"Sign O' The Times"


Oh yeah

In France a skinny man
Died of a big disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle
And soon she did the same
At home there are seventeen-year-old boys
And their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called The Disciples
High on crack, totin' a machine gun

Time, time

Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church
And killed everyone inside
U turn on the telly and every other story
Is tellin' U somebody died
Sister killed her baby cuz she could afford 2 feed it
And we're sending people 2 the moon
In September my cousin tried reefer 4 the very first time
Now he's doing horse, it's June

Times, times

It's silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes
And everybody still wants 2 fly
Some say a man ain't happy
Unless a man truly dies
Oh why
Time, time

Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see the dawn
Time, times

It's silly, no?
When a rocket blows
And everybody still wants 2 fly
Some say a man ain't happy, truly
Until a man truly dies
Oh why, oh why, Sign O the Times

Time, time

Sign O the Times mess with your mind
Hurry before it's 2 late
Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby
We'll call him Nate... if it's a boy

Time, time

Time, time

"Hot Thing"


Hot thing!

Hot thing, barely 21
Hot thing, looking 4 big fun
Hot thing, what's your fantasy?
Do U wanna play with me?

Hot thing, baby U dance so good
Hot thing, baby I knew U would
Hot thing, tell me what U see
Hot thing, When U smile, when U smile, when U smile
Are your smiles, are your smiles 4 me?

Hot thing, maybe U should give your folks a call
Hot thing, tell them you're going 2 the Crystal Ball
Hot thing, tell them you're coming home late,
if you're coming home at all
Hot thing, tell them U found a brand new baby doll
Hot thing, I can't wait 2 get U home
Hot thing, where we could be alone
Hot thing, I could read U poetry,
and then we could make a story of our own

Hot thing
Hot, hot, hot thing
Hot thing, hot thing
Hot thing, hot thing

Hot thing, barely 21
Hot thing, looking 4 big fun
Hot thing, what's your fantasy
Hot thing, don't U wanna play with me?

Hot thing, hot thing
Hot thing, I can't wait 2 get U home

Hot thing

"U Got The Look"


Here we are folks
The dream we all dream off
Boy versus girl in the World Series of love
Tell me, have U got the look?

U walked in, I woke up
I never seen a pretty girl
Look so tough, baby
U got that look
Color U peach and black
Color me takin' aback
Crucial, I think I wantcha

You've got the look, you've got the hook
U sho'nuf do be cookin' in my book
Your face is jammin'
Your body's heck-a-slammin'
If love is good, let's get 2 rammin'
U got the look, U got the look

Look here
U got the look (U got the look)
U must'a took (U must'a took)
A whole hour just 2 make up your face, baby
Closin' time, ugly lights, everybody's inspected (everybody's inspected)
But U are a natural beauty unaffected (unaffected)
Did I say an hour?
My face is red, I stand corrected (I stand corrected)

You've got the look, you've got the hook
U sho'nuf do be cookin' in my book
Your face is jammin'
Your body's heck-a-slammin'
If love is good, let's get 2 rammin'
U got the look, U got the look

(there's no girl to do)
Well here we are, ladies and gentlemen
The dream we all dream of (oh, please!)
Boy versus girl in the world series of love
Slammin'

U walked in (I walked in)
I woke up (U woke up)
I never seen a pretty girl look so tough' baby (baby)
U got that look, yes U do (yes U do)
Color U peach and black
Color me takin' aback, baby
Crucial, I think I wantcha

You've got the look, you've got the hook
U sho'nuf do be cookin' in my book
Your face is jammin'
Your body's heck-a-slammin'
If your love is good, let's get 2 rammin' (now)
U got the look, U got the look

Here we are folks
The dream we all dream of

You got the look
You got the look
You got the look
You got the look
You got the look

"It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night"


(Oh-we-oh-oooh)

(groove!)
(drop out them horns)

It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night
U got your world together
Everything's lookin' alright
Tonight there's no tomorrow
This is gonna be the one (alright, Paris, we gonna see how)
Tonight we're gonna lose our sorrow (soulful you are, are you ready?)
Tonight we're gonna have some fun (come on, say it...)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (keep singin, y'all)
(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (verse, clap your hands)

Little boy got the notion, get some love tonight
Get yo rap in motion, 4 she out o' sight
Little girl at the party,
maybe she'd like 2 dance
Ring around the rosie (Paris, are you ready?)
Pocket full of chance (horns, do it)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh) (sing it, y'all)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night
(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (guitars and drums, groove)
(dance, come on)
They say that there's nothing's better
Than sleeping on a rainy day
We could spend the night together
Come on baby what U say?

