Альбом Musiq Soulchild

Soulstar

Last night I had a dream
Of a beautiful day
And like a song
An angel passed my way
She was the embodiment of perfection
With skin like the sky
And her hair was as long as time
Then she turned to me (yeah)
With her big proud eyes
Her voice flowed like water
And it brought a tear to my eye
And she said to me

Soulstar
Oh you've come
So far from where you started
Don't be afraid
To let your light
Shine on the world

Girl lately I been thinking bout
The times that I shared with you
And there's something that I figured out,
Darling you must have been heaven sent
There isn't nothing better than
Things that you say and do
No, so why do I feel I'm being played for a fool
Cause whenever you call on me I come through for you but
When i need you, you can't seem to do the same for me
And I love that you pay your phone no mind
When we're alone but sometimes
When i try to reach you
I wonder if your just busy, or you don't know that it's me

Cause you love me don't ya
I know you (I know you do)
Cause of all the wonderful things that you put me through (me through)
I know you love me baby
Cause I love you to
So tell me why is it I'm having doubts about you

Now everyday when you're around
You always cater to my needs like
You seemed to be concerned
If I'm eating or sleeping properly (yeah)
Its has to be the greatest thing to know
The one you love loves you back
Or is the love you have for me really true or is it just an act
Cuase when you're hard at work and when I'm hard at work
And we can't talk
We just page each other with our sexual wishes
But when we're spending quality time and your pager rings
I wonder
Who could be when you answer laughing at your reply
Or is it that I'm just being suspicious

Cause you love me don't ya
I know you (I know you do)
Cause of all the wonderful things that you put me through (me through)
I know you love me baby
Cause I love you to
So tell me why is it I'm having doubts about you

Now maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic
For these matters of the heart and so
I hope we can grow to raise a family
Nourished in trust and happiness and love

Cause you love me don't ya
I know you (I know you do)
Cause of all the wonderful things that you put me through (me through)
I know you love me baby
Cause I love you to
So tell me why is it I'm having doubts about you

Cause you love me don't ya
I know you (I know you do)
Cause of all the wonderful things that you put me through (me through)
I know you love me baby
Cause I love you to
So tell me why is it I'm having doubts about you

Yo listen
I met this girl on Baltic Ave.
And you can tell how she steps on boardwalk,
She was park place
I asked what she was doing on this side of town
She said she had some taxes to pay
I figure I'd take a chance and advance to go
And find out more about
Cause there more to know than the way she ways
And the way that she wears her clothes,
Or the way she plays this game (so cold)
She said she came up rough
And one income was not enough
There'd be nights she'd go to sleep hungry
Cause her mom was always short on food and money
See people used to joke a lot
Tease her bout her clothes not being in style
Dressed in dingy skirts and dirty sneakers
From the finest second hand down Oriental Ave.

[Chorus]

But now look at her
She got this game on lock
Anything she ever wanted now she got it
And I've gotta say
And I'm proud to see
That someone like her is in central
Womanopoly

Once she graduated junior high she started working overtime
Scrubbing floors or working on assembly lines
Just so she could help her mother out and
After college they moved into Marvin Gardens
And she got a job working at the city water department
To raise enough cash
In move into community chest condos on Pennsylvania Ave
She fell in love with this dude named ray
Who was a small time hustler from St. Charles place

And he was known for always bein in and out of trouble
But the problem was that he was never on her level
She argued with her mom about ray's work
Til he was sent upstate on the same day that she gave birth
But see the baby never made it, it drove her nearly crazy
And she couldn't take it

[Chorus]

(Listen) see where she came from
Many people find it hard just to hang on
You often find them in the same place complaining
Instead of finding a better way of maintain
She could have balled up and cry
Wished that she would die
And just gave up on tryin
Instead she grind from the bottom
Just to make it to the bottom now shes flying

[Chorus]

Let's pretend for one night, I'm the man in your life
And we do the things that lovers do
All the loving u like
I give it to you just right
Theres nothing less than special when it comes to you
See what we have is understanding
That works so well for how we are
Cause neither of us has the heart to fall in love all over again

[Chorus]
Even though I'm not your man and I know you're not my girl
But let's just act like it's that way tonight
Now I know u got your friends and you know I got some too
But let's just act like you're my lady tonight

Now what I like about you
Is that you're always so cool and comfortable whenever I'm around
You're some one that I can talk too
No matter what I'm going through I call on you cuz I know you'll always be down
See what we have is so incredible
That we'll never find in anyone else
This thing that we share is so unbelievable
That I want you all to myself

