby)
Oh, I don't know
(I don't know)
And it makes me scared
(I'm makes me scared)
Because I'm falling in love
(I'm falling in love again)
And I don't know if you feel the same
(Oh yeah)
Is there a place to ease my mind
(Place to ease my mind)
Think about you all the time, yeah
Show me a sign and wish that you would
Offer me a sign, relax my mind
Let me close by saying stop delaying our fate
Let go your fear I'm here come hold your soul make
I want more but I don't want push
It's never to late so be straight don't beat around the bush
I'm all woman if you don't feel like I feel that's fine
Let's stay friends but I want you to be mine now check it
But I'll take what I can take it can't get no plainer
With love sincerely yours your boo Dana
Oh P.S. guess who's back around
My ex he called me said he bought a house up town
But I told him that my love for you was too strong
Write back and don't make me wait to long
Oh, I don't know
(I don't know)
And it makes me scared
(Makes me so scared)
Because I'm falling in love
(I'm falling in love)
And I don't know if you feel the same
(I want to know, I wanna know)
Oh, I don't know
(I don't know)
And it makes me scared
(I'm so scared)
Because I'm falling in love
(I'm falling in love)
And I don't know if you feel the same
(Just me and my queen do you know what I mean)
Oh, I don't know
(Hey, hey)
And it makes me scared
(Hey, hey)
Because I'm falling in love
(Falling in love)
And I don't know if you feel the same
(Tell me if it's good enough for you)
Oh, I don't know
And it makes me scared
(I'm falling for you)
Because I'm falling in love
And I don't know if you feel the same
(Heavy D) This One goes out to the rough And Rugged muthafuckas out there
(Latifah) - Yes Baby
(Heavy D) - Strictly on the Latifah tip
(Latifah) Yo, This is queen Latifah in the house
I got my boy Heavy D, My Boy Treach and my Boy KRS-One in the house to rip some shit with me right quick
TREACH
The quicker committee gettin witty for many cause the war ain't one
This the city where I'm From, I'll glue ya titties to ya tongue
It's on like this with The Black Bleep the blip
Smokin' Shit with mad misfits
the 1 man, 1 mold, Murder 1
murder gold, 1 hard headache to hold
Word to god It's good as Gold
If it Ain't rough, it ain't ashy & Brick Thick
And If It ain't nasty, Naughty's pissin on your picnic
Rough is the place, the space, knuckle which way you think
Here to put a fat black nose on the Black Sphnix
I don't shoot to get pimples order your Christmas
I shot ST Nick
There's stuff for the kids I ain't get
No One under 17 Admitted, So I Came 18 deep
you can raid but you can't fade me
if It ain't rough, it ain't rugged
And If You Can't hear it, you can't dub it. COME ON
CHORUS (X2)
If It ain't rough, I could do without it
If It ain't rough, Just throw it to the curb
If It ain't rough, He could do without it
If It ain't rough, It's working my nerves
HOOK BY HEAVY D
Tell me how you like it - Rough, Tell me how you need it - Rough, Tell me how you keep it - Rough, Tell me how you want it - Rough
HEAVY D
Tuck Away your entire stuff, I'm comin' tough, rugged and rough, from a blunt, take puff UHHH
Never joke with a tech nine hard than a sex mob
Next time, flex when it's my time
I'll take a chump or a champ a clamp or a zamp so now the rolly polly holly molly
I'm magnificent
Skip to my lou, gather up your crew, Let the heavysetters Show you what a N... could really do today
We all know about body bags, but seems everybody brags about being tough, catch a body tag
Knowin well, they just cream puffs talkin tough cause they've stuff, It's a bluff, They ain't tough they ain't nothin'
CHORUS
If It ain't rough, I could do without it
If It ain't rough, Just kick it to the curb
If It ain't rough, He could do without it
If It ain't rough, It's working my nerves
If It ain't rough, Now I could do without it
If It ain't rough, Just kick it to the curb
If It ain't rough, He could do without it
If It ain't rough, you know It's working my nerves
KRS ONE
Follow me now massive! Follow me now massive! Follow me crew follow me crew
KRS one in the party just a gwan wanna (LAITFAH) "ease off"
Here we go, Yo, You Know the flow, I get high & Low
You Know, Why you wanna flow with the pro, Oh, no no no no no no no
Breakin' rappers in half by the ass is my only task
Gold & Platinum Plaques will pass, only tlaent will last
I come to the party prepared to kick Ass
You come to the party well prepared then get scared.
