Emancipation Disc 1.

Jam Of The Year

Ooh!

This is the joint I've been layin' 4 all night
This is the one that really gets me gone
The DJ's on point, I'm sayin' he's alright
We gonna fun baby, baby, it's on

Gotta new Puerto Rican score
And she doin' it on the floor
When the groove rubberbaby's hot
I'm givin' it all I got

CHORUS:
Ooh, everybody's here
This is the jam of the year
Ooh, everybody's here
This is the jam of the year

Gimme a drummer and a funky bass line
That's all I need and I'm ready 2 flow
Been chillin' in the cut and now I'm comin' 2 get mine
And if I hit U once, I got 2 hit U some more

Gotta new Puerto Rican score
And she doin' it on the floor (Doin' it on the floor)
When the groove rubberbaby's hot
I'm givin' it all I got

CHORUS
(Everybody's here)
Yeah, ooh

Ooh!

Let's make a toast 2 the host with the most, heh
Raise your glass if U're on your own, yeah
(Raise your glass if U're on your own)
All the girls say "Ho!" (Ho!) if your man's givin' up the gold
All the fellas say "Woof!" if U're only givin' up the bone
2night we're gonna hide it

(Whatcha say, baby?)
Yeah, baby
(Whatcha say, baby?)

This is the joint I've been layin' 4 all night
This is the one that really gets me gone (This is the one, this is the one)
The DJ's on point, I'm sayin' he's alright
We gonna fun baby, baby, it's on

Gotta new Puerto Rican score
And she's doin' it on the floor
When the groove rubberbaby's hot
I'm givin' it all I got
I'm givin' it, I'm givin' it, I'm givin' it all I got

CHORUS
(Everybody's here)
(This is the jam of the year)

Did U come 2 jam, baby? (Oh yeah)
Then let me see ya, come on

CHORUS {repeat refrain 3 times}
Yeah, baby
(I wanna, I wanna jam) Come on
(Everybody's here)
(J-jam, j-jam, j-jam, j-jam of the year)
(Say what? Ha ha)
(I like that beat, oh baby)
(I wanna, I wanna) {x3}
(Everybody)

CHORUS
(Everybody's here)
(This is the jam of the year)
(Everybody's here)

Ooh! {x8}
This is the jam of the year

Ooh, everybody's here (Everybody)
This is the jam of the year (This is the jam of the year!)

Right Back Here In My Arms

{"Cuz that's my only mission" sample repeats in song}

Oh baby
(Right back here in my arms) {x2}
Right back here, yeah

Don't want U 2 write me no letters
Don't want U callin' my farm
I just want U, I just want U
I just want U right back here in my arms
Alright

I ain't checkin' 4 the sweet talk, baby (Right)
Talkin' 'bout how U're missin' my charms (Right)
I just want U, I just want U
I just want U right back here in my arms ("That's my only mission")
I just want U, I just want U
I just want U right back here in my arms

(Right back here in my arms)
Oh baby
(Right back here in my arms)
Oh baby

I know U got a lot on your mind (Right)
That's why I wanna give U some time (Right)
Till I get 2, till I get 2
Till I get 2 hug that body so fine

I know U need a little space, just a little
That's why I ain't showin' my face (Right)
I just want U, I just want U
I just want U right back here in my arms

Oh baby
(Right back here in my arms)
(Right, right)
Right back in my arms (Right back here in my arms)
Right back, right back
Right back here in my arms
(Right) (Right back here in my arms)

No, no, no 2 the postman bringin' me letters
U know a brotha gonna feel much better
If he keep his mind on, U know, whatever
Anything as long as it is makin' it wetter
Cuz I can't stop thinkin' about what we do
There ought 2 be a law against the hoochie ooh! (Ooh!)
Can we groove? I don't wanna do U no harm
I just want U right back here in my arms

Oh baby (Right back here in my arms)

Don't want U 2 write me no letters
I just want U, I just want U
I just want U right back here in my arms

Ooh yeah, right back here in my arms
(Right back here in my arms)
I just want U right back here in my arms (Right)
Right back here in my arms
(Right back here in my arms) (Right)
Right back, right back (Right)
I'll try 2 write U back
(Right back here in my arms)

