1.Yes Indeed
Lyricist:Teena Marie
You are the seed and the grain of every harvest
Planted in love by a being far beyond this
What can it be? Such a sweet yet
Painful feeling came over me
Knowing this can never be
Do I love you? Yes indeed
I am the bird that cannot be caged completely
Even though I long to spread my wings so bittersweetly
What will I do, shall I hold my love in silence?
Wonder if you feel it too
Knowing this can never be
Does it hurt me? Yes indeed
I've heard it said that all is fair in love and war
But tell it like it is, does the distance hide the scar
Living our lives all alone, changing
Never really knowing what games we're playing, oh baby
Laughing when we should have both been praying
Living, I'm living a lie
You are the rush and the flow of every river
Soft as the touch of love when you want to be the giver
How do I know? When I guess
I just imagined painfully so
Knowing this can never be
Do I love you? Yes indeed, yes indeed
Do I love you? yes indeed
You broke my spirit, broke my spirit
All those nights I cried
Tears I tried to hide
You broke my spirit, you broke my spirit
Do I love you, do I love you?
Do I love you? Yes, yes indeed
Knowing this can never be
Do I love you? Yes indeed
2.Square Biz
Lyricist:Marie Teena Brockert, Allen Mcgrier
Everybody get up
Flashback, who's that dancin' to the latest
Suave de bone, the greatest, oh, he sure is moving me
That's what I said though you didn't know yet
Our love is was kismet, soon to be made history
So don't you have no doubt, I'm gonna spell it out
I'll hip you to the tee that is
I got the best, the most, baby, from coast to coast
And I don't wanna boast, what I love is square biz
I'm talkin' square biz to you, baby
Square, square biz
I'm talkin' love that is
Square, square biz
I'm talkin' square biz to you, baby
Square, square biz
I'm talkin' love that is
That is, that is square biz
So shy, whoa, my, had to change that real quick
Had to use a few tricks, you know like my femme fatale
Phase two, me, you dancin' on the cloud
Gonna sing it loud 'cause my love is on the wow
So don't you have no doubt, I'm gonna spell it out
I'll hip you to the tee that is
I got the best, the most, baby, from coast to coast
And I don't wanna boast, what I love is square biz
I'm talkin' square biz to you, baby
Square, square biz
I'm talkin' love that is
Square, square biz
I'm talkin' square biz to you, baby
Square, square biz
I'm talkin' love that is
That is, that is, that is square biz
Hey, baby, what's your name, huh?
Ladies call me Slick Rick, baby
Yeah well, don't be too slick now
I'm talking square biz, talk to me
I'm talking square biz to you
I'm talking square biz, talk to me
I'm talking square biz to you
Baby, what's happening Entrez-vous Lady T
I've heard a boatload of others ladies' raps
But they ain't got nothin' on me
I'm less than five foot one, a hundred pounds of fun
I like sophisticated funk
I live on Dom Perignon, caviar, fillet mignon
And you can best believe that's bunk
Here's what I'm talking, baby
Square biz
Square biz
I've been called Casper, Shorty, Little Bit
And some they call me Vanilla Child
But you know that don't mean my world to me
'Cause baby, names can't cramp my style
And Buff's collard greens
A little hot water corn bread
I love you too Cat Daddy
But don't you let that go to your head
That's what I'm talking, baby
Square biz
Square biz
You know I love spirituals and rock
Sarah Vaughn, Johann Sebastian Bach
Shakespeare, Maya Angelou
And Nikki Giovanni just to name a few
Well, I'm wild and peaceful Lady T
I got to keep my irons in the fire, you see
I got the point, the scam, the low, the deal
What you feel, say what
Flashback, who's that
(Flashback)
Flashback, who's that
(Flashback)
Flashback, who's that
(Flashback)
Flashback, who's that
3.It Must Be Magic
Lyricist:Teena Marie Brockert
Hee
(You are under my power)
(It is the power of love)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
