What You Want .......... The Roots

Let's Not Play The Game .......... Maxwell

After All Is Said And Done .......... Beyonce

Poetry Girl .......... Eric Benet

Liar, Liar .......... Latocha Scott

Best Man .......... Faith Evans

Beautiful Girl .......... Kenny Lattimore

Hit It Up .......... Sporty Thievz

Turn Your LIghts Down Low .......... Lauryn Hill

As My Girl .......... Maxwell

Wherever You Go .......... Sygnature

When The Shades Go Down .......... Allure

The Best Man I Can Be .......... Ginuwine

[CHORUS]
Here's what you want right
Here's what you need right
We got to give you more
Of what you're lookin for

So it's a secret that's been pent up inside for years
Exclusive type, only for your eyes and ears
You held it in for so long you bursted into tears
The letters spilled slowly across the page like a world premiere
Well I ain't, the bullshit begins here
The obvious cause, the effects is unclear
The punishment for crimes of the heart could be severe
Though to keep it on the low is a heavy cross to bear
You deep now, submerged with no signs of air
Still your sunken heart thumpin like the kick in a snare
While on the surface it's all turnin to a circus
That's why you're nervous, and you got a right to be
Cause if somebody woulda done that shit to me
I mean my best man hittin my wife-to-be
My sentiments exactly would be history
Y'know what I'm sayin my peoples in the place let's hit it off one two

[CHORUS]

Yo, it's like nothin changed, it's all the same thang
The same characters in a book, with different names
It's a lot more to lose than you got to gain
You a lot more confused than hip to the game
The peep the script of the game the price is pain
Men and women get into things, now who's to blame?
When everybody whisperin bout whatever took place
And how the fact twist a knot with a straight face
And lies, hard to swallow from the bitter taste
Well that's a point in the past that can't be erased
So motivate, though it's hard to let it ride
Or set aside true feelings, underhand dealings
Our lost trust, I wonder if we lost us
It's bigger than me and you, it's monstrous
So I'ma, just calm down and try to relax
Before I clap ??

[CHORUS]

If you could only flash back and undo our actions
Change what happens, dissect the fractions
A time to rewind and be recorded absent
For real cause these memories is photographic
Pornographic, pushing me close to madness
Head heavy like I'm trippin on tablets
Yesterday as I recall was all fabulous I thought so
But now it feel like shots hittin my torso
Spent a lotta time and trust in the wrong place
Fought a lotta fights rollin with the wrong ace
Love, stronger than pride, we could end disgrace
I need, room the think, and space to ventilate
Was solid as a rock, shall not disintegrate
Thoughts racing like the lunatics on the interstate
For real, ya, it's ill, ya, my peoples in the place....

[CHORUS (repeat to end, with Black Thought adlibbing)]

[1] - So if this is you
Here's what you should do
Don't even come up
Don't even say stuff
You know it ain't true
Baby what's the use
Let's not play the game

She used to be the dreams I'd dreamed of
The air that I breathe
The words I speak of
But in reality the girl was out for gold, yeah
Honey, honey let's not proceed
If it's because
You're out for cheese
If it's just the
Things associated with me
Girl don't play no roles

[Repeat 1]

Let's not play the game
Let's not play the game
Don't get me wrong cause I still believe
Baby, baby I still believe
That love is all that ever was
And love is all that it ever will be
See but it's about honesty so
So let's not play the game
Let's not play the game

[Repeat 1]

Let's not play the game
Let's not play the game

[Repeat 1]

Let's not play the game

[Repeat 1]

Let's not play the game
Let's not play the game
Let's not play the game

All I ever wanted to give you was a little bit of lovely
Let's not play the game
All I ever wanted to give you was a little bit of happy
Let's not play the game
No but apparently all you really wanted was the money
Let's not play the game
Let's not
Let's not play the game
Let's not play the game

[Beyonce]
Here I am, looking in the mirror
An open face, the pain erased
And now the sky is clearer
I can see the sun
Now that all, all is said and done, oh

