GEMS

1-RATS IN THE CELLAR

(Tyler/Perry)

goin' under - rats are in the cellar

goin' under - skin is turnin' yella

nose is runny - losin' my connection

losin' money - gettin' no affection

New York City blues

east side, west side blues

throw me in the slam

catch me if you can

believe

that you're wearin', tearin' me apart *

safe complainin' - 'cause everything's rotten

go insanin' - and ain't a thing forgotten *

feelin' cozy - rats are in the cellar

cheeks're rosy - skin's turnin' yella

*** - lookin' rather lazy

see my body - pushin up a-daisies

2-LICK AND A PROMISE

(Tyler/Perry)

Johnny come lately on a Saturday night

singin' how-de-do

backstreet boogie in the house of delight

where they steal the show

the money come sour but the ladies are sweet

and it's a love affair 

whole place rockin', people stompin' their feet

when the gang's all there

he gets his lovin' every night for free

he's out there rockin' like you wouldn't believe

I sing na na na na na

na na na na na

Johnny liked to gamble with his lady Louise

she was a blackjack deuces are wild

he got to thinkin' 'bout his nose in the breeze

Johnny looked and he smiled

he started thinkin' bout the fortune and fame

and the young girls down at his knees

he dug the money but forgot all the names

so he knew just how to appease

lick and a promise

lick and a promise

lick and a promise

he gave the ladies a lick and a promise

loose change clover in his early early years

had his poor mama pacin' the floors

he grabbed a guitar and a couple of beers

now the crowd keeps screamin' for more

3-CHIP AWAY THE STONE

(Supa)

you act like a prima donna

playing so hard to get

sittin' so cool and nonchalant

draggin' on a cigarette

you keep a wall all around ya

'n I'll get through some day

'n I want your love babe, if push comes to shove

gonna chip that wall away

chip away

chip away at the stone

I won't stop 'til your love is my very own

chip away

that's what I'm gonna do

sweet little mama I wanna get next to you

you stand like a marble statue

trying to look so hard

all decked out in your antique dress

while the boys all promenade

even a rock will crumble

if you strike it night and day

if hammer I must, I'm gonna get through your crust

gonna chip that stone away

chip it, I'm gonna nip it, all night long 

4-NO SURPRIZE

(Tyler/Perry)

nineteen seventy one

we all heard the starters gun

New York is such a pity but at Max's Kansas City we won

we all shot the shit at the bar

with Johnny O'Toole and his scar

and then old Clive Davis said he's surely gonna make us a star

I'm gonna make you a star

just the way you are

but with all his style

I could see in his eyes

that we is goin' on trial

and it was no surprize

the boys kept kickin' ass

as usual time will tell

but some bitch in the choir threw waters on the fires of hell

she loved to show and tell

lord she loved to tell

but with all our style

you could see in our eyes

that we is still on trial

baby it's no surprize, no surprize, no surprize, no surprize

midnight lady

situation fetal

vaccinate your ass with your phonograph needle

I say lookie here 

friend of mine

scratch like you need calomine

flamingo boots

soles a-creakin'

still in love and Puerto Rican too

ridin' on the wheels of hell

smokin' up our axle grease

oh the backstage is rockin' and we're coppin' from the local police

that's right the local police

or the justice of peace

chorus

rock and roll

junkie whore

got my foot inside the door

knock knock, knock knock, knock

nobody's keepin' score

bad times go away

come again some other day

topaz and sassafraz

will keep the blues away

candy store rock and roll

corporation jelly roll

play the singles it ain't me

it's programmed insanity

you ASCAP if BMI

could ever make a mountian fly

if Japanese can boil teas

then where the fuck's my royalties?

5-MAMA KIN

(Tyler)

It ain't easy, livin' like a gypsy. 

Tell ya, honey, how I feel. 

I've been dreaming, 

Floatin' down stream and 

Losin' touch with all that is real. 

Whole earth lover, keepin' under cover 

Never knowin' where ya been. 

You've been fadin', always out paradin. 

Keepin' touch with Mama Kin. 

Well you've always got your tail on the wag. 

Shootin' fire from your mouth just like a dragon. 

You act like a perpertual drag. 

You better check it out, 

Or someday soon you'll have to climb back on the wagon.

