Nothing Compares 2 U

It's been 7 hours and 13 days/Since U took your love away
I go out every night and sleep all day/Since U took your love away
Since U've been gone I can do whatever I want/I can see whoever I choose
Eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant, oh yeah/But nothing, nothing could take away these blues, oh

Nothing compares, nothing compares 2 U (Oh baby)

It's been so lonely without U here/I'm like a bird without a song
Nothin' can stop this lonely rain from falling/Tell me, baby, where did I go wrong?
Oh baby, I can put my arms around every boy I see, oh yeah/But they only remind me of U
(All my dames remind me of U 2 girl, oh yeah)/I went 2 the doctor, guess what he told me
(What'd he tell U?)/Guess what he told me (I'm listening)
He said, "Rosie (What?)/Try 2 have fun no matter what U do"/(U wanna tell me why?)/He's a fool

Yeah, nothing compares, no, nothing compares 2 U/(Oh baby)

Tenor man, play it 4 me, yeah/All the flowers that U planted, sugar, in the backyard
All died when U went away/Ooh baby, I know that living with me, baby
Is sometimes hard, sometimes hard/But I'm willing, I'm willing, give it one more try
(One more try)/Prince, do U know why? Do U know why?/(Do U need me? Do U need me now?)

Nothing compares, no, nothing compares 2 U/(Oh baby)
Say it one more time, I say.../Nothing compares, no, nothing compares 2 U
 
 
 

We Can Funk

  2, 3 / Ow! Ow!
  I could tell U things that get U excited / I could play with your mind
  But U'd probably say that I was a liar /So I won't waste your time
  I'm scared, cuz though we just met / There's this energy between us
  Let's just go somewhere we can funk
  I could say I'm sorry all of my life /But that wouldn't be true
  I only say and do the things that I do /Cuz I'm not U
  I'm scared, cuz if I don't kiss ya / I'm gonna go mad, baby
  Let's just go somewhere we can funk /
  Ooh baby /  (We can funk) {x2}
  I could teach U things about your b-b-body, baby / Things U never heard
  Ooh, U know the Kama Sutra, I could re-write it /With half as many words
  Eric, come blow your horn /(We can funk) / Ooh Lord, ooh (We can funk)
  I'm scared, cuz though I just met U /There's this energy between us
  Let's just go somewhere we can funk
  Ooh, c'mon baby, uh (Yeah) / (We can funk) {x2} / Don't ya wanna funk with me?
  (We can funk) {x5} /Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / (We can funk)
  Baby, we can funk /Miko (We can funk) {repeat 2 fade}

Brand New Boy

Get, get, get, get, get up/Open your eyes, baby/Mama's got a surprise/Get, get up

Saturday night and the joint's getting busy/Everybody's lookin' 4 somebody 2 love
A single girl wants a boy that's pretty/That can live up 2 what her dreams are made of

I'm lookin' 4 a brand new boy/One that can tell the bad from the good
I need a brand new toy (New boy, new boy)/I'm look, look, lookin' 4 a brand new boy
I'm look, look, lookin' 4 a brand new toy

Saturday night and the party's doing all right/Everybody's lookin' 4 somebody new
Feeling in persuasion, the boys are outnumbered/I'm lookin' 4 a lover/Tell me, could it be U?

I'm lookin' 4 a brand new boy, oh (I'm lookin')/One that can't tell the bad from the good
Tell me, baby, can U give me joy? (New boy, new boy)/I'm look, look, lookin' 4 a brand new boy

Take off those jeans, baby/U know they're 2 tight (Tight)/Don't worry, baby, I got a surprise 2night
Heh heh, don't look/Mmm, mmm, mmm... U sho' look good/
I'm lookin' 4 a Superman squeeze/(Ah ha) {repeat 2 the end}/That'll be just what I want him 2 be
Old men need not apply/I want a brand new baby (Look, look, look)/So I can open up his eyes (I'm looking)
I'm b-b-b-b, a brand new boy/One that can't tell
(One that can't tell the bad from the good)/I need a, I need a brand new baby boy
(New boy, new boy)/(I'm) Look, look, lookin' 4 a brand new boy

