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The night is almost over
So I'm
What about
Can I tuck you in?
Can I fluff your pillow?
Can I sing you a lullaby?
Come on baby
Can I, can I have breakfast in bed?
Can I give you that feeling?
Can we share a sunrise together?
Where are you sleeping, baby
What are you doing, honey
When are you leaving, I gotta know?
Not talking dirty, baby
But it's 1 30 AM
And neither one of us needs to be alone
So can I?
Can I tuck you in?
Can I fluff your pillow?
Can I sing you a lullaby, can I?
Can I have breakfast in Bed?
Can I give you that feeling?
Can I show you the sunrise, can I?
This is the last dance, baby
Could be our last chance
And we may not see one another ever again
So I'll sing into your ear mama
While everyone does the cha-cha
Until we're lovers, can we pretend?
So can I?
Can I tuck you in?
Can I fluff your pillow?
Can I sing you a lullaby, can I?
Can I have breakfast in Bed?
Can I give you that feeling?
Can I show you the sunrise, can I?
Baby can I?
Can I, can I baby?
Oh baby, can I? (Oh)
Please baby can I?
(Need to know now)
Can I, can I baby?
Oh baby, can I? (oh yeah)
Please baby can I?
(Baby won't you tell me can I?)
Can I, can I baby?
Oh baby, can I? (Oh)
Please baby can I?
(Baby tell me can I?)
Can I, can I baby?
Oh, baby, can I?
It's on tonight, lady please can I?
Can I tuck you in?
Can I fluff your pillow?
Can I sing you a lullaby, can I?
Can I have breakfast in Bed?
Can I give you that feeling?
Can I show you the sunrise, can I?
Can I tuck you in?
Can I fluff your pillow?
Can I sing you a lullaby, can I?
Can I have breakfast in Bed?
Can I give you that feeling?
Can I show you the sunrise, can I?
Can I tuck you in?
Can I fluff your pillow?
Can I sing you a lullaby, can I?
Can I have breakfast in Bed?
Can I give you that feeling?
Can I show you the sunrise, can I?
Breakfast in bed
Can I give you that feeling?
Can I show you the sunrise?
Can I?
Can I show you the sunrise?
Geah
Compton
For the millenium
Gangsta
Two thousand and one
Gangsta
Geah
And we doin' this
For the thugs
Ride with your nigga
I can recall the past for y'all
How it started off of small and grew up tall
How it started off soft when they hit the water
Outcome when it's hard that's half and quarters
It's the - lifestyle of the hundred and ??
Mo' money you bring make it hard it to flaunt it
No money can't chase rats they like cheese
If you got money they ain't to please
They ready to freaky it givin' you the ultimate climax
They only out for fucking with niggas with contracts
That's the life in two thousand and one
Still packin' a gun, niggas On The Run
If you rock that shit move slow (move slow)
It's like a jungle sometimes for sure (jungle sometimes)
If you don't make snaps perhaps it don't work (chin chin)
Fuck around in the game you get hurt, geah
Can I get money? Yes you can!
Can I run the block? Yes you can!
Can I get money? Yes you can!
Keep the game on lock? Yes you can!
Can I get money? Yes you can!
Can I run the block? Yes you can!
Can I get money? Yes you can!
Get hoes to jock
Geah
Anybody got beef with the hood hoe that
Some hot hollow points to lay your ass flat
Kidnapped that fool be the number one rule
I learn that lesson way back in school
Gimme the mic, the money and the chronic and I'm straight
Fuck the pussy I had it from the gate (geah)
Hey ?? bitches and play was known
Played hoes big time when they chase the dough
Y'all know the
Money and thugs make the world go round
Cop the next chance money for fucking pounds
If you got beef then bring some mussle
Compton niggas bring supreme hustle
On the late night hype y'all watch your back
Enemies do creeps so watch your step
I do pack heat if y'all ready to meet
True thugs motherfuckers with harder streets
Can I get money? Yes you can!
Can I run the block? Yes you can!
Can I get money? Yes you can!
Keep the game on lock? Yes you can!
Can I get money? Yes you can!
