As bombs explode around us and hate advances on the right 
The only thing that matters, baby, is the love that we make 2night 
As little babies in make-up terrorize the western world 
The only thing that matters, baby, is love between a boy and girl 

Oh, expert lover, my baby 
U ever had a Crystal Ball? 
Undercover, no maybe 
All 4 fun and fun 4 all 

I can't remember my baby's voice cuz she ain't talkin' no more 
Only the sound of love and prayer echo from the yellow floor,
yellow floor 
Huh, she's sayin' – "Dear Jesus, save us from temptation 
Dear Jesus, save us from hell 
Save us from the madness that threatens us all 
Can U hear us? It's hard 2 tell 
In your name we pray" 

Expert lover, my baby 
Ever had a Crystal Ball? 
Undercover, no maybe 
All 4 fun, fun 4 all 

As soldiers draw swords of sorrow 
My baby draws pictures of sex (Yes, she does) 
All over the walls in graphic detail - sex! 

Everybody say it now 
Expert lover, huh, my baby 
Ever had a Crystal Ball? 
Under… undercover, ha, no maybe 
All 4 fun and fun 4 all 

Rip it, ouch! Uh 

Expert lover, my baby 
Ever had a Crystal Ball? 
Uh, expert lover, my baby (My baby) 
Ever had a Crystal Ball? 
Crystal Ball 
Expert 

My baby, my baby, my baby, my baby 
Kiss me, lick me, trick me, whoa! 
Oh yeah, yeah 
Come on, come on, come on, won't U come on? 

Expert lover, huh, my baby 
Have U ever had a Crystal Ball? 

Don't U wanna? 
What my drummer wanna say? {x2} 
Yeah! Drummer 
Tell me what the bass said 

Yeah 
Oh, ow! 
Listen 2 my, uh, listen 2 my bass man play 

(Alright) (Expert lover, my baby is alright) 
(Alright) (Undercover, my baby is alright) 
Listen 2 the guitar play 
Hey! Wait a minute now 
It's groovy 
Ouch! Guitar, guitar 
Come on now 
Oh yeah! 

My baby licked me fast 
Her mama watch her gas 
Come on, baby, do me fast 
Come on, come on 
Your mathematical gas 

Uh 
Ooh wee! 
Darlin, darlin, U know U want a Cry…Crystal Ball 
Crystal Ball 

I don't know, I have 2 ask my mommy first 

As bombs explode around U and hate advances on your right 
The only thing U can be sure of is the love we make 2night 

Expert lover, my baby 
Ever had a Crystal Ball? 
Take off your clothes, baby
Come on, get the Crystal Ball 

Oh, expert lover, my baby 
U ever had a Crystal Ball? 
Come on, take off your clothes, baby 
Come on, get the Crystal Ball 

Come on! 
Expert lover, my baby 
Ever had a Crystal Ball? 
Oh, my baby, my baby, my baby 
Come on, get the, get the, get the Crystal Ball 

Oh, U ever had a Crystal Ball? 

Hollyrock ain't all it seems (Lordy) 
Don't get 2 serious, it's just a dream 
Don't forget your friends, they're all U've got (Lordy) 
Listen 2 the story of a man I am not 

Party all night, hangin' out 
In the streets more than I be at home 
I take a pill 2 wipe away my doubts 
But a pill can't cure my bein' alone 
Vodka and 7 straight 2 my brain 
Put me under false impressions, hide all my pain 
Somebody help me, I'm losing control 

This is what it's like in the Dream Factory, oh! 

Everybody got the big dreams (Hey Lordy) 
But nobody got the bucks 
Love and trust will help U make it in a world (Everybody) 
Where there ain't no love, ain't no love 

Dig... 
A man came up 2 me, smile in his eyes 
He told me I was a saint 
So I'm quittin' my friends much 2 their surprise 
I can't live up 2 the picture that they paint 
Ah somebody help me, I'm losing control (Ow!) 

I guess I'm just a sucker in the dream factory, oh! 

Lordy 
La, la, la, la, la (Sucker) 
Got 2 drive 
(It's just a dream) {x3} 
Look out 

Do U wanna party? 
Do want a pill? 
How about a false impression? 
(Thrills, spills, chills) 

This is what it's like in the Dream Factory, oh! 