I need it, I want it, I got 2 have it/Wanna get off on a brand new boy {x2}
U'll probably cr-cr-cry, baby, uh huh/When I get through witcha, I'm gonna, I'm g...
(New boy, new boy) Oh!/Ouch, that hurts, baby, oh, oh
I'm lookin' 4 a brand new boy/(I'm look, look, looking 4 a brand new boy)
No, no new boy/Don't worry, baby/I'll tell U everything U need 2 know (I'm look look look)
I'm gonna take U someplace U've never been before/So come on, let's go

I'm look, look, lookin' 4 a brand new boy/I want a.. a brand new boy, all night
(I'm look, look, looking 4 a brand new boy)/Oh yeah!/
Take off them jeans, baby/I wanna see if U're qualified!
 
 
 

The Voice

Bang! - A gunshot rings out /13-year-old baby falls 2 the ground /See the killer runnin' down the street /
Tell me killer, can U hear the sound? //Tap, tap, tappin' on your window like a fallin' rain /
Cryin' like a baby in a cradle sayin' pick me up again/Oh, sighin' like a woman on fire
when she's ready 4 some of your love /The voice is just a-steady-callin' until U give in, until U give up /
Ching! - Mr. Politician goes on vacation /Bring along a friend or 2/In the disguise of taxes /
Mr. Politician (sends) sends the bill, huh, 2 U know who /Can't U hear it?/
Tap, tap, tappin' on your window like a fallin' rain (Oh)/
(Cryin') Cryin' like a baby in a cradle sayin' pick me up again /
Can't U hear the voice?/And oh yes, the nightsticks are still singin' /
4-part harmony on brother's back /Justice is doomed when we don't start no S-H /
And there's still some I-T and all that/People, can't U hear it?/
Tap, tap, tappin' on your window like a fallin' rain /Tappin', tappin', tappin' and a.../
Cryin' like a baby in a cradle sayin' pick me up again /Talkin' about the voice, y'all/Huh, suky, suky now /
(Tap) {repeated i/{ BG}/Can't U hear?/Can't U hear it just a tappin' now?/Tap on it, tap on it, hey/
Do it, now/Can't U see it's just dirty money? (Tap)/If your brother man is dyin' in the flow (Tap)/
Take off these chains (T-tap)/And listen 2 the voice callin' (Tap) /We gotta go, gotta go/, oh (T-tap)/
Tap, tap, tappin' on your window like a fallin' rain /Said the voice is just a cryin' /
(Cryin' like a baby in a cradle sayin' pick me up again)//5-4-3-2-1, keep the war over /
But how many wanna keep the peace? (How many) (Peace) (Tap {repeated in BG}) /
We keep buildin' guns when we need 2 build love/Cuz that's when the war will cease /U know it, /
Uh, can't U hear the../Uh, can't U hear the../I-I-I-I'm talkin' about the voice, y'all//
Tap, tap, tappin' on your window like a fallin' rain (Ooh hoo)/
Cryin' like a baby in a cradle sayin' pick me up again
(Ooh hoo)/Sighin' like a woman on fire when she's ready 4 some of your love /
The voice is just a-steady-callin' until U give in, until U give up
 
 
 
 

 Hit U In The Socket

(He’s coming) {repeat sample in song}
Girls out there/Let me tell U a story
U got these men goin’ around here/And all they wanna do is hit U in the socket

By the thick blue moonlight, he’ll come 2 U/Pick U right off a lonely avenue
Telling U stories, telling U a lie/Anything 2 cover up an alibi
Then your best friend will give U the bottom line/She said bein’ his lover is just a waste of time
And she should know a little bit more than maybe/Cuz he left her with a baby

(He wants 2 hit U in the socket)/He wanna hit ‘cha now
(But he’s got no money in his pocket)/Ain’t that a shame?
(He wants 2 mess between the sheets)/Don’t U do it now
(But he can’t put shoes on your feet)/Looka here

Just like the serpent when he spoke unto Eve/He’s the only one he wants U 2 believe (Oh yeah)
And every time Friday comes, his mood will change/So he can have a reason 2 be with the boys again