Can I run the block? Yes you can!
Can I get money? Yes you can!
Get hoes to jock
Geah
Criminal mind since the started time
Can't knock out the hustle so y'all bend the rhymes
Gimme mine is a long time come in fact
It's a long line to thugs down with the tacts
You can fall straight back or get you needs dirty
The bird flies fast we get the one early
The late nite hype reveal your blood tight
Another subsist to blow you're base kite
Boo-yaa!
How in the fuck you like me now
Orginal from the west loc making you bow
Take a butt-naked bitches complete the pow-wow
Heads turn
We raise your high row
Praise the stakes chase my life is plates
It's a brand new year with the new five gear
Keep chronic smokin' blowin' in the atmosphere
Eiht did these niggas what y'all have to hear
Can I get money? Yes you can!
Can I run the block? Yes you can!
Can I get money? Yes you can!
Keep the game on lock? Yes you can!
Can I get money? Yes you can!
Can I run the block? Yes you can!
Can I get money? Yes you can!
Get hoes to jock
Geah
And we doin' this
For the millenium
Y'all know the thugs
Y'all wanna do it like we do
Then like me then
It's for all my girls outhere too
Bangin'
West Coast style
All my thug niggas out here representing
Roll, roll, roll, there, there, there
You don't have to go that far,
You just slide in to my car
I got my eyes on 52 inch, wit my fingers on chocolate thick and richer
Smoke the last of the grass, put the dub in glass
Start smoking wit a virgin, baby doll rest ya nerves
Recline lay on back
Instead of spend a stack, pimp really kick back,
Get some ass just like that
See I never been ahead ?? (Lexus)
That apply to (Texas)
Do or Die (Respect us, don't test us, get checked wit the tech sir)
But back to your slow lord, really wanna know about your low luv
You can stop ackin' so so intimadated by the slow flow
Hurt my feelings is a no no
Let me sit beside you at the sun beach, got me trippin off the sun heat
See you think it run me, see you think its the weed talking
Conversation on the pond, took a pause for a minute you start walking
I know its your first time, just follow your first mind
And when you lose control, I'ma smooth ya soul
But all I really wanna know...
Can I roll, roll, roll, there, there, there
You don't have to go that far,
You just slide in to my car
Baby would you die for me, when I can't see give a eye for me,
Lay to the side and cry for me, when I'm in my grave say bye for me
Cause I might be, Chilling with ya blasmphemy, lay low while I past the B
If you really wanna ride when the time is right, put it off to the side come
On, ride ride wit daddy
Down past in the caddy, spittin' honey in ya ear like a bumble bee
Won't 'cha men's come run wit me, let me show you what fun can be
Choppin up from beyond the sea
Ain't this some (shhh...) still playa hate cause I kept real
Never asked for a free meal, all I asked if I work coming up from the dirt
Show me luv not a fake thrill
I'ma flirt wit the girls and um make sure that they worth time and personal
Travel round the world and um make they money while have fun, gotta have em,
Parly everday wit my homies
I will never leave you lonely, I keep it real for my homey
Feel, never down out and lonely, come on
Can I, roll, roll, roll, there, there, there
You don't have to go that far,
You just slide in to my car
And they know when I be on, in the back of a caddy ridin' three strong
Roll the bees on, hit the switch on the six, roll the caddy wit d's on
To the head and the weed gone
See the mansion doors, dipping through house wit the ?? doors
Wait to you get to the marble floors, like a persian rug,
Cow gun in the tub
Ain't got the mind for luv making, cause I'll leave you where I found you at
The club shakin'
Cause I'll do you like bruson bacon
Baby maybe I'm mistaken,
It ain't no simp in me, its all pimp in me
And I can tell ya flip a g stack
And if its you let it bring three back
And now the P-i-m-p's back
Now let me rub, massage you relax
Baby its like P-o-P-i-m-p, olgy
But obviously, Joe don't wanna be a player no mo'
So what I really wanna know is...