Somebody's Somebody

Somebody's somebody
Somewhere, someone

It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I just can't sleep
Outside the rain is pourin', I'm lonely as can be
Maybe 2night'll be different than the nights before
I need 2 feel someone beside me, I can't be alone no more

CHORUS:
2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I wanna belong 2 someone (Someone)
2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I want somebody that'll do it 'til the job gets done (Oh yeah)

This big ol' world can be so empty livin' in it all alone
I realize, in its best disguise, a pretty house don't make a home
There's a hunger deep inside of me, how the fire burns
I wanna give good love 2 someone and get good love in return, oh

(CHORUS)
Somebody's somebody
Someone
I wanna be somebody's body
Oh yes, oh yeah

Someone 2 hold me in that hour midnight
Someone 2 console me when things ain't goin' 2 right
Someone 2 bring me dinner sometime, yeah (Mine, all mine)
Somebody I can call all mine

It's 2:05 in the morning and I got no one 2 call
I'm longin' 2 hear another voice inside these lonely walls (Lonely walls)
Maybe 2night'll be different (different) than the nights before (Maybe not)
I need 2 feel someone beside me, I cannot be alone no more (No more, no more!)

(CHORUS) {x2}
Somebody's somebody
I don't wanna be alone, no no!
I don't wanna wait another day, no!
I'll do it over and over and over and over, yeah!

Ooh, I don't wanna wait, no!
Can I belong 2 U, baby? Oh yeah! (I wanna belong 2 someone)
Ooh, slow, deep and long
Do me over and over and over and over

(2night I wanna be somebody's somebody)
Oh yeah
If U're out there, come on, baby
I'll keep it hot 4 U
(2night I wanna be somebody's somebody)
Come on, baby
(2night I want somebody that'll do it 'til the job gets done, oh yeah)
Done

Somebody's somebody

Get Yo Groove On

Get your groove on

I got some money cuz I just got paid
It's time 2 get my groove on
Been workin' hard, now it's time 2 play
I gots 2 get my groove on
Can't wait 2 see your face again
U keep me happy, yeah, U're my best friend
In The Park around a half past 9
Meet me, we'll have a real good time

CHORUS:
Come on, everybody get your groove on
Come on, we gonna party all night long
Get your groove on

I got some honey and some peppermint tea
That's all I need 2 get my drink on
Don't want this night 2 end if U're with me
We gonna party all night long
Bring the player, I'll bring the CDs
But don't U put nothing slow on
That new D'Angelo, some N.P.G.
And we'll make a bet 2 see who keep their clothes on

CHORUS

I'm usually workin' both night and day
No time 4 fun
But 2night I'm gonna get my groove on
I'm sayin' 'til I see the sun
Till I see the sun, ooh, I wanna play

Come on!

Speak

Hey girl, let's hang 2night

Alrighty

Around a half past 9?

I got some money cuz I just got paid
It's time 2 get my groove on
Been workin' hard, now it's time 2 play
I gots 2 get my groove on

Come on, everybody get your groove on (Hey baby)
Come on!
Get your groove on

Get your groove on

{Repeat CHORUS in BG}
Hey, nice joint, huh?

It's alright

U see anything U like in here, U know what I'm sayin'?

I think I see little somethin', somethin' over there

But there's 2 much smoke in here, ehh

Wait, wait, wait

What's your name, lil'? Come here

Eeewww!

Get it on, get on
Get your groove on
Baby, get your groove on
Oh yeah
Get it on

(Get your groove on) {repeat in BG}
Getcha, getcha, get your groove on
Getcha, getcha
Getcha, getcha, get your groove on
Getcha, get your groove on
Oh baby
Get your groove on
Oh baby, oh yeah
Get your groove on {x2}

Girl, U believe that brother that came over here?

I'm tellin' U, with a tooth missin' and everything

Hey Rhonda, girl, how U doin'?

Hey, how U doin' Montalbo?

Is Juice in there?

Don't U mean...

U know, Big Julius

The sleazy one?

Yo, I know Big Juice is in there, girl

Gettin' that groove on (Get your groove on)
(Getcha, getcha, get your groove on)
Oh, get it on

Girl, I think we better leave
Cuz if we don't, I think I might have 2 have another one
Then I might change my name

2... ?