You're through and need stitching up, You and your crew start bitching up
(Line sampled on "Ova Confident" By Nine) Where you gonna live around where I'm not stompin' It? I really believe you're a wee bit ova confident
on MTV, You wanna down rate me quick, yeah I'm a hypocrite
When You in my face, you in my dick
consequently your lyrics go flip, get a grip,
You Straight on some sucka shit
CHORUS
If It ain't rough, I could do without it
If It ain't rough, so kick it to the curb
If It ain't rough, you know people could do without it
If It ain't rough, It's working my nerves
If It ain't rough, I could do without it
If It ain't rough, so kick it to the curb
If It ain't rough, you know people do without it
If It ain't rough, you know It's working my god damn nerves
LATIFAH
Here comes the queen, I'll make a woman on the track get attracted like a fiend to the beat so I rap
You're looking for a friend to the end, good, that me
but if you're looking for a Gangsta bitch, That's exactly what you're gonna see
Ain't no way, Ain't no say, This ain't your lucky day
So go pray, Now you pay cause I don't FUCKIN play
Matter fact, I think Ice-T, he put it just right
"You diss me on record, see me fight"
Just throw up the joints and get to the point
and cut all the talk, the BS can walk
You test my skills, you get put to death
I'm sick of all the huff puff blow your house down BULL-
SHIT I heard last week
You get ya ass beat
So Watch the way you approach the Queen
People gonna let you down
Don't expect for them to be around
They're just people
People gonna let you down
Don't expect for them to be around
They're just people
Listen, money crimes and mood swings
Situations where certain people will do things
Like hop on bandwagon, get on the food chain
Soon as you get yo swag that's when yo crew change
But we all equal and people are just people
Leave it in God's hands 'cause the devil is lethal
You get what you earn also you live and you learn
To expect nothing in return
Do what you do from the heart then move on
'Cause in the eyes of the ungrateful, you can do wrong
That's when the negative energy gets too strong
The sunshine leaves, in comes the true storm
Sometimes make you wanna do harm
But you fall back 'cause you too calm
To get all rowdy and evil 'cause you realize
At the end of the day they just people
People gonna let you down
Don't expect for them to be around
They're just people
People gonna let you down
Don't expect for them to be around
They're just people
The bad ones discourage, the good ones motivate
The weak shall perish, the haters going show they hate
As long as you know what you dealing with, you can close the gate
Never let them in yo world till you know they straight
'Cause then again they just people
Life's just a one stop deal, there's no sequel
Fake ones are so transparent and so see through
Love ones can be so humble when they need you
Some got they hands out even after you feed 'em
But they ain't never around when you need 'em
That's when yo thoughts get evil
But then you realize they just people
People gonna let you down
Don't expect for them to be around
They're just people
People gonna let you down
Don't expect for them to be around
They're just people
Ayo, I got a lot more living to do before I leave here
'Cause I'm blessed and I'm thankful and I'm happy to be here
In good health with good wealth, you could always use help
But all you really got is yo good self
Still what I go through, it hurts when people that know you
Let you down and don't hold you
But yo mistakes will teach you
'Cause then you realize they just people
Ohh people, ohh people, ohh, ohh
Ohh people, ohh people, ohh, ohh
Don't you worry about a thing they just people
People gonna let you down
Don't expect for them to be around
They're just people
People gonna let you down
Don't expect for them to be around
They're just people
People gonna let you down
Don't expect for them to be around
They're just people
People gonna let you down
Don't expect for them to be around
go head
go head
go head
g Latifah
go head
go head
go head
go Latifah
go head wit that bullsh--
pop a can of fake sh--
never should've pulled it
now you wanna stay quick
shake it, break it
never catch me naked
if dem checks is basic
slide with them paces
big jeans, big keans
i only ride them big things
pay me for my sixteens
switch in my fitted jeans
twistin up that icky green
book full of city dreams
now everybody half way dere swing
lets swing baby
lets swing baby
lets swing baby
go head wit that nonsense
adress me as your highness
im new jeresey's finest
back from bahamas
aware of my content
sista got sponsors
Dana got a conscience
let me hit responses
go head
go head
go head
go Latifah
go head
go head
go head
go Latifah
i see poppin on me
dont get sloppy on me
he be lookin at me
she be hatin on me
well um basically
we just keepin the peace
we just rulin the night
with the family
now you want some new sh--
i keep it movin who wit
my flavor unit
bumpin on exclusive
jumpin down in Houston
peace to Whitney Houston
tyin up some nuisance
ridin wit a few friends
the science of the crew is
neva give em units
we win the humor
late let her move it
everybody ruthless
watch me make deuces
thinkin he da new sh--
time to gen n juice dis
story unconclusive
now introducin
jumpin jumpin movin
somethin bumpin who wit
La's Jersey unit
lot of cats included
single dorppin junish (june-ish)
La...
