Prince - 1-800-NEW-FUNK


Teksty piosenek.

MPLS
Hollywood
Love Sign
If I Love U 2night
Color
2gether
Standing At The Altar
You Will Be Moved
A Woman's Gotta Have It



MPLS

I used 2 play the gig at Archie's Bunker
Then I up and joined the Jeffersons
I was in a band with Lenny Kravitz's mama (Your mother)
Friday night was good every now and then
Now I'm old and doin' so much better (So much better)
Sellin' the wax out the back o' my Subaru
Now I cut this groove with a group called Minneapolis (Minneapolis)
In this here groove, they know just what 2 do, do

CHORUS:
MPLS funkin' house from east 2 west
MPLS funkin' (Shut up)
MPLS - Clinton listen, A on test
MPLS funkin' (Shut up)
(Funkin')

Other people's parties they be fightin'
They're pullin' the guns and actin' like a fool
The way I see it, the more good they be writin'
Makin' U wish that U stayed in a funky school (School)
First class - Guitar 101, James Brown - second hour
Horn part, U ain't got none unless U got Tower of Power
Bootsy will teach U all U need 2 know about the booty bass
(Y'all are crazy)
And if U can't play 7, 7 on the drums, U better not show your face
(U ain't funky)

CHORUS

Funkin'
Nobody buy my joint, it's cool cuz I got one (Hell yeah)
All the others cut 4 radio and cheat the fan
Good time - take us 2 the stage and watch us move your big butt
Cuz everybody, everybody's gettin' funky in this band

Who's in the band guys?
Sgt. Rock (Sonny T, yeah, that's..that's me) (M) (P)
Sittin' in from St. Paul (We're the S-t-e-e-l-e-s) (L) (S)
Cutie Pie on vocals (Jam) (M)
And by way of Queens (Master T) (P) (L) (S)
Hey, U ain't supposed 2 be on this record

MPLS funkin' house from east 2 west
MPLS funkin' (Shut up)
MPLS - Clinton listen, A on test
MPLS funkin'
We just keep funkin'
We just keep funkin'
Get funky

Party people steady pumpin'
Party people steady pumpin'

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Hollywood

San Diego Freeway northbound around
Culver City Westwood into Beverly Hills
U've gone Hollywood
I'm gonna look, I won't touch
Oh it's live but then, thanks very much
Where the happening be at 2 night it's Hollywood

As I stepped out on my front porch
4 miles around I see
Hollywood the way she once was
Hollywood the way she be
As I step back upon my back terrace
Amongst the pretty leaves on my lemon tree
San Fernando Valley way below

I'm struttin' 2 the east side of Hollywood
I'm stompin' on the west side of Hollywood
I'm steppin' 2 the north side of Hollywood
I'm struttin' 2 the south side of Hollywood

CHORUS:
Holly wants 2 go 2 California (Livin' in Hollywood)
Holly would if Holly could (Livin' in Hollywood)
Holly she belongs in California (Livin' in Hollywood)
Holly would if Holly could (Livin' in Hollywood)

Say U want 2 be in the moviestars
Bourgeois, Intercontinental never know where U are
U've gone Hollywood
I was caught out on the beat
Without even a single piece of ID
And the man said 2 me it's who U know in Hollywood

Hollywood
I'm funkin' on the north side of Hollywood
I'm kickin' on the east side of Hollywood
I'm steppin' 2 the west side of Hollywood

CHORUS

Holly wants 2 go

San Diego Freeway northbound around
Culver City Westwood into Beverly Hills
U've gone Hollywood
I'm gonna look, I won't touch
Oh it's live but then, thanks very much
Where the happening be at 2 night it's Hollywood

Holly wants 2 go 2 California (California) (Livin' in Hollywood)
Holly would if Holly could (Livin' in Hollywood)
Holly needs 2 be in California (Livin' in Hollywood)
And she wants 2 shine (Livin' in Hollywood)
Like the Hollywood sign (Livin' in Hollywood)
Oh, sure 7 fine (California) (Livin' in Hollywood)
Holly's going 2 California (Livin' in Hollywood)
Holly would, Holly would if Holly could (Livin' in Hollywood)
Holly

