Текст песни:

(Duet with Rod Stewart)

This day and age we′re living in
Gives cause for apprehension
With speed and new invention
And things like third dimension

Yet we get a trifle weary
With Mr. Einstein′s theory
So we must get down to earth at times
Relax relieve the tension
And no matter what the progress
Or what may yet be proved
The simple facts of life are such
They cannot be removed

You must remember this
A kiss is still a kiss,
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by

And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you"
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by

Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate



Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny

Well, it′s still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by

(Queen Latifah) Times don′t change, right?
(Rod Stewart) Sing it to me, Latifah

Oh, I′m singing it to you right now
Cause we′re talking about
Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date

Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny

Well, it′s still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
As time goes by

Time goes by

@ Queen Latifah

Текст песни:

Chorus x2:
Who you gonna call when it′s time to brawl
standin′ ′round waitin′ for my queendom to fall
Well I think not styles are pipin′ hot
Blazin′ amazin′ I give it all I got

I′m tellin′ you straight up all sleepin′ beauties better wake up
I′ll tear your state up so set the date up
And I′m a rip it what if it what was it
Who did it who does it
From private to public
Anywhere I′m in there and been there
So recognize this, who the nicest
Sit down and settle for your constellation prizes
Whatever you want I got
Whether you ready or not
It′s about to get hot when I drop
So notes, pause another spot
To do you, don′t get me in a corner make me do you
Don′t try to be me, do you
Be coo′ to you and do you
I′m on a higher level with different class, another plane
I am the Queen, that′s my name, time to explain
that I spit game with dames
Leave ′em all with shit stains
Split frames, hopin′ you hopin′ that I′m jokin′
Don′t know but still blink off like fo′-fo′s
but so-so, slow mo′s comin′ in like the po-po′s
Don′t want rocks comin′ at me the wrong way
Packin′ much rocks, it′s gonna be a long day
And for real, spittin′ on imbessiles and spinnin′ wheels
on my 600 you want it, you must be blunted
I′ll take it to your stomach, run it, give me all
mic for mic, steppin′ to me you gonna fall, we brawl
Throwin′ a two-piece so loose leafs
It′s the Q-U-double-E-N
You know how I′m MCin′

Chorus x2

See physically you not ready
Lyrically you not ready
Mentally maybe
Who talks tough, time to get the baby
No threats or small bets on my bond we can get it on
From dusk ′til dawn from night ′til mourn
Some bubble hard squads are gone, no gimmicks, no tricks
′til one of us admits it′s a battle a whisk
So look I′m off the hook, while you off the rocker
Thinkin′ I′m shook, get the phone book, call the doctor
Are you out of your mind, doubtin′ mines, out of line
Talkin′ out your behind, shoutin′ rhymes out of time
It′s all over, what′s up, yeah, what, what now, you tough now
Now you hush, hush now, ain′t sayin′ too much now
Thought so, haunt yo′ sleepin′ ass, creepin′ fast
like you was doin′ somethin′, now I gotta ruin somethin′
You image, your career, lookie here you whole life is hangin′ in the air
like a chandilier, poppin′ off like a can of beer, understand is it clear
If not let me put it in your ear that I′m royalty
Even though I′m low-key, you know me
You be singin′ over my tracks like it′s kareoke
If you don′t know the half you gon′ feel the wrath
Represent the rugged path, the Flavor Unit staff
Droppin′ math′matics, layin′ you out like craftmatic
I′ll let you have it, so you don′t want the static

Chorus x2

@ Queen Latifah

Текст песни:

Welcome into my Queendom (My Queendom) come one come all
When it comes to lyrics I bring them (I bring them)
In spring I sing in fall I call out to
All the ones who had a hard day
I prepared a place on my dance floor
The time is now for you to par tay
I thought it would be a good chance for you to move
(One nation under a groove) House music always soothes
So get with the flow let′s go yo
Can you rock to a house groove tempo?
If so, then shall we let the games begin?
What better off position can you be in?
I′m on fire, the flame′s too hot to douse
The pool is over, come into my house

"Don′t make me wait, come into my house"
"Give me body" (Repeat 2x)

Here′s a dance step, from now I′ll kick a
Bass and treble flow through the speakers
Ride the rhythm, I know it′s gonna reach ya
I′m the Queen, Latifah
Now it′s time to run through it
45 King? (Yeah, baby?) Cue it
Yeah, there you go, I told you you could do it
Now did you enjoy it? (That was cool) I knew it
Dance to the beat of the drum, give me some
With the Flavor Unit I′ve come to say "Ride the grooveline"
Don′t swing the pipeline, listen to the smooth line
Throw away the white line
It′s a house party I′m hosting (What?)
Come and rock with the one that′s chosen
It can′t turn me inside out (Uh uh)
For those that dare, come into my house