It ain't easy, livin' like ya wanna, 

And it's so hard to find piece of mind. Yes it is. 

The way I see it, you've got to say shit. 

But don't forget to drop me a line.

Said you're as bald as an egg at eighteen. 

And workin' for you dad is just a drag. 

He still stuffs your mouth with your dreams. 

You better check it out, 

Or someday soon you'll have to climb back on the wagon.

Keepin' touch with Mama Kin. 

Tell her where you've gone and been. 

Livin' out your fantasy, 

Sleeping late and smoking tea.(2x) 

It ain't easy, livin' like ya wanna, 

And it's so hard to find piece of mind. Yes it is. 

The way I see it, you've got to say shit. 

But don't forget to drop me a line.

Said you're as bald as an egg at eighteen. 

And workin' for you dad is just a drag. 

He still stuffs your mouth with your dreams. 

You better check it out, 

Or someday soon you'll have to climb back on the wagon.

Keepin' touch with Mama Kin. 

Tell her where you've gone and been. 

Livin' out your fantasy, 

Sleeping late and smoking tea.(2x)

6-ADAM'S APPLE

(Tyler)

back when Cain was able

way before the stable

lightning struck right down from the sky

a mother ship with fate said let's give it a try

conscience was related

man he was created

lady luck took him by surprise

a sweet and bitter fruit 

it surely opened his eyes

well she ate it

lordy it was love at first bite

well she ate it

never knowin wrong from right, right, right

even Eve in Eden

voices tried deceiving 

with lies that showed the lady the way 

at first she stopped and turned and tried to walk away

man he was believer

lady was deceiver

so the story goes but you see

that snake was he 

and she just climbed right up his tree

so she ate it

lordy it was love at first bite

well she ate it 

never knowin wrong from right, right, right

conscience was related 

man he was created

lady luck took him by surprise 

a sweet and bitter fruit 

it surely opened his eyes 

evil came like rainin'

who knows who's to blamin'

something tried to lay her to waste

and all she want and need was just a little taste

well she ate it

lordy it was love at first bite 

yeah she ate it 

never knowin wrong from right, right, right 

oh she ate it

lordy it was love at first bite 

yeah she ate it 

never knowin wrong from right, right, oh that's right

7-NOBODY'S FAULT

(Tyler/Whitford)

lord I must be dreamin' what else could this be

everybody's screamin' runnin' for the sea

holy lands are sinkin' birds take to the sky

the prophets are all stinkin' drunk

I know the reason why eyes are full of desire

mind is so ill at ease everything is on fire

shit piled up to the knees out of rhyme or reason

everyone's to blame children of the season don't be lame

sorry you're so sorry don't be sorry

man has known and now he's blown it

upside-down and hell's the only sound

we did an awful job and now they say it's nobody's fault

old St. Andres seven years ago

shove it up their richter scale

redlines stop and go

noblemen of courage listen with their ears

spoke but how discouraging when no one really hears

one of these days you'll be sorry

too many houses on the stilt

three million years or just a story

four on the floor up to the hilt

man has known and now he's blown it

upside-down and hell's the only sound

we did an awful job and now we're just a little too late

eyes are full of desire

mind is so ill at ease everything is on fire

shit piled up in debris california showtime five o'clock's the news

everybody's concubine was prone to take a snooze

8-ROUND AND ROUND

(Tyler/Whitford)

if you believe in me

like I believe in you

you wouldn't be tellin' me things

that weren't exactly true

now everythin' changes

ain't nothin' the same

I'm gettin' the strangest feelin' baby

I can't remember my name

cause the life I been livin'

and the love I been givin'

would be sure to set you spinnin'

but you ain't never touchin' ground 

and I'm round and round

well it was one for all

and it was all for one

and everything that we did

never bothered no one

can you remember the days

when you were sweet sixteen

and always caught in the blaze

of someone else's dreams

I'm goin' round and round ( x 16 )

