Angie Stone - The Art Of Love & War (2007) by Angie Stone (보컬) on maniadb.com

Lord knows i gotta be
true to myself to see
god's been too good to me
to take things i believe

we all kmow that we got better days
even when our world is grey
trouble dont last always
thats why im leaning on my friends

sometimes we gotta stop
and take everything in
make room for my new dreams
look back on the old scenes

its time for me to step up
you gave me a reason
to walk into my season
I've only just begun

so busy worryin bout the little things
when someone else is doing worse than me
somebody out there got a child in need
I never sold you down for you and me

And the air we breathe
maybe aint even healthy
cause in the forest there aint no trees
dont tell me that dont make you stop and thing

Im so grateful (said im grateful)
Im where i wanna be (right where i wanna be)
Every Blessing...
Every Blessing means more than life to me

Cant let it get me
Im just to rested to be stressed
like some people be...

Go ahead strong make it do what it do Ahh Baby Uhh Uhh don’t be acting cute now You be done roes up a little somethin somethin (Laugh) I know you hear alone in a crowd right now but the same people you see going up you see coming down Baby Before you got your ins And your brand new Benz And your exclusive friends I was your baby I was your ride-to-die And yes your one supply And Everything you needed (Baby) There was never room For either to assume There would be leavin (Baby) Now that your brand new And getting on through Here’s something to take with you I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you needed huggin I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you needed lovin I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you need stroking I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you need choking Listen baby, baby Now that your flying high Cat up in the sky Got everyone one believing (I was yo Baby) Made it by yourself with nobody’s help ooh deciving (Baby) You already know you reaping what you sowe Better take it slow (say baby) boy let me warn you while your making your move Here’s something to take with you I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you needed huggin I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you needed lovin I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you need stroking I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you need choking Listen Break it down Slow down, I-I want you, you wanted me I-I want you Slow it down I-I want you (Ah, Tag team) You wanted me (better right, it’s your time) Ahh! Befo you loose your mind Ya better press your And get some understanding (Say Baby) I don’t want to waste my time Ya see I works for mine Lifes too demanding (Baby) Breaking every rule thinking that it’s cool Don’t ya be no fool (say baby) Now that your brand new And getting all through Here’s something to take with you I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you needed huggin I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you needed lovin I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you need stroking I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you need choking I was your girl You use to love me, (You use to love me) You use to love me Kiss me and hug me You use to love me, (You use to hug me) You use to love me Now you disown me You use to love me, (You use to love me) You use to love me Kiss me and hug me You use to love me, (Use to stroke me) You use to love me Now you disown me I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you needed huggin I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you needed love I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you needed stroking I was yo baby, baby, baby, baby, baby When you needed choking Do you remember I-I want you, you wanted me Do you remember I-I want you, you wanted me Do you remember I-I want you, you wanted me Do you remember I-I want you, you wanted me You needed strokin Oh Give me what I wanted I gave you everything you needed So I love you Want me baby Give you all my lovin then come on baby I didn’t give it right hardly I was holding you down like crazy right babe You were in the pocket and I was in the socket Oh, Oh, Ohh I was your baby

Now we been traveling this road left too far
So with love, my best regards
I'm giving you the time and the space
Yes, you need just a little more faith
If you're gonna grow, then you need to know
When it's time to just let go
Cause life is too short to be pretend
We're in the beginning when it's the end

Oh oh, here we go... a-gain
Trying to make it right
When it don't make sense, no

Now we're both knowing what the problem is
Instead of letting go, trying to make it fit
Making a fool out of love
Ending up in the same predictament
If we're gonna grow, then we need to know
When it's time to just let go
Life is too short to pretend
We're in the beginning when it's the end

Oh oh, here we go... a-gain
Trying to make it right
When it don't make sense, no

I trusted you with everything
Gave you my all to make you stay
You took, but never understood my pain
Now I gotta leave you
Love I'm on my way

Oh oh, here we go a-gain
Trying to make it right
When it don't make sense, no

Time to let it go now
Wherever we would go from here
I'm praying
Sweet blessings
Nothing but joy, happiness
Baby don't regret it
It's all good
Said we learned so much from each other