[Chorus]
Even though I'm not your man and I know you're not my girl
But let's just act like it's that way tonight
Now I know you got your friends and you know I got some too
But let's just act like you're my lady tonight

Oh, I know that we both have our separate lives
And we don't keep ties on each other
So you can have me
So that I can hold you until the morning comes
Then we can go back to how things was before

[Chorus]
[Repeat x2]

Tonight
Tonight
Umm dada da badum, yeah

I like it (I like it)
I love it (I love it)
It feels good to me (it feels good to me)
So good to me (so good to me)

Its kinda funny how we met back
When you waked down the hall where I worked at
A caramel shorty with a fat ass
I spoke, you spoke and that's that
Now aint it funny how fate play
Cause I saw you at the club down on Market Street
And hollered like what's up girl
You said nothing man, and you smiled and went on your way
Like you didn't even notice me
And really like you didn't even want to speak
But that's cool, cause now its almost like everyday
I'm going off the things you do things you say
It seems like our lives have been syndicated
But my minds bout the music, we can both make it
Who would have thought we'd go from a straight up ignore
To talkin bout who wants more
Just let me tell

[Chorus]

[Girl]
Baby baby baby (I want you)
Baby baby baby
Do you really want me girl (do you want me)
Do you really want me
Like I really want you

Check it out how it transpired
We went from a spark to a raging fire
Down like a car with 4 flat tires
She my superstar, I'd be the shine behind her (ya mean)
She got a nigga wide open
Shook like a tree when the wind is blowin
She my Missy, im her Timbaland
She rock my planet like
Zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh zuh
My mans and them said get it in
But my plans have been to get it in
Cause I do that, never been a rude cat
I play fair so we go tic for tack till the blackness bares
First reaction was weird but it still was nice
So good that we did it twice
I'm saying in the beginning
She as scared but it still was nice
So good we did it twice
I'm telling you

[Chorus]

All all girl all I all that I need I need is you
All that I want and need is you

Now that we came here to do
It means more to me than just a night
That we share
So make sure that you're prepared
Baby and know that love is not just something to do
It's the moment that transcends
Our physical into a more spiritual level of understanding

[Chorus]

And who knows
Somehow this night
Just might lead us into a place
Where our emotions can grow if we let them go
Cause who knows
What may happen
If we act on our attractions
And loose ourselves
Inside a world made for us
And no one else
Hey girl just let me love you

Now aint no need to be afraid
Cause I'll be as gentle as it takes
To provide you with the right amount of
Pleasure and pain I'll
Make sure that you feel alright
Even if it takes me all night
Cause the joy is all mine
When I know your satisfied
So lets keep giving all we got

[Chorus]

Listen, now I can see it in your eyes (yeah)
(I can handle whatever's on your mind)
That you want to baby just as bad as I do
(and girl I wanna give it to you)
Now if you can just set aside your fears
And just try to deal with what's going on with us right now

[Chorus]

Oh baby girl
Come on and let me love you

[Conversation:]
Yo Zac, I got something to tell you
Iight was sup? I'm late
You late, yeah, well what you mean, I mean what you late for
Work or something?
No, I'm late
Iight, you late, or you late late
I'm late late
Word?
Yeah, word

Laying here just contemplating how
Life would be if I settle down with you
Cause the thing
I fear is going on with us right now
And the crazy thing is I don't really know how to feel about it

[Chorus]

What went on with you and I
Was only planned for just a night
But it seems like something much more is made of it
(and oh girl) so whatever you decide is just whatever you decide
And im a have to be straight and just move with it

Now listen here baby
I don't mean to scare you but I
See I'm not really ready for a child
In my life right now
And lets keep it real girl
You don't really know and I
I've only known you for a little while
So I guess we got a lot of things to figure out

I'm having mixed feelings bout it cause
The idea of it sounds kinda nice but
We both gotta be clear about what it was
Cause we cant say that it happened out of love
Now I know you really want to keep it baby
So I support you and I'm always gonna be there babe
For our baby to make sure that he or
She doesn't grow up and make the same mistake

[Chorus]

Listen you know people are you know they gonna talk shit
So be prepared cause we doing this regardless
Of what my mother say or what your father say
We just gotta make sure we on the same page
Cause this is ours it involves nobody else
don't get me wrong we always use a little help
But honestly all we got is each other
And the fact is I'm the father and you're the mother
Of this kid

[Chorus]

I've been holding out so long,
I've been sleepin all alone
Girl I miss you,
I been hangin on the phone,
I've been sleepin all alone
I wanna kiss you, (yeah)

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Well I been haunted in my sleep
you've been staring in my dreams
Girl I miss you
Been waiting in the hall
been waiting on your call
When the phone rings
Its just some friends of mine, that say
"What's the matter man
We gon come around at 12
With some pretty girls that's just dying to meet you.
We gon bring a case of wine,
and lets go and fool around
Like we used to"
Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah
Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah
Aaaah aaah aaah

Tell me why
(Oh) everybody waits so long,
Tell me why you wait so long
Baby tell me why you wait so long
Wont you jus come on! (Come On!)