Ow! Yeah 
Up a little bit 
(Dream factory, oh) 
Party all night, hang up on the side, I said "Uh" 
(Do U wanna party?) 
I can't make up my mind 
(How about a false impression?) 
I can't seem 2 live with no pictures (Thrills, spills, chills) 
Somebody got 2 help me! (Just a sucker) 
I'm losing control (Just a sucker) 
I guess I'm just a sucker in the dream factory, oh! 

Guess I'm just a sucker in the dream factory, oh! 
(Just a sucker, motherfucker!)

Say baby, what U waitin' on? 
4 U, uh, ain't no other fish in the sea 
What U waitin' on? 
Acknowledge me 

Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore 
I was here in the beginning and I'll be here 4ever more 
Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend 
I can make U happy baby, over and over again 

Saw U at the party, U were lookin' so fly 
Everybody wanted your number, U wanted mine 
U came right up 2 me in one wink of an eye 
U told me that U think of me both day and night and that is why 

I've got 2 know how can U give your body 2 another 
When your mind is here with me? 
U need a friend much more than a lover 
That's all I ever said I wanted 2 be 

CHORUS: 
Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore (No baby) 
I was here in the beginning and I'll be here 4ever more 
Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend (Oh baby) 
I can make U happy baby, over and over again 

I'm waitin' 4 the phone call, but it just don't ring 
I'm lookin' 4 a letter or a sign from heaven or anything 
Everyday that goes by is another day I want U more 
I'd give a million dollars 2 see U baby standin' at my door 

I'll lay U down and tell U stories 
About the way that we could be 
And when U're ready 2 feel the glory (Feel the glory) 
I will only want 2 love U when it's somethin' that U need 

CHORUS 

Not that U care 4 a silly rhyme frontin' an old cliché (Yeah) (Yeah) 
But look at me baby, what can I say? 
There ain't another fish in the sea (Yeah) 
I could be singin' a song any style, any way 
Ain't nothin' but a trick 2 me (Blow) 
But I'm gonna blow this horn until U're on your knees 
Beggin' me please, please, please 
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme love I can count on 
Gimme, gimme body I can't go without 
Uh, slaves 4 one another (Hey!) 
Yeah baby, that's what I do believe I am talkin' about 
So let me know how U wanna go? (Yeah) 
U wanna get with that or this? (Yeah) 
Uh, acknowledge me, baby 
U got 2 or U can.. kiss.. 

How can U give your body 2 another? (How can U, baby?) 
When your mind is here with me (It's here with me) 
U need a friend much more than a lover (U need a friend) 
That's all I ever said I wanted 2 be 
(That's all I ever, ever wanna be baby) 
(Acknowledge me, me, me, oh yeah!) 
Acknowledge, acknowledge, acknowledge, acknowledge me 

Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore (No baby) 
I was here in the beginning and I'll be here 4ever more 
Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend 
I can make U happy baby, over and over again (And over again,
yeah) 

Acknowledge me, don't dog me anymore (Don't cha dog me girl) 
(I'll be here, I'll be here 2 wipe away your tears) 
Acknowledge me, I only wanna be your friend 
(Oh, don't cha worry about a thing) 
I can make U happy baby, over and over again (Oh, yeah) 

Come on pretty baby, sit your butt on the chair there 
And let me run a gender in and out of your hair fair 
A gender 4 the morning, noon and night, so prepare there 
U could come alone or tell a friend, I don't care bear 
This a funky party so U need 2 be open 
Givin' up all I need so I don't need 2 be hopin' 
And even if we're dealin' with that time of the month 
It's 4th and goal and I ain't about 2 punt 
Cuz as soon as U be strollin' in your Lagerfeld blazer 
U need 2 know how many ways a brother can praise ya 
2 bad 4 hell, 2 good 2 let heaven raise ya 
And if U wanna see my dream, I need U 4 days and days 
Baby doll, can U get the hell away 
From that thing U call a man and then we can play 
The kind of music that'll make your big butt sway 
2 the back, 2 the forth 
When it's all said a better brother should be more 
Thank the Lord 
Huh, 4 a body like that, titties swingin' like a door 
Gimme 2 times just 2 thank my Savior 
Girl, what can I say, U got the crazy flavor 
I'm givin' U plenty propers so U got 2 score 
The only one that's gonna make U holler 4 more 
Like a whore, I'm yours 
Acknowledge me, baby, what are U waiting 4? 

