Emancipation, Disk 3
1996
Emancipation, Disk 3
1996
Songs on the album
Lyrics transcribed by the Databank Transcription Team (DTT)
CHORUS: Everybody keeps tryin' 2 break my heart Everybody except 4 me I just want a chance 2 play the part The part of someone truly free Like candle slowly burning, I can feel my world unravel Hemisphere upon hemisphere lie beneath my soul, soul My enemies kept it turning, but now they pound the gavel And judging me accordingly, I know, I know CHORUS Hey! {x3} Oh Burning slowly candle, handle careless they did Merrily down 3 heartbreak boulevards Like fashion statements, they lie "U be lookin' so good 2night, kid" I do my best 2 party, it's just that everybody keeps tryin' 2 break my heart (CHORUS) Except 4 me (Except 4 me) I just want a chance 2 play (Just wanna be free) Slowly candle burns, where'd they learn hypnosis? How'd they keep me under 4 so long? Break the bread I earn, just keep me far from closest I need their kind 2 illustrate what's wrong - what's wrong? Well, I'll tell U they just keep tryin' 2 break my heart (CHORUS) They just keep tryin' 2 break my heart, ow! (Everybody) {x2} CHORUS But I can't let U break my heart (Everybody keeps tryin' 2 break my heart) Slave! (Everybody keeps tryin' 2 break my heart) Slave! Slave! (Everybody keeps tryin' 2 break my heart) Slave! © 1996 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
New world {x4} When the sharpest vibration Saves U from obliteration The intelligence of your bed reacts Covering U head 2 toe with an air-filled sack CHORUS: When the lines blur every boy and girl How we gonna make it in this brave new world? Love 4 one another - New world Love 4 one another - New world When U wanna find some isolation But the tracker U got from vaccination (Keeps playin') Keeps playin' - "U'll never walk alone" (Over and over) They're always listening, especially on the phone CHORUS Wait a minute New world Did U hear about the new pill? It feels like sex! Guaranteed 2 thrill with no ill side-effects A pill that will stop the wrinkles, a pill that will stop the pain A pill that will make a baby never seek political gain What's it all 4 when U can alter biology? Who or what, then my friend, will U and I be? {x2} When the sharpest vibration Saves U from obliteration When the melting pot stirs, how U gonna take it? When U can't tell him from her, how U gonna fake it? When the lines blur every boy and girl How U gonna make it in this brave new world? Love 4 one another - New world Love 4 one another (How U gonna take it?) (How U gonna fake it?) Love 4 one another (How U gonna take it?) (New world) New world New world © 1996 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
Go Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! {x2} Can U take me home Where we can be alone? Can U make me happy Till my pain is gone? Can U get me excited? Excited enough 2 thank the God above 4 the human body Yeah, yeah, yeah 4 the human body Yeah, yeah, yeah Can U get me excited Till my love is long? Can U let me ride it (Oh yeah) Till the early morn'? Can U freak me dirty? Freak me till I thank the God above 4 the human body Yeah, yeah, yeah 4 the human body (Slave!) {x4} © 1996 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
(Dead like Elvis) {sample repeated in song} Check, check, 1 2, check U know what he's sayin'? Face down! {x2} Somebody once told him that he wouldn't take Prince through the ringer Let him go down as a washed up singer Ain't that a bitch? Thinkin' all along that he wanted 2 be rich Never respected the root of all evil and he still don't 2 this day, huh Bury him face down, let the motherfuckers kiss a ass, OK? Face down! {x2} Told 'em he wanted 2 sing a song about a black child goin' buck wild And they just laughed in his face Talk 2 your lawyer but U got no case What U need 2 do is keep your place Next time U pull a card, it better be a ace motherfucker Or U can lay face down (Face down!) 1 2 Face down! 1 2 Horn {x2} Bass {x2} Him and her meaning who I'm singin' about And his psychoanalyst kinda saw the catalyst As the devil with the blue jeans on, huh Ain't it kinda funny when U see the dawn? Sign the name they gave ya But when them motherfuckers turn around ass up, U're what? Face down! 1 2 Face down! New Power Generation in the house, bury 'em all Face down! Yes, oh Lord Face down! Orchestra {x3} Face down! Orchestra Face down! It's in his will, I read it He shot 2 kill, he said it 4 those who know the number and don't call Hmph, fuck all y'all Face down! {x3} © 1996 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
