The Tünel (English: Tunnel ) is a short underground railway line in Istanbul, Turkey. It is an underground funicular with two stations, connecting the quarters of Karaköy and Beyoğlu. Located at the northern shore of the Golden Horn, the underground railway tunnel goes uphill from close to sea level and is about 555 metres long. Inaugurated on January 17, 1875, the Tünel is the second-oldest subterranean urban rail line in the world after the London Underground (1863), and the first subterranean urban rail line in continental Europe; though the first full subway line with multiple underground stations in continental Europe was Line 1 of the Budapest Metro (1896).
The Tünel was originally conceived by the French engineer Eugène-Henri Gavand in 1867. Its purpose was to provide an easy ride between the neighbourhoods of Pera (Beyoğlu) and Galata (Karaköy), both of which were in the relatively newer part of Istanbul, on the northern shore of the Golden Horn. Many people used to work in Galata close to sea level, and live uphill in Pera, about 60 metres higher. The only direct street connecting the two, Yüksek Kaldırım, is steep and narrow; at the time of the construction of the Tünel, it was crowded with 40,000 pedestrians a day. Gavand conceived of the Tünel as "a kind of elevator ascending and descending" that would greatly ease the journey.
Kiss The Sky
Listen...
Close your eyes, and take my hand.
I know you're wondering, but you will soon understand.
See, love needs time to crawl low, and time to run free.
That's why we should get away so we can chill privately.
Through the week you go your own way, and I go mine.
Never truly enjoying each other; never a chance to unwind.
So, give your heart to me and my hands right now.
We'll search for tomorrow under a silver cloud.
Refrain:
At last we're alone.
And I want to fly so high that I kiss the sky all alone.
And I want to fly so high that I kiss the sky all alone.
It's quiet as the morning raindrops on the ground.
We'll bless so gently with the love that's all around.
And I'm so glad to know you the way I do
My special friend...we become much closer the more time we spend together in love.
The one I think of, when I'm faraway, you brighten my day.
And now that you're here, my jets stand clear.
Want you always near by my side as we hide away.
Refrain.
Close your eyes; relax your mind.
Let's find the time to enjoy each other's love.
Take my hand; follow me; make it last forever and ever.
Refrain.
Boy You Knock Me Out (Remix)
[Tatyana]
Uh, uh, uh
Oh, oh yeah
Baby
[Tatyana]
From the moment that I saw you babe
All I think about is loving you
Every time that you are near
I just can't help but stare
I'm dreaming of eternity with you
So maybe I can
1 - [Tatyana]
Run away with you
Imagine all the things we'd do
Call my name
And make this fantasy for real
Run away with you
Imagine all the things we'd do
Call my name
And make this fantasy for real
2 - [Tatyana]
Can't hold it, I can't fight it
Want you and I can't deny it
It's all about the things you do
Boy, you knock me out
Can't hold it, I can't fight it
Want you and I can't deny it
It's all about the things you do
Boy, you knock me out
[Tatyana]
Can you feel the vibes I'm sending, baby?
All my energy and thoughts towards you
There's now way I could let go
Of all these dreams and hopes
Anxieties so deep, feelings so new
Just maybe I can
Repeat 1
Repeat 2
[Tatyana]
Falling for you, this love's a TKO
Falling for you, baby
Falling for you, this love's a TKO
Falling for you, baby
[Will Smith](Tatyana)
Uh, uh, uh
Here it is a groove slightly transformed
Again, but with a Tatyana Ali spin
I knew ever since she was ten
As Fresh Prince from back then
I had a synch she would win
Whatever clique she was in
Now she's all grown up not Ashley
Mad sexy, true but classy
She in the fast lane under my wing
Kissing the sky
Tatyana Ali, girl you knock me out
(Cause boy you knock me out)
Repeat 2 till end
Hello, is this on?
