Crystal Ball, Disk 1
1997
Crystal Ball, Disk 1
1997
Songs on the album
Lyrics transcribed by the PRiNce Lyric Transcription Team (PLTT)
Expert lover, my baby U ever had a Crystal Ball? Expert lover, my baby U ever had a Crystal Ball? Ooh, expert lover, my baby Ever had a Crystal Ball? Expert lover, my baby U ever had a Crystal Ball? 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? © 1998 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
This is what it's like in the Dream Factory, oh! 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!) © 1998 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
Hey! {"The Line" sample} (Down on it) {sampled in song} Say baby, what U waitin' on? 4 U, huh, ain't no other fish in the sea What U waitin' on? Acknowledge me CHORUS: 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 (No baby) (Oh baby) 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 Every day 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'll only want 2 love U when it's somethin' that U need CHORUS (No baby) (Oh baby) Not that U care 4 a silly rhyme frontin' an old cliché (Huh, huh, yeah! {x2}) 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? (Huh, huh, yeah!) U wanna get with that or this? (Huh, huh, 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) And that's all I ever, ever wanna be, baby Acknowledge me, me, me, oh yeah! (Acknowledge, acknowledge, acknowledge, acknowledge me) CHORUS (No baby) (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 can 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, uh Thank the Lord Huh, 4 a body like that, titties swingin' like a door Gimme 2 times just 2 thank my Savior (Acknowledge me) Girl, what can I say, U got the crazy flavor I'm givin' U plenty propers so U got 2 score (Acknowledge me) The only one that's gonna make U holler 4 more Like a whore, I'm yours (Acknowledge me) Acknowledge me, baby, what are U waiting 4? Welcome, this is where I live {excerpt from "All My Dreams"} This is where I dream my dreams 2night we'll make love until the world stops turning {fade out} U're small but… © 1998 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
Ripopgodazippa, ripopgodazippa A few flick of da pink plush and dis brother trippa Start down at da bass then stop at da treble Circle da midrange and up go me levels "Precious" by Chanté is rockin' da box Dis cannot be 4play cuz dis be 2 hot Up go da left thigh on me shoulder bare Up go da right and me blood pressure there With my tongue in da cheek of your gold underwear One yank of da teeth and they off on da chair CHORUS: Ripopgodazippa, ripopgodazippa A few flick of da pink plush and dis brother trippa My girlie, how in da world did U learn dis dat U know? Ripopgodazippa, etc. etc. so This bench dat I normally use 4 the weights My girl, she lay me down and try my soul 2 take A devil dis night she was before as I'm layin' there She take it all right down her throat, right down 2 da hair She wouldn't move a muscle 4 what seemed like days My heart stop beating and I die dis way CHORUS Ripopgodazippa I lay me girl down on da fake lamb fur It's fake but it's still soft as what's between her Lavender oil cum from the bottle like I do Whenever I think about me zippa rippin' so cool All down the body and double between da thighs Ripopgodazippa and U get a big surprise CHORUS Ripopgodazippa Instead of walkin' inside, I just knock on da door I take a look around until she beggin' me "More, more, more!" When I finally cum inside, I stand 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 © 1998 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
Love Sign (Shock G's Silky Remix)
(We don't stop) {repeat sample in song} 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 © 1998 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
(Hide the bone) {repeat in song} (Ah yeah, ah yeah) {repeat sample in song} Hide the bone (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)© 1998 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
Well, well, well Maybe I'll want cha 2morrow (The most beautiful girl in the world) On the deep blue sea 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} © 1998 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
So dark, so dark (Dark) {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) © 1998 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
{"Jam Of The Year" plays in BG} 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! © 1998 Emancipation Music - ASCAP
(Ooh) {x4} Tell me how U want 2 be done 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 © 1998 Emancipation Music - ASCAP