It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night, oh
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night, oh
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night, oh
It's gonna be a beautiful, beautiful night (say it)

No time 4 politics, no we don't wanna fight
Everybody get up, it's gonna be a beautiful night
No time 4 sorrow, this is gonna be the one
Tonight there's no tomorrow
Tonight we're gonna have some fun (Are you ready Paris?)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh) (say it, y'all)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (c'mon)
(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (two times)

We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
(Paris, say it once more time, uh!)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh) (say it)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (night, y'all, yeah)
(Oh-we-oh-oooh)
It's gonna be a beautiful
It's gonna be a beautiful night (just the drums, just the drum -- Bobby)

(Oh-we-oh-oooh) {{repeated in the background}}

Everybody get way down,
Tonight we're gonna ball
Tonight we're gonna get the bomb, y'all
I'm talkin' 'bout the Detroit crawl

Everybody in the west
Everybody in the east
[Every man I'll injure]
With my chicken grease
Get with it

(one more)

(are you ready Paris - Soul Clap)
(ah yeah, ah yeah)

(gimme the bass, gimme the bass, one time)

Said the table 2 the chair
"You can hardly be aware
How I suffer from the heat
And from chillblains on my feet!
If we took a little walk
We might have a little talk!
Pray let us take the air!"
Said the table to the chair (can't nobody)

Said the chair to the table
"Now you know we are not able! (fuck with us)
How foolishly you talk
When you know we cannot walk!" (can't nobody)
Said the table with a sigh
"It can do no harm to try (fuck with us)
I've as many legs as you
Why can't we walk on two?" (say, can't nobody)

So they both went showly down (fuck with us)
And walked about the town
With a cheerful bumpy sound (can't nobody)
As they toddled round and round
And everybody cried
As they hastened to their side (fuck with us)
"See the table and the chair
Have come 2 take the air!" (y'all - say it y'all)

But in going down an alley
To a castle in the valley
They completely lost their way
And wandered all the day
Till, to see them safely back
They paid a ducky-quack
And a beetle and a mouse
Who took them to their house.

When they whispered to each other
"O delightful little brother! (can't nobody fuck with us)
What a lovely walk we've taken!
Let us dine on beans and bacon!"
So the ducky and the little browny- (say it, y'all)
mousey and the beetle dined,
And danced upon the heads
Till they toddled to their beds. (can't nobody fuck with us)
Good God [repeated in the background]

Revolution, baby way down low
beautiful night, y'all say it
beautiful night, y'all say it
say what a beautiful night, y'all say it
beautiful night, y'all say it
come on

(oh-we-oh-ooh)
say it
(oh-we-oh-ooh)
say it louder, y'all
(oh-we-oh-ooh)
say it louder, y'all
(oh-we-oh-ooh)
Miko, Miko, hit me in the back with funk

beautiful night, y'all say it
beautiful night, y'all say it
everbody feelin' alright, y'all say it
gonna be a beautiful night, y'all say it
everybody, (oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh)
say it (oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh)
say it (oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh)
(oh-we-oh-ooh, oh-we-oh-ooh)

get the horns in here

keep singin' y'all

everybody clap your hands
everybody clap your hands

everbody, groove, come on

Confusion!

Yeah!

