The Sweetest Thing
The sweetest thing I've ever known
Was like the kiss on a collar bone
The soft caress of happiness
The way you walk, your style of dress
I wish I didn't get so weak
Ooo baby, just to hear you speak
Makes me argue just to see
How much your in love with me
See, like a queen, a queen upon her throne
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I've known
It was the sweet, sweetest thing I've known
I get mad when you walk away
So I tell you leave when I mean stay
Warm as the sun dipped in black
Fingertips on small of my back
More valuable than all I own
Like your precious, precious, precious, precious baby dark skin tone
It was the sweet, the sweetest thing I've known
Was the
I..... I try to explain
(I can't explain it, I can't explain it)
I..... but baby it's in vain
Sneaking on my mother's phone
The touch that makes me think I'm grown
Sweet prince of the ghetto
Your kisses taste like Armaretto
Intoxicating (intoxicating), oohh, so intoxicating (intoxicating)
How sad, how sad that all things come to an end
But then again
I, I'm not alone
It was the sweet, sweetest thing I've known
It was the sweet, sweetest thing I've known
I..... sometimes watch you in your sleep
I..... excuse me if I get too deep
It was the sweet, sweetest thing I've known
Doo Wop (That Thing)
It's been three weeks since you were looking for your friend
The one you let hit it and never called you again
'Member when he told you he was 'bout the Benjamins
You act like you ain't here him but give up a little trim
To begin how you think you really gon' pretend
Like you wasn't down and you called him again
Plus when you give it up so easy you ain't even foolin' him
If you did then you'd probably do it again
Talkin' out cha neck like you a Christian
A Muslim sleepin' with the gin
Now that was the sin that did Jezebel in
Who you gon' tell when the repercussion spin
Showin' off your ass cause your thinkin' it's a trend
Girlfriend, let me break it down for you again
You know I only say it cause I'm truly genuine
Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem
Baby girl the respect is just the minimum
Niggas fucked up and you still defending them
Now Lauryn is only human
Don't think I haven't been through the same predicament
Let it sit inside your head like a million women
It's silly when girls sell their souls cause it's in
Look at where you been, hair weaves like your in pins
Fake nails up out Koreans
Come again
Come again, come again
Come again, come again
Chorus one:
Guys you know you better watch out
Some girls, some girls are only about
That thing, that thing, that thing
That thing, that thing, that thing
The second verse it dedicated to the men
Who are concerned wit his rims & his Timb's than his women
Him and his men come in the club like hooligans
Don't care who they offend popping yang like you got yen
Let's stop pretend, they wanna pack pistol by they waist men
Cristal by the case men, still in they mother's basement
The pretty face, men claiming that they did a bid men
Need to take care of their three and four kids men
They facing a court case when the child's support late
Money taking, heart breaking now you wonder why women hate men
The sneaky silent men the punk domestic violence men
The quick to shoot the semen stop actin' like boys and be men
How you gon' win when you ain't right within
How you gon' win when you ain't right within
How you gon' win when you ain't right within
Come again
Come again, come again
Come again, come again
Watch out, watch out
Watch out, watch out
(three more times)
Chorus two:
Girls you know you better watch out
Some guys, some guys are only about
That thing, that thing, that thing
That thing, that thing, that thing
(Chorus one then chorus two)
Merci à Thierry pour ses corrections.
I Can't Take
My Eyes Off Of You
You're just too good to be true
I can't take my eyes off of you
You'd be like heaven to touch
I want to hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
I can't take my eyes off of you.
But in the way that I stare
There's nothing else to compare
The sight of you makes me weak
There are no words left to speak.
But if you feel like I feel
Please let me know that it's real.
You're just too good to be true
I can't take my eyes off of you.
I need you baby
If it's quite alright
I need you baby
To warm the lonely nights
I love you baby
Trust in me
When I say ok (it's ok).
Oh pretty baby
Don't let me down I pray.
Oh pretty baby
Now that I've found you stay.
And let me love you
Oh baby let me love you oh baby.
You're just too good to be true
I can't take my eyes off of you.
You'd be like heaven to touch
I want to hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived
And I thank god I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true
I can't take my eyes off of you.
I need you baby
And if it's quite alright.
I need you baby
To warm the lonely nights.
I love you baby.
Trust in me
When I say it's ok.
Oh pretty baby
Don't let me down I pray.
Oh pretty baby
Now that I've found you stay.
And let me love you
Oh baby, let me love you, oh baby.
I need you baby
Don't let me down I pray.
Oh pretty baby
Now that I've found you stay.
And let me love you
Oh baby let me love you oh baby.
I need you baby
And if it's quite alright
I love you baby
You warm the lonely nights
I need you baby
Trust in me
When I say it's ok
Everything Is Everything
Everything is everything
What is meant to be, will be
After winter, must come spring
Change, it comes eventually
(2x)
I wrote these words for everyone
Who struggles in their youth
Who won't accept deception
Instead of what is truth
It seems we lose the game
Before we even start to play
Who made these rules?
We're so confused
Easily led astray
Let me tell ya that
Everything is everything
Everything is everything
After winter, must come spring
Everything is everything
I philosophy
Possibly speak tongues
Beat drum,Abyssinian, street Baptist
Rap this in fine linen
From the beginning
My practice extending across the atlas
I begat this
Flippin' in the ghetto on a dirty mattress
You can't match this rapper/actress
More powerful than two Cleopatras
Bomb graffiti on the tomb of Nefertiti
MCs ain't ready to tale it to the Serengeti
My rhymes is heavy like the mind of Sister Betty
L.Boogie spars with stars and constellations
Then came down for a little conversation
Adjacent to the king, fear no human being
Roll with cherubims to Nassau Coliseum
Now hear this mixture
Where hip hop meets scripture
Develop a megative into a positive picture
Now, everything is everything
What is meant to be, will be
After winter, must come spring
Change, it comes eventually
Sometimes it seems
We'll touch that dream
But things come slow or not at all
And the ones on top, won't make it stop
So convinced that they might fall
Let's love ourselves then we can't fail
To make a better situation
Tomorrow, our seeds will grow
All we need is dedication
Let me tell ya that
Everything is everything
Everything is everything
After winter, must come spring
Everything is everything
Everything is everything
What is meant to be, will be
After winter, must come spring
Change, it comes eventually
Ex-Factor
It could all be so simple
But you'd rather make it hard
Loving you is like a battle
And we both end up with scars
Tell me, who I have to be
To get some reciprocity
No one loves you more than me
And no one ever will
Is this just a silly game
That forces you to act this way
Forces you to scream my name
Then pretend that you can't stay
Tell me, who I have to be
To get some reciprocity
No one loves you more than me
And no one ever will
Hook:
No matter how I think we grow
You always seem to let me know
It ain't workin', It ain't workin'
And when I try to walk away
You'd hurt yourself to make me stay
This is carzy, this is crazy
I keep letting you back in
How can I explain myself
As painful as this thing has been
I just can't be with no one else
See I know what we got to do
You let go and I'll let go
Cause no ones hurt me more than you
And no one ever will
(Repeat Hook)
Care for me, care for me
I know you care for me
There for me, there for me
Said you'd be there for me
Cry for me, cry for me
You said you'd die for me
Give to me, give to me
Why won't you live for me
(Repeat)