GET A GRIP

1-INTRO

wake up kids it's half past the youth

ain't nothin really changin but the date

you're a grand slammer, but your no Babe Ruth

you got to learn how to relate

or you'll be swingin from the pearly gate

yeah, I got all the answers

lo and behold I got the right key baby

but the wrong key hole-yo

2-EAT THE RICH

(Tyler, Perry, Vallance)

well I woke up this morning

on the wrong side of the bed

and how I got to thinkin'

about all those things you said

about ordinary people

and how they make you sick

and if callin names kicks back on you

then I hope this does the trick

'cause I'm sick of your complainin'

about how many bills

and I'm sick of all your bitchin'

'bout your poodles and your pills

and I just can't see no humor

about your way of life

and I think I can do more for you

with this here fork and knife

chorus:

eat the Rich: there's only one thing that they're good for

eat the Rich: take one bite now, come back for more

eat the Rich: I gotta get this off my chest

eat the Rich: take one bite now, spit out the rest

so I called up my head shrinker

and told him what I done

he said you best go on a diet

yeah I hope you have some fun

and a don't go burst a bubble

on rich folk who get rude

'cause you won't get in no trouble 

when you eats that kind of food

now they're smoking up their junk bonds

and then they go get stiff

and they're dancing at the yacht club

with Muff and Uncle Biff

but there's one good thing that happens

when you toss your pearls to swine

their attitudes may taste like shit

but go real good with wine

(chorus)

believe in all the good things

that money just can't buy

then you won't get no bellyache

from eatin' humble pie

I believe in rags to riches

your inheritance won't last

so take your Grey Poupon my friend

and shove it up your ass!

(chorus)

eat the Rich: there's only one thing that they're good for

eat the Rich: take one bite now, come back for more

eat the Rich: don't stop me now I'm goin' crazy

eat the Rich: that's my idea of a good time baby

3-GET A GRIP

(Tyler/Perry/Vallance)

chorus:

got to get a grip

skin and bones it ain't such a pity

if you think that I'm vain, better shut ya lip

I can't explain how to be a fat city

you gotta live large, better let it rip

skin and bones, it ain't such a pity

don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip

ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city

if ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip

once upon a time I thought I was cool 

but I don't want to brag

once I crossed the line I think I musta Zigged when I shoulda zagged

(chorus)

same old same old every day if things 

don't change you're just gonna rot

'cause if you do what you've always done 

you'll always get what you always got

(chorus)

skin and bones, it ain't such a pity

don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip

ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city

if ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip

who knows for sure yeah without a doubt

what goes on when the lights go out

or who pulls in when I pull out

and what is a one-eyed trouser trout?

I was so shortsighted

now the wrong been righted

I feel so delighted

I get so excited

(chorus)

skin and bones, it ain't such a pity

don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip

ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city

if ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip

skin and bones, it ain't such a pity

don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip

ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city

if ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip

you wanna get high in a New York minute

choke that smoke, honey crack that whip

your head gets dead 

as long as you're in it

you wanna hang loose, gotta get a grip

skin and bones, it ain't such a pity

don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip

ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city

if ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip

4-FEVER

(Tyler/Perry)

I got a rip in my pants and a hole in my brand new shoes

I got a Margarita nose and a breath full of Mad Dog Booze

chorus: I got the fever, fever, fever, fever

yeah they threw me outta jail I tell ya it ain't fair

I tried to kiss the judge from the electrica' chair

yeah we're all here 'cause we're not all there tonight

the guitar's cranked and the bass man's blown a fuse

and when the whole gang bangs tell me then what's your excuse?

chorus

fever gives ya lust with an appetite

it hits ya like the fangs from a rattlesnake bite

we're all here 'cause we're not all there tonight

we can't run away from trouble

there ain't no place that far

but if we do it right at the speed of light

there's the back seat of my car, caviar

I was feelin' so high I forgot what day

now I'm feelin' low down even slow

seems way to fast

and now the booze don't work 

'cause the drugs ran out of gas

(chorus)

the buzz that you be gettin' from the crack don't last

I'd rather be O.D.in' on the crack of her ass

yeah we're all here 'cause we're not all there tonight

my first time ever lover we fell asleep out on the lawn

and when I woke up I was all alone makin' love to the Crack of Dawn

so yo, I beg yo pardon sir, the gangster of love rides again

you know I gotta chill

it gimme such a thrill

like a burnin' plague

yeah get outta my way

fever may be Hell and a cross to bear

as long as I'm in heaven honey I don't care

you look so good baby look so fine

I tell you you're the image of a perfect crime

you get so tired holdin' on so tight

if you think you're goin' crazy

well you may be right

chorus

yeah we're all here 'cause we're not all there that's right

5-LIVIN' ON THE EDGE

(Tyler/Perry/Hudson)

there's something wrong with the world today

I don't know what it is

something's wrong with our eyes

we're seeing things in a different way

and God knows it ain't His

it sure ain't no surprise

we're livin' on the edge

there's something wrong with the world today

the light bulb's getting dim

there's a melt down in the sky

if you can judge a wise man

by the color of his skin

the mister you're a better man than I

chorus: We're livin on the edge

you can't help yourself from fallin'

livin' on the edge

you can't help yourself at all

livin' on the edge

you can't stop yourself from fallin'

livin' on the edge

tell me what you think about your situation

complication-aggravation

is getting to you

if chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin'

and even if it wasn't would you still come crawlin'

back again?

