A LITTLE SOUTH OF SANITY
DISCO 1
1-EAT THE RICH (Tyler, Perry, Vallance)
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 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
2-LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR (Tyler/Perry) workin' like a dog for the boss man (whoa) workin' for the company (whoa-yeah) bettin' on the dice I'm tossin' (whoa) I'm gonna have a fantasy (whoa-yeah) where am I gonna look? they tell me that love is blind I really need a girl like an open book to read between the lines love in an elevator livin' it up when I'm going down love in an elevator lovin' it up 'til I hit the ground Jackie's in the elevator (whoa) lingerie second floor (whoa yeah) she said can I see you later (whoa) and love you just a little more (whoa yeah) I kinda hope we get stuck nobody gets out alive she said I'll show you how to fax in the mailroom honey and have you home by five love in an elevator livin' it up when I'm going down love in an elevator lovin' it up 'til I hit the ground in the air, in the air honey one more time now it ain't fair love in an elevator lovin' it up when i'm going down love in an elevator going down gonna be a penthouse pauper gonna be a millionaire gonna be a real fast talker and have me a love affair gotta get my timing right it's a test that I got to pass I'll chase you all the way to the stairway honey kiss your sassafrass
3-Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees) (Tyler, Perry, Ballard) you're so bad, You're so bad, You're so bad you're so bad You're so bad you think you're in love like it's a real sure thing nut every time you fall you get your ass in a sling you used to be strong but now it's ooh baby please 'cause falling in love is so hard on the knees we was making love when you told me that you loved me I thought ol' cupid he was taking aim I was believer when you told me that you loved me and then you called me someone elses name there ain't gonna be no more beggin' you please you know what I want and it ain't one of these you're bad to the bone and your girlfriend agrees that falling in love is so hard on the knees you're so bad you're so bad you're so bad you're so bad you're so bad chip off the old block man you're so much like your sister my fantasize it must be out of luck my old labido has been blowing a transistor I feel like I have been hit by a fuck Yeah I'm Jones' in' on love yeah I got the DT's you say that we will but there ain't no guarentees I'm major in love but in all minor keys 'Cause falling in love is so hard on the knees what are you looking for it's got to be hard core must be some kind of nouveau riche is this your only chance or some hypnotic trance let's get you on a tighter leash you're so bad you're so bad you're so bad you're so bad you're so bad you Ain't that good is what you said down to the letter but you like the way I hold the microphone sometimes I good but when I'm bad I'm even better don't give me no lip I've got enough of my own there ain't gonna be no more beggin' you please you know what I want and it ain't one of these you're bad to the bone and your girlfriend agrees that falling in love is so hard on the knees I'm jones' in' on love yeah I got the DT's you say that we will yeah but there ain't no gurantees I'm major in love but in all minor keys 'Cause falling in love is so hard on the knees
4-SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE (Tyler/Perry) get yourself cooler, lay yourself low coincidental murder, with nothing to show with the judge, constipation will go to his head and his wife's aggravation, you're soon enough dead it's the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend (2x) shady lookin' loser, you played with my gun no smoothy face laywer to getcha undone say love ain't the same on the south side of town you could look, but you ain't gonna find it around it's the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend it's the same old story, same old story same old song and dance fate comes a-knockin', doors start lockin' your old time connection, change your direction ain't gonna change it, can't rearrange it can't stand the pain when it's all the same to you, my friend when you're low down and dirty, from walkin' the street with your old hurdy-gurdy, no one to meet say love ain't the same, on the south side of town you could look, but you ain't gonna find it around
5-Hole in My Soul (Tyler, Perry, Child) I'm down a one way street with a one night stand with a one track mind out in no man's land the punishment sometimes don't seem to fit the crime yeah there's a hole in my soul but one thing I've learned gor every love letter written there's another one burned so you tell me how it's gonna be this time is it over is it over 'cause I'm blowin'out the flame take a walk outside your mind tell me how it feels to be the one who turns the knife inside of me take a look and you will find there's nothing there girl yeah I swear, I'm telling you girl yeah 'cause there's a hole in my soul that's been killing me forever it's a place where a garden never grows there's a hole in my soul, yeah I should have known better 'cause your love's like a thorn without a rose I'm as dry as a seven year drought I got dust for tears yeah I'm all tapped out (sometimes I feel broken and can't get fixed) I know there's been all kinds of shoes underneath your bed now I sleep with my boots on but you're still in my head (and something tells me this time I'm down to my last licks) 'cause if it's over then it's over and it's driving me insane is it over yeah it's over and I'm blowin' out the flame take a walk outside your mind tell me how it feels to be the one who turns the knife inside of me take a look and you will find there's nothing there girl, yeah, I swear I'm telling you girl yeah 'cause there's a hole in my soul that's been killing me forever it's a place where a garden never grows there's a hole in my soul, yeah I should have known better 'cause your love's like a thorn without a rose