Nah, make it hot
Stop acting silly now
Come here
I wanna tell you something
I love it when you touch me
With the feeling of romance
Ooh, in the middle of the dance
I love the way you love me
Something about the magic
Of your kisses in the dark
All up in my heart
I love the way you love me
I love the way, baby
Oh, oh, baby
Talkin' about the love you give
Strong and yet sensitive
You take my breath away
I go crazy
When you touch me tenderly
Cuddle up next to me
I never felt this way
When you pull me close
I just wanna cry
Little tears of joy
Fall from my eyes
I love it when you touch me
With the feeling of romance
In the middle of the dance
I love the way you love me
Something about the magic
Of your kisses in the dark
All up in my heart
I love the way you love me
I think I'm fallin'
Hopelessly in love with you
Deeper than I wanted to
You fill me with desire
Hear me callin'
Hungry for another kiss
Never tasted love like this
You set my soul on fire
No one else could ever
Take your place
You're the reason
For the smile on my face
I love it when you touch me
With the feeling of romance
In the middle of the dance
I love the way you love me
Something about the magic
Of your kisses in the dark
All up in my heart
I love the way you love me
I love the way you love me, baby
Love the way you love me, come on baby
Love the way you love me, come on baby
Love the way you love me
I love the way you love me, come on baby
Love the way you love me, come on baby
Love the way you love me, come on baby
Love the way you love me
I love the way you love me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I love the way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the way you love me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I love the way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the way you love me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I love the way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the way you love me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I love the way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the way you love me
All these guys keep tryin'
To get next to me, oh yeah
But I'm not feelin' them
You know what I mean?
I am lookin' 'round
For no one new
Baby, ain't no doubt
I wanna be with you
I love it when you touch me
With the feeling of romance
In the middle of the dance
I love the way you love me
Something about the magic
Of your kisses in the dark
All up in my heart
I love the way you love me
I love it when you touch me
With the feeling of romance
In the middle of the dance
I love the way you love me
Something about the magic
Of your kisses in the dark
All up in my heart
I love the way you love me
I love the way you love me, baby
Love the way you love me, come on baby
Love the way you love me, come on baby
Love the way you love me
I love the way you love me, come on baby
Love the way you love me, come on baby
Love the way you love me, come on baby
Love the way you love me
All I think about is loving you
Every time that you are near,
I just can't help but stare;
I'm dreamin' of eternity with you
So maybe I can run away with you;
Imagine all the things we'd do,
Oh, babe,
Call my name and make this fantasy for real.
Baby I can run away with you;
Imagine all the things we'd do,
Just call my name, call my name,
and make this fantasy for real.
Oh no...
Chorus:
Can't hold it, I can't fight it,
I'm on you, and I can't deny it.
It's all about the things you do,
Boy, you knock me out.
Chorus
Can you feel the vibes I'm sendin', baby?
All me energy and thoughts towards you.
There's no way I could let go
of all these dreams and hopes --
anxiety so deep, the other so new.
Just maybe I can run away with you;
Imagine all the things we'd do,
Call my name, call my name,
And make this fantasy for real
Babe, can we run away with you?
Imagine all the things we'd do,
Just call my name, call my name,
And make this fantasy for real.
'Cuz, boy, you knock me out.
Chorus x 2
Fallin' for you, this love's a TKO...
Fallin' for you baby...
Fallin' for you, baby...
'Cuz, boy, you knock me out.
Chorus.
I'm fallin' for you baby.
I'm about to lose control.
Chorus
Can I run away with you?
Imagine all the things we'd do.
Chorus
I just want to hold you baby.
I just want to hold you and die.
Yesterday, we said our last goodbyes
Darling, yesterday, we gave it one last try
Though we often said that we would never let it come to this
I have nothing left to give
I can only sit and think of yesterday
Baby, that look upon your face
Never a tear that I have shed
We're so far beyond the point of no return
But I can't let this go, my love
So inside I must remember, baby
Yesterday, we said our last goodbye
And yesterday, we gave it one last try
Though we'd often said that we would never let it come to this
I have nothing left to give
I can only sit and think of yesterday
So, how can I mend a broken heart? Tell me, baby
And how do I make a brand new start, baby?