"I No"


Rain is wet, and sugar is sweet
Clap your hands, and stomp your feet
Everybody, everybody knows
When love calls, U gotta go

(I Know) {{repeated in the background}}

([Listen, the soul of this song belongs to God])

Welcome 2 the New Power Generation
The reason my voice is so clear
Is there's no smack in my brain
Hundalasiliah

ha na na-sha na na na na na na

I know there is a heaven, I know there is a hell
Listen 2 me people, I got a story to tell
I know there was confusion lightnin' all around me
That's when I called his name don't U know he found me

No! Is what Spooky Electric say, it's not OK
But I know love is the only way till my dying day
No - til my dying day I'll be OK
Cuz Lovesexy is the one til my day is done
Hundalasiliah

I know there is a devil because he talks so loud
He makes U do things that your friends do, hang out with the crowd
But my Lord he is so quiet when He calls your name
When U hear it your heart will thunder
U will want 2 hear it every day

No! (people) Is what Spooky Electric say (everbody say)
But don't U know that I know
Love is the only way, til my dying day
No - Til my dying day I'll be OK
Cuz Lovesexy is the one til my day is done
Hundalasiliah

Alright y'all, everybody in the house (serve it up, Frankie)
Here's what I want U 2 do
Raise your hand up, straight in the air
Swing it 2 the right, savoir faire
Up on the 2, swing on the 4
Everybody on the dancefloor

sha-ho, sha-ho, sha-ho, sha-ho
sha-ho, sha-ho, sha-ho, sha-ho

y'all ain't got it together
go ahead, go ahead, go ahead

raise your hand up, straight in the air

(let's get it up, let's get it up)

yeah

Say no
(say no) No - if U can't find your way - everybody say
(say no) No - if U're afraid, everybody ain't got it made
(Say no) - if U want a drug other than the God above
No - if U need a drink every single day...
Blow that devil away!

Say yes
Yes - if U want this feeling called love
(come on 'ya, say)
Yes - if U want it now raise your hand 2 the man above
(Yes) Up on the 2, swing right on the 4
We want everybody 2 open this door!

Say no - if U don't wanna live life under the gun
(I know) We know a better way 2 have some fun
(I know) I know - there is a heaven and a hell
I know there is a heaven and a hell

{{ song breaks down into a crowd noise... }}

tell ya what...
Man, are we on the guest list?
Guest list? Guest list?
I don't see no 5 dollars U owe...
Ok
I'm gonna go to the car
I'm goin' home.
I'm gonna have one of them sandwiches.
[sleep] sandwich, that's right
I need the green three sheets.
That's right. (that's what I'm talkin' about)
A peanut-butter sandwich (her and her girlfriend)
(the one that was standin')
{D} (right next to my woman...)
(right next to my woman)
Let us praise God {E}
with the fruit of the vine ((My name's Andre Crabtree III))
our [innocent] symbol of glory ((I've got more holes than a golf course))
and thank him 4 lessons
of the past, for life, prince... (I said who popped the question?)

"When 2 R In Love"


So fair she looked tonight,
the brightest star appeals to your sex.
Before we do anything,
let me just talk 2 U.

When 2 R in love
They whisper secrets
Only they 2 can hear
When 2 R in love

When 2 R in love (love)
Their stomachs will pound
Every time the other comes near
When 2 R in love

When 2 R in love
Falling leaves will appear 2 them
Like slow motion rain (slow motion, slow motion)

When 2 R in love
The speed of their hips
Can be faster than a runaway train

drop, drop, drop, drop, water, water, water

Come bathe with me
Let's drown each other in each others emotions
Bathe with me
Let's cover each other with perfume and lotion
Bathe with me
Let me touch your body 'til your river's an ocean
Bathe with me
Let's kiss with one synonymous notion
That nothing's forbidden and nothing's taboo
When the 2 R in love
l.o.v.e. - l.o.v. - can U hear me?

When 2 R in love
Their bodies shiver at the mere contemplation
Of penetration (let alone the act)
Let alone the actual act

When 2 R in love
The thought of his tongue in the V of her love
In his mind, this thought it leads the pack

Come bathe with me
Let's drown each other in each others emotions
Bathe with me
Let's cover each other with perfume and lotion
Bathe with me
Let me touch your body 'til your river's an ocean
Bathe with me
Let's kiss with one synonymous notion
That nothing's forbidden and nothing's taboo
When the 2 R in love
(Love) in love - can U hear me?

