Well my mind is gettin’ dirty yeah around eleven thirty, uh huh
I wanna watch some asses shakin’ to the noise the boys are makin’, uh huh
Ooh, so I hop into my car, hit the local titty bar, uh huh
‘Cause that’s my kind of situation when I need some perspiration, uh huh
I do my one-step shoppin’ for the girl of my dreams
‘Cause I can always be sure that she’s as good as she seems
Take it off, give it to me
Take it off, like you’d do me
I wanna see what’s inside, ’cause you got nothin’ to hide
Take it off, pretty baby
Take it off, drive me crazy
You know you make me so hot, I wanna see what you got
Take it off, yeah!

Wave your panties in the air, lick your lips and shake your hair, uh huh
Ooh, when you spread a little oil, yeah, my blood begins to boil, uh huh
Yeah, it’s so hard to choose, when you all look so fine
But I got nothin’ to lose but my money and my mind

Take it off, give it to me
Take it off, like you’d do me
I wanna see what’s inside, ’cause you got nothin’ to hide
Take it off, pretty baby
Take it off, drive me crazy

Ooh, take it off, drive me crazy
You know you make me so hot, I wanna see what you got
Take it off, yeah! Take it off!

(Instrumental break)

Ooh, move your sweet body closer (I want to be alone with you)
Yeah, come on and be my fantasy (there’s so much you and I could do)
Oh, you’re so near I can taste you (you’re teasin’ me, yeah you’re pleasin’ me)
(Ahh) I know you’re dancin’ just for me, just for me, just for me

Take it off, pretty baby
Take it off, drive me crazy
You know you make me so hot, I wanna see what you got
Take it off, pretty baby

Take it off, give it to me
Take it off, like you’d do me
Girl, you got nothin’ to hide, now lemme see what’s inside
Take it off! Take it, take it, take it off! Yeah!

If you got worry on your mind
Pain that’s piling up inside your heart
Take it off

If the piece that you’ve been tryin’ to find
Is held down by a load of lies and scars
Take it off
Take it off

There’s a place that we all try to hide
Covered up with guilty pride we want
Take it off

Just leave your crooked past behind
Look straight into my lovin’ eyes and let’s talk
Take it off

Now baby I ain’t talking
About sexuality
Just close your eyes and lie your naked heart
Down next to me
Let’s wrap ourselves in truth and honesty
Take it off

Baby I ain’t talking
About sexuality
Just close your eyes and lie your naked heart
Down next to me
Let’s wrap ourselves in truth and honesty

If the pressure’s building in on you
I’ll be there to help you through, I’ll try
To take it off

[Juvenile]
I bust you in your motherfuckin mouth for talkin
The beast of beasts is in here, and 1 or us ain’t walkin
Hope you got your boys and you straped tight
Cuz this bout to be some shit you won’t like
Picture this, a fome hot, to your dome hot
I was a bitch before I drew down, now I got a new sound
You found a nigga that you though was a hoe
He’s probably from your family, you married the most
Who’s the B, whats the beef, my lady she’s pregnant
She’s already 5 months, so we lookin at oh 3
My baby bout to touch down, man I can’t do this with a frown
Bustin that niggas dick over my pops corner
All my people are probably wondering whats going on
Playin a chess game, gotta keep my eye on this mate
All the way from Adam and Eve, not fuckin Steve

Chorus:
I take It off your shoulder
Nigga I’m thuggin in the magnolia
You better do what I told ya
Unless you want to get fuck over

[Juvenile]
Watch yourself, it’s getting bad and dangerous
We makin niggas so it’s scared to hang wit us
We show them large and they stumble back
Ridin around every water in the chat
It used to be like that, till the driver drowned
Thats niggas is doctor p, knock the niggas door down
He hit his head on bed, 24/7
I gotta deal with these niggas and bitches till 2:11
What are them niggas that are duckin the law
Who them niggas who just shot up your car
What you call them niggas that are ready for war
What you call them niggas that go too far
Hot Boys running with kerosene running through everything
All the way to shit, you never seen
To Magnolia and back
Niggas talk bout me but then they never seen
Seeing them niggas in the cages, duckin stages, thinkin they courageous
I’mma bust you in the head, my enemies trying to fled
C-Murder trying to come up here and murder
Some motherfuckin claim to representin
He ain’t from the magnolia, so this shit ain’t reminiscin
This is my system
Like an addiction thats like fiction
My victums can’t see cuz they bitchin
Don’t worry, I’ll make them believers
When my blood pressure get high and over steamers
This week will not be cut
Cuz it’s in God we trust
You niggas trying to check wit us
We’ll make it so you respectin us