Holly

I'm on back upon my back terrace
Amongst the pretty leaves on my lemon tree
Holly looks good 2 me

(Livin' in Hollywood)
(Livin' in Hollywood)
Oh, existin' ha!
(Livin' in Hollywood)
Oh, in Hollywood
(Livin' in Hollywood)
Holly would if Holly could
(Livin' in Hollywood) {repeat to fade}

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Love Sign

Love sign {fade in}

Love sign (Get up)
Love sign (Get up)

Pop, pop, pop go the pistol
Bang, bang, bang go the gun (Get up)

CHORUS:
If U're sick of evil knocking on your door
Throw up the love sign once and 4 ever more
(2 signs of the times)
If U'd rather make love and have a little fun
Throw up the love sign everybody and not the gun
(Time is passing, passing is time)

In a chariot of red and gold
The cool, fuzzy voice said, "Come save your soul"
Before the fear of rejection reared its head
He stood before the masses and calmly said

CHORUS

In the day of where and why we all belong
Don't nobody wanna hear a silly love song
And if they did then we would sing it on the news
While U're aiming your gun at me and I'm aiming back at U

CHORUS

Pop, pop, pop go the pistol
Bang, bang, bang go the gun (Get up)
Pop, pop, pop go the pistol
Bang, bang, bang go the gun (Get up)

If U only had one year left 2 live (Get up)
What good is the time U spend if U got no love 2 give? (Get up)
Let's all get up off the front and find a cause 2 back
Then we can teach the babies replications of the act, of the act

CHORUS {x2}
(Sick of evil knockin', yeah)
(Then ev..everybody, oh)
(We can have a little fun)
(Everybody, oh yeah)
(Oh yeah)
(4 ever more)
(Make a little love now)
(We can make love instead of guns, oh)

Pop, pop, pop go the pistol {phrase x4}
Bang, bang, bang go the gun

Show us the love sign, we want the love sign (Get up)
Show us the love sign (Get up)
(2 signs of the times)
Show us the love sign, we want the love sign (Get up)
(2 signs of the times)
Show us the love sign (Get up)

(Pop, pop, pop go the pistol) {repeat 2 fade}
(Bang, bang, bang go the gun)
Love sign, we want the love sign
Love sign
Love sign, we want the love sign
Love sign

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If I Love U 2night

Funny that U should call
I was just sittin' by the telephone
Lookin' 4 a remedy
4 all my misery

I'm sorry 4 what I said
It's just that I didn't think our first date should be in bed
Ooooh, I wanna let U be the one
But U oughta know I'm lookin' 4 a boy
That'll want me 4 more than one night of fun

CHORUS:
If I love U 2 night
Promise me that U'll stay with me 'til the morning light
(Baby, can U stay until the morning light?)
Talk 2 me, tell me a story
Just tell me U'll hold me tight (Hold me)
If I love U 2 night

I want U, this is true
When U looked at me, I knew
This ain't no matter of pride (No no)
It's just that when tomorrow comes I want U here by my side

CHORUS

I'm lookin' 4 a boy, he don't have 2 be pure
(I am looking 4 a boy)
He just gotta be sho'nuff secure
(Sho'nuff secure)
If U want a lover, I'm the remedy
(I am the remedy, the remedy)
But boy, U gotta tell me what U gonna do 4 me
(What U gonna do, what U gonna do 4 me?)

If I love U 2 night
Promise me that U'll stay with me 'til the morning light
(Say that U'll stay until the morning light)
Talk 2 me, tell me a story
Just tell me U'll hold me tight (Hold me, hold me)
I'll make U breakfast, I'll drive U 2 work boy, I'll treat U right
Promise me that U'll stay with me 'til the morning light
If I love U 2 night (If I love U 2 night)

Oh yeah, baby
I wanna give U my love
But U gotta promise me (If I love U 2 night)
That U'll love me 4 ever
Uh, yeah baby (If I love U 2 night)
Uh, just like that, yeah
Ah, yeah
Right there

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Color Color me black if U color me just like U
Color me angry if U color me less than I do

(Whoa, what's your color?)
Yeah, what's your color?
(Whoa, what's your color?)
What's your color?