go head
go head
go head
go Latifah
go head
go head
go head
go Latifah
lets swing baby
lets swing baby
lets swing baby
lets swing baby'
lady bubble bubblefor my thug
startin dat trouble
little homies born in the struggle
i show you i love you
get in a huddle
peace to mommies workin a double
Dana'll hug you
piss me off i'll get em to mug you
im the same princess of the possey
sippin confossey
if you cant sang
you cant copy what's gone stop me
in a black beat swizzey
and im pumpin my possey
and plus im stocky
i dare on of yall broads to try and stop me
La stays layin da fire
displayin da wire
and im paidnow
so twenty years just stainin the tires
president buyer
peasants cant gorw wit da sier
and whoever told you La wouldnt dfrop is a liar
go head
I can't understand...
(I'm going crazy, you're going crazy) in the background
Verse 1
For give me father for I have sinned
I've just destroyed another phony ass rapper again
She wasn't causing it
She must have been stupid as a fiend
he should have told her child you don't step to the queen
perplexed and I'm vexed cause everywhere i go
people be flexin and expecting me to wanna flow
I don't play that the only way that i will be playin
as if I pay back you wanna play back so what you sayin
You don't wanna be a sister in the name of rap
yet you wanna talk shit and your style is whack
I would have squashed it before and made the whole issue dead
now I'm fed so it's off with you head
Now the moral of the verse is that your career is thru
and don't be fuckin with nobody who aint fuckin with you
If I were in your shoes, i let there be a start walkin'
next time there will be no talkin'
I cant understand...
(I'm going crazy, You're going crazy) in the background
Verse 2
A brother pushed up on me at the movies one weekend
He was on a quest and I wasn't? even seekin
I know though I'm black and he was a Puerto Rican
It made no good to me cause so we continued to speakin
We hit it right off and everything was on a roll
before i knew it I fell in love with his soul
"Aye poppy aye" was the cry as he made love to me
I was freaked by the way he just to do me
And then one day when I was washing our clothes
a number fell out of his pocket and her name was Rose
A girl's number, hmm, that struck me kinda funny
I lost my grip, I had to call up the honey
There was a chick on the side, oh no it couldn't be
There was a chick on the side, he's down with the OPP
I gave you the whole shebang just to find out
there's another woman hitting my thang
I can't understand...
(I'm going crazy, you're going crazy) in the background
Why the negative vibes and why people take bribes I don't understand it yo,
I don't know
Why the bad people and why the good people die somebody gotta tell me why,
I don't know
Why the people smoke crack and why the whites fight blacks what's the scenario,
I don't know
Why the hearts get broke and why the chumps get choke they know I ain't no joke,
I don't know
Verse 3
Now with the drums, to the bass, to the piano and to the horn
it's a crazy ass life and that's my word is born
I'm trying to be as logical as I possibly can
before the life of me
you know I just can't understand
what's going on sometimes
some situations like this come out in my rhymes
but Queen Latifah ain't gone just yet
cause when it's come to mastering confusion I'm a vet
I can't understand...
Chorus
All rise for me (all rise for me all eyes on me, watch my progression court is in session)
Ain't nobody stops my flows as if you didn't know
All eyes on me (all rise for me all eyes on me, watch my progression court is in session)
I've been doing it for sometime, i'm back to blow ya mind!
Rap (verse 1)
Court is in session i'm the judge jury and the prosecution, my word cos mine conjugus
Ain't no need for confusion i'm here to stay me in the rap game party together like fusion
I wanna talk to Illuminati wanna let you ladies whose first hits screen gets me bar
i was dedicated to the party touring oversea spreading our culture to different nationality
From MC like calories what ya need to do is pay homage and make some sister challenge me
like i said just me on wax i'll be of value and it'll happen when you least expected exactly
If ain't rough i can do without it and some of you all MCs in hiphop just making the game crowded
Let's play a little game of elimination or detonation, separate the rack like segregation.
Chorus.
All rise for me (all rise for me all eyes on me, watch my progression court is in session)
Ain't nobody stops my flows as if you didn't know
All eyes on me (all rise for me all eyes on me, watch my progression court is in session)
I've been doing it for sometime, i'm back to blow ya mind!