{"Down on it" repeats in BG} 
Welcome, this is where I live {fades out} 
This is where I dream my dreams 
2night we'll make love until the world stops turning 
U're small but very strong, U move like a cat 

CHORUS: 
Ripopgodazippa, ripopgodazippa 
If U flick of the pink plush, then this brother trippa 
My girlie, how in the world did U learn this that U know? 
Ripopgodazippa, etc. etc. so 

This bench that I normally use 4 the weights 
My girl, she lay me down and try my soul 2 take 
And devilish this night she was before as I'm layin' there 
She take it all the way down, the girl go down 2 the hair 
She wouldn't move a muscle 4 what seemed like days 
My heart stop beating and I died this way 

CHORUS 

Ripopgodazippa 

I lay me girl down on the fake lamb fur 
It's fake but it's still soft as what's between her 
Lavender oil come from the bottle like I do 
Whenever I think about me zippa rippin' so good 
All down the body and devil between the thighs 
Ripop go zippa and U get a big surprise 

CHORUS 

Ripopgodazippa 

Instead of walking inside, I just knock on the door 
I take a look around until she beggin' me "More, more, more!" 
When I finally come inside, I'm standin' perfectly still 
"I can't take no more!" Pump U then I will 
"I just wanna call your name, but I don't know what 2 say" 
Ripopgodazippa 

If U're always with me 
U'll never have 2 call me 
Touché, touché 
Hey 

CHORUS 

Ripopgodazippa (Ripopgodazippa) 
Etc. etc. so 

Ripopgodazippa 

Love sign {x2} 
Love, love 

CHORUS: 
If U're sick of evil knocking on your door 
Throw up the love sign once and 4 ever more 
If U'd rather make love and have a little fun 
Throw up the love sign everybody and not the gun 

In a chariot of red and gold 
The cool, fuzzy voice said, "Come save your soul" 
Before the fear of rejection reared its head 
He stood before the masses and calmly said 

CHORUS 

In the day of where and why we all belong 
Don't nobody wanna hear a silly love song 
And if they did then we would sing it on the news 
While U're aiming your gun at me and I'm aiming back at U 

CHORUS 

Now 
Song now 
Everybody sing the song now 

If U only had one year left 2 live 
What good is the time U spend if U got no love 2 give? 
Let's all get up off the front and find a cause 2 back 
Then we can teach the babies replications of the act, of the act 

CHORUS {x2} 
(Sick of evil knockin', yeah) 
(Then ev..everybody, oh) 
(We can have a little fun) 
(Everybody, oh yeah) 
(Oh yeah) 
(4 ever more) 
(Make a little love now) 
(We can make love instead of guns, oh) 

Now

(Oh yeah) {repeat sample in song} 

I can't hold it any longer 
It's gettin' harder every day 
The need 4 U is getting stronger 
Than my need 2 play 

CHORUS: 
Playin' hard 2 get is gettin' hard 2 play 
How can I be cool fallin' every day? 
Playin' hard 2 get is gettin' hard 2 play 
How can I resist? Love has got me sayin', baby 
"Give it up - bang, bang - before it be gone!" 
Hide the bone 

Oh, when U whisper that U want me 
Press your body close 2 mine 
I feel the fire burnin' and I just wanna surrender 
I wanna surrender every time, hey! 

CHORUS 

Hide the bone 
Hey baby 
(Bone) {x2} 

U're goin' 2 ruin my reputation 
I'm used 2 makin' all the rules 
But I can't control this situation (I can't control it) 
When it comes 2 me and U 

U're breakin' down my resistance 
I won't ever be the same, oh no (Oh no) 
U kiss away all my defenses 
This time the hunter is captured by the game (Bone) 

CHORUS 

Ah yeah, hey 

(Bone) 
Whatever U do - keep it movin' 
Whatever U do - don't stop {repeat phrase x4} 

Don't stop the groove {x8} 
(Let's hide the bone) 
Bone {x9} (Let's hide the bone) 
Whatcha stoppin' 4, nigga? 
I didn't tell U 2 stop 
(Let's hide the bone)

Perhaps U noticed that I never look U in the eye 
I'm just afraid that I might die of my love 4 U 
I wanna kiss U, but baby, I dare not try 
Or my dreams most surely will come true 
So that's why… 