Hey girl, I bet U didn't know I had both eyes on U It's true And U know what? I seen all those other guys 2 Baby, frankly, I don't give a damn Many guys have come 2 U With a line that wasn't true And U'd pass 'em by (Pass them by) Though U're in the center ring And their lines don't mean a thing Why don't U let me try? (Let me try) Now I don't wear a diamond ring I don't even know a song 2 sing All I know is... La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la means I love U, oh baby La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la means I love U If I ever saw a girl That I needed in this world U are the one 4 me Let me hold U in my arms Gonna fill U with my charms I'm sure that U will see (U will see) The things I am sayin' are true And the way I wanna explain them 2 U Baby, can U listen 2 me? La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la means I love U, oh baby La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la means I love U, yeah So there, the book is open What U wanna do? Can U do-o-o me, baby, like I wanna do U? Come here, let me hold U in my arms Let me fill U with my charms The things I am sayin' are true And the way I explain them 2 U Yes, 2 U! (La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la means I love U) {repeat in BG} (La, la, la, la, la (means) I love U) I love U, I really, really love U Ooh listen 2 me, baby Ooh, I love U, I love ya, love ya Ooh, take my hand, girl U gotta understand I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be your man U know where 2 find me when U make up that mind La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la means I love U, yeah © 1996 Nickel Shoe Music Co. Inc., Wadud Music Co., Warner-Tamberlane Publishing Co. - BMI
(Style) Style, uh! (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Style, dig it (Style) Style, come on Uh, style Style is not something that comes in a bottle Style is more like Jackie O. when she was doin' Aristotle Style is not a logo that sticks 2 the roof of one's ass Style is like a second cousin 2 class U got it! - Style, come on U got it! - Style, say what? U got it! - Style, come on U got it! - Style, check it Style ain't sittin' court side with the owner of the team Style is owning the court and charging 'em all a fee Style is not lusting after someone because they're cool Style is loving yourself 'til everyone else does 2 U got it! - Style, come on U got it! - Style, maybe U got it! - Style, well well U got it! - Style Bridge: Style don't get drunk on a Saturday night Try 2 dress up every Sunday mornin' bright Style don't get married then break the vow in a year Style is keepin' a promise Raise your hand y'all if U hear me (Style) {x2} Style is not biting style when U can't find the funk Style is the face U make on a Michael Jordon dunk Style ain't the jeep U bought when U know your broke ass got bills Style is lettin' your lover drive while U talk on the phone and chill U got it! - Style U got it! - Style, maybe U got it! - Style, come on U got it! - Style Bridge: Style is a gold-tooth smile with an attitude Style is a peaceful wild postin' the rude Style is growing your own food Style is a non-violent march Style is an accurate account of what's inside every heart (Style) Style is not a lie Style is a man that cries Style is the glow in a pregnant woman's eyes (Style) {x4} U got it! - Style, come on U got it! - Style, do that, do that U got it! - Style, got it? U got it! - Style, mad, come on (Style) U got it! - Yeah (Style) U got it! Style is a peaceful wild y'all (Style) U got it! - Style (Style) U got it! Style is not thinking about style So let me stop (Style) (Style) {repeats in BG} It's nice man What U call that? Style, I like that It's about me? (Keep, keep, keepin' on, people gotta keep, keep, keepin' on) Right on (U got it!) I ain't got no job, but I got style Style, yeah (Style) U got it! Oh yeah Hang on, hang on... Style is buying your moms a house Style is a clean mouth Style is puppy breath Style is no fear of death Style is Ali's jab Style is hailing a cab (Style) Then U know, givin' 'em the finger when they pass your ass! (Style) (U got it!) Bonnie, Bonnie (Style) (U got it!) Oh yeah (Style) Shirley, shake your ass, Shirley (Sytle) Shirley, Shirley, I love U, Shirley (Style) (U got it!) {repeat in BG) Style is Mayte in the shower Style is a soul new power Style is when all black men are free Style is U and me (U got it!) {x3} © 1996 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
