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album: "Stripped"
"Stripped Pt. 1"
Waited a long time for this, feels right now
Allow me
to introduce myself,
Want you to come a little closer.
I'd like you to get to know me a little better
Meet the real
me.
Sorry you can't define me
Sorry I break the mold
Sorry that I speak my mind
Sorry don't do what I'm told
Sorry
if I don't fake it
Sorry I come too real
I will never hide what I really feel. No way, oh.
So here it is
No
hype, no glass, no pretense.
Just me
Stripped
Can't Hold Us Down
[featuring Lil' Kim]
So, what, am I not supposed to have an opinion?
Should I keep quiet
just because I'm a woman?
Call me a bitch 'cause I speak what's on my mind
Guess it's easier for you to swallow if I
sat and smiled
When a female fires back,
Suddenly, big talker don't know how to act
So, he does what every little
boy would do
Makin' up a few false rumors or two
That for sure is not a man to me,
Slanderin' names for popularity
It's
sad you only get your fame through controversy
But now, it's time for me to come and give you more to say
[CHORUS:]
This
is for my girls all around the world
Who have come across a man that don't respect your worth
Thinkin' all women should
be seen, not heard
So, what do we do, girls, shout out loud
Lettin' 'em know we're gonna stand our ground
So, lift
your hands higher and wave 'em proud
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will
Can't hold us down
Nobody
can hold us down
Nobody can hold us down
Nobody can hold us down
Never can, never will
So, what, am I not
supposed to say what I'm saying?
Are you offended with the message I'm bringin'?
Call me whatever 'cause your words
don't mean a thing
Guess you ain't even a man enough to handle what I sing
If you look back in history, it's a common
double standard of society
The guy gets all the glory, the more he can score
While the girl can do the same, and yet
you call her a whore
I don't understand why it's okay
The guy can get away with it, the girl gets named
All my ladies
come together and make a change
And start a new beginning for us, everybody sing
[CHORUS]
[LIL' KIM RAPS]
You're
just a little boy
Think you're so cute, so coy
You must talk so big to make up for smaller things
You're just a little
boy
All you do is annoy
You must talk so big to make up for smaller things
CHORUS (2x)
Can't hold us
down!
Walk Away
[SPOKEN:]
What do you do when you know something's bad for you and you still can't let go?
I
was naïve, your love was like candy
Artificially sweet, I was deceived by the wrapping,
Got caught in your web and I
learned how to bleed
I was prey in your bed and devoured completely
And it hurts my soul
'Cause I can't let go
All
these walls are cavin' in
I can't stop my sufferin'
I hate to show
That I've lost control
'Cause I, I keep goin'
right back
To the one thing that I need
To walk away from
I need to get away from ya,
Need to walk away from
ya
Get away, walk away, walk away
I should have known that I was used for amusement
Couldn't see through the
smoke, it was all an illusion
Now, I've been lickin' my wounds, but the venom seeps deeper
We both can seduce but, darlin',
you hold me prisoner
Oh, I'm about to break
I can't stop this ache
I'm addicted to your allure
And I'm fiendin'
for a cure
Every step I take
Leads to one mistake
I keep goin' right back
To the one thing that I need
I'm
about to break
And I can't stop this ache
Getting nothing in return
What did I do to deserve
The pain of this
slow burn?
And everywhere I turn,
I keep goin' right back
To the one thing that I need
To walk away from
I
need to get away from ya,
Need to walk away from ya,
Every time I try to grasp for air,
I am smothered in despair
It's
never over, over
Seems I'll never wake from this nightmare
I let out a silent pray
Let it be over, over
Oh!
Inside
I'm screaming, begging, pleading, no more
Now, what to do?
My heart has been bruised
So sad but it's true
Each
treat reminds me of you
Oh, it hurts my soul
'Cause I can't let go
All these walls are cavin' in
I can't stop
my sufferin'
I hate to show
That I've lost control
'Cause I keep goin' right back
To the one thing I need, oh
I'm
about to break
And I can't stop this ache
I'm addicted to your allure
And I'm fiendin' for a cure
Every step I
take
Leads to one mistake
I keep goin' right back
To the one thing I need, oh
I can't mend this torn state
I'm in
Getting nothing in return
What did I do to deserve
The pain of this slow burn?