Rap (verse 2)
You know whats up choice stay on my piece you ain't no rapper you just play one on TV or radio and CD
Acting like you wanna see me but really cheeky geek i ain't see me
Check out my whole unit row this new kid study my scripts like the dead sea scroll
My M.O i'm in the back of a stretch land-cruise limo paying customer shot dollar dicussing
You see i am trying to hear nothing so i'm back to recap like Elmino, winds blow, clouds thunder spins the earth off its axis
Me slash rapper, slash actress, slash if you trying to front we get your ass kicked, we used P.O.W torture tactics
who trying to get at us, cos my friends i feel pleasure in your pain like i should never
i should bronx my pimp we should be hanging platinum, pix i'm stackin' em
classics from me is automatic, i keep' em hitting in the attic,
ladies rock to this, fellas on the floor grab your crotch to this, watch my progression court is in session.
Chorus.
Rap (verse 3)
Flog your interest, pay attention to every sentence, all rise for me, all eyes on me,
Send a shout-out of respect to all my people living, check the check it's gonna be alright
I rule in favor of the unit with a flavour, we make moves this major, this style coming like a pager,
And we don't need that feedback, keep that, i know your crew is off the hook, we off the meat-rat.
See that i know you wanna be like us real, already we that you can't be that, believe that,
Make you jump outta your gatters and boots, sweats and limo suits, we winning my records on the table spinning,
All our pockets getting fat while you thinning, you can't fade us we've been hustling since beginning,
Put you hands in the air even if you hate us, we master of profession, court is in session.
Come on now, I'm the one you love
I'm the one you can't breathe without remember
Why you wanna make me cry like this?
Why is you wanna make me cry?
Why me?
Your love is like a chunk of gold
Hard to gain, hard to hold
Like a rose that's soft to touch
Love has gone and it hurts so much
Well then why...
Must the same love that made me laugh, make me cry?
Well now you think of love as sitting on a mountain
Think about it being a great big rock
Won't you think before you started to roll it down
Because once you start it, you can't make it stop
I've given all I have to give
And if you don't want me, baby
I don't want to live
Well then why...
Oh, why
Must the same love that made me laugh, gon make me cry?
Why you wanna make me cry? [5x]
Why you wanna make me lay in my pillow
I'm just cryin' like a weeping willow
Tell me why, oh, why, oh, why
Why you wanna go home and make your lady cry
You use to be so soft and sweet to me
And now you act so wrong and mean to me
Now you get so wrong and mean to me
Why, oh, why, oh, why
Oh, why you wanna mess my pillow
You got me cryin' like a weeping willow
Wanna make me cry
Oh, why, oh, why
Why why why why
Why, oh, why, oh, why
Why, oh, why, oh, why
Why, oh, why, oh, why
Why, oh, why, oh, why
(Chorus)
You ain't gotta be no superstar
I only want to find out who you are
And we gotta be no Superman
So if you wanna talk to me, you can
My girlies caught me on a good day
I was (something) to move a job
So we took it to a club
Nigga we would make out a little
And plus at the time I was single, a little
So I said "Fine, we could meet up about nine"
So anyway we crossing the place where bub is flowing
We walking around, giving up peace to everyone we knowin
Some people in the joint is yellin "Hurt me, Hurt me"
I'm working my way over to the bar cus I'm thirsty
And then I see this guy
Oh no, I think he sikes me
I smile cus he's fly
He smiles back, I think he likes me
Well then it takes a twist
He sends his homeboy to talk to me cus he's scared to get dissed
I don't walk baby
I don't bite neither
You coulda asked me yourself for my number to my beeper
The worst thing I'da said was "No"
So maybe next time you better push a (something)
(Chorus)
Saturday moving in the house
Lookin at the videos
At the same time I'ma tryna put on my clothes
First date (First Date) with the guy's name was Nate
Was he fly?
Yes he was
Word up, the type you have on a plate
Cus I only met him last night
So I don't really know him, but I hope it goes right
So he pulls up at my door in a twenty-four foot limo
What is on his (something), are we expecting more?
He showered me with gifts and then he kissed me on my hand
Now what was in your plan?
I really didn't understand
We're only going to the movies
Either you're trying to impress me or watch you're trying to get the poony
Listen baby, I don't want a condo
You can make me smile a little and give me convo
All I might require from my man is intelligence
And all them other material things is irrelevant
(Chorus twice)
Now if you ready to deal with a girl who consider herself a queen
And you know how to treat a queen
Then step to the scene
We can sit alone in a room and deal
We can take a ride listening to music and chill
And I can do the crazy things I never thought I'd do
And maybe I can do all of those crazy things with you
Cus you ain't gotta be no superstar honey
All I wanna find out is exactly who you are
Money ain't gone make me love ya
And even with your car
So cease with that attitude
With that attitude you won't be getting far
And I love all of my brothers with a passion
Can't a sister get the same type of reaction
(Yeah) If you cool like dat
Take a trip to Jersey cus that's where I'm at
(Chorus)
How Do I Love Thee
Let Me Count The Ways
How Much Do I Love You
Well, Multiply Your Love By Infiniti
Picture A Vision Of Beauty
As We Dance By The Light Of The Moon
Your Passion So Often Consumes Me
Like The Lick Of A Native Tongue Tune
Reality Is Ours To Create
Fantasy Is Ours To Mold
Dream My Love Dream
With My Body And My Soul
Question Out My Faith
I'm Pledged To Be Your Lover
And After I Started Loving You
I Knew I'd Never Love Another
I'm Like A Child Within Your Arms
Would You Come Inside And Play With Me
Spend The Day With Me
Have Your Way With Me.