What's my name? Margarita

Y'all help me find Juice, I'm tryin', I can't find him

Are U still lookin' 4 him?

Yeah, he's just... U know
He's up in here somewhere, I can't find him though

(No no, definitely not seen him)
Girl, let's go, I smell like an ashtray
(It's time 2 go)

We ain't goin' nowhere

Sir, I'm sorry
This club has a very strict dress code
We do not accept bluejeans

What U mean?
It don't take Stevie Wonder 2 see I got on the right clothes in here
I need 2 get up in this club
Hell, I could buy every one of ya
Fuck yourself!

Courtin' Time

It's courtin' time

I've been holdin' back a good deal longer than I shouldaoughta
I bet U got the notion that I couldn't make up my mind
But now I'm ready 2 tell your mama that I gots 2 get with her daughta
Put on your good dress, baby - it's courtin' time!

Every day I wait is just another day your baby's lonely
No matter what I'm talkin' about it always comes back 2 U (U)
I lost more friends this week because the only
The only one I want deserves the best, the very best that I can do
Put on your shoppin' shoes, honey - it's courtin' time!

Yes it is
Yeah
Keep it right there

All the friends I thought I had found out they were not at all
With no regrets, the joy I get from knowin' that U're mine
A thousand times the victor (victor) I am (yes!)
Baby, baby, it's courtin', courtin', courtin', courtin' time!

Yeah!
Get ready
It's courtin' time!
Yeah

Courtin', it's courtin' time! {x3 in BG}
(It's courtin' time!)
Baby, now U gonna know
What it's like when a boy truly loves a girl
(It's courtin' time!)
Well

When I do that (do that), when I do that (do that), when I do that
I'm gonna make them honeys twirl (twirl)
It's courtin' time!

It's courtin', courtin' time! {x2}
It's courtin', courtin', courtin' time, yeah!

Come on and get some, baby
It's courtin' time
Yeah, yeah

Betcha By Golly Wow!

There's a spark of magic in your eyes
Candyland appears each time U smile
Never thought that fairy tales came true
But they come true when I'm near U

U're a genie in disguise
Full of wonder and surprise and...

CHORUS:
Betcha by golly wow! (wow!) (wow!)
U're the one that I've been waiting 4 4ever
And ever will my love 4 U keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

If I could, I'd catch a falling star
2 shine on U so I know where U are
Paint a rainbow in your favorite shade
2 show I love U, thinking of U

Write your name across the sky
Anything U ask, I'll try cuz...

(CHORUS)
Betcha by golly!
U're the one, yes U are! (Don't U let 'em tell U otherwise)
And ever will my love 4 U keep growing strong!

Baby, sometime
A man can't find words 2 express all the things he feels inside
But every just so often
The words of another who's truly in love seem 2 work out fine

2 say I love U (I love U)
2 say I'm thinking of U!

(CHORUS)
U're the one I'm thinking of, thinkin' of
Ever will my...
And ever will my love 4 U keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

I love U, baby

We Gets Up

Oh yeah, what'd U think was gonna happen?
Come on!

CHORUS:
We gets up, everybody get down
Make a sound, make a sound
We gets up when we come 2 your town
I said the lost is found

We gets up - ain't no need 2 trip
We're the one deserving of the championship
We gets up - so U feel the gift
All the competition, they got 2 quit

CHORUS

Yeah! How U think we comin'?
Smash em' like U wanna sting

We just bad - we so bad, we good
Comin' 2 wreck shop in your neighborhood
NPG - and we're makin' it understood
Ain't no one can stop us, how U think U could?

CHORUS

Yeah, NPG, New Power Soul, K-k-k-kick it!

Oh yeah!
Gimme the break, gimme the break, huh

If y'all take a left, we gonna go right
But we'll keep this mutha rockin' till the broad daylight

People, wave your hands
Ain't nobody better in all of the land
See them go ...{boom}! Yeah, we crushin' the man
That don't believe we get up, yes we can!
We gets up, up, up, up!

Oh yeah! {x2}

CHORUS

We gets up {x5} (Oh yeah)
Alright

We gets up!

White Mansion

Big white mansion
Top of the road
Latest fashion
Happy, don't U know?