[Marc]
There you are
Always strong when I need you
You let me give
And now I need, seriously and protected
With the one I will love
After all is, all is said and done

[Beyonce (Marc)]
I once believe that hearts were made to bleed
(Inside I once believe that hearts were made to bleed, oh baby)
But now I'm not afraid to say
[Beyonce & Marc]
I need you, I need you so stay with me

[Beyonce (Marc)]
These precious (precious) hours (yeah)
Spend each hour in open arms
And dream into, into tomorrow

[Beyonce & Marc]
Where there's only love
After all is, all is said and done

[Beyonce (Marc)]
(Yeah baby) Oh baby
(Inside I once believed, that hearts were meant to bleed)

[Beyone & Marc]
I'll never be afraid to say I need you, I need you, so here

[Beyonce]
So here we are in the still of the moment
Fear is gone, hope lives on

[Beyone & Marc]
We found our happing ending
For there's only love
And this sweet, sweet love
After all is, all is said and done

[Marc (Beyonce)]
Yeah baby after all is (all is)

[Marc & Beyonce]
All is said and done

Oh sing to me babe, oh
She was a poetry girl I adored
Late at night I'd hear songs from her window
Burning frakenscense seeped through her door
And they lingered on
As her fingers caressed her guitar
Felt like the strings of my heart she was strumming
With her words we made love from afar
As she sang her song, yeah

[1] - They were songs of change
The joy and pain
All the love she made
Like she took the words from
Every dream I've known
Every love I've grown
Singing on and on
Like she took the words from my heart

Right out of my heart
And to the poetry girl 'round the hall
Late at night I would answer her calling
Like the lyrics from one of her songs
She made love to me
Now our bodies and souls intertwine
On the wings of passion we were soaring
Then by the flickering candle at night
She would sing to me, yeah, yeah

[Repeat 1]

[instrumental]

Love is often unkind when we fall
For now my poetry girl sings to another
But when I think of those nights down the hall
From somewhere deep inside

[2] - I sing songs of change
The joy and pain
All the love I've made
And I take the words from
Every dream I've known
Every love I've grown
Singing on and on
And I take the words from the heart

[Repeat 1 till end]

Hmm, hmm, ooh
Never gonna put you out
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna break your heart
Never gonna mess around
Never gonna tell you lies
Never gonna make you cry
All those things you said
Now would you mind telling me why?
I'm out here all alone
And I'm feeling let down
My heart's broken up in two
I'm wondering what was true
Hearing all the shit you said
Now somebody else is in your bed
And now that I've got your attention

[1] - Listen to the sound of me breaking down, down, down
Can't you hear me losing my mind?
Everything that's everything is nothing
And I can't tell your truth from all your lies
This is the sound of me breaking down, down, down
Over and over again in my head
You're a liar, a liar, a liar yes

So why don't you just hush up all that noise? (noise)
That's all it ever was (was)
How you gonna try and confess?
What you should've said
Just a simple friend
I didn't mean to fall in love
Well I fell for the spell that you cast
And in sense that wasn't enough
But wait a minute baby
I got to get this off my chest somehow
No more running out of the ways
To say just what I mean
Can you tell by the look on my face?
That I just wanna scream

[Repeat 1]

All the things we do in the heat of the moment
It could cost you a lifetime of happiness
All the things we do in the heat of the moment
When all the days to come can bring you nothing but distress
All the things we said in the heat of the moment
You may think that everything is going right till the very next day
Of all the things you said in the heat of the moment

I was getting fed up
With all your dipping out with every girl around town
You know what I'm talking 'bout
Cause you've been caught
And I forgave you many times

But now I slipped up
And while your friend was around
I gave him a taste of my love
I know that I broke your trust for a night of lust
But don't let that break us up

[1] - Charge it to the game baby
I know what's going on when you say your alone
And you won't pick up the phone
Charge it to the game baby
You can't even hate
Don't get up in my face
Cause your boy got a taste

[2] - He is your best man, your best friend
I guess you didn't know that I had him
I know that you hate that
It's like that
You were the best but yet he ain't so bad