Doo, doo, doo-doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Doo, doo, doo-doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Doo, doo, doo-doo, doo, doo, doo, doo

You've got your mother in a whirl
She's not sure if you're a boy or a girl
Hey babe, your hair's alright
Hey babe, let's go out tonight
You like me and I like it all

We like dancing and we look divine
You love bands when they're playing hard
You want more and you want it fast
They put you down, they say I'm wrong
You tacky thing, you put them on

Rebel, rebel, you've torn your dress
Rebel, rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel, rebel, how could they know?
Hot tramp, I love you so

Don't ya?
Doo, doo, doo-doo, doo, doo, doo, doo

You've got your mother in a whirl
'Cause she's not sure if you're a boy or a girl
Hey babe, your hair's alright
Hey babe, let's stay out tonight
You like me and I like it all

We like dancing and we look divine
You love bands when they're playing hard
You want more and you want it fast
They put you down, they say I'm wrong
You tacky thing, you put them on

Rebel, rebel, you've torn your dress
Rebel, rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel, rebel, how could they know?
Hot tramp, I love you so
Don't ya? Oh?

Doo, doo, doo-doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
Doo, doo, doo-doo, doo, doo, doo, doo

Rebel, rebel, you've torn your dress
Rebel, rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel, rebel, how could they know?
Hot tramp, I love you so

You've torn your dress, your face is a mess
You can't get enough but enough ain't the test
You've got your transmission and your live wire
You got your cue line and a handful of ludes
You wanna be there when they count up the dudes

And I love your dress
You're a juvenile success
Because your face is a mess
So how could they know?
I said, how could they know?

So what you wanna know?
Calamity's child, chi-chile, chi-chile
Where'd you wanna go?
What can I do for you?
Looks like you've been there too

'Cause you've torn your dress
And your face is a mess, ooh, your face is a mess
Ooh, ooh, so how could they know?
Eh, eh, how could they know? Eh, eh

Oh oh.. sometimes

The way I
love too much and I
give too much and ya
take so much
til I
ain't got nothin'
And your energy
how it weighs on me
steady
drainin' me
until I'm empty
Wantin' better days
and all your crazy ways
am I lovin' you in vain? Somebody to help me
I don't need negativity
I just need some clarity (sometimes I wanna love you) ooh ooh ooh

Sometimes
I wanna hate you
sometimes I wanna
grab you and pull you close and tell you I love you then push you away
oh oh oh boy
I wanna
love you
and sometimes I wanna
fight you
and God knows that it ain't
right to
I tell you I'm leavin' and then I say
oh oh sometimes

Now I give my all
every time you fall
I'm right there whenever you need me
That's when I'm
positive
you're insensitive
and just
knowing this
I'm uneasy
Don't appreciate
sacrifice I made
money that
I threw away
not a dime on me
but all I see
is negativity
I think I'm getting clarity

Am I asking too much?
When I need for you to hold me just to make me feel better
Am I asking too much?
When I'm asking for the little things you do to bring me laughter
Am I asking too much?
I can't wait another minute
'cause I'm runnin' on empty
When I long for your touch
your touch, your touch, your touch, your touch (sometimes I wanna love you )

Sometimes I wanna
hate you
sometimes I wanna
grab you and pull you close and tell you I love you then push you away
oh oh oh boy I wanna
love you
and sometimes I wanna
fight you (I wanna fight ya right now ...oh oh oh oh oh... I wanna make ya leave)
and God knows that it ain't
right to
I tell you I'm leavin' and then I say
oh oh sometimes

Make you leave... Far to believe...
I wanna stretch my arms and I fall to my knees that's when the heavens open up and pour a blessing on me.... Sometimes sometimes oh you make me so mad sometimes I wanna love you I wanna love you

Sometimes I wanna hate you, sometimes I wanna grab you and pull you close and tell you I love you then push you away, oh oh oh boy I wanna love you, sometimes I wanna fight (fight ya right now) you and God knows that it ain't right to I tell you one minute and then I say oh oh sometimes

Go on back to your life,
the way it used to be before you met me.
Stop holding on.
Baby let it go, casue it ain't gon be different.
We don't want to.
And you.
You've got so much goin' on.
And i don't want to stop you from come in to your own.
And it's been so good.