"Don′t make me wait, come into my house"
"Give me body" (Repeat 2x)

It′s a new fusion I′m using
You ask what is it I′m doing?
Hip-hop house, hip-hop jazz, with a little pizzazz
>From the Queen, the Queen of Royal Badness
Remember me from "Wrath of My Madness?"
It′s my rap that rocks this party
I′m a hijack and jack your body
This is not an erotic interlude
Keep in mind I move multitudes
The asiatic black woman, hardcore beat drumming
It′s hard to keep a good woman down, so I keep coming
Blow for blow, I take and I get some
Still I rise in a civilized wisdom
I hope the lyrical display has you around
It′s an open invitation, come into my house

"Don′t make me wait, come into my house"
"Give me body" (Repeat 4x)

@ Queen Latifah

Текст песни:

It′s a fact I′ll attest to mess around and I′ll arrest you
I ain′t playing you know what I′m saying?
This ain′t the best you′ve ever hear coming from a female MC
But you know what I mean? (Hail to the Queen!)
This MC stands for "Microphone Commando"
When I command that you take a hand
And throw it up in the air yeah just like that now
Chill and watch me rap cause I′m flowing (Flowing)
Just like water I slaughter (Slaughter)
A battle, put me in it, I win it
The mission is music and rhythm
Rhythm backed by words, all in my system
System by techniques, techniques I got my heart in
Heart into the music, music I take part in
One try, one God, and one destiny
Just dance for me

"Dance to the music" (Repeat 2x)

Now understand that you must (dance) because this is a beat to clap to
My brother Lance said "Latifah you got to make them get up off their feet"
So I put my rhyme to a DJ Mark beat
Ample samples, this for example
Are made by the 45 King, so cancel
Your plans of moving to the front lines
He′s a DJ, producer, and mind you a friend of mine
I hop, dip, and spend with the children
So get down with the sound and you will lend
To let me bring while I bring
Queen Latifah to the 45 King, creating
A new style in the name of the Flavor Unit
That′s the way we like it, so I′m doing it
So if you want to know what the plan is to be
I order you to dance for me

"Dance to the music" (Repeat 2x)

My voice is your choice at a stage show
I do it for the Flavor Unit to make you say "ho"
With powerful lyrics I′m armed
To let a sucker step up and get bombed
By a beat created by my producer
To break you out of the stuff that you′re used to
This here is a moment of truth
So take the record to the DJ booth
And let′s start this, let the beat get dumb
Cause I′m a shake it all night and then some
People dancing, I can spot ′em
When I take control, you know I got ′em
Stop the music? That′s not a question
The Flavor Unit takes no suggestions
If you′re not on the dance tip, here′s your chance to be
I order you to dance for me

"Dance to the music" (Repeat 6x)

@ Queen Latifah

Текст песни:

[Queen Latifah]
Southside, Northside
Eastside, Westside
Alright, alright
Alright, we ride

[Verse: 1]
Ainâ?™t the paper, that makes me daner
I just see the strangers they look at me stranger
They all give me more lip
So I give ya more music, more smackinâ?™
I stepped up to salary cappinâ?™
Passinâ?™ traffic and lookinâ?™ what happened
See how life takes a turn (uh huh)
More paper earned
Always poof, the caseâ?™s adjourned
I am what I am, I come from North
So crème de la crème (uh yeah)
And specially when, ya pray for my downfall
Thatâ?™s why I try to stay from round yâ?™all (letâ?™s go)
Till my days in the dark, they find me (letâ?™s go)
Like me the maids when I park and Iâ?™ll be
Still, doinâ?™ me, still so beautifully
I ainâ?™t brushinâ?™ off haters nothinâ?™ true to me

[Chorus: Mario Winans]
Go and do your thing
Cuz people will talk
Baby itâ?™s the way
The way that you are
Keep your head up to the sky
Confidence high
Theyâ?™re the ones that hate you
Cuz theyâ?™re the ones who make you
Go and do your thing

[Verse: 2]
Yo, yo, yo
Now just imagine how the worldâ?™ll be witchu cruisinâ?™
Sacked down, popped the blouse, get girls aroused
Popped out, shot the brows
Knocked the clothes and copped the house
Could it be that you feel you need me?
Huh, you love the way I flow cuz it comes to easy
When life imitate artex where the hatinâ?™ start
You gotta love dat, try to stay good at
Who knew Iâ?™d come this far
Who is this woman, a movie star?
My moms always told me I come from God
And the stress that come from yâ?™all keep taking
You be there keep waiting
Keep trying be patient
Yâ?™all wish I can stand united
And really fall in love in hearts provided