You say my kisses taste like magic, well, stop
That's got to be the classic line
Please no more presto change-o
Now that I'm in love, baby, 'cause that would really blow my
mind
I'd pull a rabbit out of my hat
Or cross a black cat's path to find you
And darling, you can best believe
There's nothing up my sleeve but love
It must be magic
(It must be magic)
It must be magic
(It must be magic)
It must be magic, got me under your spell
It must be magic, oh, baby
(It must be magic)
It must be magic
(It must be magic)
Ooh, you got me tiltin' just like a pinball machine
Keep workin' my love, such a magical feeling
You got me tiltin' just like a pinball machine
And I love it, love it, love it
(Tilt me)
It must be magic, baby
'Cause it feels so good
It must be magic, baby
'Cause it feels so good
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
It must be magic, baby
'Cause it feels so good
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
It must be magic, baby
'Cause it feels so good
You say, you know I've got the potion, well, stopc
No baby, don't stop, don't you dare
(Don't you stop it, baby, don't you dare)
Aladdin, Houdini and Merlin, the magician
To you they never could compare
I see no long black flowing cape
Yet still, I can't escape those two eyes
(When I look in your eyes)
And we don't need no crystal ball
'Cause we have said it all in love
It must be magic
(It must be magic)
It must be magic
(It must be magic)
It must be magic, got me under your spell
It must be magic, oh, baby
(It must be magic)
It must be magic
(It must be magic)
Ooh, you got me tiltin' just like a pinball machine
Keep workin' my love, such a magical feeling
You got me tiltin' just like a pinball machine
And I love it, love it, love it
I can't get enough of it, of it, no, no, no, whoa
It must be magic
(It must be magic)
It must be magic
(It must be magic)
It must be magic, got me under your spell, baby
(it must be magic)
It must be magic, oh, baby
(It must be magic)
It must be magic, our good fortune, I can tell, baby
(It must be magic)
It must be magic
'Cause it feels so good to me
It must be magic
Got me love, got me loving you
It must be magic
'Cause it feels so good to me
It must be magic
Got me love, got me loving you
Teena went to wonderland, the plot is getting thick
(Ooh, magic)
Met the king of Punk Funk and he taught her all the tricks
She feels the heat, there's magic in her feet
Now she's groovin', always movin' to the funky beat
Under your spell, ooh, it must be magic
Under your spell, what is it, what is it?
Under your spell, ooh, it must be magic
What is it, what is it, what is it, what is it?
It must be magic
'Cause it feels so good to me
It must be magic
Got me under your spell, baby
It must be magic
'Cause it feels so good to me
It must be magic
Our good fortune I can tell, baby
It must be magic
We're gonna take it to the top
It must be magic
Don't you let the magic stop
It must be magic
Got me love, got me loving you
Got me love, got me loving you
Got me love, got me loving you
It must be magic
'Cause it feels so good to me
It must be magic
Got me under your spell, baby
It must be magic
'Cause it feels so good to me
It must be magic
Temptations, sing
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
It must be magic
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
It must be magic
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Baby must be a magician 'cause he's sure got the magic touch
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
It must be magic
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
My baby must be a magician 'cause he's sure got the magic touch
4.Someday We'll All Be Free
Lyricist:Donny Hathaway, Eddy Howard
Hang onto the world as it spins around
Don't let the spin get you
Just don't let the spin get you down
Things are moving fast
Hold on tight and you will last
Take it from me
Someday we'll all be free
5.Portuguese Love
Lyricist:Teena Marie
Hey, baby, how you doin'?