So good.
So good.
Too good.
Beautiful, you are.
I can't take that from you.
But, I'm beatiful too.
The sooner we get through this thing, we can be free.
Go on [Go ahead] back to your life,
[it's ok] the way it used to be before you loved me.

how do i explain myself,
could it be written in a book
is it visual?
cuz everything i'm doing girl it just don't seem to be enough
oh what am i supposed to do?
how am i to show my love for you
everything i do, girl its all for you

Girl give me half a chance
I'll give you what you've been missin' in a man
Girl give me half a chance
I'll give you what you've been missin' in a man

you got your own set rules
and i'm tired of learning from you
so excuse me while i get away
i'll be better off in my own space
ain't it funny how, now, that leaving
you want to give me everything
but that's not how its supposed to be


maybe i'll give you a chance
takin' me all that i need in a man
what makes you think you can
i need a reason (to give you one more chance)



I'm already out the door
ain't no need to say no more
Cuz i'm not whatcha lookin' for
and maybe after everything i'm mad ya left me here
it was so obvious you didn't care

baby i know you want trust (i'll do my best make it up)
baby please listen, don't fuss
I'll do whatever it will take (to make up for my mistake)
I think its time for us

I know it seems like i'm beggin
but i don't want you to slip away

now ain't it funny when ya learning
i shoulda been the one concernin
all ya wanna do now is conversate
when we all ready know its too late



if i don't make it back alright
i want to make ya feel alright

Just like a seed that wouldn't grow.
Not 'til it had the right home.
You were like that for me.
You nurtured me.
You cared for me.
You never would let go.
Not 'til you could breathe new life into me.
Don't you see? What you mean to me -- EVERYTHING.
Where would I be without ya?
So many times you could have walked.
But you stood by me through it all.
Got me through hurt. Baby you served through every broken thing to put me back together.
Now all is good with me. I'm more happy than most can be.
I'm so gone and that's ok with me.
Oh boy you make me breathe free.

You make the sunshine. You make the rain fall.
These are the reasons I love you.
Just like the wind blows. Or how the Nile flows.
Baby I love you. I love you.
High as the moon, boy, you've got me flying.
And though the seasons -- they change.
You stay the same boy. These are the reasons.
Baby I love you. I love you.

Got on my knees real low.
Wanna let God know, that I'm so thankful for you.
Now and forever, I'll adore. Yeah.
I'm crying tears of joy. I'm so in love with you boy.
Praisin' His name for blessings and favor. Yeaaahh
I want you to know that you have changed my whole life.
And now I'm trusting like I never did before.
Smiling like I never did before.
Loving like I never did before.
And it's all because of you.

You make the sunshine. You make the rain fall.
These are the reasons I love you.
Just like the wind blows. Or how the Nile flows.
Baby I love you. I love you.
High as the moon, boy, you've got me flying.
And though the seasons -- they change.
You stay the same boy. These are the reasons.
Baby I love you. I love you.

My people!
Yeah!
My people!
Yeah!

The foundation of the United States
Rests on the sweat of my people
Every enemy of the USA
Has had to face my people on the front lines

People, my people are dyin'
And we see it all the time
Don't know where our future would be
If he's not here, how do we stay strong?

Only we can save us from us
Bring about change we will show our people love

My people, hold your head up
My people, don't get fed up
My people rise, my people fight
My people do alright

My people walk with pride and
We're marchin' side by side and
My people laugh, my people cry
My people ride and die

People, my people, keep striving
There's a greater master plan
We need to know our history
We were kings and queens of the greatest dynasty

Only we can save us from us
Bring about change we will show our people love

My people, hold your head up
My people, don't get fed up
My people rise, my people fight
My people do alright

My people walk with pride and
We're marchin' side by side and
My people laugh, my people cry
My people ride and die

My people, hold your head up
My people, don't get fed up
My people rise, my people fight
My people do alright

My people walk with pride and
We're marchin' side by side and
My people laugh, my people cry
My people ride and die

Who are my people? Dr. Vernon Johns
Dr. Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks
Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X
Bishop Desmond Tutu, Mohammad Ali
Sydney Poitier, Quincy Jones