Here I am in New York, yeah
See the girl bold and fair ("Yo, Anita!") {Martin sample}
What's in your backpack 2day?
Will it take my blues away?
That's OK, "U gotta run..."
Huh, check it, I don't need U 2 have some fun
Comin' from the land of snow
I guess I'm kinda used 2 cold

But one day I'll have a big white mansion
At the top of the road
I'm gonna wear the latest fashion
I'm gonna be happy, don't U know?

I could use a new guitar
Sing a tune at Chazz' bar
Maybe meet a debutante
Be a toy, do what she want (Tell me what U wanna do?)
9 o'clock, see John K.
"But U don't rock, come another day" (When?)
Come another day
Spirit so low reachin' up 4 ground (Reachin' up 4 ground)
One day I'm gonna make it in this lonely town

Then I'll live in a big white mansion
At the top of the road
I'm gonna wear the latest fashion
Then I'll be happy, don't U know?

Hey there, what's your name? (What's your name, cutie?)
And can U tell me how 2 play the game? ("I am a winner") (Listen 2 this)
Do I really have 2 cut my hair? (No)
Now, that's a cross I could never bear (How 'bout them publishing rights?)
Sell my publishing? What a laugh! (Ha ha)
I don't know Bo, but I do know math (I do know math)
Back 2 Minneapolis, there U go
U can't find your house underneath the snow

Cuz U're livin' in a big white mansion (Oh yes)
At the top of the road
U're wearin' the latest fashion
Tryin' 2 be happy, don't U know? (Tryin' 2 be happy, happy)

Big white, big white mansion (Big white mansion)
At the top of the road
U and me wearin' Versace, Gucci (Latest fashion)
Hoochies, they all wanna do me (Happy, don't U know?)
But am I really happy?
Big white mansion
Yeah, maybe one day

("Yo, Anita!") {Martin sample}
("Yo, check out that ass!")

Damned If I Do

Damned if I do

Tell me what's up with the teenage indecision
I'm mad in love but U won't give me permission
U said, "Be here at 9"
Then scream at me 4 not giving U more time, more time

Damned if I do, damned if I don't
U say U want me 2 love U
But when I try, U won't
Maybe, maybe we should say goodbye

Damned if I do

Tell me the truth, how many U do it 2?
I smell vermouth everytime I don't get 2 kiss U
Enough's enough
If U don't want my lovin', then I'll give up, I'll give up

CHORUS:
Damned if I do, damned if I don't
U say U want me 2 love U
But when I try, U won't
Baby, maybe we should say goodbye

Goodbye

Damned if I don't try 2 make U see yourself the way I do
Open minded, worldly, always ready 4 taboo
Tell me what's up, are we gonna go 2 heaven?
I'll fill your cup, I won't do it like Kevin

CHORUS

Damned if I do, damned if I don't
Baby, maybe we should say goodbye
Maybe we should say, "I do"

Tú siempre estás hablando de lo qué tenemos qué hacer
{U're always speaking about what we should do}
Bueno, tú sabes
{Well, U know}
Pero lo qué tienes qué hacer
{But what U should do}
Qué? {What?}
Es buscarte una menta para la boca porque apestas!
{Is get a breath mint because your mouth stinks!}
Qué es lo qué tú estás diciendo?
{What are U saying?}
Por favor... cometelas todas!
{Please... eat them all!}
A mi no me apesta la boca!
{My breath doesn't stink!}

I Can't Make U Love Me

Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don't patronize
Don't patronize me

Cuz I can't make U love me if U don't
I can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart (my heart) and I'll feel the power
But U won't, no, U won't
Cuz I can't make U love me if U don't

Do U?
Do U love me?
Look at me

I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
The love U don't feel, when U're holding me (Hold me)
Morning will come and I'll do what's right (Do it right {x2})
Just give me 'til then 2 give up this fight
And I will, I will give up this fight
Oh, yes I will

Cuz I can't make U love me if U don't
I can't make your heart feel something it won't
Ah, don't U know here in the dark, in the dark baby, these final hours (Here in the dark)
I will lay down my heart (my heart) and I'll feel the power, oh yes I will
But U won't
Tell me why, tell me why U don't?