How do I learn to love again
When all I do is think of all we planned
And imagine we could someday make it right?
I dreamed you called my name
And a rose to see that everything had changed
Yesterday, we said goodbye
And yesterday, we gave it one more try
And I know we said we wouldn't let it come to this
But I have nothing left to give
I can only sit and think of yesterday
Yesterday, we said our last goodbye, baby
Yesterday, we gave it one last try, baby
Though we'd often said that we would never let it come to this
I have nothing left to give
I can only sit and think of yesterday
It's good forever, oh baby
'Cuz I'm going to miss you, baby
You promised forever, baby
I wish, baby, that we could see forever, baby
It's breakin' my heart
It's breakin' my heart
It's breakin' my heart, baby
Why does this have to be?
I can only sit and think of yesterday
We said our last goodbye
We gave it one more try
Some time you got to walk on, baby
And try to get another game of lover
Oh, yesterday is gone away
Should we go darling, lover
No more tomorrows
You said a little time is all you need
You told me that you're still young
And there's so much more you wanna see
You said you wanted to be alone to get into yourself
So I'm just supposed to let you go
And pretend my heart don't hurt like hell
Boy, it hurts me
That you wanna be free
Baby, if there's nothing I can't say
That'll make you want to stay with me
Can you please answer this before you go?
How am I supposed to go through life alone?
Where am I to run for love if you're no longer home?
How can I continue going through life alone?
Boy I thought that you were my best friend
You used to promise me your fidelity would never end
But now you say you need your space to grow
You wanna give back my heart but I give my love to only you
I don't want to make a brand new start
You were all my mine for all of this time
But baby if there's nothing I can't do
That'll make you want to change your mind
Can you please answer this before you go?
How am I supposed to go through life alone?
Where am I to run for love if you're no longer home?
How can I continue going through life alone?
You're so special to me
The thought of you leaving is killing me
Please, tell me what do I do now?
'Cause livin' without your love, I don't know how
I don't
Can you please answer this before you go?
How am I supposed to go through life alone?
Where am I to run for love if you're no longer home?
How can I continue going through life alone?
Can you please answer this before you go?
How am I supposed to go through life alone?
Where am I to run for love if you're no longer home?
Chorus:
If you only knew all the things I feel for you...
Boy, I want you in my life; I can't deny.
If you only knew all the things I'm going through...
Tryin' to hide what I feel inside 'bout you and I
Lately, it's you, baby, driving me crazy.
So what are we going to do about this love?
Tell me: what do you see when I come around you?
Boy, you give me joy.
Chorus
Sometimes, when I'm alone, I wanna let go and call you up on the phone to
let you know
how hard it's been holding in this feeling for you.
If only you knew...
Chorus
Do you acknowledge me?
I really need to now.
Gotta know.
Wanna know.
We've been friends for some time now.
And I want more, so much more!
If only you knew...
Chorus x 2
Hey baby come here
I got something to tell you
See I've been thinking a lot about you lately
And well...
We've spent a lot of time together
I think I'm kind of in to you
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm feeling sort of nervous and anxious
To tell you what I'm going through
Well it might be the night
Or it might the bright moonlight
All I see is a wonderful need
And beautiful too
So precious and new
And this is all I wanna do
I wanna kiss you so bad
So bad it's driving me mad
I wanna kiss you real good
Oh and I'm wishing I could
(I, I, I wanna, oh baby let me kiss you)
I have a little tiny confession
I don't know what to do
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh I have a little tiny obsession
With something that's attached to you
Well it might be your eyes
Or it might be your nice big ooh
I don't know if I want my cover blown
I want the truth
Every time I'm with you
This is what I wanna do
I wanna kiss you so bad
(Just wanna kiss you baby)
(Can I kiss you?)