It's really been a long time
You know
Remember that night
You remember
On a starry winter night in Portugal
Where the ocean kissed the southern shore
There a dream I never thought would come to pass
Came and went like time spent through and hourglass
You made love to me like fire and rain
Ooh, you know you've got to be a hurricane
Killing me with kisses, oh, so subtly
You make love forever, baby
You make love forever
I ain't gonna let you go that easy
You've got to say you love me too
I ain't gonna let you go that easy
I'm gonna give it all to you
Portuguese love, won't you say it to me
Say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love, won't you say it to me
Say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love, won't you say it to me
Say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese say
Harbor nights, we made love till the morning star
Then you crooned a song to me on your guitar
Was it so familiar calling soft my name, 'Teena'
Sunlight dancing slowly through loves window panes
And you made love to me like sugar and spice
Hush my broken heart, this must be paradise
Killing me with kisses, oh, so tenderly
You make love forever, baby
You make love forever
I ain't gonna let you go that easy
You've got to say you love me too
I ain't gonna let you go that easy
I'm gonna give it all to you
Portuguese love, won't you say it to me
Say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love, won't you say it to me
Say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love, won't you say it to me
Say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese say
Amore Portuguese
Say you love me, baby
Amore Portuguese
Say you love me, baby
Yo quiero a la ser amor
A feeling too hard to ignore
Say Amore Portuguese
You've got to say you love me
You knew that you felt good to me, oh, baby, oh
From the first kiss to the last I'm trembling
You made love to me like no other man
And if you please I'd like to go back there again
Killing me with kisses, oh, so tenderly
You make love like, you make love forever
I ain't gonna let you go that easy
You've got to say you love me too
I ain't gonna let you go that easy
I'm gonna give it all to you
Portuguese love, won't you say it to me
Say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love, won't you say it to me
Say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese love, won't you say it to me
Say it to me, say you love me, baby
Portuguese say
Amore, amore Portuguese
Aye, say you love me, Portuguese love
Amore, amore Portuguese
Aye, baby, aye, aye Portuguese love
Amore, amore Portuguese
Say, say, baby, aye, aye, hey, hey Portuguese love
Portuguese amore, amore Portuguese
Say, say, say aye, say aye, aye, aye, hee
Portuguese love
Portuguese love
Portuguese love
Portuguese love
Portuguese love
Portuguese love
Love me
Say you love me
Love, love me, I love you
Portuguese amore
Say you love me, say, say
Say you love me, baby
Say you love me
You know what I'm sayin', baby
Maybe that will express
What I've been going through
I love you
6.Revolution
Lyricist:Teena Marie
Any old revolution just won't do
Let's put an end to war and start a new
Any old revolution just won't do
Let's put an end to war and start a new
Penny lane, the pipers gone, I saw the photograph
Neither you nor I can tell what Heaven knows
I told my bestest friend name, Mickey, girl
We're really living in a sicky world
I wish I had the right solution
'Cause any old revolution won't do
A revolution, a revolution won't do
A revolution, a revolution won't do
Have mercy beat, he sits with his wife at the Sushi bar
Sipping sake to their heart's content, oh no
Go tell his friend the Maharishi, sheesh
Somebody blew away the sixties peace
We need a moral contribution
'Cause any old revolution won't do
A revolution, a revolution won't do
A revolution, a revolution won't do
Come together
Oh yeah
Come together
Oh yeah
Rubber soul, look at the killer, he's just standing there
Reading captions from the 'Catcher in the Rye'
It didn't take too many dollars, no
To get his hands on a revolver blow
We need a whole new constitution
'Cause any old revolution won't do
A revolution, a revolution won't do
A revolution, a revolution won't do
Pepperland, there must be a toe jam working joo joo on his brain
If not, then why do I feel so all alone?
I saw a thousand different candles die
Dakota station, we've been scandaled, why?
I wish I had the right solution
'Cause any old revolution won't do
This situation's gotten
Too far out of hand
We need a moral contribution
'Cause any old revolution won't do
We've got to make a stand
Stand up and throw up your hands
Why must they kill all of our leaders?
