Nicole Monique Wray (born May 2, 1981), also known as simply Nicole, is an American R&B and hip hop singer. Her 1998 debut single "Make It Hot" was certified gold.
Wray was born in Salinas, California on May 2, 1981, and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia. After being introduced to Missy Elliott, Wray was featured on Missy's platinum certified debut Supa Dupa Fly. When Elliott started her own label, The Goldmind, the then 17-year-old Wray was the first artist signed.
In 1998, her debut album Make It Hot was released. Heavily criticized for Elliott's heavy-handed involvement (she produced, wrote, and performed on much of the album) the first single, "Make It Hot", peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified gold. Her second single, "I Can't See", reached #36 on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart.Make It Hot peaked at number nineteen on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart (number 42 on The Billboard 200) and dropped off by the end of the year. The third single, "Eyes Better Not Wander", peaked at #71 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Later that year, Wray would sing the hook to "All n My Grill" on Missy Elliott's platinum certified second album, Da Real World.
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott (born July 1, 1971) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one double platinum for her 2002 album Under Construction. Elliott is known for a series of hits and diverse music videos, including "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)", "Hot Boyz", "Get Ur Freak On", "One Minute Man", "4 My People", "Work It", "Pass That Dutch", and "Lose Control". In addition, she has worked extensively as a songwriter and producer for other artists, both alone and with her fellow producer and childhood friend Timbaland, with whom she received her first production credit on R&B singer Ginuwine's 1996's album Ginuwine...the Bachelor.
Elliott was born on July 1, 1971, in Portsmouth, Virginia. She is the only child of mother Patricia, a power-company coordinator, and father Ronnie, a Marine. At the age of four in 1975, she wanted to be a performer, though she knew no one took her seriously, as she was always the class clown. While her father was a Marine, the family lived in Jacksonville, North Carolina, in a mobile home. Elliott enjoyed school for the friendships she formed and had little interest in school work, though an IQ test classified her above average and she was able to jump two years ahead of her class. This made her feel increasingly isolated, so she purposely failed all her classes, eventually returning to her age-appropriate class. When her father returned from the Marines, they moved back to Virginia, where they lived in a vermin-infested shack.
Gina Thompson (born Lugenia Thompson in Vineland, New Jersey, USA) is an American R&B vocalist. Born to Edward L. Thompson, Sr. and Eugenia Thompson, Gina Thomson began singing at an early age and was signed to her first recording contract with Mercury Records shortly after graduating high school.
Nobody Does It Better was Gina Thompson's first album. Released in 1996, it featured production by Missy Elliott and Diddy, and featured appearances by Elliott, Diddy, and Craig Mack, among others. Her first single from the album, "The Things You Do", was a success, peaking at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and number 12 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. Her song, "You Bring the Sunshine", was produced by John jon and was included on the NBA @ 50 compilation album as the lead single. It peaked at number 53 on the Hot 100.
Also in 1996 Thompson performed background vocals for the song "Cold Rock A Party" by MC Lyte featuring Missy Elliott and Puff Daddy. She also appeared on Lyte's 1998 album Seven & Seven, on the track 'It's All Yours". Later work included "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", a re-imagining of the 1955 Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers hit of the same name. Thompson's "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," featuring Missy Elliott and rapper Mocha, was featured in the 1998 Lymon biopic Why Do Fools Fall in Love and its soundtrack. The singer also appeared on Missy Elliott's second album, Da Real World. By the latter part of 1998, Thompson's debut was certified Platinum by the RIAA after an estimate of one million copies of the album were sold.
Uhh Uhh Mmmm
(Repeat twice)
Verse 1
I got a question for you
tell me is it true
true that your mine all mine
them let's put it on the line
i wanna kiss from you
cause i see all the girls in our business
is this silly of me i want the whole world to see
Chours 1 :
Suga see i'm just testing our love for the record
just testing our love
Ohh Suga see i'm testing our love for the record
for the record
just testing love ohh suga
Verse 2:
Don't you get funny with me
give me your hand let me hold it
do you have got something to hide?
or maybe to much pride
you say i'm the only one
doesn't seem as good as you tell it
i want the world to see that your happy with me
Chours 2:
-Suga see i'm just testing our love for the record (hey)
just testing our love
ohh suga see i'm testing my love for the record
just testing love suga
see i'm just testing our love
just testing our love suga-
wanna test it
Got us testing
mmm mmm
uhh uhh uhh ( say twice)
repeat Chours 2
For the record just testing love
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
No, I don't care what they say
Don't even mean a thing, baby
Don't care what they do
Long as you know I want you
It's so hard for me
To stand back and let you get away
Now that you know how I feel for you boy
You can set my body free
Take me baby, I'll light your fire
I will be your only desire
Take me baby, I'll light your fire
I will be your number one supplier
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
You make me feel so good
Won't you come close take my heart away?