Can I roll, roll, roll, there, there, there
You don't have to go that far,
You just slide in to my car
Open up your eyes and take a chance
Open up your mind and get rid of regret
Think of all the years, think of all the tears
And ask yourself this question - can i? (4x)
Looking forward never turning back.
Analyzing past mistakes, what did i lack?
Think of all your peers, think of all your fears
And ask yourself this question - can i? (4x)
Can i do this? can i do that?
Can i make sense of what i lack?
Can i be something that i'm not?
Can i live life and not get caught?
[Intro:]
Yeah...
Demarco (oh)
How you sexy girl
How you sexy girl
How you sexy girl
Wooh... ha
You mek me feel di, feel di vibe
Can you come home with me tonite (baby)
This can't be wrong
This must be right (this must be right)
Baby...
[Chorus:]
[Etana:]
Baby can I
Take you home cause you're wat's best for me (could you be my boyfriend)
Baby...
Baby can I
Tell you by far that you're my destiny (could you be my boyfriend)
[Demarco:]
Hey...
Baby can I be your man
I will be the best boyfriend that I can
Baby can I
Take you home cause you're wat's best for me (could you be my boyfriend)
Baby...
[Verse 1: Etana]
I love the way we conversate
Everytime you call my name
I can't explain the feeling
Oh boy...
You make my heart a skip a beat
One, two, three-e-e
This got to be for real
Cause everytime I see you
I can hardly breathe
Heaven sent you fu me
I just wanna feel you
A-all over me
Just like summer breeze
[Chorus:]
[Demarco:]
Baby can I
Take you home cause you're wat's best for me (could you be my girlfriend)
Baby...
Baby can I
Tell you by far that you're my destiny (could you be my girlfriend)
[Etana:]
Baby can I be your girl (yeah)
I'm a guarantee you boy I'm a rock your world (yeah)
Baby can I
Take you home cause you're wat's best for me (could you be my girlfriend)
Baby...
[Verse 2:]
Baby you're sexy in your dresses
And you're sexy in your jeans
I've been thinking bout you daily
Plus I see you in my dreams
Ask me bout love
I'm gonna tell you wat it means
Love got me so dumb
I'm feeling like I'm Mr. Bean
In the castle of the kingdom
Baby girl you are the queen
Know what I mean
You the major player on my team
You have me a the titi you
Baby like I'm a pheen
When I see you girl
You haffu roll in
[Chorus:]
[Etana:]
Baby can I
Take you home cause you're wat's best for me (could you be my boyfriend)
Baby...
Baby can I
Tell you by far that you're my destiny (could you be my boyfriend)
[Demarco:]
Hey...
Baby can I be your man
I will be the best boyfriend that I can
Baby can I
Take you home cause you're wat's best for me (could you be my boyfriend)
Baby...
[Outro:]
[Demarco:]
Could you be my girlfriend (yes)
[Etana:]
Again I'm lonely lonely lonely all the time
Can I feel the way but there's no peace to find
Can the way it looks be all it really means?
Can you take a step towards something we can build?
Can I go back?
Can I go instead in some place we can hide?
Can I go to sleep?
Is there a dream where I could find out what's inside?
Lots of time we spent in places we can't go
'Cause you walked with me still I don't really know
If it's time to waste then time something to do
But it's all been wasted not thinking of you
Or can I be the time?
Can I free the one who always know it's a sign?
Can I work it through?
Can I tip-toe the way I wanna do
I've been lost and lonely, still I made it through
If I lose again then there's nothing to do
If to pardon me you mean you wait and see
'Cause the waiting is what brings me to my knees
Can I be a part?
Tell me where to start and where to go away
If I had a home
Can I, have a talk with you? (humph yeah)
Can I, make a dream come true?
And can, whoa can I, be in love with you?
(Here's why I need to know.)
Cause I would if I could (Let your mind relax,lay your
head on my heart.)
Can I, set your soul on fire? Oh baby,
And Can I, Can I, Can I, Can I, Be your one desire?
ooooh, Can I, Can I Be in love with you?
I would, if I could (whoa ho ho ho)
Maybe you are lonely and just haven't realized,
that I'm lonely too, and will bring happiness to you
Yes, I would.