Color me happy if U teach me what I need 2 know
Color me gone if U don't, if U don't cuz every child needs 2 grow
This I know

(Whoa, what's your color?)
Oh, what's your color, yeah?
I wanna know
(Whoa, what's your color?)
Oh, what's your color?
Listen (Listen)

Love is my color when I'm shown love in return
But when I am not, it's a bet U can guess what I have learned

What's my color?
Hey

Color me green (Color me green) if I cannot have what U've got
Color me blue (Blue) until I do cuz the fire will sho'nuff be hot
Yes it will

(Whoa, what's your color?)
What's your color, yeah?
Hey yeah
(Whoa, what's your color?)
What's your color, yeah?

Oh, make me a promise (Make me a promise)
Oh, make me a promise (That whatever U color me)
That whatever U color me
U will at least color me then I can color U 2
What's your color?

(Whoa, what's your color?)
What's your color, yeah?
Hey
Color

(Whoa, what's your color?)
What's your color?
(Whoa, what's your color?)
What's your color, yeah?

What's your color?
Make it Love
What's your color?
Mine is Love

(Whoa, what's your color?) Yeah
(Whoa, what's your color?)
What's your color?
(Whoa, what's your color?)

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2gether

Yeah
2gether

Your boy got popped in a driveby yesterday
He'll be lucky if he makes it through the night is what the doctors say
U can take revenge or U can be the one 2 break the chain
U look up in the sky 4 an answer and it starts 2 rain

CHORUS:
What are we if we're not 2gether?
How do we make a life that's better? (Yeah)
Cuz when we be killin' one another (Take each other out)
How do we (Huh, how) call each other brother? (Mmm, check it)
U tell me

What's the chance of a brother gettin' off the block?
What's the chance, not a damn
If all he wanna do is sell chicken wings and the rock
(Chicken wing and the rock)
U can blame the system, U can be the one 2 even the score, huh
Yeah, huh, U look up in the sky 4 an answer and it starts 2 pour
Drop it, huh

What are we if we're not 2gether?
How do we make a life that's better? (Yeah)
Cuz when we be killin' one another (Take each other out)
How do we (Huh, how) call each other brother?
U tell me (Tell'em)

Why is slangin' them thangs, coppin' a stroll, flashin' a sign
Key topics on a young black mind?
Cuz it's the picture that we give'em and they illustrate
Black on black genocide has started 2 escalate
Every brother ain't a brother cuz o' color, this is true
But I can still say 2 my brother "Much love boo"
Please Lord, give me the strength and make it quick
Cuz my people won't take another nightstick, huh

What are we if we're not 2gether?
How do we make a life that's better? (And how do we, yeah)
Cuz when we be killin' one another (Take each other out)
How do we call each other brother? (I don't know)
U tell me

Yo, it's simple
From the old 2 the young
2 uplift we must give the gift
Gift of knowledge, that is
Teach our young
That all in life ain't fun
And 2 make a life that's better
My people must stick 2gether
The choice is yours

CHORUS

What are we if we're not 2gether?
How do we make a life that's better? (2gether)
Cuz when we be killin' one another
How do we call each other brother?
U tell me

2gether {x2}

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Standing At The Altar

Why?