Colin Powell, Oprah Winfrey
Barrack Obama, Spike Lee
Michael Jordan, Venus and Serena Williams
Tiger Woods, The Rutgers Women's Basketball Team
We are my people, we are the future

My people, hold your head up
My people, don't get fed up
My people rise, my people fight
My people do alright

My people walk with pride and
We're marchin' side by side and
My people laugh, my people cry
My people ride and die

My people, hold your head up
My people, don't get fed up
My people rise, my people fight
My people do alright

My people walk with pride and
We're marchin' side by side and
My people laugh, my people cry
My people ride and die

Harriet Tubman, Shirley Caesar
Miss Jane Pittman, Juanita Bynum
Maya Angelou, Bishop T.D. Jakes
Madam C.J. Walker, Bishop Noel Jones

Moms Mabley, Reverend Blake Scott
Aretha Franklin, Reverend Jamal Bryant
Dorothy Dandridge, Richard Pryor
Lena Horn, Samuel Jackson
Nancy Wilson, Magic Johnson
Mahalia Jackson, Smokey Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson, Nikki Giovanni
Adam Clayton Powell, Afeni Shakur
The Funk Brothers, Miles Davis
Mr. James Brown, 2Pac
Bob Marley, Biggie Smalls

Billie Holiday, Cathy Hughes
Charlie Parker, Betty Shabazz
Denzel Washington, Coretta Scott King
Morgan Freeman, Angela Davis
James Earl Jones, Nat King Cole

Curtis Mayfield, Bob Johnson
Marvin Gaye, Johnnie Cochran
Berry Gordy, Nat Turner
Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby
Cuba Gooding Jr., **** Gregory
Chris Tucker, Langston Hughes

Reverend Al Sharpton, Katherine Dandrige
Jesse Jackson, Debbie Allen
Woo! Gregory Hines
Benjamin Zephaniah, Robert Pele
Kofi Annan, Luther Vandross

Tyler Perry, Wynton Marsalis
Zadie Smith, Charles White
Pele, Romare Bearden
Robert Mugambi, Gordon Parks
Omar, John McLean

Mariam Makeba, Susan Taylor
Soul II Soul, Tom Bail
Antwan Fuqua, Damien Marley
Trevor McDonald, The Black Stars
Angie Stone, Count Basie
Duke Ellington, Jackie Robinson

Bill Clinton, that's right I said it
Y'all know that was the first black man in the White House

Sit down let me talk to you
Maybe we can get down if you want
Now or later
If you're with it I'm here to make sure it happens
In the best way for you

Sunny days
Purple haze
We chillin in the shade, oh
I can feel myself getting a rush
Oh I'm so high
Apple martinis and buffalo wings
Baby listen to the jay bird sing
La la la la la, la la la la

Baby
Sit down let me talk to you
Maybe we can get down if you want
Now or later
If you're with it I'm here to make sure it happens
In the best way for you

Cruisin on in Chi-town
I'm here to tell you we just don't stop
Makin our way with Marvin Gaye
Watchin sunsets on the bay
Baby let me rub your body with some oil
Can we take it there
I dare you Boo

Baby
Sit down let me talk to you
Maybe we can get down if you want
Now or later
If you're with it I'm here to make sure it happens
In the best way for you

Baby oh baby I said I'm lovin the way that you're lovin me
I'll admit I'm caught up in my fantasy
And I won't change this feeling for nothin

Sit down let me talk to you
Maybe we can get down if you want
Now or later
If you're with it I'm here to make sure it happens
In the best way for you

Sit down c'mon
Let's have a conversation
I want to be good to you (I love you boy)
Come over here baby sit down
Let me talk to ya bout what's goin down sugar
I just wanna let you know that I'm feelin you
Crazy crazy about you and I'm
Lovin the very ground you walk on
Baby listen to this song
You know you make me feel like a real woman.