Then your best friend’ll give the ever so shockin’ news/About your beloved serpent, how U thought he belonged 2 U
Well, he’s got another couple swingin’ from the vine/And U’re just home cryin’

(He wants 2 hit U in the socket)/(But he’s got no money in his pocket)
Ain’t that a shame?/(He wants 2 mess between the sheets)/Don’t U do it now
(But he can’t put shoes on your feet)/Looka here, huh

He’ll tell U, baby, if U can’t stand by me/I’ve got 2 drop U and chop U like a tree (Oh yeah)
Don’t waste your time, girl, dealin’ with that/U oughta take the time 2 show him (what?) where the girl is at (Hey)

(He wants 2 hit U in the socket)/He wanna hit ‘cha now
(But he’s got no money in his pocket)/Ain’t that a shame?
(He wants 2 mess between the sheets)/Don’t do it, don’t do it
(But he can’t put shoes on your feet)/He wanna, he wanna hit U up in the socket
(He wants 2 hit U in the socket)/(But he’s got no money in his pocket)/Listen here now

Never bought U nothin’ but heartaches and pain/When U ain’t nothin’ but another link in his chain
Take all your money and buy his alibi/He’ll sell U off every time

(He wants 2 hit U in the socket)/Don’t U think he won’t
(But he’s got no money in his pocket)/Ain’t that a shame?
(He wants 2 mess between the sheets)/Oh, mess between your sheets now
(But he can’t put shoes on your feet)/Can’t do it, can’t do it
(He wants 2 hit U in the socket)/He’ll... gonna sue U like a baby 2night
(But he’s got no money in his pocket)/And ah... when he got want he want, he’ll be clean out of sight
(He wants 2 mess between the sheets)/Oh, your best friend will tell U in front of me
(But he can’t put shoes on your feet)/Don’t think she won’t, she’ll do it
(He wants 2 hit U in the socket)/Just check your own backyard and U will see
(But he’s got no money in his pocket)/Every Friday, his mood will change
(He wants 2 mess between the sheets)/Then Monday, he’ll come back 4 some of your sweet thing
(But he can’t put shoes on your feet)/U
(He wants 2 hit U in the socket) {fade out}/U/(But he’s got no money in his pocket)
Just be yourself, girl/(He wants 2 mess between the sheets)

Number One

Alright!/Speak up/Tell me what U want {x2}/Alright!
(Yeah!) {repeated throughout song}
U want me 2 what?/Yo, what?/Alright!

I won't be number 5 and I won't be number 4/Cuz baby I'm the fiercest on all the dance floors
My main name is Power cuz this is what I got/If U try 2 love another? Huh, I think not!
I won't be number 3 and I won't be number 2/Look at this body baby and don't U be no fool
I'll be your number one or I'll be nothing at all

Now tell me what U want/When U're in the street your hands are steady dippin'
U better think again tell me is your mind's slippin'?/Haven't I been there baby all U did was call
Wasn't I there 2 pick U up when U fall?/Yeah, U may be cute
Yeah, U got some money/But nothing comes 4 free in the land of chocolate milk and honey
Yo, alright!/Now this is the chorus:

I'm sure U know my name, I'm the first in command/And if U don't I am Power, here by popular demand
If being a woman was a sport I'd always have the ball/I'll be your number one or I'll be nothing at all
Yeah, I'll be nothing at all/
U better get yourself 2gether/U better hold on tight
I hope your love's in shape cuz it's gonna be a long night/Remember, what about this time 4 me?
It's man huntin' season, so if U wanna leave/U better have a good reason
I can be real proper, I can be real classy/But iffen' I'm your number one I'd rather be nasty
Alright!/Yo, yo, yo/Ha ha ha, uh! {x4}

I'm sure U know my name, I'm the first in command/And if U don't I am Power, here by popular demand
If being a woman was a sport I'd always have the ball/I'll be your number one or I'll be nothing at all

U need 2 keep this body baby, U're running out of time/Cuz when it's hot it's hot but when it's not it's all mine
I'm not the kind of girl who likes 2 curse and swear/But if U rub all over me U better beware
I can find U cuz there's no place else to go/I won't be number 3 and I won't be number fo'
I am number one and I will gain your respect/One look at this mind body face and intellect
Will convince the hottest critic of what he needs 2 know:/I am number one and I am running this show

So now U the deal, I'm first in command/I am Robin Power here, by popular demand
If being a woman was a sport I'd always have the ball/I'll be your number one or I'll be nothing at all
Alright, yeah!/Alright!
 

