PLAYA PLAYA
(D’Angelo/A. Stone/A. Thompson)

Steal U with my 2 shot
Control U with my drop
Blaze U with my handle
Bless U with my props
Play U like a pro
And take over the show
Stick U and defeat U
Rob U of your glove
Rob U of your glove

(Chorus)
Bring the drama playa
Give me all U got
Make your move
Shoot your best shot
I see right through your riddle
Slip right past the lock
Set U up for 2
Shoot your best shot
Shoot your best shot

We’re the playas number one
We’re the playas number one
We’re the playas number one

Playa playa play one
We dynin 2 set it off
Marlon, Slick and Weasel
Can hardly wait 2 ball
My groove is tight drummers,
drummin’ right
Dirts our secret weapon
Each and every night
Each and every night

We came here 2 rip shit
Strip U of your clout
Later 4 all y’all haters
We gon’ turn this motha’ out
If U came to ball U gonna lose it all
We don’t plan 2 stop
Til U bounce off the wall
Til U bouncin’ off the wall

(Chorus)
We’re the playas number one
We’re the playas number one
We’re the playas number one

DEVIL’S PIE
(D’Angelo/C. Martin)

(Chorus)
Fuck the slice we want the pie
Why ask why till we fry
Watch us all stand in line
For a slice of the devil’s pie
Drugs and thugs women wine
Three or four at a time
Watch them all stand in line
For a slice of the devil’s pie

Who am I to justify
All the evil in our eye
When I myself feel the high
From all that I despise

Behind the jail or in the grave
I have to lay in this bed I made
If I die before I wake
I hope the Lord don’t hesitate
2 get 2 heaven done been through hell
Tell my peeps all is well
All them fools whose soul’s 4 sale
Sitting next to the Jezebel

Demons screaming in my ear
All my anger all my fear
If I holler let them hear
In this spinning sphere

(Chorus)
Main ingredients 2 this dish
Goes like this
Here’s the list
Bread and dough, cheddar cheese, flash and stash, cash and cream
Temperatures at a high degree
Where niggas come 2 feast
Hell’s this all about
Apocalypse ain’t no doubt

Everybody’s ho’ing out all the loot all the clout
Right or wrong
Do or die
Only the vengeance will pacify
Watch your back
And so will I
In these days and time

(Chorus)
Ain’t no justice
It’s just us
Ashes 2 Ashes
Dust 2 dust
Time has come for most of us
2 choose in which God we trust
I know I was born 2 die
Searching 2 find
Piece of mind
With eighty five dumb and blind
There can be no compromise

LEFT & RIGHT
(D’Angelo/R. Noble/C. Smith/K. Fareed)

I see u dancing right now
I don’t need to tell u that you know how
but baby u do (oh)
I said u belong
and if u dreamed 2 be free
I can take u there just follow me
baby I won’t, I won’t
steer u wrong

And it seems like 2 me
u want someone to fit your pedigree
baby I do, so what u want
smack your ass, pull your hair
and I’ll even kiss u way down there
u know that I will
think I won’t

(Chorus)
Specially when u do it
Left & Right
(keep it movin’)
Up & Down
(Love when we do it)
Left & Right
(Keep Movin’)
Up & Down
Left & Right & Up & Down
Left & Right & Up & Down
Left & Right & Up & Down
Left—Left—Left—Left

here u are in my world
rub your back and fulfill your needs
so why don’t we just get undressed
feel the tender touch of your caress
that’s what I want
why don’t u give it 2 me

I will have u believe
there’s no reason for u 2 leave
stay right here, in my arms
where you’re safe and secure
and with me u can be sure
there’s no threat say u turn me on

(Chorus)
Bridge/Vamp:
I know that u know, the sexy little things U do
I know that u know, the sexy little things U do

THE LINE
(D’Angelo )

I’ve gotta tell U, tell U about it
I’ve been gone for so long
I just wanna sing my song
I know U been hearin’
Hearin’ a lot a things about me

Oh I know, I know
I’ve heard, I have heard it all 2 clear
This is what I am going 2 do

(Chorus)
I am going 2 hold, hold on, 2 my pride
I’m gonna stick, stick, I’m gonna stick 2 my guns
I’m gonna put my finger on the trigger
I’m gonna pull it and we gon’ see what the deal
I’m for real, I just wanna put it, put it on the line
I’ve gotta put it on the line
And we haven’t got much time
I’ve gotta put in on the line
Know what I’m talking about this evening
I’ve gotta put it on the line