[Chorus: Mario Winans]
Go and do your thing
Cuz people will talk
Baby itâ?™s the way
The way that you are
Keep your head up to the sky
Confidence high
Theyâ?™re the ones that hate you
Cuz theyâ?™re the ones who make you
Go and do your thing

[Verse: 3]
Lately, it seems to me
That people ainâ?™t what they seem to be
They all want me torn up
I know thereâ?™s snakes in the grass
So I pay my staff, to keep the lawns cut
I see all the drama you bringinâ?™
I combine that with posit thinking
Iâ?™m me till Iâ?™m old and grey
When that day comes
Iâ?™ma teach my daughters do be the same way
I am the way I am, Iâ?™m from the hood
So crème de le crème
And specially when, ya pray for my downfall
Thatâ?™s why I try to stay from round yâ?™all (thatâ?™s why_
You never keep me down
So Iâ?™ll always be around, forget about it
Still doinâ?™ it, (still doin me)
So beautifully I ainâ?™t brushinâ?™ off haters nothinâ?™ true to me


[Chorus: Mario Winans X2]
Go and do your thing
Cuz people will talk
Baby itâ?™s the way
The way that you are
Keep your head up to the sky
Confidence high
Theyâ?™re the ones that hate you
Cuz theyâ?™re the ones who make you
Go and do your thing

[Ending: Mario Winans]
Just do your thing
Cuz people gonâ?™ hate you anyway uh
Just do your thing
Cuz people gonna hate you anyway uh
Just do your thing yâ?™all câ?™mon
Can nobody stop me yâ?™all câ?™mon
We Yellow City yâ?™all
We gonâ?™ keep doinâ?™ our thing, keep doinâ?™ our thing

@ Queen Latifah

Текст песни:

Booty rappers posin′ as gunclappers get bitch smacked...need to switch
to bein′
actors, image is all ya after, ho galacta in the lip, the clappers and
the clips will
flip a flow like divine be turnin′ tricks. Ima take mine wactha like
when the beat
come soft, I leave darkness where there used to be your front teeth. I′m
heartless,
when it comes to havin′ the back of my partners, yeah we artists but
testin′ us ain′t
the smartest. You can huff, puff, but blow me down I doubt it kid, or
get yo′ ass
whooped behind what ya mouth did. You need more "Hail Mary′s" than a
catholic,
yo ass aint slick I′ll mess your shit quick. I got connects, I get stuck
like glue stand
to the F you I had to make it so your parents forget you. Cause if I let
you get
over and then I pass you, think you can do it on a reg so Ima wreck you.


CHORUS
Elements that I′m among, these none. Fools be gettin′ done, but over
dumb
reasons. Yall didnt Know. Elements that I′m among, these none. Betta
check it out
before you become one. Elements that I′m among, these none. Fools be
gettin′
done, but over dumb reasons. Yall didnt Know. Elements that I′m among,
these
none. Betta check it out before you become one.

Now you said no tricks in ′86 it′s time to build, now we gone be pushin′
′96 and
niggas still gotta kill. Tryin to keep it real... but is it really real?
If you could fly
is it? Get between my legs, you fuckin kid you′d be the man but hold ya
head.
Because if a fifth was a fifth we all be drunk... nigga dont, put no
yayo in my
blunt. I just, wanna bring the funk like a puma.. yo wannabe niggas is
fired or be
the ill reputed. Yo

@ Queen Latifah

Текст песни:

[Queen Latifah]
You asked I came so behold the Queen
Let′s add a little sense to the scene
I′m living positive not out here knocked up
But the lines are so dangerous I ought to be locked up
This rhyme doesn′t require prime time
I′m just sharing thoughts of mine
Back again cause I knew you wanted it
>From the Latifah with the Queen in front of it
Dropping bombs you′re up in arms, you′re puzzled
The lines will flow like fluid while you′re guzzling
The sip I drop you on a BDP-produced track
>From KRS to be exact
It′s a Flavor Unit quest that today has me speaking
Cause it′s knowledge I′m seeking
Enough about myself, I think it′s time that I tell you
About the evil that men do

Situations, reality, what a concept!
Nothing ever seems to stay in step
So today, here is a message to my sisters and brothers
Here are some things I want to cover
A woman strives for a better life, but who the hell cares?
Because she′s living on welfare
I government can′t come up with a decent housing plan
So she′s in no man′s land
It′s a sucker who tells you you′re equal

[KRS-One]
You don′t need him, Johannasburg′s crying for freedom!