Do it like she like, do it like she like it {x4} CHORUS: Do it like she like it So your baby don't wanna sleep around Give her what she want when she want When it come 2 U, she down Baby let me read her journal Or should I say: she turned around and it was gone The innuendo reads eternal Or should I say: every other page I'm on When she come 2 cook your dinner U can ask her if what I say is true The secret will remain within her But her shade of red will turn yours blue CHORUS Maybe U recall last summer When U saw her ridin' in my car A kiss or 2 later she was back in your bed Smellin' like a fallen star Just because she's fine U think she don't wine & dine with everyone U know Oh, long as U're fooled, I'm cool She says she gonna put me in a video U need 2... CHORUS Oh yeah! Sleep around, sleep around {x2} I'm the one who sent the herbs and a book on how 2 use them I'm the one who pointed out her fears and how 2 lose them And if a difference love will make This advice U oughta take Baby let me read her journal Or should I say: she turned around and it was gone The innuendo reads eternal Or should I say: every other page I'm on U need 2... Do it like she like, do it like she like it (Sleep around) {x3} Do it like she like it, like it, like it... Do it like she like it So your baby don't wanna sleep around Give her what she want when she want it When it come 2 U, she down Sleep around, sleep around Do it like she like it So your baby don't wanna sleep around (I'm watchin' U, baby) (Do it like she like it, do it) Give her what she want when she want it When it come 2 U, she down (Do it like she like) Sleep around, sleep around Do it like she like, do it like she like it {x4} (Sleep around) {x5} Do it like she like {x5} Do it like she like it Do it like she like Do it {x10} Do it like she like it (Sleep around) © 1996 Cheson Music - ASCAP
Da, da, da, da Da, da, da, da, da (Yeah y'all, it's like that y'all, it's like "Bet Your Life") {sample repeated in song} Yeah It's like rolling in a Bronco pumpin' them pumps U know what I'm sayin'? On Broadway or somethin', U know what I'm sayin'? Yo yo, straight up Yeah, yeah, yeah Hey yo, call the paddywagon, I've seen a black boy cash stackin' Smirk on my face screamin', "Fuck the Grand Dragon" 4 the fast cash, we be thinkin' 2 slow Clownin' each others on the damn talk shows I don't wanna house but I gotta stick and rob I got a disease, it's called "Can't find a job" Smokin' on the herbs help me see a little better Lookin' 4 a job in this cold ass weather Watch out, I'm tryin' 2 get my shit 2gether (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da) Yeah - da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da) (Gotta keep it goin', gotta keep it goin') It's been kinda lonely (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da) Da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da) (Gotta keep it goin', gotta keep it goin') Hey yo, as soon as I come home, I'm stressed by my mama Questionin' my whereabouts like I'm the Unabomber Question mark, comma, freeze all the drama Intensive care flows 4 all U hos smacked with trauma As I sit back with my blunt and gin Grab a pen, write a song about a million black men Tryin' 2 blame all this violence on gangs What about those fools who kill 4 nothin' and hijack planes? (Let me hear U...) Get your shit 2gether (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da) Da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da) (Gotta keep it goin', gotta keep it goin') Da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da) Da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da) (Gotta keep it goin', gotta keep it goin') Yo, I'm goin' 4 the gold like a olympic sprinter Fuck the bullshit, steaks 4 dinner this winter Yo, I've seen a murder scene that left a fool scarred Plus I saw a prisonyard way before a schoolyard Time's rough plus time's runnin' out My mom said if I trip one more time, I'm gettin' kicked out And I ain't tryin' 2 make excuses But lookin' 4 a job in the ghetto is fuckin' useless (Let me hear U sing) Get your shit 2gether, straight up (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da) Yeah, uh - da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da) (Let me hear U sing) Da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da) Da, da, da, da (Da, da, da, da, da, da) Ask yourself your destination What the source of your inspiration be And U will find a spirit tryin' 2 get back 2 the mind How U was in your mama's belly Live and let live was the order of the day What U say? Loving one another is the only way! Da, da, da, da, da, da, da If U believe in one thing, if U believe in 2 things (Da, da, da, da, da, da, da) If U believe in anything then let me hear U sing "Da, da, da, da, da, da, da" Keep on believin' (Da, da, da, da, da, da) Lord (Yeah y'all, it's like that y'all, it's like "Bet Your Life") (Yeah y'all) (Come on) (Yeah y'all) {x2} (It's like "Bet Your Life") (Yeah y'all, it's like "Bet Your Life") {x3} (Yeah) © 1996 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