Don't get misunderstood
And think I'm not ready for you baby
See a girl like me
I never throw my feelings on tha table
But now that you know how I feel for you boy
You can set my body free
Take me baby, I'll light your fire
I will be your only desire
Take me baby, I'll light your fire
I will be your number one supplier
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
I said it before, I'll tell you again
Have you wishin' I was your girlfriend
Ready or not, if you wanna win
I'll have you wishin' I was more than a friend
I said it before, I'll tell you again
Have you wishin' I was your girlfriend
Ready or not, if you wanna win
I'll have you wishin' I was more than a friend
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
Verse 1:
Let's don't let the he say
Nor the she say
Get in the way
Cuz this love we have is much to strong
Please don't wait to long just to seperate
Over child's play
I promise your the only one on my resume
That's on everything
I thought you knew I loved you
Chorus:
Will you raise your frown
(oh oh oh)
You don't have to worry
I won't let you down
Baby calm yourself down
Will you raise your frown
You don;t have to worry
Cuz I'm not happy, when your mad at me
So baby don't take your love away
Verse 2:
And after the rainy days
There are sunny days
In the future for us baby
Let's celebrate
Look how far we made it
Oh no nothing but trust
Oh we fuss we fight
But I know soon it will be alright
I can't ever see myself with out you
Oh I love you
How long are you gon' be mad at me?
Chorus:
Will you raise your frown
(oh oh oh)
You don't have to worry
I won't let you down
Baby calm yourself down
Will you raise your frown
You don;t have to worry
Cuz I'm not happy, when your mad at me
So baby don't take your love away
Finale:
Cuz I need you
Yes I need you
Do you hear me?
Boy I need you
I adore you
I am for you
Cuz I love you
Yes I love you
None above you
And I mean it
That's forever
My forever
I treasure
Us together
Nothing measures
Chorus:
Will you raise your frown
(oh oh oh)
You don't have to worry
I won't let you down
Baby calm yourself down
Will you raise your frown
You don;t have to worry
Cuz I'm not happy, when your mad at me
So baby don't take your love away
(to end)
(Nicole)- You know what I don't even know what's up with this cat,
but I know he's gonna be mine.
(Missy)- Yes I'm the supadupa I'm a supa star
I got a supa flow that goes supa far
I need a supa man that's got a supa ten
that can deactivate my body like a supa friend.
(Nicole)- He was the finest guy in school
he had the whole damn school on lock,
and I thought he was cute so when I see him I had to stop.
Boy how are you and by the way Nicole is my name.
So I slipped him my number showed him how I spit game.
(Chorus)- Call Me if you need someone to talk to.
Call me even though I'm seventeen. (Repeat)
(Nicole)- He was only seventeen and I was checkin him everyday,
and he's no beginner he made me hot like the middle of May.
I gotta find a way to keep all his attention on me.
So I slipped him a paper told him hit me up at three.
(Chorus)
(Nicole Rap)- Absorb the sunshine what's yours is mine.
You won't succeed without trying never blind.
See I'm the type of female to hold on like deodorant I roll on
and gets my flow on. I'm living in reality respect me.
My image is not a pocket book and I won't get took.
Girls get shook when they look
My style is John Blaze
so I'm Make it hot and leave somebody in a daze.
My age is seventeen what what. His age is seventeen what what.
J.R. Writer:]
Ma Im Wat U Been Missin In Ya Life
U Been Missin In Ya Nites
Plus Im Lookin 4 Wat U Call A Ms. For Mr. Right
Ma Make U Look, Look Again Then Whisper To Me Like (J.R.)
Shush No More Bickerin And Fights
Heres Ya Ticket For Ya Flight
Out Of Town No More Ghettos
Brown And Red Pebbles And Ya Round Toe Stelletos
Hop In Da Roof Ball Around Wit A Rebel (J.R.)
I Aint Tryna Crown U A Settle
Im Just Lookin For A Date To Da Mall
L Can Take To Da Bar
U Can Call Me Sensational R
Stick Wit Me 4 A Day, Ma I'll Make U A Star (J.R.)