So bad it's driving me mad
(Just wanna kiss you baby)
(I wanna kiss you)
I wanna kiss you real good
(Just wanna kiss you baby)
(And I'm wishin' I could)
Oh and I'm wishing I could
(I, I, I wanna, oh baby let me kiss you)
Well it might be the smile
Or the way you look into my eyes
Baby ooh what to do
I won't know until I kiss you
That's why, that's why I got to have you
I got to have you baby
I got to have you
Oh that why I
I got to have you
I got to have you baby
I got to have you
I wanna kiss you so bad
I wanna kiss you so bad
(Just wanna kiss you baby)
(Can I kiss you?)
So bad it's driving me mad
(Just wanna kiss you baby)
(I wanna kiss you)
I wanna kiss you real good
(Just wanna kiss you baby)
(And I'm wishin' I could)
Oh and I'm wishing I could
(I, I, I wanna, oh baby let me kiss you)
Just wanna kiss you baby
Can I kiss you?
Just wanna kiss you baby
I wanna kiss you
Just wanna kiss you baby
And I'm wishin' I could
I, I, I wanna, oh baby let me kiss you
We started out as real good friends.
'Ventually, we became intimate.
Was it in the stride of my sexy walk?
Or was it in the sound of the way I talk?
Something about you opened up my eyes,
made me see, you weren't like other guys.
All my life, I've been waiting for someone who'll love me for me.
Chorus:
He knows me; he loves me for who I am, not what he sees.
He treats me like a queen,
not by giving me (oh, no, no) material things.
By respectin' me,
And holdin' me,
And comforting me,
Whenever I'm in need.
I can truly say I've been changed.
My inner strength has been rearranged.
When you see his face he'll be right next to me.
Or you just might see him in your dreams.
Never thought I'd find somebody quite like you.
Because of you my grayest skies have now turned blue.
You reline your happy smile upon my face.
I'm so glad it's me.
Chorus x 4
Never thought I'd find somebody quite like you.
Because of you my grayest skies have now turned blue.
You reline your happy smile upon my face.
I'm so glad it's me.
Chorus x 3
He's a strong, sweet man, strong sweet man,
holds me near in my palm of his hands.
He never changes like the weather.
Stays the same.
He is my fair-weather man, he is fair-weather man.
I can lean on him, yes, I can depend on him.
Was I awake, or was it just a dream?
I opened up my eyes, and you weren't with me.
And now you've said that you're leaving but you'll be home soon.
It's never easy bein' away from you.
One thought, boy, I'm all choked up.
There's something about you, I could never ever get enough.
It's the way that you move.
It's the smile on your face.
Breaks my heart in two everytime you go away.
I always said I'd never cry over you.
But it's hard to hold back tears when your fears come true.
I'm sittin' here lonely just a-missin' you.
Baby, come home...
Chorus:
Everytime you go away, my heart goes with you.
Everytime you go away, my heart's torn in two.
Is there something I can say?
Won't you change the plan you make?
'Cuz my heart can't stand the pain.
Everytime, everytime you go away.
Last night, I was sittin' up in my room.
I knew I should be sleeping, but instead I was thinking about you.
I can still hear your voice callin' out my name.
I just closed my eyes, and you're lying here next to me.
I always said I'd never cry over you.
But it's hard to hold back tears when your fears come true.
I'm sittin' here lonely just a-missin' you.
Baby, come home...
Chorus x 2.
Why do you want to make cry?
Why do I feel such pain inside?
I need to know.
I always said I'd never cry over you.
But it's hard to hold back tears when your fears come true.
I'm sitting here lonely, and I'm missin' you!
Come home!
Chorus x 2.
Come home, baby.
Missin' you when you go away.
Everytime you go away, I can't stand the pain.
I can't stand it.
I know, I know.
All them days will be perfect.
Someone stand the pain!
All day long, I think of you
I can't even think of things to do
Wishin' all of my daydreams come true
Now, baby, what am I to do?