Mad

Uh! /(Mad) Mad /I'm about 2 go mad /Uh! /Mad! (He's always on some medication) /
I'm gonna 2 go mad /If U ever let me knock it /Mad! (He's always on some medication) /
Oh, I'm gonna 2 go mad /If U ever let me rock it
Just like a movie /I've seen it a dozen times /I'm hip 2 every single trick /I know every single line /
I called U at the beauty shop /They say U been there and gone /Must be a hand missing on your clock /
The time keepin' sure is wrong /But U can do what U wanna when U wanna /
Just as long as I'm the one U bring your booty 2 /Don't know what 2 say about the lady /
Can depend on whenever I did it 2 /I'm gonna go mad (He's always on some medication) /
Ooh baby, mad! /If U ever let me knock it /Mad! (He's always on some medication) /
Oh baby, mad! /If U ever let me rock it
I don't wanna get elected /I only wanna get U hot (Hot!) /And after U've been inspected (Ooh) /
I'll give U all the love I've got /If U like a brother naughty /I'm the one 2 get into (Get into it) /
The angel in my bed will hold your attention /While I hold somethin' dear 2 U /
U can do what U wanna when U wanna /Just as long as I'm the one U bring your booty 2, huh /
Don't know what 2 say about the lady /Can depend on whenever I did it
Is that my guitar? (Yeah) (Mad) /Turn on the dirty switch and back up far (Ooh baby) /
(On some medication) (Mad) /(Ooh baby) (Mad) /U can do what U wanna when U wanna /
Just as long as I'm the one U bring your booty 2 /(Don't know what 2 say about the lady) /
(Can depend on whenever I did it 2) /I don't know what 2 say, baby /But I'm gonna 2 go mad! /
Oh baby, I'm gonna 2 go mad! /(If U ever let me knock it) /Mad! (He's always on some medication) /
Oh baby, mad! /If u ever let me rock it /(Mad) {repeat} /{"Bee-bop 2 hip-hop" looped sample in BG} /
(Do what U wanna) {repeats in BG} /Uh, uh, and U don't stop /Uh, uh, and U can't stop /
Throw your hands up in the air (Mad) /Sing that shit y'all, uh (Mad) (Mad) /Ooh baby, I'm gonna go mad /
If U ever let me knock it /Mad (He's always on some medication) /Oh baby, mad /
If U ever let me, if U ever let me /If U ever let me, let me, ... rock it! /Hey, oh Lord /(Mad) /
Yeah /{samples repeat to end} /Oh baby, mad! /If U ever let me rock it /

Love...Thy Will Be Done

Love... Thy will be done /I can no longer hide, I can no longer run /No longer can I resist Your guiding light /
That gives me the power 2 keep up the fight /Oh Lord, Love... Thy will be done /
Since I have found U, my life has just begun /And I see all of Your creations as one perfect complex /
No one less beautiful or more special than the next /We are all blessed and so wise 2 accept /Thy will, Love, be done
Love... Thy will be mine /And make me strive 4 the glorious and devine /I could not be more, more satisfied (Satisfied) /
Even when there's no peace outside my window, there's peace inside /
And that why I no longer run (I no longer run) /Love... Thy will be done
CHORUS:
Love... Thy will be done /I can no longer hide, I can no longer run /Oh Love... Thy will be done /
Thy will, Love, be done /Oh, no longer can I resist (No) /The guiding light (Guiding light) /
The light that gives me power 2 keep up the fight /I couldn't be more satisfied (No) /
Even when there's no peace outside my window, there is peace inside /And that's why I can no longer run /
Love, thy will be done {x3} /Oh!
CHORUS
Oh Love... Thy will be done /I can no longer hide, I can no longer run /Oh Love... Thy will be done (Sing it) /
Thy will, Love, be done (Glory, glory, glory) /Thy will, Love, be done (Glory) /Thy will, Love, be done
 
 

Funky

Y'all like that shit we just did at the end?/Y'all wanna get funky?
Aww shit!/Mayte's in the kitchen stirring up the pot
Brother's out here waiting, trying 2 see what she got/What she trying 2 show me, is not from the Golden Rule
This here funk, y'all, listen 2 me, U can't learn it/in school

CHORUS:
Let's get funky, yeah!/Get it on, right on!/Everyday!