[Repeat 2]

I needed a shoulder to cry on
But I got more than a shoulder that night
I know that you're mad and you're angry
Who gives a damn?
You didn't treat me right
You know that I love you
More than anything, you are the center of my life
It was just tit for tat, a little pay back
Let it go and leave it like that

[Repeat 1]

[Repeat 2 (2x)]

So many times you broke my heart
I never thought that it would heal
So I decided to return the pain
You always make me feel
Now I won't try to justify
What I did but I'll tell you why
If you think someone else is in my life
Then maybe you'll treat me right, yeah

Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum

[Repeat 2]

Beautiful girl, beautiful girl
I think I've found myself an angel
A pretty girl who makes my life complete
Ever since the day I found her
She's all that I dream
No other so lovely
I've never seen such a face
There are no words that can explain
The feeling she gives me
And every time that she smiles
And I look in her eyes

[1] - I fell in love with a beautiful girl
There's no one that compares to her
Never thought I'd be so lucky
Beautiful girl, beautiful
I wanna make her mine forever

I've been far from perfect
She's had plenty reason to leave, ooh
But somehow she forgives me
From the life I used to lead
I never imagined I could be the one to perceive
Someone as beautiful as she
And every moment that I live and I breathe
She makes my life so sweet

[Repeat 1]

I will always love her for the woman she is inside
Her love's as pure as water that flows when my well is dry
Oh I'm in love

[Repeat 1]

Uh-oh, yeah
Uh-oh, yeah

[1] - Hey yo, all my life I've been trying to live it up
Pigeons like to flock they just wanna give it up
I don't want a girl
I just wanna hit it up

Yo, I don't wish nobody one the best
What the - you expect?
Blessings when my own - be correct
Blaze trum, coming for you gazy dons with arms
Hit your crib, blaze your moms
I spit bombs, eating - real like Jeff Dons
And chiefs that disagree with me, wave your arms
Don't get is twism, quit rapping and stick to living
You like a - cycle dawg nobody like you
I'm in the cockpit with hot -
And just like money in Titanic
I'm teaching - how to hot spit
I lock - peddeling rocks
Better off down in Broadway peddling socks
My hands stay hot, that's why the put metal with -
I'm gonna rock till I'm on a yacht settling stocks
Man - when you done with g's, I'm hungry
Split a cat from his hat to his Dungarees

[Repeat 1]

Hey yo I can't spit gotta smoke a - to this
I'm a hit a - make her son to this
You can't turn yourself in you gotta run to this
From police - tote your gun to this
Yo my car's futuristic that's where I keep the biscuit
Any girl's seen my - before must have kissed it
Shouts to my district, girls claim distant
Don't ever kiss chicks that wear lipstick
By holler catch my - on a visit
With Timbs, when I get rich cop the lizards
Hit a club, out the car like where the -
Y'all - know first out being snitches
Catch me on tv or in your girl's pictures
Peep the background see if panties in the pictures
Stay with the lickest
Surrounded by -
We the jiggest rate girls on who the thickest

[Repeat 1]

Yo, I feel like we can fly when I floor the ride
With them doors that open towards the sky
- on the block like your brand Delgado
Cause I pump out exotic you can test my product
Life is full of stress so I drink Old Gold
Smoke a - bring my high back with the stove
Body frame young but my mind is old
Bad student but with - I can honor roll
And the only crime I risk my life for is federal
Cause doing time for big dough is more acceptable
Girl with sex candies that's edible
Only if she got a good job like in medical
Grand stay recording, stay wearing Jordans
Beeper with the phone so a nigga look important
Yo what up?
It's that - who hit the club up
And - sitting there playing the wall get cut up

[Repeat 1]

If a - quick - grab my - and hit it up

[Repeat 1]