"Welcome, U've got mail" {AOL sample} (Computer) {sample repeats in BG} It was Sunday night, instead of doing what I usually do I.. CHORUS: I scan my computer looking 4 a site Somebody 2 talk 2, funny and bright I scan my computer looking 4 a site Make believe it's a better world, a better life Nothing on TV I ain't seen before Another murder on the news, I can't take no more Evil Incorporated, blowing up bombs and thangs I have a child, huh, I have a lot 2 explain I could write a letter, but who would I send it 2? It was Sunday night, instead of doing what I usually do I.. CHORUS I called an old friend of mine just the other day No congratulations, no respect paid All she did was wonder if the rumors were true I said - "No, I ain't dead yet, but uh.. what about U?" I can count my friends with a peace sign: 1, 2 It was Sunday night, instead of doing what I usually do I.. I scan my computer looking 4 a site Somebody 2 talk 2, funny and bright (Oh) I scan my computer looking 4 a site Make believe it's a better world, a better life (A better life) I got no mail, my computer I told them I don't wanna see a doctor unless he's lonely 2 Every Sunday night, instead of doing what I usually do I.. I scan my computer looking 4 a site Somebody 2 talk 2, funny and bright I scan my computer looking 4 a site Make believe it's a better world (Make believe it's a better world) A better life {x52} "Goodbye" {AOL sample} © 1996 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
(We didn't write this song, but listen) If God had a name, what would it be And would we call it 2 His face If we were faced with Him and all His glory? What would U ask if U had just one question? Yeah, yeah, God is great Yeah, yeah, God is good Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! CHORUS: What if God was one of us? Just a slave like one of us? Just a stranger on the bus Tryin' 2 make His way home If God had a face, what would it look like And would U wanna see it If seeing meant that U would have 2 believe in things like heaven And Jesus and the saints and all the prophets? Yeah, yeah, God is great Yeah, yeah, God is good Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! CHORUS Yeah Yeah, yeah, God is great Yeah, yeah, God is good Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! What if God was one of us? Just a slob (slave) like one of us? Just a stranger on the bus Tryin' 2 make His way home Like a holy rollin' stone Back up 2 heaven all alone Nobody callin' on the phone 'Cept 4 the Pope maybe in Rome But He ain't home, He aint home, He ain't home! No, no, no, He ain't home! {x2} Oh yeah, oh! (What if God was one us?) {x4} © 1996 WB Music Corp. - ASCAP
Desperate is the day that is 2morrow 4 those who do not know the time has come 2 whip the dogs that beg, steal or borrow From the table God set 4 His Son Wicked is the witch that stands 4 nothing All the while watching 2 see U fall Deeper than the ditch that bred your suffering The one being dug right now by them all Happy is the way 2 meet your burdens No matter how heavy or dark the day Pity on those with no hope 4 2morrow It's never as bad as it seems until we say Precious is the baby with a mother That tells him that his Saviour is coming soon All that believe will cleanse and purify themselves Put down the needle, put down the spoon {x2} Sacred is the prayer that asks 4 nothing, oh While seeking 2 give thanks 4 every breath we take, oh Blessed are we inside this prayer 4 in the new world, we will be there The only love there is, is the love we make {x2} (The only love there is, is the love we make) Only love there is, only love there is The only love there is, is the love we make (Yeah) The only love there is, is the love we make © 1996 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
Ever since I was a little baby I had 2 have double everything When they tell me that's enough That's when I wanna fill my cup 2 the top, Johnny, hear me sing CHORUS: Emancipation - free 2 do what I wanna Emancipation - see U in the purple rain Emancipation - free 2 do what I wanna Emancipation - break the chain, break the chain Ever since that Eve did unto Adam, alright What somebody been sho'nuff doin' 2 me (Watch it!) I've been tryin' 2 break the chain Get my little ass out the game I'd rather sing with a bit more harmony, oh CHORUS Johnny please, huh, when I was on my knees My back was broken and my spirit ill at ease And now it seems just like the autumn leaves Your money's turned from green 2 brown and now U best believe CHORUS (Emancipation) {repeat in BG} Break the chain, oh yeah Well, sho'nuff See U in the purple rain Emancipation - free 2 do what I wanna Break the.. break the.. break the chain! Hey! Alright! Hey! {x4} Emancipation Free - don't think I ain't! Emancipation © 1996 Emancipation Music - ASCAP