U Aint Neva Met A Playa Dis Hard
They Just Love Da Way Im Playin My Cards
So I Stay Wit A Broad
Her And Her Friend Want A Straight Up Menage
So We All Skate To Da Car
Interior Got Her Saying (J.R.)
So I Guess Im Headin To Da Telly
Down Da Fdr New Carrera On Parelly's
Im Tryna Put Her And Her Friend Together On They Bellies
Its Me And Yall, Yall And Me Forget Whos On Da Celly (J.R.)
Dats Wat U Gon Be Screamin Through Da Walls
Damn They Dont Even Hear U Screamin Through Da Walls
Itz Gon Be Like Somethin U Aint Dream About B4
Somethin U Can Gossip 4 A Week About Im Sure
Im Slick Ass Da 70's
Chicks To Da Left Of Me
And To Da Right Of Me
Da Kid Just Like Xtacy
All On Da Brain, Got Her Callin My Name (J.R.)
[Nicole Wray:]
I Want To Be In Your Arms
I Want You To Say U Love Me
I Want To Feel Your Prescence Oh Baby, Baby
[J.R. Writer:]
U Can Neva Catch Da Kid On A Bird Chase
Da Guys Ot His Lips On It
Its Not Alot Chicks I Cant Hit On Da First Date
Aim For Da Ones Who Dont Kiss On First Date (J.R.)
Be Da One 2 Give Her Her First Taste
Blown Like It Was Her Birthday
But I'll Take It Slow (Why)
Cuz Dat Diva There Dont Kno J And Mo
I'll Make Her Take It Low, Next Minute Sayin Whoa (J.R.)
Baby Bro, Take It Slow
Iight Listen Boom, I'll Just Play It Smooth
Find Her A Bathin Suit, Jacuzzi In Da Livin Room
Procrastinating, I Kno Dat Imma Hit It Soon
But Its Okay To Procraste
Pimp Hand Strong, Poor Some Rose In Da Glass
To D Point Where Everything Dat I Say Make Her Laugh
Next Minute She'll Want Me To Roll Play On Her Ass Like (J.R.)
Come Roll Play Wit Me Fast
She Dont Kno Wat Type Of Sex That We Bout To Do
Play A Cop, Cuff Her To The Bed Like A Criminal
She'll Say Damn I Dont Think I Can Eva Get Rid Of U (J.R.)
I Want U 4eva Wit Me. True
U Must Love Da Way I Do These Step Dance
So Cool Old School Gucci Sweatbands, Gucci Sweatpants
Da Groupioes Left Chyeah (J.R.)
Talking:
I dont know wazzup with you, but I just want to tell you, to me your like my sunshine and you really really make me smile, and I just wanna let you know that without you I have nothing, I mean nothing, to be happy about
V1:Can't you see that I'm missing you, and I don't know why I feel tha way that I do, only you can take my mind away, through all the pain and what I gotta say.
Chorus:
Without you I have nothing to be happy about, nothing to be happy about,
I have nothing to be happy about,oh (repeat)
V2: how can i make you change your mind, cause you found me, you'll never find another girl
chorus
HOok: heart and soul is what I have for you no other love could ever be so true so only you can take my mind away only the same thing comes every day cant you see that I'm missing I don't know what I'm gon do only you can take my mind away I need to know if your going to stay
chorus till fade
Mmmm-mm.... said I'm lookin
I'm lookin, mmmmm
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ohhhh.. mmmm-hmmm
I'm lookin for someone to hold onto
I'm lookin for you, I'm lookin for you, I'm checkin for you
I'm lookin for someone that I can trust
I'm lookin for you, I'm lookin for you, and baby it's you
I'm waitin on you to say those words
I'm waitin for you, I'm waitin for you, I'm patient for you
I'm thinkin bout how it would be at night
You holdin me tight, you squeezin me tight all through the night
I've been all around
I said I been here and there and everywhere
And I have not yet found you
But until then I know my heart is true
But I can't wait, anticipate, it's getting harder
So much love inside, and I still have not yet found
Someone for me, truly for me
I gotta quit foolin myself
Thinking I'm gonna be fine, wastin my time
I wanna be like everybody else
I wanna fall, I wanna see, what about me
Will I ever fully be complete
I know there's someone waitin for me
So if you're listenin, baby rush right over
Cause I need you next to me
I've been all around
I said I been here and there and everywhere
And I have not yet found you
But until then I know my heart is true
But I can't wait, anticipate, it's getting harder
So much love inside, and I still have not yet found
Someone for me, truly for me
If I could trade my fame and all my jewelry
You know that I would cause it don't mean nothing to me, babe
All I need is the warmth of a man, the strength of his hand
Let me sing it again
If I could trade my fame and all my jewelry
You know that I would cause it don't mean nothing to me, babe
What I need is the warmth of a man, the strength of his hand
Let me sing it again
I've been all around