I've been walking thru Central park
singing after dark
People think im crazy (crazy)
I've been stumbling on my feet
Shuffling through the streets
Askin people "what's the matter with you boy?"
Sometimes I wanna say to myself
Sometimes I wanna say to myself
Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh

Sometimes I want to say I'm wont miss you
But then again, I guess I'll be lying to myself
Its just you baby and no one else
I'm wont miss you girl
Cuz you been messin up my mind
and wasting my time
Lord, I wont miss you baby
Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah
Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah
Aaaah aaah aaah

(feat. Kindered The Family Soul & Cee-Lo)

Have you ever had a day when
Nothing goes your way
All you do seems to be in vain
And everything is just a waste of your time

[Chorus]

But have you ever had that moment in life
When everything is cool (yeah)
didn't have to worry about the time
It all went as it should
And you were having the greatest moment in left (yeah)

don't you worry about the past cause
Its gonna be what it is
All that you can do is try to
Make your future beautiful
And let it be the greatest moment in life

I rember almost every December when we were critters
And mama said that there was only one thing she could get us
When God must have been with us
Cause it is heavenly joy
When you wake up Christmas morning to every toy
Then theres the birth of my boy
Here to inherit the rhythm
And when I see it in him I ask myself what more can I give him
And I would love to but I cant spend every moment with him
Its just those big ole eyes that encourage me to keep living
Hey, ooh when im singing im sharing
Or rhyming im shining my light
And although the love is so blinding I still end up finding my wife
All I can do is reminisce cause there eyes no rewinding my life
But the futures so bright that its almost blinding

Its like all a sudden your life is so cool
Cause everything in it is working for you
Your friends and your family are getting along
It feels like when you hear your favorite song
Or when you know that you got money to spend
You never want that moment to end (repeat)

Back when I was just me
You were always there to help and support my dreams
And you've encouraged me to see
And want so much more out of life
And you said never mind your fears,
Cause soon they will pass in time
And I want to thank you see cause

[Chorus]

All I am and all that I will ever be
Is because of you and I am proud to day
That you helped make me into what I am today
I applaud you for being so patient with me
All I am and all that I will ever be
Is because of you and I am proud to say
No one else could do what you have done for me
You mean the worked to me (yeah)

There were times when I was so
Frustrated with you
I felt I didn't want you no more
But then I realized
That without you I would be so alone (yeah)
Whatever right or wrong and im so glad I did cause

[Chorus]

See you cause and changed my life
You turned an empty heart to work of art
And open my eyes to the world
I would have never known, for that im grateful
You are my pride and my joy
The closest thing to me next to God above
And ill forever be my first love
And im always gonna give my all to you

(feat. Bilal)

Party people in the place to be
This is history in the makin Musiq & Bilal
don't stop rock on
Everybody's on the floor
So how bout you just come on and dance with me
Aint no need to be afraid (no)
I just want to see you out there
Doing your thang
I gon be out there with you,
Yeah you can count on me
See I will be right there just dancing behind you girl
don't nobody else care
About what you do
All you gotta do is pretend
Its just me and you

[Chorus]

Shake it up, it now, don't stop doin it no
Give it up, get it now, don't stop doin it no
Shake it up, it now, don't stop doin it no
Give it up, get it now, don't stop doin it no

Now that I got you off the wall
Just concentrate moving your body to the beat
don't you worry bout a thing
Anything you feel like doing is cool with me
You can do whatever you want
To d with me cause
I am gonna be this floor all night long
I came out tonight to dance
And you gon come dance with me
At least until the end of this song

[Chorus]

Let me see you move
Do what you do
Ooh I really wanna help you out them clothes
And do it right here on the floor

Let me tell you something about her
Aint nobody else around like her
every time I spend some time with her
I don't be thinking about no other her
See everything I need and want is her
She reminds me exactly why im with her
Problems are so minimal with her (damn)
I think im in love with her