Can I, Can I, Can I, Can I, Can I,
Can I,Can I, Can I, Can I See me, feel me, touch me
(oooh hoo hoo Baby) Yeah...Yeah,Yeah, Yeah,
Yeah See me, feel me, touch me (oooh hooo hooo, Baby)
Yeah, girl it's you that sends my whole world a pinnin'
You (?????)I'm steadily givin".
Yeah, yeah Oh baby, Can I (oooh hoo,
Oh baby Baby yeah, uum humm oooh hoo hoo,
oooh hoo hooo ooh Baby, Oh yeah,
humph oooh hooo hooo, hooo,
hooo,oooh, oooh, ooh, hooo oooh yeah, yeah, oooh,
hoo,hoo
(Baby lay your head on my heart,
Just let me talk to ya.) yeah huumm ummph
(For once in my life, tomorrow came today
So don't...please, don't...let it slip ...slip
[Intro:]
Ah Rhyno
Gyal see it deh
Wa-ah yo fih gi it we-eh
[Chorus:]
Gyal can I
Change mi engine oil
Clean yo needle
Stick to your style
Me ah walk one
And half ah mile
All yo phone me ah call
Every minute me dial
Gyal ah me fih ah build the soil
Heal the air
While yo bwoyfriend
A bring the coil
Me ah liff yo high
Inna the sky
Mi game ruff
My girl yuh fi see seh mi wild
[Verse 1:]
Pop yuh spine
Mek mi gwan to the design
From mi bring yuh inna mi room
Pan mi sewing machine
Yuh know seh mi nah
Waste nuh time
See the ladder yah
Yuh fih get up an climb
DJ pon di mic till it wet and shine
Gyal...
Zigzag yuh get
Di-di-di-di-di-di
Di-di me ah switch the line
[Chorus:]
Gyal can I
Change mi engine oil
Clean yo needle
Stick to your style
Me ah walk one
And half ah mile
All yo phone me ah call
Every minute me dial
Gyal ah me fih ah build the soil
Heal the air
While yo bwoyfriend
A bring the coil
Me ah liff yo high
Inna the sky
Mi game ruff
My girl yuh fi see seh mi wild
[Verse 2:]
Pop yuh spine gyal
Den yuh rotate pan mi nylon
Mi wah yuh ketch yuh breathe
Den yuh sweat
Wen yuh wine gyal
Den mi connect the cable
Exercise till yuh wet
And haffi goh pan line gyal
See it deh...
Myyy gyyal
[Chorus:]
Gyal can I
Change mi engine oil
Clean yo needle
Stick to your style
Me ah walk one
And half ah mile
All yo phone me ah call
Every minute me dial
Gyal ah me fih ah build the soil
Heal the air
While yo bwoyfriend
A bring the coil
Me ah liff yo high
Inna the sky
Mi game ruff
My girl yuh fi see seh mi wild
[Verse 3:]
Gyal mi nuh able
Yuh nuh cheese
Yuh nuh bun
Yuh nuh raisin
Soh mi nah put yuh pan no table
Nor try weh di bredda dem a do pon cable
Next ting yuh see mi name ah put up pan label
Cut weh yuh career
Like ah mi name Wavell (Hinds)
Fill up yuh tank with water
Like my face basin
[Chorus: x2]
Gyal can I
Change mi engine oil
Clean yo needle
Stick to your style
Me ah walk one
And half ah mile
All yo phone me ah call
Every minute me dial
Gyal ah me fih ah build the soil
Heal the air
While yo bwoyfriend
A bring the coil
Me ah liff yo high
Inna the sky
Mi game ruff
[Pretty Willie:]
Aye what's up ma
[Female:]
What's up baby
[Pretty Willie:]
How was your day at work?
[Female:]
It was so terrible
[Pretty Willie:]
Fa real, what happened at work ma?
[Female:]
My supervisor's a bitch
[Pretty Willie:]
[laughs]Aye ma you know what I'm a do
[Female:]
What?
[Pretty Willie:]
I wanna do something new tonight, you wanna do something new?