Please don't hold my hand cuz I will 
Damn sure understand and kill 
The other boys in the band who want U 2morrow, 2morrow 

They can't tap it - not 2morrow 
(The most beautiful girl in the world) 
U're mine 2morrow 

On a deep blue sea I wanna be swept away 
With U I could pass the time of every night and every day (All
time) 
Never remembering the songs 2 sing, let alone what notes 2 play 
I'm gonna die of my love 4 U, baby 

Stay with me 2night, my dear 
But please don't hold me tight cuz I fear 
My heart just might feel joy instead of sorrow 2morrow 

I don't wanna be happy - not 2morrow (not 2morrow) 
(The most beautiful girl in the world) 
I'd rather cry 2morrow 

2morrow is the day I say after 2day 
That U and I can play like we wanna 
With under garments thrown, the seed can be sown 
Slippery in the sauna (Oh) 

If I could just look U in the eye 
But baby, I dare not try 
Cuz then my dreams will surely come true (All time) 

Please don't hold my hand cuz I will 
Damn sure understand and kill 
The other boys in the band who want U 2morrow, 2morrow 

2morrow 
{scatting vocals} 
(The most beautiful girl in the world) {x2}

Inside lookin' out my window 
I don't see nothin' but rain 
Sun up in the sky just-a-shinin' (Just-a-shinin') 
Still I'm lost in my shadow of pain (Mm-hmm) 

Like an innocent man that's on death row 
I don't understand what made U go 
And wanna leave me, baby 
Leave me in the dark 
Can U tell me, tell me? 

U took my sex and my money (Money) 
Took all my self-esteem, yes U did 
U had the nerve 2 think it was funny (Funny) 
I never knew a bitch so mean, yes sir 

U absolutely drove a man 2 tears 
All I really know is that U sincerely 
Wanna hurt me, baby 
Oh, yes U do 
U wanna hurt me in the dark 

Sunshine - Somebody make the sun shine 
Dark cloud - Somebody take this dark cloud away 

Just as sure as Noah built the ark (That's how sure) 
That's how sure I am U broke my heart 

How could U, baby, leave me in the dark? 
Baby, it's so dark 
So dark, so dark (Dark) 

Feel like the sun ain't never gonna shine 
U left me in the dark 
So dark, so dark (Dark) 
I don't know, I don't know why we ever had 2 part 
Baby, can't see a damn thing out my window, it's so dark 
So dark, so dark (Dark) 

Sometimes I want 2 curse the ground U walk on 
Even when I know that everything U feel, I feel it 2 

I wanna curse U, baby 
Ooh, U left me in the dark 
And now I want 2 curse U, baby (I wanna curse U, baby) 
4 leavin' me alone, alone, alone (U left me in the dark) 
Oh, yes U did 
And now all I wanna say is 
In the dark 
Ow! U left me {x2} 

It's like being on death row (In the dark) 
I don't understand why U had 2 go 
I don't understand why U (hurt me in the dark) 
Don't understand why U (hurt me in the dark) 
Don't understand why U hurt me, hurt me, hurt me, hurt me here! 
Just leave me (In the dark) 
(In the dark) 

So dark, so dark (Dark) (In the dark) 
So dark, so dark (Dark) 
(In the dark) 

Let's see, body oil - check 
Incense - check 
Environmental records - double check! 
I'ma get some serious drawers 2night, think I ain't? 
Let's see, if I tell Gilbert and 'Rome 2 meet me 11 then I creep at
10 
That'll give me an hour of free reign 
Mo' drawers (Mo' drawers) 

9:30 - gettin' dressed 
I had a couple sips of wine 
Boo! - I swear 2 God 
My suit was hangin' fine 
Everybody at the club freaked 
When I stepped from the limousine 
They said - "Ooh, it's good 2 see ya" 
I said - "Oh, it's good 2 be seen 
U know what I mean?" 

Tell U what's good 
It's a good thing we live close cuz I almost suffocated in that car 
Next time I won't wear so much Paco Rabinni or whatever that
stuff... 
I wonder if they got potato chips up in this... 
Man, this ain't like them house parties we used 2 go 2 
That's alright, I'm clean 

2night, hey, I'm a movie star 
I see myself on a silver screen, huh 
2night, it don't matter who U are 
I'm the only star on the scene 
U know what I mean? 