I think you would my friend

again & again & again & again & again

tell me what you think about your situation

complication-aggravation

is getting to you

if chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin'

and even if it wasn't would you still come crawlin'

back again I bet you would my friend

again & again & again & again

something right with the world today

and everybody knows it's wrong

but we can tell Ôem no or we can let it go

but I would rather be hanging on

livin' on the edge

livin' on the edge

livin' on the edge

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

livin' on the edge

you can't help yourself from fallin'

you can't help yourself at all

livin' on the edge

you can't stop yourself from fallin'

livin' on the edge

you can't help yourself

you can't help yourself

livin' on the edge

you can't help yourself at all

you can't help yourself

livin' on the edge

you can't stop yourself from fallin'

livin' on the edge

6-FLESH

(Tyler/Perry/Child)

the day rolls in, the night rolls out

desire rules without a doubt

the heart beats fast, you salivate

and when you come it won't be late

I guess by now you got the score

a little taste if you want it more

from San Antone to Marrakesh

yeah when the night comes

everybody gotta have FLESH

you got me all soakin' wet

FLESH- the only thing that's worth the sweat

from the day that Eve did Adam

down to Romeo and Juliet

everybody gotta have

the prince of lust has met his match

the witch has brewed the baddest batch

his sword is sharp and hard as stone

the cauldron begs for one more bone

and so my love, the story's told

from modern times to days of old

from Boston Mass, to Bangladesh

yeah when the night comes

everybody gotta have FLESH

it's got me all soakin' wet

FLESH- the only thing that's worth the sweat

from the Mississippi River

to the highest mountain in Tibet

everybody gotta have

FLESH - you got me all soakin' wet

FLESH - the only thing that's worth the sweat

FLESH - you got me all soakin' wet

FLESH - the only thing, the only thing, the only thing

from a Sufi in a rickshaw to a bimbo in a pink Corvette

everybody gotta have

7-WALK ON DOWN

(Perry)

you wonder why you got holes in your shoes

you wonder why they got more money than you

you wonder why you got nothin' to lose

it makes no sense, don't try to figure it out

you gotta . . . walk on down

walk on down

walk on down

when you're shit outta luck

there's just one thing to do and that's

walk on down

walk on down

walk on down

when you're shit outta luck

there's just one thing to do and that's

yeah, huh

well, she says that she loves ya

in your mind there's no doubt, but

you feel like a stranger 

when the lights go out

as you lie there awake

you think this ain't no gift

don't try to figure that weight's too heavy to lift

you gotta . . . walk on down

walk on down

walk on down

when you're shit outta luck

there's just one thing to do and that's

walk on down

walk on down

'cause I got no time to lose

it's my life if I choose

put on my walkin' shoes

walk on down

walk on down

walk on down

when you're shit outta luck

there's just one thing to do and that's

walk on down

walk on down

walk on down

when you're shit outta luck 

there's just one thing to do and that's

walk on down

walk on down

walk on down

when you're shit outta luck

there's just one thing to do and that's

walk on down

8-SHUT UP AND DANCE

(Tyler/Perry/Blades/Shaw)

chorus:

talk is cheap, shut up and dance

don't get deep, shut up and dance

love has got me down

a tear just hit the ground

so I started writing you this song

but the words I wrote came out all wrong

yeah, but it's alright

when you can't define the crime

then life ain't worth a dime

when they take away everything you've got

and they rub your nose in the funky spot

not without a fight

when they work your fingers to the bone

now what does that get you--nothing

in a crowd of people

you're still alone

you hope that tells you something

the road to heaven is paved in hell

and it makes you wonder

why we're here at all

check out the shape of your circumstance

he wears the dress and she wears the pants

here comes Jill and she needs romance

but you can't do jack so shut up and dance!

sex is like a gun

you aim, you shoot, you run

when you're splittin' hairs with Mr. Clean

it`s like getting head from a guillotine

and the night has just begun

chorus

9-CRYIN'

(Tyler/Perry/Rhodes)