I gotta bullet in the chamber
And I’m not afraid of the danger
We’ve gotta go down 2 the wire
I’ll go through the fire with U kill & die with U
I know everybody watchin me, the pressure is on
From every angle political 2 personal
Will I hang or be left hangin, will I fall off
Or will it be hangin’
I say it’s up 2 the man upstairs

(Chorus)

Vamp out

SEND IT ON*
(D’Angelo/A. Stone/L. Archer/ G. Brown
R. Bell/R. Westfield/ R. Mickens/W. Sparrow
C. Smith/ D. Thomas/R. Bell/ G. Redd )
[*Contains an interpolation of “Sea of Tranquility”
written by G. Brown/R. Bell/R. Westfield
R. Mickens/W. Sparrow/ C. Smith/D. Thomas
R. Bell/G. Redd]

(Chorus)
Send it up
Send it through
Send it right back 2 U
Sent it up
Send it through
Send it right back 2 U

Your inner view to me is
Something that I do desire
Struggling 2 see a new something that I fantasize
So I’m sending

(Chorus)
U can’t disguise your emotions
U know I that I see in your eyes
U soul’s me, your soul’s somethin that I feel inside
Run, run, run, run if I run Lord only knows how far
that I and I will fall behind
Gotta find a better placef, gotta find a better space
So that I, so my life may be the reason why

Hold on be strong, 4 your own
Move on b4 long, you’ll get home
If your feeling insecure
U can be sure
Even if it take forever and a day for me 2 do
I gotta send it on to U
Tell me what will I do
Send it right back 2 U

Vamp Out

CHICKEN GREASE
(D’Angelo/J. Poyser/A. Thompson )

Let me tell u ‘bout the chicken grease
stuffs and things 2 make the people get out ya seat
everybody its cool if u wanna clap your hands and stomp your feet
come on down 2 the front where u can feel the beat
from the left 2 right, the back the middle and the front
don’t be uptight, shake it off do what u want
pump it in the club get a little bit of rub-a-dub
I know u love me cause I’m funky cause I just wanna show u some love

Chicken grease
Chicken grease

2 get 2 the other side
y’all cross the road
but not the kid see I’m like that old bucket of Crisco
that’s sitting on top of the stove
simmer to a sizzle like the days of old
“But I’ll wait til I’ve mastered this, let the others go first
so the brothers won’t miss”
Fried til it’s burned and crisp
say we be cooking so the funksters can raise their fist like this
now u know how it’s going down, start at your neck, them
through your back then it works it way down 2 your feet
so unique, come on everybody let’s dance 2 the beat
I just wanna put u down (yeah)
I just want u all to get down (yeah)
everybody come on and get down 2 the chicken grease

(BREAKDOWN)

If u wanna come on down 2 the front
Baby ya it’s cool everybody fakin the funk
I’ma put u in school, take a lesson from adolescence 2 man
I got the music and the instruments use em as my weapons at hand
everybody on the floor if u listening 2 me
clap your hands, stomp your feet
I just wanna put u down (yeah)
I just want ya all 2 get down (yeah)
Everybody come get down 2 the chicken grease (yeah)

Chicken Grease
Chicken Grease

Vamp Out To End

ONE MO’ GIN
(D’Angelo)

I know some things have changed since the last I’ve seen U
Some’s good, some for the bad
All and all I can’t complain that’s what I’ve been through, baby
But seeing U reminds me of the precious times we had
I wondered all this time ‘bout how U been
And I hoped by chance I’d see U once again
I’d love 2 kiss your lips baby once again
Long 2 hold U tight girl, one mo’gin

I know U got someone I got somebody 2
But I’m unhappy and I miss the shit we used 2 do
I miss your smile, your mouth, your laughter baby
I never bumped into your kind before or after
And I wondered all this time ‘bout how U been
And I hoped by chance I’d see U once again
I’d love 2 kiss your lips baby once again
I long 2 hold U tight girl one mo’gin

I know U gotta be getting back 2 your own thing
Baby U got yours—I got mine
I hope U know that U could call me girl when things change
If U want 2 we could catch up on some lost time
And I’m wondering all this time ‘bout how U been
And I’d hoped by chance I’d see U once again
I’d love 2 kiss your lips baby once again
Long 2 hold U tight girl, one mo’gin

THE ROOT
(D’Angelo/C.Hunter/L.Archer)

