Paradise - LL Cool J Feat. Amerie

[Amerie harmonizes]

[LL] 10..
[Am] Mm, MMM, mmm, mmm

[Intro: Amerie]
If you need me baby I'm, FOR, real
The rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise..
If you want it baby just, BE, real
The rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise
I'm gonna give-a-you all my love, yeah

[LL Cool J]
We went through this before
Actin like the L's can't bag 'em no more
Nightgown draggin on the heated marble floor
Flash Cartier when you open up the door - slide these on baby
So butter, still relate to the gutter
Just your lifestyle's different, spirit uplifted
Fell in love with a cat who's gifted
Turn you back to paradise, damn I missed it
Pop a bottle, light a purple candle
I got somethin that you can't quite handle, that's why you love me
Pour bubbly, glow from the flame make your skin shine lovely
I'm sayin baby
Touch it why don'tcha (ohh) touch it why don'tcha (ohh)
Touch it why don'tcha (ayy) touch it why don'tcha (mmm)
Hey girl.. aw, girl!
Hey girl, I wanna rock your world

[Chorus: Amerie + (LL)]
If you need me baby I'm, FOR, real
The rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise..
(Paradise, is very nice)
If you want it baby just, BE, real
The rest of your life, I'll take you to paradise (uh, uh)
I'm gonna give-a-you all my love, yeah

[LL Cool J]
Next phase is this
Black sand, Tahiti, ten days to reminisce
God's my witness (uh)
I paid the price for paradise, so I'm livin this
I never limit myself, the L's fearless
Lay back while I illuminate the darkness
Like it smooth don'tcha
Make it move won'tcha, think I won't?
Take you to your peak I know them other cats don't
And it won't stop - this is beyond paper
First I get your mind right, then I might drape ya
Never pimpin, raise my girls well
Young thoroughbreds get schoolled by Uncle L.L.
C-double, L tattooed on the bubble
I lay the mink down, let you walk over a puddle
True love is so rare
But don't you worry I ain't goin nowhere

[Chorus w/ minor variations]

[Interlude: Amerie]
Trust me, trust me, trust - me, baby
Rest of your life I'll take you to paradise
I'll take you to paradise, oooohh
So won't you try me, try me - try, this, lady
Rest of your life I'll take you to paradise
I'm gonna give-a-you all my love, yeah

[LL Cool J]
Belly to belly, one hand on the jelly
At the telly on the celly - get that money Elle
Please believe it, if the mind can conceive it
then the man can achieve it; you gotta breathe it
And I breathe deep, I'm one with the universe
Minimum, ten percent go to God first
Lay back baby, close your eyes
Ice on the pinky finger froze your thighs
So much shade baby, the waterbed fries
Walk around nude in the suite yellin, "Recognize!"
Do your dance, baby pour me a glass
It feels so good to have the world in a smash
Touch it why don'tcha (ohh) touch it why don'tcha (ohh)
Touch it why don'tcha (ayy) touch it why don'tcha (mmm)
Hey girl.. aw, girl!
Hey girl, I wanna rock your world

[Chorus w/ minor variations]

[Amerie ad libs]

[LL Cool J]
Yea yea, gotta keep your eyes on the prize baby
Sky's the limit
If you can see it, you can be it
Ha ha, it's on you, word up
Everybody put your hands in the air
It's high time baby
One love, one God, recognize, uhh

[Amerie]
If you need me, just call me
Said if you want me, just be for reallll
And if you like me, come and talk to me
And if you want me, tell me how you feeelll

[Chorus - fades out]

One Thing - Amerie

Na na na...........

Oh, been tryin' to let it go
Tryin' to keep my eyes closed
Tryin' to keep it just like before
Times when I never even thought to speak
Don't wanna tell you what it is
Ooh-wee, it feels so serious
Got me thinkin' just too much
I wanna shout it out, but

[Chorus]
It's this one thing that got me trippin'
It's this one thing that got me trippin' (you did)
This one thing that so made me feel it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh
It's this one thing that caught me slippin'
It's this one thing, I want to admit it (you did)
This one thing and I was so with it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh

Hey, we don't know each other well
So why do I keep picking up my cell?
Memories just keep ringin' bells (ding-ding, ding-ding, ding)
Hear voices I don't wanna understand (yeah)
My car keys are jinglin' in my hand (yeah)
My high heels are clickin' towards you door (ding-ding, ding-ding, ding)