there was a time

when I was so brokenhearted

love wasn't much of a friend of mine

the tables have turned, yeah

'cause me and them ways have parted

that kind of love was the killin' kind

all I want is someone I can't resist

I know all I need to know by the way that I got kissed

I was cryin' when I met you

now I'm tryin to forget you

love is sweet misery

I was cryin' just to get you

now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you

do what you do-down on me

now there's not even breathin' room

between pleasure and pain

yeah you cry when we're makin love

must be one and the same

it's down on me

yeah, I got to tell you one thing

it's been on my mind

girl I gotta say

we're partners in crime

you got that certain something

what you give to me

takes my breath away

now the word out on the street

is the devil's in your kiss

if our love goes up in flames 

it's a fire I can't resist

I was cryin' when I met you

now I'm tryin to forget you

love is sweet misery

I was cryin' just to get you

now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you

do what you do to me

'cause what you got inside

ain't where your love should stay

yeah, our love, sweet love, ain't love

'till you give your heart away

I was cryin' when I met you

now I'm tryin to forget you

love is sweet misery

I was cryin' just to get you

now I'm dyin' just to let you

do what you do what you do down to me, baby, baby, baby

I was cryin' when I met you

now I'm tryin to forget you

love is sweet misery

I was cryin' just to get you

now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you

do what you do down to, down to, down to, down to

I was cryin' when I met you

now I'm tryin to forget you

love is sweet 

I was cryin' when I met you

10-GOTTA LOVE IT

(Tyler/Perry/Hudson)

psychedelic Sandwich

any way that you can feel it

you shouldn't try to conceal it baby

you got to make up your mind

any way I can steal it

any way you can deal it to me

you know the pleasure's all mine

you gotta love it

you better own it

you gotta love it

and God knows it

you gotta shu uh shove it

I'm gonna make things happen

goin' 'round'n, 'round'n, round

I wanna say you're a fire cracker

I wanna say you're a switch blade knife

you make sex a career

comin' down from an all night tripper

pull your foot from the ruby slipper

'cause you can't get there from here

you gotta love it

you better own it

you gotta love it

and God knows it

I'm gonna make things happen

goin' 'round'n, 'round'n, round

I got this feeling deep inside my gut

overwhelming feeling of I know not what

one thing's for sure I ain't got time for those who cant relate

you gotta learn to love the midnight madness

you gotta revel in the good and badness

if yin 'n yang is your thing

what I gotta do to try and reach ya

is it for real or just a double feature

so let's go throw the I Ching

you gotta love it

you better own it

you gotta love it

and God knows it

I'm gonna make things happen

goin' 'round'n, 'round'n, round

11-CRAZY

(Tyler/Perry/Child)

come 'ere baby

you know you drive me up the wall 

the way you make good on all the nasty tricks you pull

seems like we're makin' up more than we're makin' love

and it always seems you got somthin' on your mind other than me

girl, you got to change your crazy ways

you hear me

say you're leavin on a seven thirty train

and that you're headin' out to Hollywood

girl you been givin me the line so many times 

it kinda gets like feelin bad looks good

that kinda lovin'

turns a man to a slave

that kinda lovin'

sends a man right to his grave

chorus

I go crazy, crazy, baby, I go crazy

you turn it on

then you're gone

yeah you drive me

crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby

what can I do, honey

I feel like the color blue

you're packin up your stuff and talkin like it's tough 

and tryin to tell me that it's time to go

but I know you ain't wearin' nothin' underneath that overcoat

and it's all a show

that kinda lovin'

makes me wanna pull 

down the shade, yeah

that kinda lovin'

yeah, now I'm never gonna be the same

chorus

I'm losin my mind, girl

'cause I'm goin' crazy

I need your love, honey

I need your love

crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby

I'm losin my mind, girl

'cause I'm goin' crazy

crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby

you turn it on, then you're gone

yeah you drive me

12-LINE UP

(Tyler/Perry/Kravitz)

if you think that you're strong

wanna fight then come on

and line up

when the going gets tough

and your talk ain't enough

line up

we gotta get up, get out before they get us down

'cause livin' up against the wall, yeah

has got us locked up

come on and line up

so don't be surprised when they pull the wool over yo eyes

yeah don't get funked up

if you got the stuff

and you can't get enough

then line up

if you're out on a limb

and you wanna come in

then line up

your head's down, sittin' round

pick yo face up off the ground

and get yo self together baby

and learn to stand tough

come on and line up

we better get to it instead of

just standing around

it's time to get down

if you're playing to win

and your only way in

is line up

if we all wanna live

then we all gotta give

line up

we gotta get up, get out 

before they get us down

'cause livin' up against the wall, yeah

has got us locked up

come on and line up

you better get to it

instead of just standing around

yeah, it's time to get down

if you got all the stuff

and you can't get enough

line up

line up

if you think that you're strong

wanna fight then come on

line up

line up

13-CAN`T STOP MESSIN`

(no tengo la letra, mi disco es la versión americana)

14-AMAZING

(Tyler/Supa)

I kept the right ones out

and let the wrong ones in

had an angel of mercy to see me through all my sins

there were times in my life

when I was goin' insane

tryin to walk through 

the pain

when I lost my grip

and I hit the floor

yeah, I thought I could leave, but couldn't get out the door

I was so sick and tired

of livin' a lie

I was wishin that I

would die

chorus

it's Amazing

with the blink of an eye you finally see the light

it's Amazing

when the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright

it's Amazing

and I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight

that one last shot's a Permanent Vacation

and how high can you fly with broken wings?

life's a journey not a destination

and I just can't tell just what tomorrow brings

you have to learn to crawl

before you learn to walk

but I just couldn't listen to all that righteous talk

I was out on the street

just tryin' to survive

scratchin' to stay

alive