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The Strut
05:43
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They say it take hard work. I'm workin hard, baby.
Give me a K of days, I'll be a star, baby.
Yeah, I'm that swagger. I'm that shit.
Too sexy to give up.
Cool, mama. (Smooth, daddy)
Nothin' but the strut
Said I just wrote a brand new jam. They said "Uh-uh, baby
"Should be tweeting up your brand." I said "Huh, baby?"
"Yeah, it ain't no time for passion. Just go head and get yo' nut."
Is that cool, Mama? (Ew, daddy)
I'm nothin' but a strut
It's Day 999 and something' wrong, baby
They say "Do you want a gig?" I say "Naw, baby."
What happened to the feelin' I was feelin' in my guts?
Cool, mama? (Ooooh, daddy. What about yo' strut?)
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2. |
The Risks
03:42
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And while your tracking down your bliss
You’ve got to know about the risks
The question old but yet so fresh
What does the spirit do about the flesh?
The soul is noble down the list,
But the body’s not sure it exists
So even when the spirit drops a clue
The body’s not sure what to do
And while your tracking down your bliss
You’ve got to know about the risks
The question fresh but yet so old
What does the body do about the soul?
The spirit lifts you and reveals you
But it also doesn’t mind to kill you
So in a bid for self-preservation
The body sends its resignation
Looking for the middle course
To find a balance to the force
The answer faint but yet so clear
The music’s playing in your ear
The groove it shoots down to your feet
Your partner rises from her seat
So while your tracking dow your bliss
Make sure you know about a kiss
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3. |
The Dance
05:29
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Invitations aren’t always sent by mail
Some disappear leaving ghost trails
Ah, but you’re too cool for it all
Dressing for the ball
Such silly customs you protest alone
But even something inside says go
You find a partner and tend to smile
Frightened by your joy after while
It defines what you want and more
Reminds you what you want it for
The dance
Waltzing you into a trance
The dance
Making you feel defiantly real
The dance
Waltzing you into a trance
The dance
Making you feel undeniably real
How come we don’t dance no more?
How come we never danced before?
Ordinary people reaching for the divine
The beat of your heart syncopating with mine
To reach the light we struggle and strain
Strive, then struggle all over again
Hamsters on a wheel never touch the ground
When you’re in motion it’s hard to slow down
It defines what you want and more
Reminds you what you want it for
The dance
Waltzing you into a trance
The dance
Making you feel defiantly real
The dance
Waltzing you into a trance
The dance
Making you feel undeniably real
And just as you feel the feeling starting to grow
You may find yourself dancing alone
Resist the urge to run from the floor
We must dance more
Creatures are glaring, they stare at us
“So graceful, so violent all at once”
And if you’re tired of cliche affair
We can swing from the chandelier
It defines what you want and more
Reminds you what you want it for
The dance
Waltzing you into a trance
The dance
Making you feel defiantly real
The dance
Waltzing you into a trance
The dance
Making you feel undeniably real
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4. |
The Songster Part 5
04:48
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As you remember your name
Can you forget it, too?
Can you learn to move the way the spirit tells you to?
As you began to sway
Your body stretching loose
Can you feel the Earth beneath you swaying too?
Some people never make it out on the floor
Some people never make it past the door
You might think she don’t know how to dance
Because she’s dancing free
Some people never make it out on the floor
Some people never make it past the door
You might think she don’t know how to dance
Because she’s dancing free
As you recite your lines
After you hear your queue
Can you find yourself in the role you’re acting through?
The spotlight points your way
The stage shades to blue
Sing your song, there’s nothing wrong
If you’re singing true
Some people never make it out on the stage
Some people never read the second page
You might think she don’t know how to act
Because she’s acting free.
Some people never make it out on the floor
Some people never make it past the door
You might think she don’t know how to dance
Because she’s dancing free
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5. |
Cool Fire
04:20
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I had never ever met a hat before
But then I met a hat and a whole lot more
I had never ever reached the stars before
But then I reached the stars and I went back home
It’s so strange
It’s so hip
She dreamed I gave the Freudian slip
Bite my ear
Bite my lip
I guess she likes to ride on a trip
Yes, I touched the wire
The wire of electric desire
I’m on fire, yet I’m cool
I’m cool, yet she set me on fire
Cool fire
Dippin in the river of the galaxies
Naked in the ocean of a thousand seas
Ridin with my baby on an asteroid
Posin for the pictures on a her Polaroid
It’s so strange
It’s so hip
I’m happy when she does a good flip
Ride a star, lick a blimp
I guess I just admire her grip
Yes, I touched the wire (touched the wire)
The wire of electric desire
I’m on fire, yet I’m cool (yet I’m cool)
I’m cool, yet she set me on fire
Cool fire
Yes, I touched desire (touched the wire)
desire of electrical wire
Yeah I’m cool, yet on fire (yet I’m cool)
I’m fire, yet she set me on cool
Cool fire
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6. |
Please Be Okay Child
03:11
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I seen a car smashed the other night
Cut the applause and dim the light
The girl in the front was bleedin, but was more or less okay
But the boy in the back seat was in a bad, bad way
I couldn’t move the door and your leg was stuck inside the door
Your mama looked at you and started pleadin with the Lord
You wasn’t moving and I begged you to stay
They calmed her down and we both whispered for you to stay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
All the sudden you woke and started a-failin and a-cryin
I was tryin to tell you not to move but there as no point in tryin
Now I’ve heard children cryin a couple hundred thousand times before
But the way you was cryin cut me deep down inside, my Lord
The firefighters came and they used the jaws of life
Then the ambulance came and they put you on the gurney
You was mad because the strap was on your head
And your head was pretty busted
I asked could I peak inside the ambulance and the cops said “No"
Last time I saw you you had a long way to go
Neighbors was speculatin on whose fault it was
I didn’t care whose fault it was
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
The world can be a beautiful place
I hope you see it
Can make you feel a beautiful way
I hope you feel it
Be okay, child. Be okay, child.
I kept looking in the papers, but there was nothin there
But If you don’t die by the next day then they don’t really care
I light a candle for you almost every day
I hope some kinda somethin gets to you some kinda way
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
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