I think about yesterday
Somebody was talkin' to me
But I couldn't understand a word they said
Not that I was tryin' to be rude
But conversation couldn't make it through
The thoughts of love I had for you
Baby, your face takes up my time
Because I can just see your face with mine
I try to change my thoughts, it's a waste of time
You keep my mind occupied
All day long, I think of you
I can't even think of things to do
Wishin' all of my daydreams come true
Now, baby, what am I to do?
Tell me what am I to do?
When I can only think of you
Even when I have simple things to do
Like talkin' on the telephone
Or watchin' TV when something's on
If it ain't about you then what's the use?
Baby, your face takes up my time
Because I can just see your face with mine
I try to change my thoughts, it's a waste of time
You keep my mind occupied
All day long, I think of you
I can't even think of things to do
Wishin' all of my daydreams come true
Now, baby, what am I to do?
All day long, I think of you
I can't even think of things to do
Wishin' all of my daydreams come true
Now, baby, what am I to do?
Baby, your face takes up my time
Because I can just see your face with mine
I try to change my thoughts, it's a waste of time
You keep my mind occupied
What's up girl? You all grown up now
Doin' ya singin' thing the charts sewed up now
Well you know I do my rap thing, I'm holdin' it down
And I knew that me and you was gon' connect some how
Your people called for this track, it ain't no trouble to me
I dreamt that you and me got married on the WB
You on channel 11, I carry the m-11
RJ the Reverened, it's a match made in heaven
Whatever have you I let you know, I'm from soundview
Down 'til I found you, I'm tryin' to be around you
I'm still comin' up chasin' the fame and wealth
I could spoil you with time, you got everything else
I'm still New York to the heart but got love for all
When I first saw this girl thought I wanted to fall
Mean the Hummer so stunnin' that my bod was tense
And I wishin' everyday that I was fresh like prince
Then I came across my man RJ parlayin' in a 6
With Tatyana Ali playin'
I heard Steely Dan "Black cow" and went wild
You tell me how can I get down
That's when they threw me on the Redeye to L.A.
I dirtied my cash and peeps back and hit shaq on the cellay
Courtside seats so close that we could touch
Tatyana and Lord and Peter Gunz
All day long, I think of you
I can't even think of things to do
Wishin' all of my daydreams come true
Now, baby, what am I to do?
All day long, I think of you
I can't even think of things to do
Wishin' all of my daydreams come true
Now, baby, what am I to do?
All day long, I think of you
how many times can i die?
how many times can i break inside?
how many times can i pray? oh lord to take this pain away
he was the song in my soul
but now that song will never play
instead a silence now falls over me
how many tears have i felt? (i felt)
before i learned to forgive myself (forgive myself)
hoow many trials can i face
before i start to lose my faith
how many hearts have to mend
before the poet rhymes again
cause the feeling of you comforts me
(1):
if i ever love again, it would be with you again
cause there's nothing that i can do
to, baby, keep me away from you
if i ever love again it would be with you again
cause my life is not complete
baby til youre here with me
how many times did i try
to hold you near when you said goodbye (goodbye)
how many times did you judge
before you knew who i really was
you were the fire in my day
but now the flame has burned away
and only shades of the past call on me
(Repeat 1)
if i ever love again
he was the song in my soul
but now that song will never play
instead a silence now falls over me
(Repeat 1)
i can't help myself
i want you and no one else
and baby thats the way i fell over you
i cant help myself
i want you and no one else
and baby thats the way i fell over you
baby til you're here with me
I wanted to make an album about love.
Not love only in the sexual sense,
But love through friendship,
Companionship,
And even the love of god.
I think of this album as a journey through the seasons of love.
The first half, with songs like "boy you knock me out" and "daydreamin'",
Represents the excitement of the dawn of new love.
You know, it's kind of like spring time.
And,. now, we're moving towards dusk: the autumn of kiss the sky.
This half of the album commands a more intimate space.
So, welcome to kiss the sky...