We've got a long, long way to go
He only wanted to let peace shine through
Any old revolution, no it just won't do, no
A revolution, a revolution won't do
Not just any revolution
A revolution, a revolution won't do
I'm here to talk about the constitution
A revolution, a revolution won't do
You know we need a moral contribution, help me
Revolution, constitution
Bump it, just sing
7.365
Lyricist:Teena Marie Brockert
I've got a head rush, hush, you're heaven's dial, a crush
I prayed for you forever and he sent you last November, finally
You better hold tight flight two shadows, one at night
Each instant lasting so long the spirit in this very song,
reminding me
Life has taught me lessons like don't dare to question fate
For God will do the gifting all we've got to do is wait
So if anybody asks you if your love is alive
Tell them all to count up to three hundred and sixty-five
365, 365 days a year
Three hundred and sixty-five
That's how much I love you dear
365
I got a love Jones in my bones, I hear a saxophone
A melody so haunting it leaves my heart never wanting
More than you, you really fit the bill the first day of April
Now I know that deep inside my heart
You're gonna play the biggest part in my love debut
For with you comes the passion like springtime I fathom grand
I cherish every blessing I get when you kiss and hold my hand
So if anybody asks if your love is alive
Tell them all to count up to three hundred and sixty-five
365, 365 days a year
Three hundred and sixty-five
That's how much I love you dear
365
Do you remember last November, baby
That's when I met you, heaven sent you baby, ah
Sometimes I stop and throw my hands up in the air
You make me holler, hey Tee Tee won't go away
It's more than just a feeling, it's destiny
I'm gonna testify about the long you're giving to me
I'm gonna break it down for you, gonna break down
Break it down, break it on down, I love you
Anybody asks if your love is alive
Tell them all to count up to three hundred and sixty-five
365, 365 days a year
That's how much I love you baby
Three hundred and sixty-five
That's how much I love you
365, 365 days a year
That's how much I love you baby
Three hundred and sixty-five
That's how much I love you
365, 365 days a year
That's how much I love you baby
8.Ballad Of Cradle Rob & Me
Lyricist:Jill Jones, Teena Marie
Saw a cradle playin' in the schoolyard one day
Pretty young boy, I takes him home to play
Soon we was hangin' Venice alleyway
Robbin' the cradle, no, Cradle Rob and me
Rob and me lived on the same block
He's kinny garden, I in knee socks
He goin' play doctor over by the docks
Robbin' the cradle, no, Cradle Rob and me
Cradle's still fresh in junior high
Rob ain't so fresh at fourteen
Me, I was just the last word
Ooh, have you heard the hearsay?
I was robbin' the cradle, no, it wasn't that way
I 'member one day back in '74
When Cradle's mama said it wasn't cute no more
I was three years too old for her to ignore
She said I was robbin' the cradle but it was Cradle Rob and me
We hung around about a year after that
'Til Rob found another girl to put his hair in plaits
And I said, 'Girl, don't you worry me and we'll have none of
that'
Robbin' the cradle, no, Cradle Rob and me
Cradle's semi fresh in college now
Rob ain't so fresh at nineteen
Me, I'm still the last word
Ooh, have your heard the hearsay?
I was robbin' the cradle, no, it wasn't that way
Robbin' the cradle, no, Cradle Rob and me
Robbin' the cradle, no, Cradle Rob and me
9.Deja Vu
I'm young and I'm old
I'm rich and I'm poor
I feel like I've been on this earth
Many times before
Once I was a white gazelle
On horseback riding free
Searching in the darkness
For a piece of me
I can feel this for sure
I've been here before
I can feel this for sure, for sure
I've been here before
I used to be a queen, you know
In an island by the sea
With rainbow colored people
Happy as can be
Never had a problem
There never was a care
And love was ever flowing
And its feeling shared
And I can feel this for sure, ooh
I've been here before
I can feel this for sure
For sure for sure, for sure for sure
Oh, I've been here before
Yes, I have, I can feel it
I can feel it, ooh
In my heart I feel it
The soul feels like the Universe
It's vast and never ends
Stars to me are the children
Babies are my friends
God is like a galaxy
Within my spirit flies
Felt this way a million times
Please don't ask me why
The question of my lifetime
If you ask my point of view
They say it all was Karma
Call it déjà vu
Call it déjà vu
Call it déjà vu
Call it déjà vu
Call it déjà vu
And I can feel this for sure
I've been here before
And I can feel this for sure
I've been here before
I've been here before, I can feel it
I'm young and I'm old
I'm rich and I'm poor
I feel like I've been on this earth
Many times before
Once I was a white gazelle
On horseback riding free
Searching in the darkness for a piece of me
I used to be a queen you know
In a island by the sea
With rainbow colored people
Happy as can be
There never was a problem
There never was a care
And love was ever flowing
And its feeling shared
And I can feel this for sure
For sure, for sure, for sure, for sure
I've been here before
I swear it, I can feel this for sure
I've been here before
If hate is on your mind
And you can't give love the time
If anger is your friend
Don't know when you die
You'll come back again
And in the master's plan
You'll come back woman or man
If your life is full of sin
Don't you know when you die
You'll come back again
I thank God, thank God, thank God
I am not coming back no more
I've been here before
Thank God, thank God, thank God
(I don't want to come back no more)
10.Where's California
After I left you, I found I can't be so far and so long away.