[Chorus]
It's this one thing that got me trippin'
It's this one thing that got me trippin' (you did)
This one thing that so made me feel it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh
It's this one thing that caught me slippin'
It's this one thing, I want to admit it (you did)
This one thing and I was so with it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh

And baby, I just can't believe it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh
I can't deny it, tired of tryin'
Nothin' left to do but to keep on seein' you
I'm hopin' you can keep a secret for me
Look what you did, yeah, oh, oh, ooh yeah

[Chorus]
It's this one thing that got me trippin'
It's this one thing that got me trippin' (you did)
This one thing that so made me feel it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh
It's this one thing that caught me slippin'
It's this one thing, I want to admit it (you did)
This one thing and I was so with it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh

Na na na.............

[Chorus]
It's this one thing that got me trippin'
It's this one thing that got me trippin' (you did)
This one thing that so made me feel it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh
It's this one thing that caught me slippin'
It's this one thing, I want to admit it (you did)
This one thing and I was so with it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh

Oh [4x 'till it ends]

One Thing (Remix) - Amerie feat. Eve

Na na na na na, oh (uh uh) [4x]

[Eve]
Yo, you was the last dude
I thought I'd be attached to
Caught me off guard
Started feelin' on my tatoo
Lower back
Then you whispered in my ear
I don't want to scare you
But I think that we should disappear
Homie, we ain't known each other very long
Now you trying to lock me in the room, trying to turn me on
Any other time, I could resist
Now my will is gone
Getting weak, that ain't E-V-E
Hell, it's going on

Oh, I'm tryin' to let it go
Tryin' to keep my eyes closed
Tryin' to keep it just like before
The times we never even thought to speak
Don't want to tell you what it is
Ooh wee, it felt so serious
Got me thinkin' just too much
I wanna shout it out but...

[chorus]
It's this one thing that got me trippin'
It's this one thing that got me trippin' (you did)
This one thing that so made me feel it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh
It's this one thing that caught me slippin'
It's this one thing, I want to admit it (you did)
This one thing and I was so with it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh

Hey, we don't know each other well
So what? I keep thinking to myself
Memories, just keep ringing bells
Oh-wo-wo-wo-wo (ding-ding, ding-ding, ding)
Hear voices, I don't want to understand
My car keys are jingling in my hand
My high heels are clickin' towards your door
Oh-wo-wo-wo-wo (ding-ding, ding-ding, ding)

[chorus]
It's this one thing that got me trippin'
It's this one thing that got me trippin' (you did)
This one thing that so made me feel it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh
It's this one thing that caught me slippin'
It's this one thing, I want to admit it (you did)
This one thing and I was so with it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh

And maybe I just can't believe it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh
I can't deny, tired of tryin'
Nothin left to do but to keep on seeing you
I'm hopin' you can keep a secret
(For me, for me, for me)
Look what you did, yeah

[chorus]
It's this one thing that got me trippin'
It's this one thing that got me trippin' (you did)
This one thing that so made me feel it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh
It's this one thing that caught me slippin'
It's this one thing, I want to admit it (you did)
This one thing and I was so with it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh

Oh-wo-wo-wo-wo, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (I can't help to simply agree)
Oh-wo-wo-wo-wo, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (It's just, I don't know, it's there)
Oh-wo-wo-wo-wo, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (I don't want to fight it)
Oh-wo-wo-wo-wo, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

[Eve]
Slipped up, let you in my space
Got it chicksed up
Close my eyes, see your face, that's a bit much
I ain't the type to get strung all out
Now when I sit and dial your number, got my tounge all out
Wouldn't never tell you though, almost, cause I would never show
Gotta keep it to myself, gotta keep it low
You got me trippin', who you thought it would be?
Keep it knockin' with E-V-E & Amerie, c'mon
(Oh-Oh, Don't know what it is...)

[chorus]
It's this one thing that got me trippin'
It's this one thing that got me trippin' (you did)
This one thing that so made me feel it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh
It's this one thing that caught me slippin'
It's this one thing, I want to admit it (you did)
This one thing and I was so with it
It's this one thing you did, oh, oh, ooh, oh

Oh [4x til fade]

Crush - Amerie

{Intro-lude}
It's hard for me to say this,
but i got a crush on you.

Come on!!!

{Verse 1}
I wish I could taste your love, lick it off of my fingertips,
Boy what ya doing to me.
I wish I could save your kiss, for some other girl to taste,
To see the expressions on her face.