(Chorus)
Remember This Always
My Sweet One
No Lie Is True
And Dude It's Not A Lie
When I Say That
I Would Die For You
You're So Deep Within Thee
That Sometimes Your Just A Touch Away
But I Can't Reach You
I Seek You
Come To Me
But Then You"re All Around Me
You Just Surround Me
And You Astound Me
And I Recieve You
'Fore I Complete You
It Pleases Me
To Have You Touch Me There
I Think You Know It Gets To Me
Stop
Don't Stop
Ecstacy
(Chorus)
So Sweet
I Adore You
Come To Me
That's Right
Come To Me
How Do I Love Thee
Let Me Count The Ways
How Do I Love Thee
Let Me Count The Ways
Reality Is Ours To Create
Fantasy Is Ours To Mold
Dream My Love Dream
With My Body And My Soul
Question Out My Faith
I'm Pledged To Be Your Lover
And After I Started Loving You
I Knew I'd Never Love Another
I'm Like A Child Within Your Arms
Would You Come Inside And Play With Me
Spend The Day With Me
Have Your Way With Me.
Please Don't Go
Happiness Is Nothing Without You
Stay.
My Sweet One
I Adore You
Hold Me
Come To Me
Love Me
(talk) This jam is dedicated to my brother Winki who is looking down on me from
Heaven Watching my every move as usual...
(chorus)
There but for the grace of god do I go do I go
There but for the grace of God do I go do I go-go
I'm trying to take my time on this rhyme
But it's bustin from the seems
Like a fantasy and eagerness of dreams
I'm moving all around
Oh yes, I'm making leaps an bounds
Theres so much shit to say, no time to write it down
I'm skippin' to this and skippin' to that
I've overflowed my cup.
I'm flowin' kind of quick I hope you can keep up
Every ain't cool just cause you slap me on my hand
There're things about all of ya'll have got to understand
Latifah- never was a teacher
never was a preacher
never was a saint
never was conceited
never was defeated
Sometimes I get tired sometimes I want to faint.
But I never shut up when things piss me off
And if I got to curse at you to get my point across
Thats what I got to do thats how it's got to be
I've got an angel watching over me
(chorus) 2 times
The Lord is the light of my life and he brightens up my world
yes he did, yes he did
The Lord is the light of my life and he brightens up my world
you don't hear me
Lord is the light of my life and he brightens up my world, world, world, world
[Queen Latifah]
You asked, I came, so behold the Queen
Let's add a little sense to the scene
I'm living positive, not out here knocked up
But the lines are so dangerous, I ought to be locked up
This rhyme doesn't require prime time
I'm just sharing thoughts of mine
Back again cause I knew you wanted it
>From the Latifah with the Queen in front of it
Dropping bombs, you're up in arms, you're puzzled
The lines will flow like fluid while you're guzzling
The sip I drop you on a BDP-produced track
>From KRS to be exact
It's a Flavor Unit quest that today has me speaking
Cause it's knowledge I'm seeking
Enough about myself, I think it's time that I tell you
About the evil that men do
Situations, reality, what a concept!
Nothing ever seems to stay in step
So today, here is a message to my sisters and brothers
Here are some things I want to cover
A woman strives for a better life, but who the hell cares?
Because she's living on welfare
I government can't come up with a decent housing plan
So she's in no man's land
It's a sucker who tells you you're equal
[KRS-One]
You don't need him, Johannasburg's crying for freedom!
[Queen Latifah]
We the people hold these truths to be self-evident
[KRS-One]
But there's no response from the president
[Queen Latifah]
Someone's living the good life, tax-free
Except for a girl, can't find a way to be crack free
And that's just part of the message
I thought I had to send you about the evil that men do
Tell me, don't you think it's a shame?
When someone can put a quarter in a video game
But when a homeless person approaches you on the street
You can't treat him the same
It's time to teach the def, the dumb, the blind
That black-on-black crime only shackles and binds
You to a doom, a fate worse than death
But there's still time left
Stop putting your conscience on cease
And bring about some type of peace
Not only in your heart, but also in your mind
It will benefit all mandkind
Then there will be one thing that will never stop
(Guy) There I go, there I go, there I go
There I go...