Man, I hate makin' movies 
But I like that money, think I don't? Hmph 

Check me out 
I just walk in, don't even find a seat 
Just threw my coat right on the floor 
Grab somebody 4 a quick dance 
Boy or girl - it don't matter no more, I'm hot! 
Ha, ha, ha – shit 
Mix was right 
Bold, Lord 

Ouch! Ha, ha 
Baby, do U wanna, do U wanna get off? 

2night, I'm a movie star 
I see myself up on the silver screen 
2night, it don't matter 
I'm the star on the scene 
Ouch! 

Mix was right 
On the 1 the kick drum hit the triple beat 
Baby, I was poppin' 
Did one spin, did a second, did the splits 
Came up, looked around, the joint was hoppin' 
Hoppin'! The joint was hoppin'! 
Somebody say "Movie Star!" 

So check it out, U wanna dance? 

Are U wearing that Paco Rabbit or whatever U call it?

Oh wow, that's dog 

What? Speak up, I can't hear over that suit 

Maybe U can hear this? 

Am I supposed 2 be impressed? 

That's right, Rolls Royce 
Check it out, baby 
U wanna dance now? 

Maybe next song 

Yeah right, dance floor is not big enough, fat cow 

Ooh, the mix, it's about the mix 
Ooh baby, I like that, but the kid gonna show U a few tricks 
Can I play with U? 

Baby, let's creep, I had enough of this action 
Bartender, on the house 
Give everybody in here somethin' 
Man, I don't care 
I got money 2 spare, U're cute and your music's thumpin' 
Yo baby, get the check 

"Yo baby" my behind, I need my money 

Say Brother Carothers, can I get some credit? 
No? Much money I done spent in this nasty joint? 
U need 2 be slapped! 
Darlin', shall we leave now? 
Go 2 Hades, boy! 

So U like my crib? 
It's not mine, it's rented 
Say, how much did U have 2 drink? 

What's the biggest lake U've ever been in? 

So, do U like environmental records? 
Crickets chirpin', water rushin' 
Supposed 2 make U horny 
It just make me wanna go 2 the bathroom 
Actually this one's not bad, check it out 
So like, what's your name? 
Oh wow, that's dog! 

CHORUS: 
Baby, how U wanna, how U wanna be done? 
Just say the word and we can start from number 1 
And go the distance, baby, until U tell me 2 stop 
I'd lose myself inside U till U get all I got 
Talk 2 me, baby (ooh), tell me how U wanna be done 

(How U wanna be done?) 

Shall I go in a circle like the merry-go-round 
That U and your girlfriends used 2 ride all up and down? 
Talk 2 me, baby, tell me how U want 2 be done (How U wanna be
done?) 

Shall I write the alphabet? (A B C D E F G) 
Or shall I just write my name? 
U tell me, U're the ruler in this telephone game 
I could be a slave when it comes down 2 U (Slave) 
I'll do any and everything U want me 2 do 
U know why? (Why?) 
Cuz I want U 2 have fun 
So how U wanna be done? 
(Yeah, baby, yeah!) (How U wanna be done?) 

Baby, how U wanna, how U wanna be done? 
Just say the word and we could start from number 1 
And go the distance, baby, till U tell me 2 stop 
I'd lose myself inside U till U get all I got 
Talk 2 me, baby (yeah), tell me how U wanna be done 

(Yeah, yeah) 

I want U 2 imagine U're making angels, angels in the snow 
And kiss a hundred revolutions nice and slow 
Then I see U on the beat do a def striptease 
No, no, leave the Chanel around your neck - please, baby, please 
Now do something I've never seen before (How U wanna be
done?) 
Crawl over 2 me on your stomach - more, baby, more 
Now pull me down on top of U and grind really fast 
(Tell me how U wanna be done) 
Take both hands with all your might and squeeze my... yeah! 
Roll me over until U're back on top 
Then I want U 2 kiss me until I make U stop 
That's how, that's how I wanna be done (Tell me how U wanna be
done) 

(How U wanna be done?) 

CHORUS 

Baby, baby 

Baby, how U wanna, how U wanna be done? 
Just say the word and we can start from number 1 
And go the distance, baby, till U tell me 2 stop