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"Luxurious" is song by American recording artist Gwen Stefani from her debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004). Written by Stefani and Tony Kanal, the track contains a sample of The Isley Brothers' 1983 song "Between the Sheets".
In addition to the Isley Brothers sample, the song features use of keyboards, synthesizers, and electric guitars. The song is a slow jam love song whose lyrics describe the persona's desire to be rich in love, simultaneously comparing her lover with luxuries. The song also features Stefani's husband Gavin Rossdale who opens the song in French.
The song was released as the album's fifth single in late 2005 along with a remix. A music video featuring rapper Slim Thug was also released which featured the Harajuku Girls as well. The track received mixed reviews from critics, who generally found the track less impressive than the previous singles. It entered the top forty worldwide but had mediocre success overall and was less popular than the previous singles from L.A.M.B.
Sarah Elizabeth Blaskow (born 23 September 1976, Sydney, New South Wales), is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. After fronting Sydney-based band Acquiesce from the mid-1990s, Blasko developed her solo career from 2002. In 2007, she won the 'Best Pop Release' for What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have at the ARIA Music Awards. Her latest album, As Day Follows Night, won the 'Best Female Artist' at the 2009 ARIA Awards.
Blasko was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1976, soon after her family returned from French-speaking Réunion where both parents were Christian missionaries. Upon return to Australia her parents often changed churches, with Blasko singing alongside her mother, and settled at a Pentecostal church in Sydney which later became Hillsong. Her mother was a nurse and her father a teacher from Hungarian/German background. While in high school, Blasko and her older sister Kate formed a jazz-blues group. By the age of 15, Blasko was concerned she "wouldn't make it", being mindful of the apocalyptic message of the End of the World and Christ's Return. She eventually left the church in her last year at school, declaring that its emphasis on material success "just didn't fit" with her or her interpretation of the scriptures. However, she thinks she still believes in God, despite her perception that it is an unpopular admission in Australia. She had no formal singing lessons until aged 19 and started playing guitar. At university, Blasko completed a degree in English literature and film.
Girl, let me show you what you ain't never seen
'Cause I’m all about realizing expensive dreams
Girl, let me take you where you ain't been before
Just holler, ready, set, baby girl let's go
She wanna live luxurious
Hey, I know what you like, baby
I know what you like, girl
She wanna live luxurious
I know what you like
I know what you like, girl
She said, "Can you send a car?"
I said, "Can you take a cab?"
She said, "I ain't worth for car"
I said, "I don't know that"
See I don't do it like them others cats you got
I need you to prove your worth before you throw in the bag (hey)
I need that sex have me zombie
Then wake up in my breakfast in the morning
Sweet in the street, freak in the sheets
Do this for me
I'm holling what you need
Come earn a ticket to Vegas
You can earn you some clothes
Baby, for what you'll do naked
And anything you want, you can get it
So get your ass up on that cab, and come get it
Girl, let me show you what you ain't never seen
'Cause I’m all about realizing expensive dreams
Girl, let me take you where you ain't been before
Just holler, ready, set, baby girl let's go
She wanna live luxurious
Hey, I know what you like, baby
I know what you like, girl
She wanna live luxurious
I know what you like
I know what you like, girl
She looking for a sponsor
I eat that p*ssy like a monster
How could you have love for n*ggas from this bridge
Girl, you just came off another n*gga hear this
Say where your back at, baby, where your back at
I thought you told me so and so
No n*ggas have that
What happened to them Hermes purses, and all colors
I wise seller they should let in a mall gutter
I told you ring all your cousins, and all your friends too
We leave the polo lounge, and go ride to the yacht party
Diamonds round your neck
I put it all your life
Girl, let me show you what you ain't never seen
'Cause I’m all about realizing expensive dreams
Girl, let me take you where you ain't been before
Just holler, ready, set, baby girl let's go
She wanna live luxurious
Hey, I know what you like, baby
I know what you like, girl
She wanna live luxurious
I know what you like
I know what you like, girl
She want that high power and high fashion
At top shelf, and main attraction
Wanna shop, where most shop that luxury
And I got that
Just prove to me that you're worthy of it
I get to you, 'cause I know you love it
Play your position, we'll do it big
How you wanna live?
She wanna live luxurious
Hey, I know what you like, baby
I know what you like, girl
She wanna live luxurious
I know what you like
I know what you like, girl