{Bridge}
Whenever you are near me,
There's no other place i'd rather be.
You're like a star that can't be reached,
So near but so far,
You are...

{Chorus}
I need your arms around me,
Please let me be your everything,
I'll be your girl for just tonight,
Boy don't you know you are my *Crush*

{Verse 2}
I wish I could wear your touch, like pumps when im dressing up,
Without you i'm incomplete.
I wish I could steal you boy, lock you up and throw away the key,
Cause you're the only one for me.

{Bridge}
Whenever you are near me,
There's no other place i'd rather be.
You're like a star that can't be reached,
So near but so far,
You are...

{Chorus}
I need your arms around me,
Please let me be your everything,
I'll be your girl for just tonight,
Boy don't you know you are my *Crush*

{Verse 3}
(I want this sometimes) I wonder could you ever feel the same.
(I get lost in your arms) Nothing else to see, but there's no-one here but me and you...

{Chorus}
I need your arms around me (You know it feels right)
Please let me be your everything (I know it feels right),
I'll be your girl for just tonight (Boy let me know),
Boy don't you know you are my *Crush* (Oh Yeah-Yeah-Yeah)

{Chorus}
I need your arms around me (I need your arms around me),
Please let me be your everything (So let me be your everything),
I'll be your girl for just tonight (For just tonight),
Boy don't you know you are my *Crush* (Boy! you are my...)

{Outro}
Ah Ah Ah Ahhhhhhhhhhhh
Ah Ah Ah Ahhhhhhhhhhhh
Ah Ah Ah Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

Gotta Work - Amerie

[chorus]
Sometimes it's gonna be days like this
sometimes it's gonna be rain like this
sometimes you're gonna feel pain like this
sometimes you gotta work hard for it

because when u feeling low
and u cant get no lower
thats when u know your close
sometimes u gotta work hard for it

woke up in the morning
it's another cloudy day
but that never mattered too much to me
cause its still a new beginning
and I know I got it in me
had my share of ups and downs
but now I know I can do anything

some people think im aggressive
cause I know what I want
but that never mattered too much to me

show me some body with no goal
show me some body with no control
cause life is for living
so go and get it
when times get rough remember

[chorus]
Sometimes it's gonna be days like this
sometimes it's gonna be rain like this
sometimes you're gonna feel pain like this
sometimes you gotta work hard for it
because when u feeling low
and u can't get no lower
thats when u know your close
sometimes u gotta work hard for it

ohh gotta get it
hey hey hey
sometimes the road may seem too far
you never really know for sure
if you're ever gonna make it
sometimes the end may seem so far
you never really know for sure
if u got the strength to make it

but u gotta remember

[chorus]
Sometimes it's gonna be days like this
sometimes it's gonna be rain like this
sometimes you're gonna feel pain like this
sometimes you gotta work hard for it

because when u feeling low
and u can't get no lower
thats when u know your close
sometimes u gotta work hard for it

days like this
rain like this

do it cause I love it
feel like this
gotta work hard for it

I Don't Care - Ricky Martin feat. Amerie & Fat Joe

[Ricky]
Yea yea

[Fat Joe]
Crack Crack Crack!!
I don't care thats what ricky said

[Ricky]
I don’t care, I just wanna be yours
I know I told you I’d
Never love you the way that I did again
After all that you did to me
But I got to say

I don’t care, I just wanna be yours
And I am tryin’ everything in my power
To never ever say
Please come back to me
But I got to say

You promised me
We’d always be
You’d never let me go
You took the ring and all the things
that came with being my girl

A tragedy as I walked through that door
He had your feet up over the seat
All I heard was screaming

It was like a movie
Too real to me
That just can’t be my bride to be... No!
I was shocked as could be
never thinkin’ one day
I’d take this blow blow blow
I was startin’ to feel like
I should kill everything that was moving....Whoa!
I’ve never been in hell like this
Somebody wake me up

Chorus
I don’t care, I just wanna be yours
I know I told you I’d
Never love you the way that I did again
After all that you did to me
But I got to say

I don’t care, I just wanna to be yours and
I am tryin’ everything in my power
To never ever say
Please come back to me
But I got to say

The crazy part was that he
just kept going
’cause she was the only one
that had noticed me
Staring into the eyes
That I will one day call my babe
How could I’ve fallen so in love
With someone I’d known for years
And not even know that
She’d be the one
To reveal my worst my fears

It was like a movie
Too real to me
That just can’t be my bride to be... No!
I was shocked as could be
never thinkin’ one day
I’d take this blow blow blow
I was startin’ to feel like
I should kill everything that was moving....Whoa!
I’ve never been in hell like this
Somebody wake me up
Chorus
I don’t care, I just wanna be yours
I know I told you I’d
Never love you the way that I did again
After all that you did to me
But I got to say

I don’t care, I just wanna be yours and
I am trying everything in my power
To never ever say
Please come back to me
But I got to say

[Amerie]
I didn't mean to do
All those things to you
Tell me what to do to make it up to you
I’ll do everything, anything that you want me to.