6-MONKEY ON MY BACK (Tyler/Perry) woe is me well I been dyin' got to get that monkey off my back the fortune teller looked into my eyeballs the wrinkles on her face about to crack she said you best believe it, you ain't goin' nowhere unless you get that monkey off your back well, I made believe the devil made me do it I was the evil leader of the pack you best believe I had it all and then I blew it feedin' that fuckin' monkey on my back ahh, if you put it in a spoon man I would boot it some king whose mental house was just a shack where do you draw the line when all your friends are dyin' got to get that monkey off your back your crystal ball is where you chase the dragon she said now bring me home his head inside a sack but now you find your crystal balls are draggin' got to get that monkey off your back
7-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
8-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
9-RAG DOLL (Tyler/Perry/Vallance/Knight) rag doll, living in a movie hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie so fine, they'll never see ya leavin' by the back door, man hot time, get it while it's easy don't mind, come on up and see me rag doll, baby won't you do me like you done before I'm feelin' like a bad boy mmm Just like a bad boy I'm rippin' up a rag doll like throwin' away an old toy some babe's talkin' real loud talkin' all about the new crowd try and sell me an old dream a new version of the old scene speak easy on the grape vine keep shufflin' the shoe shine old tin lizzy do it till you're dizzy give it all ya got until you're put out of your misery yes, I'm movin', Yes, I'm movin' get ready for the big time tap dancing on a land mine yes, I'm movin', I'm really movin' yes, I'm movin', Yes, I'm movin' get ready for the big time get crazy on the moonshine yes, I'm movin', I'm really movin' sloe gin fizzy do it till you're dizzy give it all you got until you're put out of your misery
10-ANGEL (Tyler/Child) I'm alone yeah I don't know if I can face the night I'm in tears and the cryin that I do is for you I want your love let's break the wall between us don't make it tough, I'll put away my pride enough's enough, I've suffered and I've seen the light you're my angel come and save me tonight you're my angel come and make it alright you're my angel come and save me tonight don't know what I'm gonna do about thins feeling inside yes, it's true loneliness took me for a ride without your love, I'm nothin but a beggar without your love, a dog without a bone what can I do, I'm sleepin in this bed alone you're the reason I live you're the reason I die you're the reason I give when I break down and cry don't need no reason why baby, baby, baby
11-JANIE'S GOT A GUN (Tyler/Hamilton) Janie got a gun Janie got a gun whole world's come undone lookin' straight at the sun what did her daddy do what did he put you through they say when Janie was arrested they found him underneath a train but man he had it comin' now that Janie's got a gun she ain't never gonna be the same Janie got a gun Janie got a gun dog days just begun now everybody is on the run tell me now it's untrue what did her daddy do he jacked a little bitty baby the man has got to be insane they say the spell that he was under the lightning and the thunder knew that someone had to stop the rain run away, run away from the pain run away, run away from the pain run away, run away run, run away what did her daddy do it's Janie's last I-O-U she had to take him down easy and put a bullet in his brain she said 'cause nobody believes me the man was such a sleaze he ain't never gonna be the same honey honey, what's the problem tell me it ain't right was it your daddy's cradle-robbin' that made you scream at night
12-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 chorus
DISCO 2
1-BACK IN THE SADDLE (Tyler, Perry) (Chorus) I'm back! I'm back in the saddle again I'm back! I'm back in the saddle again ridin' into town alone by the light of the moon I'm lookin' for old Sukie Jones, she crazy horse saloon barkeep gimme a drink, that's when she caught my eye she turned to give me a wink, that'd make a grown man cry (Chorus) come easy, go easy, all right until the rising sun I'm calling all the shots tonight, I'm like a loaded gun peelin' off my boots and chaps, I'm saddle sore four bits gets you time in the racks, I scream for more fools' gold out of their mines, the girls are soaking wet no tongue's drier than mine, I'll come when I get back! (Chorus) I'm ridin', I'm loadin' up my pistol I'm ridin', I really got a fistful I'm ridin', I'm shinin' up my saddle I'm ridin', this snake is gonna rattle (Chorus) ridin' high!(3x) already!
2-LAST CHILD (Tyler, Whitford) take me back to a south Tallahassee down cross the bridge to my sweet sassafrassy can't stand up on my feet in the city got to get back to the real nitty gritty yes sir, No sir don't come close to my home sweet home can't catch no dose of my hot tail poon-tang sweatheart sweathog ready to make a silk purse from a J Paul Getty and his ear with a face in a beer home Sweet Home get out in the field, put the mule in the stable ma, she's A cookin' put the eats on the table hate's in the City and My love's in the meadow hand's on the plow and my feets in the ghetto stand up, sit down don't do nothin' ain't no good when boss man's stuffin' down their throats with paper notes as babies cry when you're rockin' the street home Sweet Home mamma take me home sweet home I was the last Child, just a punk in the street.