Morris on the organ, a-gettin' real funky/Tommy on piano, gettin' funky 2
Michael B. on the drum uh, gettin' real funky/I got something that I wanna shake 4 U

CHORUS
People in the front row, U know U get funky/People upstairs, U know U're real funky 2
NPG, we know we're funky/Cuz we do everything and anything we want 2

CHORUS
Yeah!/Is it funky? {x2}/Alright! This is alright!/Funky, yeah!

Funky Design

Just when U thought it was safe 2 go outside /I hit your ass with another funky design /
And it's real good /U thought it wasn't when U should've /Checked yourself before U got another foot in your ass /
And now it comes 2 pass another phat shot from the higher class /That's right, U're still a rookie, see /
Kickin' it with the grown folks in the wrong key /Honey please, U need 2 find /Somebody that'll hip U 2 the funky design
CHORUS:
The funky design /The funky design /The funky design /
Shouts out 2 the rookies, put it in the bank /And let it gain a cent or 2 until it just stanks /
And flows, your nose will know /When it's all wrinkled, then it's good 2 go /On the fire, I would be a liar /
If I didn't say I wanna take U higher /And hip U 2 the one-eyed bass /
Listen 2 the solo while it pleads my case /Honey please, U need 2 find /Somebody that'll hip U 2 the funky design
CHORUS
And just when U thought it was over, it started up again /Kickin' so loud that it's sure 2 frighten and win /
U try 2 run 4 cover /The girl that U're with wanna be my lover /And the DJ instead of kickin' a favorite tune /
Scratches on the record that reverberates the room /Like a train crash, U better save your ass /
The funky design is back and it's bad /Housequake, oh no, I'll kill /Any rookie dumb enough 2 let that nigga spill /
On any speaker I see /I'm the motherfucker now and if U please /U need 2 need 2 need 2 find /
Somebody that'll hip U 2 the funky design /
CHORUS {repeat to fade}
 

Get Wild

Get wild! Ah! Get wild! Ooh, ooh, baby!/Get wild! {x4}

When U're sick of that 9 2 5/And U're ready 2 come alive
When U look both high and low/And U can't find a trumpet that blows

Come on, baby (Aw shucks!), where the good times never die
Come on, baby (Aw shucks!), where the damsels good and fly
Come on, baby, U can shake your funky monkey till it cry/Polyvinyl acetate will keep your monkey high
If U wanna get real freaky, now's the time 2 try (Come on y'all)

CHORUS:
Get wild! - Everybody up in the place/Get wild! - It don't matter what sex or race
Get wild! - All U nasty girls and boys/If U wanna get wild, say yeah (Yeah!) - Make some noise!

When U want 2 get in the groove/But the music don't make U move
Hip the DJ 2 a new CD/Anything by the N.P.G./
Come on, baby (Aw shucks!), where the good times never die
Come on, baby (Aw shucks!), where the damsels good and fly
Come on, baby, U can shake your funky monkey till it cry/Polyvinyl acetate will keep your monkey high
If U wanna get real freaky, now's the time 2 try (Come on y'all)

CHORUS

Get wild! - like U know U need 2/Pick a funky outfit short and see-through
Versace got it going on in the gold mesh/Won't U try it on 2 night when U get dressed?
Get Wild's the only aroma that my nose'll see (Get wild!)/Won't U spray a little where U think I'm gonna be?
And U know, U know what shoes 2 wear/The ones so high U're scared
Ououo, peligro que aqui yo vengo! {Oh oh, danger 4 here I come!}/(Get wild!)