(hold me)
(yeah)
(just like that)
(don't move)

"Can't Stop This Feeling I Got"


Dear Dad,
things didn't turn out quite like I wanted them 2
sometimes I feel like I'm gonna explode

Everybody wanna see u down 4 the count
but that ain't what being a real man's about
the brave and the bold hang around 4 the kill
so the bigger the hole, the bigger we fill it (fill it!)
they can hit us with all they got
but cha know what?
what?

I can't stop this feeling I got
I feel it right down 2 my toes
I can't stop this feeling I got
my body got 2 have it u know
I can't stop this feeling I got
I'll write a letter to the whole world
I can't stop this feeling I got
every man, woman, boy and girl

can't stop this feeling I got, I can't stop this feeling I got
I can't stop this feeling I got, I can't stop this feeling I got

I can't stop this feeling I got
u know I can't sleep at night
I can't stop, u know I love it a lot,
I'm talking about an everlasting light.
I can't stop this feeling I got
I get to shaking all in my shoes
I can't stop this feeling I got
the doctor say there's nothing that he can do

can't stop this feeling I got, can't stop this feeling I got
I can't stop this feeling I got, can't stop this feeling I got
keep on singing now

can't stop. try 2 tell me how 2 paint my palace,
that ain't where it's at,
that's like trying 2 tell Columbus that the world is flat.
If the song we're singing truely is the best
then that my brothers is the ultimate test
All in favor say Aye.
We can change anything at all.

I, I, I can't stop. can't stop.
I'm in a butt kicking mood tonight ya'll
can't stop. can't stop.
can't stop this feeling I got
can't stop this feeling I got
can't stop this feeling I got
can't stop this feeling I got
can't stop this feeling I got
can't stop this feeling I got
can't stop this feeling I got
(no, no, no, no)
Feeling, feeling, feeling, hey!
Hey, pardon me 4 living, (pardon me 4 living)
but this is my world, (this is my world)
u can't make me change (u can't make me change)
maybe we all got to rearrange (rearrange)
our brains (our brains)

Yeah. Only we can change the world
only we can change the world
only we can change the world

1, 2, 1, 2, 3
I can't stop this feeling I got
I can't stop this feeling I got
I can't stop this feeling I got
feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, yeah!
yeah!

"New Power Generation"


Lay down your funky weapon.
Yeah y'all, here we go
pumpin' the big noise in the 90's.

Pardon me 4 living, but this is my world 2
I can't help that what's cool to us might be strange to u
Pardon me 4 breathing, can we borrow some of your air?
the problem with u and your kind is that u don't know love is there

Lay down your funky weapon, come join us on the floor
making love and music's the only things worth fighting 4.
We r the new power generation, we want 2 change the world.
The only thing that's in our way is u.
Your old fashioned music, your old ideas,
we're sick and tired of u telling us what 2 do.

Pardon me 4 thinking, but there's something under my hair
I bet u thought the lights were on but noone's living there
U think that if u tell enough lies they will see the truth?
I hope they bury your old ideas the same time they bury u

Lay down your funky weapon, come join us on the floor
making love and music's the only things worth fighting 4.
We r the new power generation, we want 2 change the world.
The only thing that's in our way is u.
Your old fashioned music, your old ideas,
we're sick and tired of u telling us what 2 do.

We r the new, We r the new, We r the new,
making love and music
new power, we stand

Pardon us for caring, we didn't know it was against the rules (shout it out)
if we only want to love one another
then tell me now who's the fool (tell me, tell me)
no father, no mother, no sister, no brother, nobody can make me stop
said if u didn't come 2 party child, I think u better get up offa my block.

Lay down your funky weapon, come join us on the floor
making love and music's the only things worth fighting 4.
We r the new power generation, we want 2 change the world.
The only thing that's in our way is u.
Your old fashioned music, your old ideas,
we're sick and tired of u telling us what 2 do.
why don't u just be happy, baby.

[chorus repeated with this sung over it]
go on and get up offa my block
get up offa my block, because
love is there if you'd just open up 2 it.
if you'd just believe your whole world would change

New power generation, you've got to rearrange. We've got
we r the new power generation, you've gotta give up all the fight
we gotta try 2 love one another, baby. we r the new power generation
we r the new power generation.
we r the new power generation.