I didn't mean to do, oh
All those things to you, oh
Tell me what to do, oh, to make it up to you, oh oh
I’ll do everything, anything that you want me to

[Fat Joe]
Should I leave, should I go, should I break apart
My mama said you would break my heart
I can’t believe you were sleazing, you’re a slut, a ho
now you wanna have a change of heart – Damn!

Who'd have thought
That you would deceive me
Love of my life
And my queen like ivy
And you didn’t even tell me you leavin'
I had to hear about it on Escandalo TV

Now who's this man creeping in the back door
While I’ll hit him with the fo fo fo
I know you keep saying that you lovin’ me so
But why the hell are you crushin' him for

...god damn now
I don’t care that's what Ricky says and
If I catch him in this crib he'd be dead
I don’t play that mami
Now back to the 'jects you go
I left your Reebok's by the front door..... kick rocks!

Chorus
I don’t care, I just wanna be yours
I know I told you I’d
Never love you the way that I did again
After all that you did to me
But I got to say

I don’t care, I just wanna be yours and
I am tryin’ everything in my power
To never ever say
Please come back to me
But I got to say

[Amerie]
Sorry baby
didn’t mean to hurt you

[Fat Joe]
I don't care thats what Ricky said

Take control - Amerie

Hey
Wait a minute
Hey

[Verse 1:]
I said baby
I love the way that you hold Me
And you touch me like you know Me
See I don't want nobody Else
And I, I'm bout' to Offer All I can give Him
Cause I'm a slave to his Rhythm
I said I just can't help Myself

[Hook:]
Cause baby I love ya'
And I Trust ya'
You don't have to worry bout' Nothing
Oh I'm alive right now, Look at me
And I want ya'
No I need ya'
And I'll do anything to please ya'
I just want you to take control of Me (take control)

[Chorus:]
I said Hey! (hey)
Show me how you want it Now
(Do you) Like it when I take it Down
I got Everything
And anything you need, I wanna bring it to you Baby
Hey! (hey)
Come a little closer Now
(Don't stop) Wanna go another Round
You got Everything
And anything I need, Want you to bring it to me Baby

[Spoken:]
Take Control of Me (take control of me)
Take Control of Me (take control of me)
Take Control of Me (take control of me)
Take Control

[Verse 2:]
I said Baby
I got to tell you how much I love It
The way you kiss my neck in Public
I try my best not to Blush
Even when, An argument comes Around
You take the time to break it Down
And you're never ever in a Rush
(Never never never, ever never Nev-er!)
Hook:
And I'm Scared, And I'm Nervous
Trying is always worth It
Oh Im alive right now, Look at Me
And I want him, I need him
I'll find him, I'll forgive him, I'll feed him
(Oh) I just want you to take control of Me (take control)

[Chorus]

[Spoken:]
Take Control of Me (take control of me)
Take Control of Me (take control of me)
Take Control of Me (take control of me)
Take Control

[Bridge:]
Now if you feel what I feel, Come and take control of Me
Don't you mind how you feelin' just take control of Me
Cause you got my soul on fire, And I feel just Fine
You got what I Need
Na na na Na
(Na na na Na, Hey hey Hey) Hey hey Hey!
(Na na na Na, Hey hey Hey)

[Chorus:]
I said Hey! (hey)
Show me how you want it Now (show me how you want it)
(Do you) Like it when I take it Down
I got Everything
And anything you need, I wanna bring it to you Baby (Oh)
Hey! (hey)
Come a little closer Now (come a little closer)
(Don't stop) Wanna go another Round
You got Everything
And anything I need, Want you to bring it to me Baby

[Spoken:]
Take Control of Me (take control of me)
Take Control of Me (lost to me)
Take Control of Me (take control of me)
Why don't you come a little Closer?

Hey!

(Na na na Na, Hey hey Hey)
(Na na na Na, Hey hey Hey)

Hey hey Hey!