I said I been here and there and everywhere
And I have not yet found you
But until then I know my heart is true
But I can't wait, anticipate, it's getting harder
So much love inside, and I still have not yet found
cmon' make it hot
ohh ohh ohh ohh
do do hey repeat 1
Let me know what you want
curosity um baby it's killing me cause
i can tell that you interested
i can since that your feeling me
your actions mean more to me then words
you are to shy to say to your friends behind me back
baby won't you say it to my face
chours:
If you wanna be with me and you got a thang for me
dont you walk away
don't you be afraid of me if you wanna roll with me c`mon and roll with me
ohh ohh ohh ohh ohh
Intensity made me sweat a brother majorly
i was even sure that be pagging me all the
seven days of the week
but you got a case of the butterflys baby
i wonder why
hear you say i'm so fly i'm so fly
cause we can get along tonite ohh-ohh ohh
Chours
If you really want me baby let me know
let me know what you want
but if you be fronting
but if you be fronting baby
your out the door
gotta go gotta go gotta go
check
(Lil Mo)
Yo i heard from a bird that you like it hot you can meet
at the spot at the parking lot i got my momma car so don't go slow
it's 11:22 and at 12 i'm ghost yo
( Dent)
Yo slow it down lover about a half a ounce
i got thirty-eight minutes just to make you bounce
so let's take a ride you and i don't let me past you by
here we go let them know you don't need to mess around
(Lil Mo)
So what you say yo that you got a jones for me
caught a glipse of my bed
now you roll with me
you wanna live up in my ride and get fly with me
in the driver`s seat you wanna shine with me
(Dent)
Damn right i wanna shine if i can shine with you
and i see you getting noise i gotta get mine to
it sounds good coming from a lady looking like you
(Lil Mo)
Say what playa
(Dent)
It's just the things we do
if you got a thang repeat again
if you wanna roll c`mon and roll with me my baby
Chours repeat 2
fades out
It's morning.
And you're still right here w/ me. I wish you could call in and take off the
rest of the week. I know your girls thinking, Where in the hell can you be?
With the good love that you're giving to me. It's a shame you've got to leave
me baby.
Chorus
You don't belong to me.
And I don't belong to you.
No matter how hard we try, We're still on borrowed time.
You still go home to her.
So you don't belong to me.
I know it feel so right we're still on borrowed time.
You gotta stop calling me and telling me I'm where you'd rather be it's been
19 week. And you're still playing your games everyday...oh oh I would never
ever want to hurt her no no, so I'll take the initiative and let you go.
Until you're ready to come home to me yea yeah.
chorus
You don't belong to me.
And I don't belong to you.
I know it feel so right we're still on borrowed time.
You still go home to her.
So you can't belong to me.
Although it feel so right. We're still on borrowed time.
Somehow (I wish I'd fine)
To make you, ( and I mean) all mine.
You feel (so good)
How good (to good)
My heart say's there no use because you're leaving soon.
We're never get away. It's killing me day by day. But it's killing me oh yes
it killing me cause I know that you're feeling me baby.
Chorus (until fade)
Oooh yeeeaah oooh yyeeaahh
[Verse1]
He hits me with his same ol' lies (same ol' lies)
He made me cry (made me cry)
A thousand times
It rains on me (rains on me)
I can not win
I can not sleep (I can't sleep)
I'm fallin deep
[Chorus]
And I'm dreamin dreamin dreamin dreamin that he disappears won't he
Disappear
And I'm dreamin dreamin dreamin dreamin that some other guys would come and
Touch my thighs
[Verse 2]
This time I win now he will lose (he will lose)
See in my dreams (in my dreams)
I'm breakin all the rules
Off with his head (with his head)
He makes me mad
When I awake (I awake)
I always laugh
[Chorus]
And I'm dreamin dreamin dreamin dreamin that he disappears won't he
Disappear
And I'm dreamin dreamin dreamin dreamin that some other guys would come and
Touch my thighs
[Verse 3]
It's plain to see that all my color's gone
In my eyes a funky mood, not sweet
Unfair to me to chase him in my dreams
When I awake I'm back to loving you
I can't even talk, these boots they will not walk
Unfair to me to chase him in my dreams
It's plain to see that all my color's gone
In my eyes a funky mood, not sweet
[Ending Verse]
It's plain to see that you love me
And I hate you cause I love you
I'm confused so confused.
