- published: 04 Oct 2014
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Christopher Theodore Ruben Studdard (born September 12, 1978), best known as Ruben Studdard, is an American R&B, pop, and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol. He received a Grammy Award nomination in December 2003 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "Superstar."
In the years following Idol, Studdard has released four studio albums, including his most recent disc, 2009's Love Is.
In addition to appearing on various television shows he has toured with Robin Givens in the comedy-drama Heaven I Need a Hug and in 2008 accepted the role of Fats Waller in a national tour of Ain't Misbehavin'.
Studdard, who was born in Frankfurt, Germany while his American father was stationed there with the U.S. Army, grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. The youngest son of two teachers, at the age of three he sang for the first time at the Rising Star Baptist Church in his hometown of Birmingham. He continued singing gospel in church, performing solos as a child while his mother sang in the local choir. While at Huffman High School, he played football for which he received a scholarship to Alabama A&M University. While at Alabama A&M he joined the Omicron Delta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the men's music fraternity of America.
(feat. Pretty Tony)
Kelly give me the ball girl [echo]
You are my girl now, light skinned with the pretty toes now,
and if you got a csrub now let him go now, life is too short
to settle now, c'mon now, in the club now,
hold up the duckin with the po po now,
get that money anyway now, and if you work
hard you gotta play now, c'mon now.
[Chorus]
Can I get your attention for a minute,
you need to know that we gotta live it up girl (live it up)
(c'mon now) and all of my thugs (c'mon now (oh))
to everybody who be livin it up in the hood,
on the block, everywhere in the club gurl and alll of my thugs.
To everyone in the east (give it up)
in the west (give it up) up north (give it up)
down south (give it up),
to the ballers shot callers, everyhood its all good.
Went accros the coast now, the 205 got my back now,
a brand new ride that i got now,
One's on my feet good to go now,
(c'mon now) having fun (now)
me and my crew in the club now and the girls
show me love now, friday, saterday, sunday, now c'mon now.
[Chorus]
[Pretty Tony]
From the 205 to the 228,
from the NYC all the way back to L.A,
come out and play we gonna live it up,
to lil momma who hold me down i gotta give it up,
to my thugs out there hustlein i hope you lve it up,
in the club spinnin the bucks like
you prince and stuff, every what what what,
holla at ya boy pretty tony and big rub we both
from the dirty dirty you know how we do.
[Ruben]
oh ohhh yeah, so when you hear this on the radio
play it loud in your stario (your stero)
come and show ya boy some love,
come show a playa what u got,
keep movin it dont you stop all my fellas get on the floor.
give the girls what they lookin for,
and its all about havin fun and we wont stop until the sun comes up.
[Chorus 2X's]
[Ruben]
So can i get your.....[rest of chorus]
[Until it fades]