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

chorus

15-BOOGIE MAN

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