If a - quick - grab my - and hit it up
Uh-oh, uh-oh

[Bob Marley (Lauryn)]
(Uh) Turn your lights down low
And pull your window curtain
Oh let the moon come shining in
Into our life again
Saying ooh, it's been a long, long time
(Long, long time)
I got this message for you girl
But it seems I was never on time
Did I wanna get through to you girl?
On time, on time (word)
I want to give you some love
I want to give you some good, good loving
(Uh, uh, right, uh)
Oh I, oh I, oh I
Yeah I want to give you some good, good loving (uh)

[Lauryn]
Turn your lights down low
(Word, word, uh, uh)
Never ever try to resist, oh no
(Na, na, na, na)
Let your love come shining in
(Na, na, na, na)
Into our lives again
(Na, na, na, na)
And ooh, I love you
(I love you, I love you)
And I want you to know right now
(Know right now)
Ooh I love you
(Uh-uh, yeah, uh)
And I want you to know right now (uh)
That I, that I
I wanna give you some love (uh, yeah)
I wanna give you some good, good loving
Oh I, oh I, oh I
I wanna give you some good, good loving (yeah uh-uh)

[Lauryn]
Loving you is a like a song I replay
Every three minutes and thirty seconds of every day (uh, uh)
And every chorus was written for us to recite (right)
Every beautiful melody of devotion every night
It's potion like this ocean that might carry me
In a wave of emotion to ask you to marry me
And every word, every second, and every third
Expresses the happiness more clearly than ever heard (uh)
And when I play them, every chord is a poem
Telling the Lord how grateful I am cause I know him (what? word)
The harmonies possess a sensation similar to your caress (uh)
If you asking then I'm telling you it's yes
Stand in love, take my hand in love, God bless (right)

[Lauryn & Bob]
I want to give you some good, good loving
I want to give you some love
I want to give you some good, good loving
Oh I, oh I, oh I
I wanna give you some good, good loving

[Lauryn (Bob)]
Good, good, good loving
(I wanna give you some good loving)

Hey babe, it's been a long while
Baby, baby, been a mighty long time
I watched you, even though you would not see baby
(Check it)
Glad to see that you're still so fine and
I remember you back when
Girl you blew my mind
And I saw you, even though you would not see
Lady, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby, baby

[1] - Be as you are
Girl it's okay with me
You're such a star
Maybe one day you'll see
That whatever you are
I'm just hoping you'll be, as my girl, girl

Oh I need to be back
Back by your side
Sugar back way back when
Kissing was a crime
I miss you and I know you miss me
Baby, oh
Baby, baby, baby

[Repeat 1]

Babygirl, showing off cars with the laughter
You're my world (my world)
Paradise from deception
How about you and me ever after as my girl?

[Repeat 1 till end]

Oh, no, no
I was looking for love
And I couldn't find it because
You were staring me in my eyes
But I didn't realize
Just what you knew all the time
I was yours, and you were mine
And now I finally see the signs
I'm all yours, baby be mine

[1] - Wherever you go
I will follow
Whenever you cry
I'll dry your eyes
Wherever you go
I will follow
I will always be
Right by your side

It doesn't even matter
How long it takes
True love will stand the test of time
No matter how many mistakes we make
Cupid knew just who to shoot
When he pointed his arrow at me and you
I just want to let it be known
I l-o-v-e you, today, today, today, today

[Repeat 1]

Hmm just put your heart in mine
(L-o-v-e you)
And baby take your time
(L-o-v-e you)
I wanna spend my life
(L-o-v-e you)
I want you for my wife

[Repeat 1 till end]

Baby
Hey
La doo doo doo doo

Step into my secret world
Tonight I'm going to be your private angel
I just want to be your girl
Love you all night
Love you all night
Slip into a heated bath
The scent of cherry blossoms fills the air
As I rub your body down
You can just relax and let me work it

[1] - I'll show you how
I break it down
Candles, Chardonnay, & flowers
I'll tend the lights
Warm the bed
Preparing for the hour (when the shades go down)

[2] - We can bath in my red light
Getting naughty through the night (naughty)
Sharing love and all love sounds
When the shades go down
When the shades go down
In the comfort of my bed (in the comfort of my bed)
Silk, satin and jade
Exotic pleasures can be found
When the shades go down
When the shades go down