Play with it Might get it
(Cause you just might get it)
You don't want to mess with me

I had to take a walk back down to Murray Lane
And let ya know I still got game
Turn up the heat a little
And watch your brain sizzle
And bring about a change

If you ain't ready for this grease I'm slingin
Then get your a** up out that frying pan
Cause it ain't nothin but the hits I'm bringin
I'm Angie Stone and I'm here to stand

Play with it Might get it
(Cause you just might get it)
You don't want to mess with me

I got a chip on my shoulder
Ain't too heavy to hold ya
But don't ever hold me back
It unleashes my animal instinct
And everything in my way
Will get attacked

Now ya know all I got is love for y'all
All my sisters and all my brothers,
I'm aggressive when it's time to get the message
To the ones who fell asleep

Play with it Might get it
(Cause you just might get it)
You don't want to mess with me

If you ain't ready for this grease I'm slingin
Then get your a** up out that frying pan
Cause it ain't nothin but the hits I'm bringin
I'm Angie Stone and I'm here to stand

Play with it Might get it
(Cause you just might get it)
You don't want to mess with me

Pop Pop Bottle Top, Body Rock, Beat Don't Stop
Pop, Pop, Pop Bottle Top, Body Rock, Beat DOn't Stop

We're Chilling Agin, I want to be, more than a friend. Cause you taken me to places I never been before. Feeling like I'm yearning for a little more. And(DAMN) I want to begin to build with you, Let it do what it do. Cause we been talkin and kissing and loving like every night. And if that's wrong I don't want to be right.

Look what u done, making me run, straight to your arms. Boy you know you only get the best of me. Flowing like a book full of poetry.(DAMN) I'm thanking your mother for making your brother... tell her I love her... Boy, u know ure everything I need. Ure the missing linkto me...

It gets no better than this, cause your kiss is sumthin I just don't want to miss [repeat]

Boy you know we gone do this... Yes, we gone do this...

Wait for Me
I need to get up out of here.
Baby just wait for me. (Said I'm coming.)
It won't be long. (Said I'm already packed, ready to go, waiting to get out of here.)
Baby just wait for me. (I'm coming.)
It won't be long. (I said I'm on my way, ready to stay; did I make it crystal clear?)

Since you came into my life.
Strong, sweet, and positive.
Things are so right.
So far away, I'm counting down the days.
Baby I anticipate loving you a billion ways.

Baby just wait for me. (Said I'm coming.)
It won't be long. (Said I'm already packed, ready to go, waiting to get out of here.)
Baby just wait for me. (I'm coming)
It won't be long. (I said I'm on my way, ready to stay; did I make it crystal clear?)

Baby can you feel it?
That this thing that we've got is real
Though we're miles apart, you've still got my heart
I'm about to leave today and be on my way
Baby just be still.

Stop don't worry.
You already got me, right where you want me.
I promise it won't take long.
I'm on my way home!

A thousand kisses for you
Is never too much (Never too much, never too much, never too much)

Greyhound, or Amtrax
Whatever it takes I'm coming back
Mercedes Benz, or airplane
Through the clouds and the rain
Days, hours, minutes, seconds
I can't wait another day.
With all this distance it's tearing me away, yeah!

Baby just wait for me. (Said I'm coming.)
It won't be long. (Said I'm already packed, ready to go, waiting to get out of here.)
Baby just wait for me. (I'm coming.)
It won't be long. (Said I'm already packed, ready to go, waiting to get out of here.)
Baby just wait for me. (Said I'm coming.)
It won't be long. (Said I'm already packed, ready to go, waiting to get out of here.)

Stop don't worry.
You already got me, right where you want me.
I promise it won't take long.
I'm on my way home!

I said I'm already packed, ready to go, got to get out of here.
I said I'm ready to go, already packed, got to get out of here.

Looking back on when I started
Had a lot of sun and a lot of rain
I had some joy and broken hearted
But now that doesn't mean a thing
I'm living for the joy and laughter
Longing for my befores and afters
All in all it's been cool
And there's nothing I wouldn't do
I'm so happy being me

Ohhh
So happy being me
I'm regretting noting about me
Too busy living life, Living love, Freely
So happy being me

Stop reaching back from your beginnings
All those broken dreams that went down stream
As we grow, live and know
Some things were never meant to be
Just like people they come and go
Some will live forever and some will never know
That's why god gives us memories
To leave us to our victories
I'm so happy loving me

All those hidden treasures
Feeling nothing but pleasure
We could never replace, is love (We can't no we can't no)
The sunlight leads us to a place and moonlight keeps us in it's grace
I'm so happy being me