Chorus

[Juvenile]
If I was in the dinker, I probably be dead right now
One of these niggas tried to bust my head by now
I’ll be ridin tonight, ain’t no survivin
Now I got my enemy drivin, and ain’t despising
This nigga be seeing the bright light
And when he gets in park, end his life
2 or my people, look nigga I’m planning
And when I see 200 keys of that sand
I’m a marked man, so I’ll put that shit in your hand
I’mma be shacollin, all my niggas ballin
Juve you buyed it
Wayne you buyed
Turk you buyed it
Slim you buyed it
Baby you buyed it
Fresh you buyed it
B.G., ballers you buyed it
You and you, you buyed it
This motherfuckin investigation on me?
Saying they got shit on me
I’mma be kissing these alligations
They tried to torture and question me at the police station
They keep playa hatin, they keep statin
Niggas gonna be waiting, fuck that, I’d rather take my chances
Bitch in a minute, I rearrange shit

Chorus

Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin’ around
They say you got a boy friend
You’re up there every weekend
They’re talkin’ about you and it’s bringin’ me down

But I know the neighborhood
And talk is cheap when the story is good
And the tales grow taller on down the line
But I’m telling you, babe
That I don’t think it’s true, babe
And even if it is keep this in mind

{Refrain}
You take it on the run baby
If that’s the way you want it baby
Then I don’t want you around
I don’t believe it, Not for a minute
You’re under the gun so you take it on the run

You’re thinking up your white lies
You’re putting on your bedroom eyes
You say you’re coming home but you won’t say when
But I can feel it coming
If you leave tonight keep running
And you need never look back again

{Refrain x 3}

Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin’ around

You can turn off and on more times
than a flashin’ neon sign.
When you want you’re bad
but you can be so kind

Just take it or leave it
Don’t tell your friend
just what you’re gonna do now
You take it or leave it, it’s just my life

There’ve been times when you tried
makin’ eyes at all my so called friends
Then you go, now you’re back
but you can be so kind

Just take it or leave it
Don’t tell your friend
just what you’re gonna do now
You take it or leave it, it’s just my life

Oh, la la la ta ta ta ta la la la la
Oh, la la la ta ta ta ta la la
Oh, la la la ta ta ta ta la la la la
Oh, la la la ta ta ta ta la la

I’m sick and tired of the smile that you give
when you don’t come home at night
You said you’d call, that’s a lie
but you could be so kind

Just take it or leave it
Don’t tell your friend
just what you’re gonna do now
You take it or leave it, it’s just my life

Oh, la la la ta ta ta ta la la la la
Oh, la la la ta ta ta ta la la
Oh, la la la ta ta ta ta la la la la
Oh, la la la ta ta ta ta la la

Oh, la la la ta ta ta ta la la la la
Oh, la la la ta ta ta ta la la

Verse One:
I’m {easy} easy easy like Sunday morning
I can kick a stupid nervous joint when I’m yawning
Ahhh Common’s comin with that old oh excuse me
Elizabeth this is a big one I mean a dewe dewe
Doogie Howser cause see I’m like Bowser
Kickin it with the sha na na na the t shirt and the
trousers how’s the Family Ties?
I’m left with the gift open it up SUPRISE!
Big bat filet o fish quarter pounder french fries
Icy Coke, milkshake, sundaies and apple pies
And a cup? Nah, that’s enough of that
I’m like an indian giver, yo, give me that back
Comin again hip-pop-pop-pop bring it back selector
We be the thoroughbred, so use your head, play the Trifecta
Common infector, smug MC, heads up!
Ya better duck cause muck-a-luck, it’s me
[Now what’s your name] Common
Come in again… Common
[How would you do it] Common
[Now how was she] Common, check it out!
Common is coming soon to a theater near you
To the U-A-C crew, nuff respect due
Do I do, where I do, when I do
I do do do, yo I do it on the ease
Verse Two:

Some times
Some times the world gets hard
I?ll take it from here, girl
Don?t you worry


I wanna be a lake for you, babe
And any problems that you have I wanna wash ?em away
I wanna be your sky, so blue and high
And every time you think of me I wanna blow your mind


I wanna be your air, so sweet and fair
So when you feel that you can?t breathe, ma, I?ll be
there
I wanna be your answer of time
When you see how I put your life before mine with no
question


When all the love feels gone and you can?t carry on
Don?t worry, girl, I?mma take it from here
Just as sure as the sun will shine every mornin?,
every time
Don?t worry, girl, I?mma take it from here


I wanna hold your hands, review all your plans
I wanna make sure every one of your dreams?ll stand
I wanna be your Broadway show on review (Why)
So I could act how God was when he made you


I wanna be your lighthouse when you get lost
I?ll light a bright and shiny path to help you across
(Light the way for you, baby)
I wanna be your mother, see what I see
When you see that can?t nobody hold you like me ?cause
I love you


When all the love feels gone and you can?t carry on
Don?t worry, girl, I?mma take it from here (Take it
from here, baby)
Just as sure as the sun will shine every mornin?,
every time
Don?t worry, girl (No, no, no, no), I?mma take it from
here


And when there?s no one there at home and you realize
the world is cold
Don?t worry, girl, I?mma take it from here (That?s
what I?m gonna do)
Just as sure as the sun will shine every mornin?,
every time (Don?t you worry, baby, baby girl)
Don?t worry, girl (Baby girl), I?mma take it from here


Give me one reason why we should not be leavin?
This world is so deceivin?, the time is now
Let?s fly away speedin? through the Garden of Eden
Where all the sweet breathin? and love surrounds


When all the love feels gone and you can?t carry on
Don?t worry, girl, I?mma take it from here
Just as sure as the sun will shine every mornin?,
every time
Don?t worry, girl, I?mma take it from here


Give me one reason why we should not be leavin?
This world is so deceivin?, the time is now
Let?s fly away speedin? (Fly away) through the Garden
of Eden
Where all the sweet breathin? and love surrounds


When all the love feels gone and you can?t carry on
Don?t worry, girl, I?mma take it from here
Just as sure as the sun will shine every mornin?,
every time
Don?t worry, girl, I?mma take it from here


Got something I wanna tell you, baby
Now they always the way write books
See, there?s the good guys and also heartbreak crooks
Your heart?s the real one, just take a look inside
?Cause there?s a colorful illustrated guide


So there you go
To help you weather the storm
I?ll be there, mami
No matter what time, no matter what place
You could always count on me
I?ll take it from here

If the river is high, I’ll be your shore
If it’s love you need, I’ll give you more
You can count on me, baby, that’s for sure
I belong to you
If you cross the line, I’ll cross it too
Anywhere you go, I’ll be with you
We’ll cry some tears, but we’ll make it through
As long as we’re together

Everything in my heart I’ll give you
Everything in my soul, it’s yours
Everything that I am and will ever be
Take it from me, take it from me
Take everything

I’ll give you all that you can take
I made a promise, it will never break
You’ve got my heart, make no mistake
Just take it from me

Everything in my heart I’ll give you
Everything in my soul, it’s yours
Everything that I am and will ever be
Take it from me

Everything in my heart I’ll give you
Everything in my soul, it’s yours
Everything that I am and will ever be
Won’t you take it from me

Everything in my heart I’ll give you
Everything in my soul, it’s yours
Everything that I am and will ever be
Take it from me, take it from me
Take everything

Won’t you take it from me, just take it from me
Won’t you take it from me, just take it from me
Won’t you take it from me, just take it from me
Won’t you take it from me

“I made it like that, I bought it like that, I’m livin like that” (repeat 2X)
Kool Keith from the Ultramagnetic MC’s ‘Ease Back’