Pretty baby, you are the soul who snaps my control
Such a funny thing but every time you're near me
I never can behave
You give me a smile and then I'm wrapped up in your magic
There's music all around me, crazy music
Music that keeps calling me so very close to you
Turns me your slave
Come and do with me any little thing you want to
Anything baby, just let me get next to you
Am I insane or do I really see heaven in your eyes?
Bright as stars that shine up above you in the clear blue skies
How I worry about you
Just can't live my life without you
Baby come here, don't have no fear
Oh, is there a wonder why
I'm really feeling in the mood for love?
So tell me why stop to think
About this weather, my dear?
This little dream might fade away
There I go talking out of my head again, oh baby
Won't you come and put our two hearts together?
That would make me strong and brave
Oh when we are one, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid
If there's a cloud up above us
Go on and let it rain
I'm sure our love together will endure a hurricane
Oh my baby
Won't you please let me love you
And give a relief from this awful misery?
(Girl/ Backup Singer) What is all this talk about loving me, my sweet?
I am not afraid, not anymore, not like before
Can't you understand me?
Now baby, please pull yourself together, do it soon
My soul's on fire, come on and take me
I'll be what you make me, my darling, my sweet
(Guy) Oh baby, you make me feel so good
Let me take you by the hand
Come let us visit out there
In that new promised land
Maybe there we can find
A good place to use a loving state of mind
I'm so tired of being without
And never knowing what love's about...
James Moody, you can come on in man
And you can blow now if you want to
Uh huh, well the name is latifah, you hear me coming through
The spreaker. hit it mark, 45 king
I am a bill, yes I'm only a bill when
It's time to ill I get ill and time to chill
I chill, my homeboy said this was the d.a.i.s.y. age
I take it as meaning you have to get crazy paid
You hope I'm from your borough, because I'm thorough
You want me to be down with you, to be seen walking around with you
Go to the store and buy a brew and rock a rhyme or two
So you can bite it, you taste it, you like it
You think I'm sleeping on you? please, don't even try it
The name is latifah, the scene, it is mine
The 45 king keeps the beat and the time while i
Rock to the rhythm and keep it blowing out
So don't try to turn me inside out
Latifah is the name you love
Flying through rhymes like a dove
Slapping suckers with a glove
Challenge me and you will burn
Yes in the fire you will burn
It's so so simply done
When I find that I have to run
Lyrics to music by the king of swing, the 45 king
The words we bring I write, and sing
Cause I am latifah, the queen of course
Don't try to get yours off, because the cause is lost
Mark conducts the beat, I watch it hit them
Won't you chill? I don't need another victim
To add to the list of aggrivation
Subtracting suckers like a math computation
We are not teaching pupils and subjects with no scruples
This is a king and queen creation
So hello hello hello and how ya doing?
Forget the smalltalk now, it's time for me to ruin
Those who don't believe in what I'm saying
When I put up the wall of words ain't no way into my queendom
Controlled by me, the heir to the throne is the ruler lord ramsey
The ruler lord, to him there is no equal
He grabs it and starts bombing people
Don't listen to me to figure me out
Because you can't turn my mind inside out
Latifah is the name you love
Flying through rhymes like a dove
Slapping suckers with a glove
Challenge me and you will burn
Yes in the fire you will burn
Rhyming's not a question of one superiority
But rather how you delegate the use of your authority
I know who you are, and I know who you are to me
But I came here just to party
If it's a show you want, the show it live
And if it's trouble you seek, I have arrived
When mark requests my approval, I nod
And after each and every single rhyme I thank god
Altough a taste of my body would soothe you
I give you just my voice and watch the rhythm move you
The method of my lyrics makes the funky people feel it
And lord have mercy on those that try to steal it
Latifah is a name meaning "delicate and sensitive"
But I have no problem formulating sentences
To break you down to the ground
I won't use violence, the color of this is brown
And I am down, but never ever down and out
So don't try to turn me inside out
Latifah is the name you love
Flying through rhymes like a dove
Slapping suckers with a glove
Challenge me and you will burn
Yes in the fire you will burn
Jah know? cause ah...