[Chorus]

Cause there's nothing in this world
That ever made me feel
Like I do when im with her
Cause everything is so real
And I don't care who's got anything to say about
What I do when im with her
Cause it don't matter cause that's my girl
don't nobody understand like her
That I just gotta be the man for her
See im trying to share my life with her
And be the one who does those special things for her
I can take a long walk with her
Watch TV. or just sit and talk with her
See I wanna make good love to her
She must be my soul sister

[Chorus]

She is my girl
Everybody sing it with me
Im just talking bout my girl
Singing about my baby
Sing it one more time
Everybody sing it [repeat]

Oh baby, can I change my mind, long ago you left me

You think I would have listened, when you said to me
To get my life together or you would leave
But now that you're gone the story begins
It's the ending of the end of an endless and

Looking back I was bringing you down
But now I'm changing my life
You said when I make a change I could stop on by
Now I'm back and I cant live without you

[Chorus]

If you cant have the one you love
Then where are you going
In your life
If you can have the person in your life
Then where are you headed in your life

I know you still remember all of the times
I had you waiting by the telephone
And never came on the line
But now I got myself together
And finally understand
This time I'll take your heart in the palm of my hand

Looking back I was bringing you down
But now I'm changing my song
You said when I change I could come back home
Now I'm back and I cant live without you

[Chorus]

Girl its time I tell you something and it might sound strange
Like the weather everyday its true that people change
you gotta help me run this race before I pass us by
I think it's time we try this love again just one more time

[Chorus]

All this time you've been missing something girl
And I've been trying to fill in all the empty spaces
Up til now you haven't been romance or loved
But you keep on holding back and pushing me away because

You said you never had, said you never had
Someone to love you back, someone to love
you and when you gave your heart,
and when you gave your heart
You didn't give your all
So let me be the one, let me be the one
To show you there is more, to show you there is more
Just give yourself to me, give yourself to me
And let me free you girl

[Chorus]

Romancipation
Rpmancipate yourself to all that you like
Romancipation
You'll never know unless you give it a try
Romancipation
For all the things you ever wanted to do
Romancipation
I can make it happen if you want me to

I cant understand why you act so nervous girl
When you know my heart is filled with good intentions
And that I'll never set out to hurt you babe
But I guess that's just not enough
To convince you to stay because
[repeat pre-hook]

[Chorus]

So girl won't you let me show you better
I promise you that you'll want it always and forever
So stop procrastinating there's so much love here waiting
All you gotta do is give into your romanciaption

The children
Need something
With more substance
And more meaning
A message, intended
To leave them with something much more to believe in
Now its cool for us to say and so
All the things we so to express ourselves
But we should, try to find a way
To bring balance. To this hate and
Leave a good impression on someone else

[Chorus]

(Cause in our world)
There isn't much love goin around
(aint enough love goin around)
We should try to, give a little bit more
(yeah, in our world)
There isn't much love goin around
(We should try)
We should try to give a little bit more

Now lovers
Of this music
shouldn't get so caught up, in all of the rumors and lies
We're the same as you
We got feelings too
And you know we're human
Just trying to live our lives
There will come a day when the world is gonna change
And, things will be much better than, how they are
Where, happiness is the way, and
Joy out weighs the pain, and
Oh, how I prayed to God that day isn't far

[Chorus]

All we want in this world
We can have, thru love
All we need, in this world
We can get with love
All we got, in this world
We can keep thru love
All we got to do is just, give a little more love
In this world

Yo, you've reached Musiq's cell phone, uh,
I'm sorry I cant pick up right now
I'm kinda busy at the moment
But if you leave your name and your number
The whole routine, I'll get back to you as so as I can
And if I don't, don't get ma, yeah you too, peace

I'm sorry that im not around
To listen to what you have to say
I hope it wasn't so important that I
Just ad to hear cause it couldn't wait
I wish I knew what it was you wanted
Just to see if there was something that I could do
Oh, I know you probably thinking the worse of me now
But I understand that im not avoiding you

[Chorus]

If I don't call you or come over its only just come
I've got so much work to do
So sometime before this song is over
Leave a message and I'll promise I'll get back to you

Cause you know how things are some days
My time be moving just way to fast
While you may be thinking I should out some aside for you
I'm just trying not to let it pass me by
Now I don't want to take you for granted
And please believe that im not ignoring you
Well I guess I cant expect you to understand it all
But I pray you don't take it personal

[Chorus]