"Diamonds and Pearls"


This will be the day
That u will hear me say
That I will never run away

I am here for u
Love is meant for two
Now tell me what u're gonna do

If I gave u diamonds and pearls
Would u be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give u the world
But all I can do is just offer u my love

Which one of us is right
If we always fight
Why can't we just let love decide (Let love decide)

Am I the weaker man
Because I understand
That love must be the master plan (Love is the master plan)

If I gave u diamonds and pearls
Would u be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give u the world
But all I can do is just offer u my love

D to the I to the A to the M
O to the N to the D to the pearls of love
D to the I to the A to the M (To the M)
O to the N to the D to the pearls of love

There will come a time (There will come a time)
When love will blow your mind (Blow your mind)
And everything U'll look 4 U'll find (Take a look inside)

That will be the time (That will be the time)
That everything will shine (Forever)
So bright it makes u colorblind (U will be color blind)

If I gave u diamonds and pearls
Would u be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give u the world
All I can do is just offer u my love

If I gave u diamonds and pearls (Pearls)
Would u be a happy boy or a girl (Yeah yeah)
If I could I would give u the world (Give u the world)
All I can do is just offer u my love (All I can do)

If I gave u diamonds and pearls (Diamonds)
Would u be, would u, would u
(Would ya, would ya, would ya be happy little baby)
A happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give u the world

"Live 4 Love"


{"Last Words From The Cockpit"}

Lauch procedure commence
Countdown start
10,9,8,7,6,5,4

Keep goin'

Acceleration into temporal space continuum now begins...

30,000 feet and still-a-counting (live 4 love)
The attack on my plane is steadily mounting (live 4 love)
They killed my buddy, but I'm supposed to feel nothing (live 4 love)

How can I live 4 love? I'm calling...
Live 4 love
Live 4 love - I'm calling...
Live 4 love - I'm calling...
Live 4 love

Kicked out of my home at 17 (live 4 love) ((get outta here))
A real family,
now what does that mean (what does that mean) (live 4 love)
Don't nobody know the trouble I've seen (live 4 love)

How can I live 4 love? I'm calling...
Live 4 love
Live 4 love
Live 4 love - Calling, I'm calling
Live 4 love

My mission, so they said, was just 2 drop the bombs
Acceleration into temporal space continuum now begins...
Just like I got no conscience, just like I got no qualms
Alpha 7, acknowledge
Now what does that mean?

Go Tommy go, go tommy go
Go Tommy go, go tommy go
Go Tommy go, go tommy go
Go Tommy go, go tommy go

So here, my target is approaching
The angel on my shoulder starts coaching

"Live 4 Love, without love u don't live"

Boom - I take a deep breath
Is it boom - life?
Is it boom - death?

(live 4 love)

Maybe I was better off staying in school (live 4 love)
But everybody said flying planes was cool (live 4 love)
It's so easy 4 them 2 say
Cuz they never have to go through

How can I live 4 love? (live 4 love) I'm calling
Live 4 love - I'm calling
Live 4 love - I'm calling
Live 4 love
Live 4 love (live 4 love)
Live 4 love
Live 4 love

Damn, I got hit, but I still complete the mission (live 4 love)
I flash upon my whole life just-a-steady wishin' (live 4 love)
The choice u make is vital
So at the end of my recital
I say - U got 2 live 4 love (live 4 love)

Keep goin'

Live 4 love
Live 4 love (live 4 love)
Live 4 love (live 4 love)

(live 4 love), (live 4 love)
Live (live 4 love)

Live 4 love, without love u don't live
And how u make it is based on what you're givin' back
In fact, only a few of us slip through the cracks
Through generations,
The cards have always been stacked against us (live 4 love)
2 love each other is a must
If we just trust and cut the fuss
Beleive me, unity is a must
Listen everybody, as I spread the word
Everything is hazy when your vision's blurred
I'm kickin' reality in the streets of the city
There's this mentality what goes around comes around
And gangk any clown who ain't down
With the colors that u're sportin' 'round
Listen G, u are supposed 2 be strivin'
2 be the best that u can be
So stop tryin' 2 dominate and push and shove (live 4 love)
C'mon y'all, we got 2 live 4 love (live 4 love)

(live 4 love),(live 4 love),(live 4 love)

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