I'm goin' round and round  

9-CRITICAL MASS

(Tyler/Hamilton/Douglas) 

arriving in boats, black hooded coats

tormentors climbed into my room

i crawled under my bed, covered my head

but they're flushin' me out with a broom

the leader, she's small, pinned my ass to the wall

for my seeds or she'd be losin' her past

time after time, she'd be readin' my mind

but she never got the feelin' to last

celebrate, celebrate, celebraid it

this is the critical mass

so far so good, I heard the other say

so good so far, they're takin' me away

I drink to you, your mind, her ass

we'll take a drink and break the glass

celebrate, celebrate, celebreak it

this is the critical mass

now the tallest of two, with a brush full of blue

paints surrealist scenes on the wall

so I tell her for fun, that it's really well done

but she just ain't listenin' at all

she points to my heart, tellin' me if I'm smart

I'll practice and phase

out and admit, when the shoe doesn't fit

and I went screaming out down the hall

need it

need your love

just then I heard a poundin' on the door

we're all here, sang the voice of twenty more

I drink to you alas, we'll take a drink and break the glass

celebrate, celebrate, celebreak it

we are the critical mass

time and space, is takin' me away

time erase, don't know the time of day

10-LORD OF THE THIGHS

(Tyler)

Down to who knows who, just to socialize. 

I'm waiting for my girls, when you call my eyes. 

You got no way to make a man honey, 

You got to understand. 

I'm your man, child. Lord of the Thighs.

Well, well, Lordie my God, 

What do we got here? 

She's flashin' 'cross the floor, 

Make it perfectly clear. 

You're the bait, and you're the hook, 

Someone 'bound to take a look. 

I'm your man, child. Lord of the Thighs.

You must of come here to find it, 

You've got the look in your eyes. 

Although you really don't mind it - 

I am the Lord of your Thighs!

You must of come here to find it baby, 

You've got the look in your eyes. 

Although you really don't mind it 

I am the Lord of your Thighs!

11-JAILBAIT

(Tyler, Crespo)

take me (3x) as I maybe baby take me

take it or leave it on a Saturday night

if what you see is what you get then gimme a bite

here comes the ladies, they're so insecure

leave it to the boys and the fool on the hill

hello baby yeah its me, 

feel no jut no 3rd degree, jailbait

play the foolin', play the pawn

wake up baby I'm out the door, jailbait

I'm believin', someone talkin

can't let go, got the hold, oh jailbait

what it is that you believe

what you got, got up your sleeve, oh

jailbait(4x)

take it, leave it, roll the dice

you're hot as hell, I'm cold as ice, jailbait

tell your daddy how you do me

put the woodshed, do it to me, jailbait

whatchya see in daddy's eyes

check the voice, ain't no surprise

jailbait(6x)

do me, do you, tell me, would you

see me, me too, do me, do you

I ain't complainin' bitch's brew

girls in love I never knew she jailbait

steep the chase, cold sweatin

stick your feet up grace go back on

jailbait(6x) 

12-TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN'

(Bradshaw, Mann, Kay)

well, on a train, I met a dame,

she rather handsome, we kind looked the same

she was pretty, from New York City

I'm walkin' down that old fair lane,

I'm in heat, I'm in love,

but I just couldn't tell her so

I said, train kept a-rollin' all night long

train kept a-rollin' all night long

train kept a-rollin' all night long

train kept a-rollin' all night long

with a "heave!", and a "ho!"

but I just couldn't tell her so, no, no, no

well, get along, sweet little woman get along

on your way, get along, sweet little woman get along

on your way,

I'm in heat, I'm in love,

but I just couldn't tell her so, no, no, no

well, on a train, I met a dame,

she rather handsome, we kind looked the same

she was pretty, from New York City

I'm walkin' down that old fair lane,

I'm in heat, I'm in love,

but I just couldn't tell her so

I said, train kept a-rollin' all night long

train kept a-rollin' all night long

train kept a-rollin' all night long

train kept a-rollin' all night long

with a "heave!", and a "ho!"

but I just couldn't tell her so, no, no, no

well, get along, sweet little woman get along

on your way, get along, sweet little woman get along

on your way,

I'm in heat, I'm in love,

but I just couldn't tell her

well, we made a stop in Albequerque

she must'a thought I was a real cool jerk

got off the train, and put her hands up

lookin' so good I couldn't let her go

but I just couldn't tell her so

I said, train kept a-rollin' all night long

train kept a-rollin' all night long

train kept a-rollin' all night long

train kept a-rollin' all night long

I'm in heat, I'm in love,

but I just couldn't tell her