I got the news just yesterday
They said U up and ran away
All because of what somebody said
I spent my wedding night alone in bed

Cuz U left me standing at the altar
U left big tears in my eyes (Tears in my eyes)
U didn't even stop 2 ask me who, what or where or why

Ever since the day that we first met
Everybody been jealous as they could get (They could get)
People sayin' this and sayin' that (Sayin' that)
Struck us, struck us out before we even got 2 bat

Hey, U left me standing at the altar
U left big tears in my eyes (Tears in my eyes)
U didn't even stop 2 ask me who, what or where or why

How could U do this, how could U leave?
When U knew how much U meant 2 me (U meant 2 me)
I gave 2 U more than I've given any friend
Just 2 have U give it all back in the end

U left my poor heart broken
U left my world in a daze (In a daze)
If I could, I'd write a letter 2 U
But I don't know what 2 say, I don't know what 2 say

I got the news just yesterday
They said U up and ran away
If there's a God way up above
One day U'll have 2 answer 2 Him 4 my love

U left me standing at the altar
U left big tears in my eyes
U didn't even stop 2 ask me who, what or where or why

U left my poor heart broken
U left my world in a daze (In a daze)
If I could, I'd write a letter 2 U
But I don't know what 2 say, I don't know what 2 say

(U left me standing at the altar)
U better stop doggin' me baby, yeah
I can't take it no more
I can't take it no more, baby
(U left my poor heart broken)

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You Will Be Moved

U will be moved when the baby lets out his very first cry
U will be moved when U think of how hard he'll have 2 try
He'll grow up on an empty stomach, but he'll try his best 2 listen
2 the teacher readin' from a schoolbook with half the pages missin'

CHORUS:
Surely when the rain comes, U will be moved
La da da da da
See the video

U will be moved, and U will be when the baby makes all the grades
U will be moved, and U will be when they still don't hire him anyway
Moved by a system without one single guarantee
That an education is the answer and love will set us free

CHORUS

Oh, U will be moved when the rain comes, oh yes, U will be moved
When the streets overflow with angry souls, that's when U see the truth
When the pain that U've inflicted comes back on your door 2 roost
(Back on your door 2 roost)
That's when U'll see the future (future), but U won't see U

CHORUS

U will be moved when the whip comes down
On the back of one of your own
U will be moved when U look 4 compassion
But U find U're all alone
Moved, and U will be
When U are, that's when U'll know
That the bread U share is better than the blood
That your deeds have caused 2 flow
(That the bread is better than the blood)

CHORUS

Hey, U will be moved when the rain comes, oh yes, U will be moved
When the streets all flow with angry souls, that's when U'll see the truth
When the pain that U've inflicted comes back on your door 2 roost
(Back on your door 2 roost)
That's when U'll see the future (future), but U won't see U

I said surely when the rain comes, U will be moved
La da da da da (La da da da da)
See the video

Hey, surely, surely, surely (when the rain comes)
Surely y'all
Ow, la da da da da

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A Woman's Gotta Have It


Oh oh oh (A woman's gotta have it)
(A woman's gotta have it)

Do the things that keep a smile on her face
Say the words that make her feel better every day
U betcha better keep on your P's and Q's
If U don't, your woman U could easily lose

Oh, I had love, a true love and I lost it
And no one seems 2 understand about the pain that it cost me
A woman's gotta have it, I believe
She's got 2 know that she's needed around
When U kiss her, U got 2 make her feel it
She wants 2 know that she's not walking on shaky ground
When U miss her, U got 2 be 4-realin'
Make her know that she's needed around

Don't take 4 granted the smile upon her face
Check a little bit closer, U might find a tear trace
Maybe the little girl never said a mufflin' word
But she's got 2 know that her voice is heard

Oh, I had love, a true love and I lost it
And no one seems 2 understand about the pain that it cost me
A woman's gotta have it, I believe that I should know
She's got 2 know that she's needed around
When U kiss her, U got 2 make her feel it
She wants 2 know that she's not walking on shaky ground
When U miss her, U got 2 be 4-realin'
Make her know that she's needed around

Oh, I had love, a true love and I lost it
Now I'm sufferin' all this pain that the true love cost me
A woman's gotta have it, I believe that I should know
She's got 2 know that she's needed around
When U kiss her, U got 2 make her feel it
She wants 2 know that she's not walking on shaky ground
When U miss her, U got 2 be 4-realin'
Make her know that she's needed around

A woman's gotta have it (A woman's gotta have it) {repeat 2 fade}

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