Falling deep so so deep
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
No, I don't care what they say
Don't even mean a thing, baby
Don't care what they do
Long as you know I want you
It's so hard for me
To stand back and let you get away
Now that you know how I feel for you boy
You can set my body free
Take me baby, I'll light your fire
I will be your only desire
Take me baby, I'll light your fire
I will be your number one supplier
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
You make me feel so good
Won't you come close take my heart away?
Don't get misunderstood
And think I'm not ready for you baby
See a girl like me
I never throw my feelings on tha table
But now that you know how I feel for you boy
You can set my body free
Take me baby, I'll light your fire
I will be your only desire
Take me baby, I'll light your fire
I will be your number one supplier
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
I said it before, I'll tell you again
Have you wishin' I was your girlfriend
Ready or not, if you wanna win
I'll have you wishin' I was more than a friend
I said it before, I'll tell you again
Have you wishin' I was your girlfriend
Ready or not, if you wanna win
I'll have you wishin' I was more than a friend
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
'Cause you got my body hot, I'm ready to freak out
If I was your girlfriend
Imagine what you could see now
I wanna take my clothes off
[Intro:]
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Uh huh Ooh Hoo
Aye Aye
Uh huh Uh huh Ooh
Uhay Uhay
Ohhh , yea!
[Chorus:]
I wanna hold you
Kiss you
So sexy
Drive me crazy
I wanna hold you
Kiss you
So sexy
Drive me crazy
[Verse 1:]
Care how I move (I dont even care)
My mind is sayin that it is you
(U know that its you)
With every lil thing you do
(Thing you do)
(Those things that turn me on)
Dont u know I can put it on you
Wanna bet you less that I can make your life better
[Pre Chorus:]
I want to get next to you
For the sexy things you do
Im gonna sip it out of my mind
Hopin you would take your time
Just take your time
[Chorus:]
I wanna hold you (oh)
Kiss you (kiss you)
So sexy (Ooh)
Drive me crazy (crazy baby)
I wanna hold you (hold you)
Kiss you (kiss you) (said yea hey)
So sexy (sexy)
Drive me crazy (drive me crazy, ooh no)
[Verse 2:]
When I think about you
(You know I think about you)
My heart beats not one but two
(Yeah, yeah)
U blowin my mind
U blowin my mine (blowin my mind)
I cant deny
I cant deny it (Ooh, I cant deny it)
Im out of my head
Im out of my head
Wanna bet you less that I can make your life better
[Pre Chorus:]
I want to get next to you (ooh)
For the sexy things you do (ooh)
Im gonna sip it out of my mind (ooh)
Hopin you would take your time (ooh)
Just take your time (Take your time!)
[Chorus:]
I wanna hold you (you)
Kiss you (kiss you)
So sexy (sexy baby)
Drive me crazy (Crazy! Ooh)
I wanna hold you (you)
Kiss you (Yeah Yeah!)
So sexy (sexy)
Drive me crazy (oooohhhhhhhh!!!!!!)
[Bridge:]
Hello, hello its nice to know
Someone like you
To turn me on
You stole my heart (My heart)
Right from the start (ooohhhh!)
Hello, hello its nice to know
Someone like you
To turn me on (Turn me on!)
You stole my heart
Right from the start (Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!)
[Chorus:]
I wanna hold you (ooh, yea)
Kiss you (yeah, yeah)
So sexy (so sexy baby)
Drive me crazy (drive me crazy)
I wanna hold you (hold you baby)
Kiss you (kiss you darlin)
So sexy (ooh, yea hey)
Drive me crazy (ooh yea)
I wanna hold you (wanna hold you)
Kiss you (wanna kiss you)
So sexy (sexy, sexy)
Drive me crazy (drive me crazy, drive me crazy)
I wanna hold you (drive me crazy, drive me crazy)
Kiss you
So sexy
Drive me crazy, baby
[Outro (Man Talking):]
Ha ha
C to 7 (to 7)
And we rock (rock)
Nicole Wray (nicole wray)
Cmon On (ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Like that (ooh)
Thas it