[Nas]
Yo; I never brag, how real I keep it, cause it’s the best secret
I rock a vest, prestigious, Cuban link flooded Jesus
in a Lex watchin Kathie Lee and Regis
My actions are one with the seasons
A tec squeezin – executioner, winter time I rock a fur
Mega popular, center of attraction
Climaxin, my bitches they be laughin
They high from sniffin coke off a twenty-cent Andrew Jackson
City lights spark a New York night
Rossi and Martini sippin, Sergio Tachinni flippin mad pies
low price, I blow dice and throw em
Forty-five by my scrotum, manifest the “Do or Die” slogan
My niggaz roll in ten M3’s
Twenty Gods poppin wheelies on Kawasaki’s
Hip-Hop’s got me on some ol’, sprayin shots like a drumroll
Blankin out and never miscount the shells my gun hold
I don’t stunt, I regulate
Henny and Sprite, I seperate, watchin crab niggaz marinate
I’m all about tecs and good jooks and sex
Israelite books, holdin government names from Ness
MC’s are crawlin out, every hole in the slum
You be aight like blood money in a pimp’s cum

“I made it like that, I bought it like that, I’m livin like that”
“I made it like that, I bought it like that, I’m livin like that..
.. for, you wack MC’s”

[Nas]
Currency is made in trust of the Messiah
I’m spending it to get higher
Earth, Wind, and Fire singing reasons why I’m
up early, trustworthy is a nine that bust early
Sunshine on my grill, I spill
Remi on imaginary graves, put my hat on my waves
Latter Day Saints say religious praise
I dolo, challenge any team or solo
You must be buggin out, new to my shit, home on a furlough
Ask around, who’s laid up, sharp and straight up
Mafioso, gettin niggaz wigs sprayed up
Skies are misty, my life’s predicted by a gypsy
I’ll one day walk into shots drunk off champange from Sicily
This be the drama, I’ma pause like a comma
in a sentence, paragraph’s indented
Bloodshot red eyes, high, yellow envelopes of lye
Openin cigars, let tobacco fly
Condos are tuneproof, we’re looking out the sky’s moonroof
Shittin like gin and prune juice
Yo the system wants the coon’s noose, hang em high
Courtrooms filled up, it’s off the hook while I
just wrote a statement, like I’m facing twenty years
in the basement – chilling on the via with Mumia
for wearin chrome – I told the judge snakes slither
like Sharon Stone, but like Capone I’m thrown (yo)

“I made it like that, I bought it like that, I’m livin like that”
“I made it like that, I bought it like that, I’m livin like that..
.. for, you wack MC’s”
“I made it like that, I bought it like that, I’m livin like that”
“I made it like that, I bought it like that, I’m livin like that..
.. for, you wack MC’s”

[Nas]
Lyrical, ly-lyrical mission..
Lyrical..
Yo the time is wastin, I use the mind elevation
Dime sack lacin, court pen pacin
Individual, lyrical math abrasion
Psychic evaluation, the foulest nation
We livin in, dangerous lives, mad leak and battered wives
A lifestyle where bad streets is patternized
Wise men build and destroy
While the real McCoy dopefiend, named Detroit is still dealin boy
Coke suppliers actin biased
Cause rumors say that niggaz wear wires and we liars
But every night the gat’s fired, and every day a rat’s hired
I still remain the mack flyest in the phat Kani, it’s —
— just the killer in me, slash drug dealer MC
Ex-slug filler, semi mug peeler
Demi, bottles of Mo’, yo simply follow me flow
Put poetry inside a crack pot and blow
rough holes for cracked out pussies and buttholes
Bring the G’s and the D’s roll, they can’t touch those
Why shoot the breeze about i

When you won’t go along
Some will feel like you can’t find your way
Heaven knows
Heaven knows I’ve seen it all before
Now don’t get me wrong
I’ve seen many a life gone astray
When someone goes
All your bows won’t make it any better so let it go
CHORUS
Shut up and take it like a man
You need us to get a life
For your own good we’ll take you by the hand
‘Cause you need a little more
Maybe no one will say it
Maybe no one’s aware it goes on
All I know
All I know it’s like going off the deep end
Could you make a decision?
Could you think for yourself and go on?
Everyone knows
Everyone knows you’ve got to fit into the mainstream so save your woes
CHORUS
Close your eyes
Look away now
Make believe while you can
So you’d best go along
Don’t let on if you can’t find your way
Many more
Many more do it for you
Because heaven knows
Heaven knows it’s like playing with fire
Your life’s a throw
CHORUS