3-THE OTHER SIDE (Tyler/Vallance) lovin' you's got to be (take me to the other side) like the devil and the deep blue sea forget about your foolish pride c'mon, take me to the other side my mama told me there'd be days like this and man she wasn't foolin' 'cause I just can't believe the way you kiss uh huh you opened up your mouth with baited breath you said you'd never leave me you love me, you hate me, I tried to take the loss you're cryin' me a river but I got to get across I'm lookin' for another kind of love oh lordy how I need it the kind that likes to leap without a shove oh honey, best believe it to save a lot of time and foolish pride I'll say what's on my mind, girl you love me, you hate me, you cut me down to size you blinded me with lovin' yeah it opened up my eyes lovin' you's got to be like some devil and the deep blue sea my conscience got to be my guide oh honey take me, take take ... take me to the other side I'm lookin' for another kind of love oh lordy how I need it the kind that likes to leap without a shove honey, you best believe it now I ain't one for sayin' long good-byes I hope all is forgiven you love me, you hate me, I used to be your lover you know you've had it comin' girl so take me to the other side take me to the other side take me to the other side
4-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
5- DREAM ON (Tyler) every time that I look in the mirror all these lines on my face getting clearer the past is gone it went by like dusk to dawn isn't that the way everybody's got their dues in life to pay yeah, I know nobody knows where it comes and where it goes I know it's everybody's sin you got to lose to know how to win half my life's in books' written pages live and learn from fools and from sages you know it's true all the things come back to you sing with me, sing for the years sing for the laughter and sing for the tears sing with me, if it's just for today maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away dream on (3x) dream yourself a dream come true dream on (3x) dream until your dream comes true dream on (7x)
6-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
7- 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)
8-WALK THIS WAY (Tyler/Perry) backstroke lover always hidin' 'neath the covers till I talked to your daddy, he say he said "you ain't seen nothin' till you're down on a muffin then you're sure to be a-changin' your ways" I met a cheerleader, was a real young bleeder oh, the times I could reminisce 'cause the best things of lovin' with her sister and her cousin only started with a little kiss like this! seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school and your feet flyin' up in the air singin' "hey diddle diddle" with your kitty in the middle of the swing like you didn't care so I took a big chance at the high school dance with a missy who was ready to play wasn't me she was foolin' 'cause she knew what she was doin' and I knowed love was here to stay when she told me to walk this way (8x) just gimme a kiss like this! schoolgirl sweetie with a classy kinda sassy little skirt's climbin' way up the knee there was three young ladies in the school gym locker when I noticed they was lookin' at me I was a high school loser, never made it with a lady till the boys told me somethin' I missed then my next door neighbor with a daughter had a favor so I gave her just a little kiss like this! walk this way (8x) just gimme a kiss like this!
9-DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) (Tyler/Perry/Child) cruised into a bar on the shore her picture graced to grime on the door she a long lost love at first bite baby maybe you're wrong, but you know it's all right that's right backstage we're having the time of our lives until somebody say forgive me if I seem out of line then she whipped out her gun tried to blow me away dude look like a lady (4x) so never judge a book by it's cover or who you're going to love by your lover love put me wise to her love in disguise she had the body of a venus lord imagine my surprise dude look like a lady (4x) what a funky lady she like it like it like it like that he was a lady baby let me follow you down let me take a peek dear baby let me follow you down do me, do me, do me all night baby let me follow you down turn the other cheek dear baby let me follow you down do me, do me, do me, sue me
10-WHAT IT TAKES (Tyler/Perry/Child) there goes my old girlfriend well there's another diamond ring and all those late night promises I guess they don't mean a thing so baby what's the story did you find another man is it easy to sleep in the bed that we made when you don't look back I guess the feelings start to fade away I used to feel your fire but now it's cold inside and you're back on the street like you didn't miss a beat, yeah tell me what it takes to let you go tell me how the pain's supposed to go tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice tell me what it takes to let you go girl before I met you I was F.I.N.E. fine but your love made me a prisoner yeah my heart's been doin' time spent me up like money well then you hung me out to dry it was easy to keep all your lies in disguise 'cause you had me deep with the devil in your eyes tell me that you're happy that you're on your own tell me that it's better when you're all alone tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch tell me that my lovin' didn't mean that much tell me you ain't dyin' when you're cryin' for me tell me who's to blame for thinking twice (no no no no) 'cause I don't wanna burn in paradise (let it go let it go ... )
11-WALK THIS WAY (Tyler/Perry) backstroke lover always hidin' 'neath the covers till I talked to your daddy, he say he said "you ain't seen nothin' till you're down on a muffin then you're sure to be a-changin' your ways" I met a cheerleader, was a real young bleeder oh, the times I could reminisce 'cause the best things of lovin' with her sister and her cousin only started with a little kiss like this! seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school and your feet flyin' up in the air singin' "hey diddle diddle" with your kitty in the middle of the swing like you didn't care so I took a big chance at the high school dance with a missy who was ready to play wasn't me she was foolin' 'cause she knew what she was doin' and I knowed love was here to stay when she told me to walk this way (8x) just gimme a kiss like this! schoolgirl sweetie with a classy kinda sassy little skirt's climbin' way up the knee there was three young ladies in the school gym locker when I noticed they was lookin' at me I was a high school loser, never made it with a lady till the boys told me somethin' I missed then my next door neighbor with a daughter had a favor so I gave her just a little kiss like this! walk this way (8x) just gimme a kiss like this!
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