And here I am - huh! - getting ready to get on this train,
And I don't have anybody to talk to but myself...
You can't even hear me, and my words cannot convey my feeling.
Manchester, England looks a lot like me today;
Ain't no sunshine in the feeling...
I thought about you as I got aboard the train;
Ain't no truth in the believing...
It's the natural thing to think of you, after all we've been
through;
Do you ever think of me at night, wondering why I left your
world undone?
(Don't it make you wonder? Don't it make you wonder?)
Where's California? (Far from Liverpool...)
So very far from you... (Far from lovin' you...)
Ooh, baby, did I warn you, (Baby, did I warn ya?)
I'd take your love to Liverpool... (Where's California?)
Don't it make you wonder?
I called your mama, and I asked her what to bring;
She said London fog would be the thing...
I couldn't find the fog, the Beatles, or myself;
This pain in my heart is above all I have felt...
But it's the natural thing to think of you, after all we've been
through;
Do you ever think of me at night, wondering why I left your
world undone?
(Don't it make you wonder? Don't it make you wonder?)
Where's California? (Far from Liverpool...)
So very far from you... (Far from lovin' you...)
Ooh, baby, did I warn you, (Baby, did I warn ya?)
I'd take your love to Liverpool... (Where's California?)
Don't it make you wonder?
Don't it make you wonder?
Don't it make you wonder why?
Don't it make you wanna break down and cry?
(Don't it make you wonder?) Don't it make you wonder?
Over and over and over again, finding it hard to pretend...
Where's California? (Far from Liverpool...)
So very far from you... (Far from lovin' you...)
Ooh, baby, did I warn you, (Baby, did I warn ya?)
I'd take your love to Liverpool... (Where's California?)
And where's (Where's California?) California? (Far from
Liverpool...)
So very, so very far, so very far from you (Far from lovin'
you...)
Oh, where (Where's California?) are you? (Far from Liverpool...)
Far away...
11.Opus 111 (Does Anybody Care)
Memories past but not forgotten
The dye is cast-Soon ripe-Soon rotten
'Ars longa vita brevis-Art is long and life is short'
My euphonic heartache-Do I brag, complain or sport
It's not enough to say you care
You've got to spread the word
Have you heard
Jesus was just a man
The Bible tells us so
He gave more than just his hands
And he never said no...
12.The Ballad of Cradle Rob and Me
Saw Cradle playin' in the schoolyard one day
Pretty young boy-I takes him home to play
Soon we was hangin'-Venice alleyway
Robbin' the cradle-No-Cradle Rob and me
Rob and me lived on the same block
He's kinny garden
I in knee socks
He goin' play doctor over by the docks
Robbin' the cradle-No-Cradle Rob and me
Cradle's still fresh in junior high
Rob ain't so fresh at fourteen
Me, I was just the last word
Ooo have you heard the heresay
I was robbin' the cradle
No, it wasn't that way
I 'member one day back in seventy-four
When Cradle's mamma said it wasn't cute no more
I was three years too old for them to ignore
She said I was robbin' the cradle
But it was Cradle Rob and me
We hung around about a year after that
'Til Rob found another girl to put his hair in plaits
And I said, 'Girl, don't you worry me
And we'll have none of that'
Robbin' the cradle-no-Cradle Rob and me
Crae's semi fresh in college now
Rob ain't so fresh at nineteen
Me, well I'm still the last word
Ooo have your heard the heresay
I was robbin' the cradle-no-it wasn't that way
Robbin' the cradle
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