And everywhere I turn,
I
keep goin' right back
To the one thing that I need
To walk away from
I need to get away from ya,
Need to walk
away from ya
I need to get away from ya,
Need to walk away from ya
(repeat and fade out
Fighter
When I, thought I knew you
Thinking, that you were true
I guess I, I couldn't trust
'Cause your bluff time is
up
'Cause I've had enough
You were, there by my side
Always, down for the ride
But your, joy ride just came down
in flames
'Cause your greed sold me out of shame, mmhmm
After all of the stealing and cheating
You probably think
that I hold resentment for you
But, uh uh, oh no, you're wrong
'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do
I
wouldn't know just how capable I am to pull through
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it makes me that much stronger
Makes
me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little
bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
Oh,
ohh
Never, saw it coming
All of, your backstabbing
Just so, you could cash in
On a good thing before I realized
your game
I heard, you're going around
Playing, the victim now
But don't, even begin
Feeling I'm the one to blame
'Cause
you dug your own grave, uh huh
After all of the fights and the lies
Yes you wanted to harm me but that won't work
anymore
Uh, no more, oh no, it's over
'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture
I wouldn't know how to be this
way now, and never back down
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little
bit harder
Makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my
skin a little bit thicker
It makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
Beautiful
Everyday is so wonderful
Then suddenly
It's hard to breathe
Now and then I
get insecure
From all the pain
I'm so ashamed
I am beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring
me down
I am beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring me down
Ohh no
So don't you bring me down
today
To all your friends you're delirious
You're so consumed
In all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The
piece is gone
Left the puzzle undone
That's the way it is
You are beautiful
No matter what they say
Words
can't bring you down
Ohh no
You are beautiful
In every single way
Yes words can't bring you down
Ohh no
So
don't you bring me down today
No matter what we do
No matter what we say
The sun will shine your way
'Cause
you are beautiful today
Everywhere we go
The sun won't always shine
But tomorrow's another day
So keep on
looking to the sky
We are beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can't bring us down
Ohh no
We are beautiful
In
every single way
Yes words can't bring us down
Ohh no
So don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me
down today
Don't you bring me down
Today
Dirrty
Dirrty
Filthy
Nasty
Too dirrty to clean my act up
If you ain't dirrty... you ain't here to party!
Ladies
move, gentlemen move
Somebody ring the alarm
A fire on the roof
Ring the alarm (And I'm throwin elbows)
I said
ring the alarm (And I'm throwin elbows)
Ring the alarm (And I'm throwin elbows)
Ooh, I'm overdue
Gimme some room,
I'm comin' through
Paid my dues, I'm in the mood
Me and my girls gonna shake the room
DJ's spinnin (show your hands)
And
let's get dirrty (that's my jam)
I need that ... to get me off
Sweatin' till my clothes come off
It's explosive,
speakers are thumpin'
Still jumpin', 6 in the morning
Table dancin', glasses are crashin'
No question, time for some
action!
Temperature's up (Can you feel it?)
'Bout to erupt (so get)
Gonna get my girls
Get your boys
Gonna
make some noise...
Gonna get rowdy
Gonna get a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Wanna get dirrty
It's
about time that I came to start the party
Sweat drippin' over my body
Dancin' gettin' just a little naughty
Wanna
get dirrty
It's about time for my arrival
Ahh, heat is up
So ladies, fellas, drop your cups
Body's hot from
front to back
Move your ass, I like that
Tight hip huggers (low fo' sho')
Shake a little somethin' (On the floor)
I
need that ... to get me off
Sweatin' till my clothes come off
Let's get open, cause a commotion
We're still goin',
8 in the morning
There's no stoppin', we keep it poppin'
Hard rockin', everyone's talkin'
Be all you got (give
it to me)
Just hit the spot
Gonna get my girls
Get your boys
Gonna make some noise...
Rowdy
Gonna get
a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Sweat
drippin' over my body
Dancin' gettin' just a little naughty
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time for my arrival
Here
it comes
It's the one you been waitin' on
Get up, get it up
Yo, that's what's up
Givin' just what you want to
the maximum
Uh oh
Here we go
You can tell when the music starts to drop
That's when we take it to the parking
lot
And I betcha somebody's gonna call the cops
Uh oh's, here we go's
Ohh... yeahh...
Gonna get rowdy
Gonna
get a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Sweat
drippin' over my body
Dancin' gettin' just a little naughty
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time for my arrival
Gonna
get rowdy
Gonna get a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to
start the party
Sweat drippin' over my body
Dancin' gettin' just a little naughty
Wanna get dirrty
It's about
time for my arrival
Wanna get rowdy
Let's get a little unruly
Wanna get dressed in a hurry
Let's get dirrty
It's
about time that I came to start the party
Let's get a little unruly
Wanna get dressed in a hurry
Let's get dirrty
It's
about time for my arrival
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