Music, 45 king, music latifah the queen
Music, domination to bring the world
I don't even care no more
That's my word, that's for sure
I don't even cry no more
That's absurd, I'm so cured
I'm so secure with who I is,
oops who I am
And I'm a champion for sure boy
I'm a champ
oh yes I am
But what I thought about
When those people put me down
They can laugh for now
But watch it when I turn this thing around
I know, I believe
Aint nobody gonna do it but me
I'm fly, no lie
I'm the truth baby ask me why
I'm a champion (repeat)
What you say don't stick
I'm the best and I know it
I know you tried to bring me down
Look at me now, watch my smile
I'm so secure with who I am
And I'm a champion for sure
I'm a champ oh yes I am
But what I thought about
When those people put me down
They can laugh for now
But watch it when I turn this thing around
I know, I believe
Aint nobody gonna do it but me
I'm fly, no lie
I'm the truth baby ask me why
I'm a champion (repeat)
Keep your head up
They hatin cause you majored in minor
Gonna celebrate like you won the finals
Hold your trophy up in your parade in your honor
And pour some champagne and put your glass to the sky
Cause you a champion
Youre a champion
South side... south side yeaah yeaah
my side my side clean vibe
gonna flip their games on this haters right now
aaalriiiight aaalriiight we're gonna start?
wee rrriiide wee riiide
[Queen Latifah:]
Aint the hate but it makes me dane, a just see strangers lookin me stranger
They all give me mole lip so I give ya'll more music, more?, less actin
I step up the escalery capin (heyy)passin trafic and looked what happended
See how life takes a turn more pay for urn lawers put your cases a journ
(rock your body) I am what I am, I come from North so creme de la creme a speciall way
(aaw yeaah) Y'all praise for my downfall has s? try to state from round y'all (lets go)
Turn my days into dark, they find (less) like me mace when I talk
but I'll be still you n me so beautifully
i'll paid brushin off haters...
[Mario winans]
Go ahead and do your thing cause people will talk, baby it's the way,
the way that you walk
Keep your head up to the sky, confidence high, love to watch they hate you cause
they the ones who made you go ahead and do your thing.
[Queen Latifah]
Yo, yo... I just imagine how the world would be but you cruisin south down pop the blause
get cruised around, pop that shot them browns knock their clothes and pup that abs
could it be that you feelured mee mee, hear you love that way i flow cause it comes so easy
when life imitate are text with a epic star, you gotta love that trust that I love that (your lovin me yeaah)
who knew I come this far girl buissnes women a moviestar, my mum always told me I come from God
in this stress I'll come for y'all keep acin (yeeah) you'll get? keep waiting, keep tryin, be pacient
Y'all wish I could stand united I really feel the love in my?
[Mario winans]
Go ahead and do your thing cause people will talk, baby it's the way,
the way that you walk
Keep your head up to the sky, confidence high, love to watch they hate you cause
they the ones who made you go ahead and do your thing.
[Queen Latifah]
Yeeah, latley it just seems to me that peolpe? what they seems to see
they all want me tourned up I know this niction a brass so I pay my staff and keep the laws up
I see all the drama you're bringin I combat that with positive thinkin
I meets until the holy grave and when that day comes I'm gonna theach my daughters
to be the same way(same whay)
I am the way I am I'm from the hood so creme the la creme in a special way(yeaah)
Y'all praise for my downfall but? try to stay from all ya
You'll never get me down so I'll always be around for years a while
Still doin me(doin me) so beautifully,?
[Mario winans]
Go ahead and do your thing cause people will talk, baby it's they way,
they way that you walk
Keep your head up to the sky, confidence high, love to watch they hate you cause
they the ones who made you go ahead and do your thing.[x2]
1 - Name callin' hasn't fallen into what I'm runnin'
I wouldn't dis another sista unless she had it comin'
Repeat 1
Repeat 1
Repeat 1
? I'm 'bout to catch a charge
Bitches that think they hard get snuffed
Fuck the bodygaurd
They need to shut the fuck up, or step to me
All they can do is be mad at me
Bitch, don't threaten me
Niggas don't know I'm nice with these
You pay the price with these
Come by this pisces, your life cease
You couldn't see my if you looked at my life like Mary
Your style is cheesy
How you gon' beef? You dairy
Better bewarey, cuz if it's necessary
Be shoot the joint, I'll leave you somethin' for the tooth fairy
And all you rappers sellin' more sex than skill, chill
I'll rip your style, all the while keep my sex appeal
Don't get it twisted yo, I never really favored you
And I was raised by my niggas from the Flavor U
So fuck givin' props where they ain't due, fuck you
And that nigga who wrote the rhyme for you too
I got hot, when you play my spot you get laid like rugs
And you'll never be the woman that your father was
Stop flirtin' with my last nerve and head south
Next bitch say somethin' worse, goin' in your mouth
Repeat 1
Repeat 1
Another bitch after my crown but I don't hate her
Cuz she couldn't come up if she was gettin' fucked in the elevator
What, you thought I wouldn't check your chin?