When U can't find the G 2 your GO/Even charged, your battery's low
When the smoke's 2 thick 2 blow/There's a brand new high we know
Come on, baby (Aw shucks!), where the good times never die
Come on, baby (Aw shucks!), where the damsels good and fly
Come on, baby, U can shake your funky monkey till it cry/Polyvinyl acetate will keep your monkey high
If U wanna get real freaky, now's the time 2 try (Come on y'all)

Get wild! - Everybody up in the place, yes/Get wild! - It don't matter what sex or race
Get wild! - All U nasty girls and boys (Get wild!)/If U wanna get wild, say yeah (Yeah!) - Make some noise!

Get wild! (Shake it!)/Shake your money maker/Get wild! (Shake it!)
Shake your money maker/Get wild! (Shake it!) (Shake it!)/Shake your money maker/Get wild!
(Get, get ...)/Come on, get wild!
 

Sonny Turns The TV Off

(Fighting broke out overnight between rival factions)/(Along the Israeli-Syrian border)
Mmm, ahh, ahh/(Initial reports claim Israeli jet fighters bombed a guerilla base)
(Killing at least 49 soldiers and 13 civilians)/Mmmm/Ahh, please honey, let's just stop 4 a minute
(Damage 2 the base is said 2 be heavy)/Uh, I just can't deal/Ah, oh baby, what's the matter?
(And the Israeli jets are reported 2 have made it back 2 the Israeli border safely)
Hmm, I guess I, I just got a lot on my mind/Damn, why don't U just turn the TV off!?
(A 49-year-old unidentified man went berzerk last night)/Old NBA no ballin' ass mo'fo'
(Opening fire with a 12-gauge shotgun in a crowded downtown restaurant)/Turn the TV off!
Uh, nevermind, I'll turn it off my muthafuckin' self!/(14 people are dead including 3 children)
(4 others suffered serious injuries)/Dang, what'd U do that 4?/U need a hug or somethin'?
I don't know/Don't worry, it'll be alright/Yeah, I count the days
 
 

New Power Soul

{crowd noise in BG}
New, New Power Soul {x13}

Hey man, what happened 2 the band man?/Yeah nigga, that's what I'm talkin' about, ha ha ha ha
Yeah, go on, go on, yeah/Hey, hey, what happened 2 the horns though man?
Alright y'all, what's up with that shit?/They're about 2 leave, that's it, that's it
Yeah, well hey, play me some of them 45's U got over there/Hey man, I ain't leavin'
Uh, ooh
 

DJ Seduces Sonny

Sonny T.?/Hey man, sorry 4 fuckin' up your turn-tables Mr. DJ/(Brother Jules)

That, that, that's cool man, that's cool/Y'all didn't have 2 break my hundred fifty dollar glasses though
But just 2 show U that there ain't no hard feelings (Mmm)/I got a couple of ladies here I wanna introduce 2 ya (Ahhh)
Prime beef boy, check it out (Mmm mmm)/Check it out
It's very nice 2 meet y'all, won't U ladies have a seat? (Mmm)

Ha ha ha ha (Ahh)/Sonny T., yeah, fuckin' with me, right (Mmm)
Wait 'til he gets a couple of sips of that hallucination rain/Ha ha ha ha
Ain't gonna be nuttin' nice, nuttin' nice/Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha/Boy
 

Spooky Soup
 
 

Hallucination Rain

Say baby, this soup tastes kinda funny I don't know/
My skin's crawling It feels strange Is this the same soup as usual?/Mmm, I don't know It feels strange

CHORUS:
Hallucination rain, hallucination rain/Find another vein, hallucination rain

I think this is gonna be the big one/This one's gonna last 5 minutes or more
This is gonna be the real one/One that's gonna make U look 4 the key 2 the door
That leads 2 the alley where we did the last one/This is gonna be fun {x4}

CHORUS
This is gonna be the good one/The one that makes all the books
This is gonna be the only chance we get 2 redeem ourselves/I'll confess if U do, but here's the hook
Are U ready? {x5}/Pain, pain - sweet laceration
Pain, pain - hallucination rain/Pain, pain - sweet laceration
Pain, pain - hallucination rain/Hallucination rain {x4}
 
 
 

Spooky Soup II

NPG Outro