[Female:]
Like what?
[Pretty Willie:]
Look
[Verse 1:]
We both know that we, been going through things and misery loves company you'll see
Had a long day at work ma, probly?, get cho feet up
Don't worry bout' nothing, I'm thinkin bout' searching all the places you need to know
[Chorus:]
I'll make you say ooh
I'll make you say aah
Tonight I wanna show you, how a woman should feel tonight
I'll make you say ooh
I'll make you say aah
Relax ya mind and don't worry bout' tonight
[Verse 2:]
Kick off ya shoes and relax ya feet, forget the outside world when ya chillin' with me
Let me get in (get in), let me get in, get in
A massage, Jacausezi bubbly, and later on you'll see
I'm the only one you need no, no
[Chorus]
[Verse 3:]
Now we've been touchin, lustin, can it last all night long
You wondering, me to boo, just keep ya body goin strong
It was a dinner date, it got a little late
And I appreciate the dinner that you gave
You might as well stay here with me
Can I kiss my bride now preacher
Can I tell her, I got to tell her she's mine
She's got to be mine alone
Can I kiss her, I want to kiss her right now Mr.
Preacher
Can I, take my, take my little baby home
It's plain to see, that I love her
And I want her, you know I want her to be
She's got to be my wife
For if you, if you just say, if you just say that one
word sir
I'm gonna love her, for the rest of my life
We'll have a short reception
And don't cha know, don't cha know and then
Then we're gonna catch, we're gonna catch that little
plane
And then every, every little, every little road that we
stop at
Don't cha know, it's gonna be our lovers lane, and I
want cha
I just, I got to kiss her, I got to kiss her right now
Mr. Preacher
Don't cha know I got to tell her, Oo, I got to tell her
she's mine
She's got to be mine alone, Can I,
Can I kiss her, I got to kiss her right now Mr.
Preacher
Can I take my, little baby home
(Can I take my baby,home)
Come on let me kiss her now, I got to have her
She's got to be mine, She's my baby and I need her
Come on and let me take her home; I got to have her Mr.
Preacher
Yeah x4
Whoa, yeah, hey
Can i, can i, can i, can i (can i)
can i can i (oh oh oh yea)
i know i can
How much can i take
of you throwing dust my face
makes me feel like i'm not good enough
i think i'm gonna lose my faith
but i guess i gotta prove some people wrong
so i gotta be strong
i gotta keep holding on
i know that you know my name (they know, they know, they know)
but do you really understand my pain (don't know, don't know, don't know)
oh i gotta find a better way
you know from now ain't no holding back
I'm serious as a heart attack
oh tell me (can i, can i)
i'm so sick and tired of being unhappy (can i, can i)
can i, can i, can i(can i get around this)
can i, can i, can i(can i get around this)
can i, can i, can i(can i get around this)
i know i can, i can(can i get around this)
stop, start challenging my thoughts
if i tell you i'm worth a trillion
then why you questioning my worth
oh don't take it personal (personal)
i just wanna be number one (number one)
so i keep it strong
i gotta keep holding on
oh you know my name (they know, they know, they know)
but do you wonder what's it like to play this game
(don't know, don't know, don't know)
it ain't easy no, where to go no, i don't know
how am i gonna do this
i feel like i'm gonna lose it
oh tell me (can i, can i)
i'm so sick and tired of being unhappy (can i, can i)
somebody tell me
can i, can i, can i (can i get around this)
can i, can i, can i (can i get around this)
can i, can i, can i (can i get around this)
i know i can, i can (can i get around this)
oh yeah yes i can live it up
excuse free as i come though to interrupt
the session, the lesson is do you know your true value
turn the volume up and listen to it louder
came through the worst and been back much prouder
how the heck to you expect me to let the record drop
i take it to the top
oh tell me (can i, can i)
i'm so sick and tired of being unhappy (can i, can i)
somebody tell me
can i, can i, can i (can i get around this)
can i, can i, can i (can i get around this?)
can i, can i, can i (can i get around this)
can i get those yeah
yeah yes i can, yes i can, yes i can