Though I was your fuckin' friend?
See you and speak, tonight all that shit ends
Don't act extra, where you from?
High post on low income and then some
Ready to leave your gums numb
Listenin' to you is like wack sex
A premature ejactulation
A quickie, that gets me stressed
You're doin' it but it don't thrill me
Bitch, you know you feel me
Don't get scared now, time to face the real me
I'm ready to break my foot off in your anal
Ready to bring you some pain yo
Comin' up with that playdough
Style you stole, tried to mix it up and make it blimp
Sound like Lauryn, with a dash of Lil' Kim
We know bootleg, Korean, coughin', schemin' ho
I know it's bootleg cuz they misspelled "misquito"
What's worse? Your press-ons, hair or gear?
I should buy your contract, put your ass on hold for another year
You picked the wrong one, so bring your click
Now we can handle this like ladies
Or care to smoke other shit
Repeat 1
Repeat 1
Makes ya feel like rappers be on some bandwagon shit
But I gets boogie, quick fix with lyrics
>From toastin' too many spirits
Fuck all these cheesy bum bitches fakin' these riches
Niggas representin' for these real live niggas, '96
What the deal? Chicks pimpin' they sex appeal
How you feel? (stupid!)
Got the still now, dead up in your grill
Bout to go up in your raw, so you industry whore
Never saw the lights before, now you model and floss
Overload your hold on piece, when I rock shit like this
You can't flip, cuz? be gettin' twisted (what?)
All that high shit that you be smokin' got you buggin'
Think that you could step to my crew?
We be nut smugglin'
I'm gonna live till I die
I'm gonna laugh stead of cry
I'm gonna take the town turn it upside down
I'm gonna live, live, live until I die
Theyre gonna say what a gal
I'm gonna play for the sky
Ain't gonna miss a thing, gonna have my fling
I'm gonna live live live until I die
Those blues I lay low, I'll make them stay low
They'll never trail over my head
I'll be a devil till I'm an angel
But until then hallelujah
Gonna dance gonna fly
I'll take my chance riding high
Before my numbers up I'm gonna fill my cup
I'm gonna live, live, live until I die
Those blues I lay low, I'll make them stay low
They'll never trail over my head
I'll be a devil till I'm an angel
But until then hallelujah
Gonna dance gonna fly
I'll take my chance riding high
Before my numbers up Im gonna fill my cup
You know it's over but you don't wanna say
You see the writin' on the wall but you don't wanna read
And now you're hopin' that there'll be somethin' different
Somethin' to change the circumstances of the way you're livin'
But that's that fantasy, that's that reality
The one you love that keeps on changin' personalities
It's always jealousy, too much intensity
I don't remember signin' over my I, identity
'Cause I gave it to you freely, didn't know you was so needy
Baby, you got my heart in chains
Somethin' beautiful and bright, it's losin' all it's light
On this site, somebody cue the rain
Cue the rain, cue the rain
Why you drivin' me so insane? Cue the rain
Didn't know you'd be so greedy
Baby, you got my heart in chains
Now you met me on the fly, I was flyin' so high
You said I can fly too, that's the start of me and you
Chemistry, what a blast, had us movin' so fast
Ooh baby, what a ride when your love is the map
Let's go
Love the way I move in, the crowd still a jewel
I rule it all with these 'cause I got that joie de vive
But like Tinker bell in the story of Pan
I got caught up and Captain Hook is my man
But I want free love
'Cause I gave it to you freely, didn't know you was so needy
Baby, you got my heart in chains
Somethin' beautiful and bright, it's losin' all it's light
On this site, somebody cue the rain
Cue the rain, cue the rain
Why you drivin' me so insane? Cue the rain
Didn't know you'd be so greedy
Baby, you got my heart in chains
If you don't love me now, you will never love me again
I can still hear you say you will never, never break
Never break the chains
'Cause I gave it to you freely, didn't know you was so needy
Baby, you got my heart in chains
Somethin' beautiful and bright, it's losin' all it's light
On this site, somebody cue the rain
Cue the rain, cue the rain
Why you drivin' me so insane? Cue the rain
Didn't know you'd be so greedy
Baby, you got my heart in chains
When it comes close your eyes, I'm takin' over your body
Close your eyes, close your eyes
When it comes I know 'cause I, I release myself
[Incomprehensible] inside, close your eyes
'Cause I gave it to you freely, didn't know you was so needy
Baby, you got my heart in chains
Somethin' beautiful and bright, it's losin' all it's light
On this site, somebody cue the rain
Cue the rain, cue the rain
Why you drivin' me so insane? Cue the rain
Didn't know you'd be so greedy
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