Somethin's on the menu tonight
I know you're going to like it from the first bite
Tell me what's your appetite
Do you like it raw
Do you like it raw
Kisses, there so warm on the skin
Come and taste the sweetness that's within

[Repeat 1]
[Repeat 2]

Steam on my window
Reflections of red light
(You and I through the night)
To simple it seemed that night
(Impressions from my fingers)
And my fingertips leave impressions
Of the love's intensity

See the pleasures of love
In the lowest tattoos
Like a joyous slick
I'm waiting for you
Dive into my waters
And ride the waves
Everytime the love is made
See the pleasures of love
In the lowest tattoos
Like a joyous slick
I'm waiting for you
Dive into my waters
And ride the waves
It's time to pull down the shades

[Repeat 2]

Umm, go down, go down, go down (naughty)
Go down, go down, go down
(When the shades go down) (go down, baby)
Go down, go down, go down
(My shades - yeah) (go down, baby)
Go down, go down, go down (go down baby)
When the shades go down

[R.L.]
Yeah this is for my brothers in the hood
And the high risers, on the mansions with the maids
We gotta come together, come on y'all
Case, Ginuwine, Tyrese, and me R.L.
Help me sing it fellas, yeah

[Case]
I'm sitting here alone
Trying to face another day
Gotta stay strong, hmm
To endure this pain

[R.L.]
I'm dealing with right now
It flipped my whole life upside down
I don't want your help
I don't need your sympathy, no

[All]
What can a brother do for me?
(See he can you help you up when you are down)
What can a brother do for me?
(He can be your eyes when you can't see)
What can a brother do for me?
(He can help me be the best man I can be)
(Oh I can be, I can be, oh I can be, I can be)
He can help me be the best man I can be
(Oh yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Tyrese]
(Be the best man)
I made a big mistake
And I'm feeling so ashamed
And I don't want to lose my friendship over it
I've gotta keep the faith, yes I do

[Ginuwine]
Cause I'm still your boy, I've got your back
That'll never, never, never, never gonna change
So I can just cite the truth
And keep smiling in your face

[All]
What can a brother do for me?
(He can you help you up when you are down)
What can a brother do for me?
(He can be your eyes when you can't see)
What can a brother do for me?
(He can help me be the best man I can be)
(I can be, I can be, oh I can be, I can be)
He can help me be the best man I can be
[Tyrese]
I keep struggling but I'm trying my best
I got some issues with my own confidence
Lord help me to forgive and forget
Can you please help me to be a better man?

[R.L.]
For the rest of the darkest nights
Shines the brightest sun
I hate the man I used to be
I'm better than before

[All]
What can a brother do for me?
(He can you help you up when you are down)
What can a brother do for me?
(He can know the wrong to make it right)
What can a brother do for me?
(He can be your eyes when you can't see)
He can help me be the best man I can be
(I can be, I can be, I can be, I can be)
He can help me be the best man I can be
(I can be, I can be, I can be, I can be)
He can help me be the best man I can be
(I can be, whoa I can be, oh I can be, oh I can be)
Help me be the best man I can

[Case]
Cause he's my brother, brother, brother, brother
Yes he is my brother, brother, brother, brother

[R.L.]
Sees when I'm down on my luck and I'm
Crying cause a woman done left me
I ain't got nothing cause it's cold outside
He'll give me a ride
When it's late at night
Cause he's my brother, brother, brother, brother
See sometimes I may go astray but he'll lead me back the right way
And tell me everything's okay
Cause he's my brother, brother, brother, brother
Brother, brother, brother, brother
Oh I know sometimes you'll need me and I got your back
Oh cause I know you got mine
Cause you're my brother
And I love you, love you, love you
You can count on me, sing it
Case, Tyrese and G, you are my brother, brother, brother

[Tyrese]
R.L oh my brother
Late up at night
If you need a helping hand just call on me
Talking 'bout my brothers, brothers, brothers
All across the world, my brothers yeah
I love you