(I can't make U love me if U don't)
Come here, baby
(I can't make your heart feel something it won't)
Talk 2 me, tell me where U wanna be kissed
Talk 2 me, tell me how U want me 2 do this
In this bedroom/church, U can guess the offering

I offer U (My heart)
I offer U sexual relations (But U won't)
But U won't (U won't)
Tell me what's up baby?
Am I moving 2 fast?
Not only do I wanna be the first, I wanna be the last, the last
Is that so bad?
I.. I want 2.. U know

I wanna, I wanna, I wanna make U love me
(Do U love me?)
Come on baby, U can take it (My heart) (Come on and take it)
It's real love - I wanna make it (I wanna)
But U won't love me, love me (But U won't)
U won't love me, baby
What's a man 2 do?
What is this man gonna do?

I can't make U love me if U don't
I want U 2 (love me) love me
I need U 2 (kiss me, yeah)
Oh darlin' (Love me)
Love me {x5}

Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close between your thighs
(I can't make U love me)

Mr. Happy

{"Microphone check" sample repeated in song}

Turn off that weak jam, man
Come on, huh
Mr. Happy's here, huh, and we're buggin'

CHORUS:
I will take care of U
Whatever U want, I do it right
Oh, I will take care of U
Mr. Happy every day and night, oh

I got some money, I got some juice
But somethin's funny, I ain't got U
I comes 2 party (Yeah), don't wanna be alone
I need somebody - somebody grown

CHORUS

Oh yeah

Sugarbaby, with the curly hair
Dancin' crazy, underwear
Witcha name on it, lookin' fine ("Bought a house next 2 Prince") (Fine)
Keep smackin' that booty and U'll be mine

CHORUS

Pump it up, pump it up
Brown man, puffin' on a weak jam
Understand this is 80 proof
Guaranteed 2 get your girl loose if she douche
Throw your set up 2 the roof, huh
Third finger down, if U're wild, make a sound
Look at my people gettin' on down (Get down, get down)
Skip the Remy and let me have some Mary Tyler Moore of that new power soul
Comin' from the midwest passin' every test with a fuzztone remote control

CHORUS {x2}
(Yeah)
(Come on)

Yeah, one, well
I'll make your love come down like a freakin' elevator
In the middle of the night, body vibratin' like a pager
U play the drink, baby, I'll play the chaser
Do I love U? I can't love U cuz I hate cha
See, U got this bad case of the sad face
Dinner at 8, then intercourse at my place
Keep the drapes open, VCR, the whole bit
I know it sound sick, but baby, let's make a flick
Mr. Happy, babydoll, I came 2 do damage (I will take care of U)
Rock your world, knock your brain 2 another planet
U know my north pole can generate heat
Been thinkin' about me? Hmm, I can see them stains in your sheets
Before the reputation, they all used 2 pass me (I will take care of U)
Yeah?
Now they stop 2 ask me
4 real?
Straight up, the lifestyle of Mr. Happy
Yeah

Oh, I will take care of U
Whatever U want, I do it right, oh
Mr. Happy every day and night ("Bought a house next 2 Prince")
(Yeah)

In This Bed I Scream

2 these walls I talk
Tellin' 'em what I wasn't strong enough 2 say
2 these walls I talk
Tellin' 'em how I cried the day U went away

How do we ever lose communication?
How do we ever lose each other's sound?
Baby, if U wanna, we can fix the situation
Maybe we can stop the rain from coming down

Yeah

In this bed I scream
Lonely nights I lay awake thinking of U
And if I'm cursed with a dream
A thousand times I feel whatever I've put U through

Tell me, how're we gonna put this back 2gether?
How're we gonna think with the same mind?
Knowing all along that life is so much better
Living and loving 2gether all the time

Living and loving

In this bed I, in this bed I, in this bed I scream

In this car I drive
I'm looking 4 the road that leads back 2 the soul we shared
With my very life
I'd gladly be the body upon the cross we bear (Cross we bear)

How do we ever lose communication? (How did we?)
How do we ever lose each other's sound? (I don't know)
Baby, if U wanna, we can fix the situation
Maybe we can stop the rain from coming down

Maybe we can't, maybe we can
Stop the rain, stop the rain

In this bed I, in this bed I, in this bed I scream
I scream

In this bed I scream