She done worked a root
Done worked a root that will not be reversed
Then I’ll go on, go on my role—n her play with no rehearsal
Left my mojo in my favorite suit
She left a stain, left a dirty stain in my heart I can’t refute
No I can’t
No I can’t

(Chorus) She done worked a root
In the name of love and war
Took my shield and sword
From the pit of the bottom that knows no floor
like the rain 2 the dirt
from the vine 2 the wine
From the alpha of creation
til the end of all time
Til the end of all time

Said I went 2 the doctor
The man told me there ain’t nothing wrong
said, but I beg 2 differ
I’ve been feelin’ this pain much 2 long
feel my soul is empty
My blood is cold and I can’t feel my legs
I need someone 2 hold me
(Hold Me) (Hold Me)
Bring me back 2 life, B4 I’m dead

(Chorus 2X) Like the rain 2 the dirt
From the vine 2 the wine
From the Alpha of Creation
2 the End of All Time

SPANISH JOINT
(D’Angelo/R. Hargrove )

Whenever it rains, I feel this way
A little something 2 get me through this
Give Me a little that, no time flat
Gonna Be a Good thing

Serene but in need of feeling free
Letting go and landing on my feet
Brushed the dirt off my back no time flat
Gonna Be a Good Thing

Well people believe this saying is true
Whatever will be will forever do
Whatever the cost I’ll pay in full
I ain’t got nothing to do with U

Gotta get out gotta get out of here
I’m in the dark and the light looks sincere
Brushed the dirt off my back no time flat
Gonna be a good thing

All U do is complain about your pain
And the cloud that follows u won’t cease to rain
Don’t look back handle that
Make it into a good thing

Something up in me gotta be
Sole controller in control of me
A link in your chain, just won’t do
I don’t want nothin, 2 do with U

GREATDAYNDAMORNIN’
(D’Angelo/A. Stone/C. Hunter/A. Thompson )

Today I played it safe, cards are in my favor
Can’t U leave 2 much 2 chance,
Woke up with time to waver
Yesterday was crazy,
mysteries I know
now I know, the ins and outs of things from day 2 day
that’s how it goes
Don’t get confused about it,
Just try to do your thang
Cause in the end gotta know just how to play the game
I search for answers often,
I payed the price for many
Still long for happiness
Not promised to the plenty
I‘ve gotta go on

GOOD DAYS
BAD DAYS
HALFWAY DAYS

GOOD TIMES
BAD TIMES
HALFWAY TIMES

GOOD DAYS
BAD DAYS
HALFWAY DAYS
BUT I’M STILL LOOKING FOR A GREATDAYNDAMORNIN’

Today might be the day, I get it in pocket
Lord knows if there’s an angle, gotta try 2 find it
Gotta get over, before the sun comes up
Just in case of an emergency, gotta tighten up

(CHORUS)

VAMP

(CHORUS)

UNTITLED( How Does It Feel)
(D’Angelo/R. Saadiq )

Girl it’s all on U
Have it Your Way
And If U Want U can Decide
And If You’ll have Me
I can provide everything that U desire
Said if U get a feeling
Feeling that I am feeling
Won’t U come closer 2 me baby
You’ve already got me right where U want me baby
I just wanna be your man

How does It Feel
How does It Feel
said I wanna know how does it feel
How does It Feel
How does It Feel

I wanna stop
Silly little games U and me play
And I am feeling right on
If U feel the same way baby
Let me know right away
I’d love to make U wet
In between your thighs cause
I love when it comes inside U
I get excited when I am around U

How does It Feel
How does It Feel
Said did it ever cross your mind
How does It Feel
How does It Feel
How does It Feel
Tell me how it feels yeah
How does It Feel
Said it’s been on my mind
How does It Feel
How does It Feel

Baby close the door
Listen girl I have something I wanna show U
I wish you’d open up cause
I wanna take the walls down with U

Vamp Out

AFRICA
(D’Angelo/A. Stone/L. Archer/A. Thompson)

Africa is My Descent
And here I’m far from Home
I dwell within a land that’s meant
Meant for many men bot my tone

The blood of God is my defense
Let it drop down 2 my seed
Showers 2 your innocence
2 protect U for all eternity
And with this wood I beat this drum
And we won’t see defeat

From kings 2 queens becomes a prince
knowledge wisdom is
Understanding what we need

Ever since the day U came
My whole world began 2 change
I knew then 2 dedicate my life,
4 your own
everyday I see U grow
And remember what U already know
I receive the love
that radiates from your glow

From which U came was love
And that’s how it all should be
U and my soul are 1
Through all the time and history

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