[Queen Latifah]
We the people hold these truths to be self-evident

[KRS-One]
But there′s no response from the president

[Queen Latifah]
Someone′s living the good life, tax-free
Except for a girl, can′t find a way to be crack free
And that′s just part of the message
I thought I had to send you about the evil that men do

Tell me, don′t you think it′s a shame?
When someone can put a quarter in a video game
But when a homeless person approaches you on the street
You can′t treat him the same
It′s time to teach the def, the dumb, the blind
That black-on-black crime only shackles and binds
You to a doom, a fate worse than death
But there′s still time left
Stop putting your conscience on cease
And bring about some type of peace
Not only in your heart, but also in your mind
It will benefit all mandkind
Then there will be one thing that will never stop
And it′s the evil that men do

@ Queen Latifah

Текст песни:

Well, it’s almost nightfall
And there’s no forecast of rainfall
And I’m in the mood for a party
So I’m gonna go out to a club
And give the dancefloor body
So I jump in the car and go to the venue
Walk in the door and now I’m on the menu
Guys in the house, they’re wacthing me
They’re clocking me, there’s no stopping me

(refrain)
(desire) I know you want me
(you’re fine) thank you
But I’m not the type of girl that you think I am
I don’t jump into the arms of every man
(but I’m paid) I don’t need your money
(I love you) you must be mad
Easy lover is something that I ain’t
Besides, I don’t know you from a can of paint

Tell me why is it when I walk past the guys
I always hear, yo, baby?
I mean like what’s the big idea?
I’m a queen, nuff respect
Treat me like a lady
And, no, my name ain’t yo and I ain’t got your baby
I’m looking for a guy who’s sincere
One with class and savoir faire
I’m looking for someone who has to be
Perfect for the queen latifah me

(fly girl, fly girl)
(come here, cuz you’re sexy and you’re fine)
(and I want you to be mine)
(fly girl, fly girl)
(have no fear, your heart is in good hands)
(won’t you let me be your man? )

All my friends are in relationships
Some of then good ones and some of them bad ones
Some of the bad ones took a turn for the better
And some of the good ones ended up sad ones
You see? loving, it ain’t hard to get
I want a friend not just a lover
Someone who is dedicated only to me
Not to me and two or three others
One who will not lie to me or think
He can get my love by buying me
I know I’ll find him some day
And when I find him
He sure won’t say

(repeat refrain)

(fly girl, fly girl
(come here, cuz you’re sexy and you’re fine)
(and I want you to be mine)
(fly girl, fly girl, have no fear)
(have no fear, your heart is in good hands)
(won’t you let me be your man? )

Lounging, sitting in the house
And I’m cooling, first day of the week
So there’s nothing to do
And I’m in the mood for a real soft kiss
Momma never said there’ll be days like this
So I called her and we talked for a while
Hang up the phone feeling better
With a smile

It’s cool, cuz 91 is my year
And this time I know I’m gonna hear

(fly girl, fly girl, come here)
(come here, cuz you’re sexy and you’re fine)
(and I want you to be mine)
(fly girl, fly girl)
(have no fear, your heart is in good hands)
(won’t you let me be your man? )

(repeat refrain)

Fly girl (15x)

@ Queen Latifah

Текст песни:

(Latif speaks)
Baby, you know you mean the world to me
That′s why I can′t keep you in a situation
where I can hurt you
Can I talk to you?
(Girl speaks)
Okay...

VERSE 1:
First of all, I wanna tell you
that all I do is have love for you
No matter we go separate ways,
I′ll still ride for you
′Cause you′re the truth
Can′t be replaced
You the type of girl that make
a nigga go out and get the ring
But the problem is
I′m not positive that I can give the commitment
that you′re asking for
′Cause right now I′m young and though you′re the one
I can′t guarantee that I can be the one you want

(You want someone who is faithful)
I′m not admitting I can′t do it, just dont wanna
put you through it
(If I may happen to see one)
She may holla, I may holla, but I wouldn′t wanna
do that to you, no

CHORUS:
Girl, I feel that I′ll be cheating you if I continue to see you
′Cause you′re not ready to get serious--I′m not ′cause I′m
still curious
See, I′d rather keep it real and tell you how I feel
′Cause I think you′re beautiful and I don′t wanna hurt you, no

VERSE 2:
See over and over again
I keep on saying to myself
I must be going out my
mind to not wanna spend more time with her
′Cause I love you more
and to game your heart
′Cause I know that I′m not ready
(To lock it down full time, settle down
with one dime, spend the rest of my life
with you)
It′s better cry now, than hate me later
Trust me I′ve had a broken heart before
and I
(I know just how it feels)
And know in time it will heal
(In time it will reveal)
I

@ Queen Latifah