I just had to call, cause babe I got your letter And I understood almost every line You said T. L. C. is what you miss from me You want back in my arms P.D.Q. And ooh I love this game Them three letters by your name L.O.A. what does that say? She said ooh baby it's so simple I did not mean to make it hard to understand I've been gone so long Want you to know I miss my man oh yes I do And that message for you Tells you what I'm gonna do when I get home oh yeah L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you (Love on arrival) L.O.A. is what I'm gonna give to you I've been countin' the days I've been lonely, I've been blue (Love on arrival) For you (Love on arrival) And now after all this time I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you. I said ooh baby I do love you And I'm always amazed the way we fit And I T.G.I.F. Thank God I found you when I did, oh yes I do Them three letters by your name I will just give you just the same When you get home, oh yes I will L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you (Love on arrival) L.O.A. is what I'm gonna give to you I've been countin' the days I've been lonely, I've been blue (Love on arrival) For you (Love on arrival) And now after all this time I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you. I don't need no confirmation I get it right here in my land Don't need no translation You done spelled it out with words That I can understand L.O.A. Ooh ooh ooh, L.O.A. L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you (Love on arrival) L.O.A. is what I'm gonna give to you I've been countin' the days I've been lonely, I've been blue (Love on arrival) For you (Love on arrival) And now after all this time I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you. And now after all this time I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival) For you.

Riding in my Thunderbird on the freeway I turned on my radio to hear some music play I got a silly rapper talking silly shit instead And the only good rapper is one that's dead on it Uh, Dead on it Shall we go back? (Yeah!) Let's go Negros from Brooklyn play the bass pretty good But the ones from Minneapolis play it like it oughta should A magnum fro is better when you got a poof on it And the to and fro is funky when the grease is dead on it (Funky dead on it) Uh, dead (on it) on it Shall we go back? Let's go They dead on it, wow See the rapper's problem usually stem from being tone deaf Pack the house then try to sing There won't be no one left (ha ha) (on it) Parking lot's on fire, brothers peeling out of the town They say in disgust, they singing their guts Rapping done let us down (down down) You got to be dead... on it Dead on it (Dead) All the sisters like it when you lick them on the knees Don't believe me? (no) Try it once then stop, they'll be begging Please, please, please (please, please, please) Shoo be doo wa, dead on it What does that have to do with the funk? Nothing, but who's paying the bills? If you don't want to lick my knees, I'm sure your illUh, because we, because we, because we dead on it De, de- de- de- de- de- de, dead on it, on it La, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la My bed's a coffin, Dracula hasn't got shit on me My nickname's Hell's-a-Popping, I'm badder than the Wicked Witch I got a gold tooth, costs more than your house I got a diamond ring on four fingers, each one the size of a mouse They dead, they dead on it, on it Wait now, hang up, dial tone on the three You know, you know, I'm busy, to scizzy Can't nobody fuck with me Because I'm dead (on it, on it, on it) On it Shoo be doo wa wa, dead on it Dead on it, on it, on it

I don't wanna write this down I wanna tell you how I feel right now I don't wanna take no time to write this down I wanna tell you how I feel right now How I feel right now, yeah, hmm, hey Tomorrow may never come For you or me, life is not promised (Promised) Tomorrow may never show up For you or me, this life is not promised (Promised) I ain't no perfect man I'm tryin' to do the best that I can With what it is I have I ain't no perfect man I'm tryin' to do, the best that I can With what it is I have Put my heart and my soul into this song, you feel me? From where I am, to wherever you are, I mean that sincerely, yeah To see my people not shine I swear that it kills me, if you got a light, gotta be bright Remember the times they tried to conceal me, yeah Tomorrow may never come For you or me, this life is not promised (Promised) Tomorrow may never appear You better hold this very moment (Moment) Very close to you right now (Very close to you, very close to you) (Close to you) Don't be afraid, afraid to shine Afraid to shine, shine, afraid to shine Afraid to shine, shine, afraid to shine My Umi said, "Shine your light on the world" Shine your light for the world to see My Abi said, "Shine your light on the world" Shine your light for the world to see I want black people to be free, to be free, to be free (My Umi said, "Shine your light on the world") I want black people to be free, to be free, to be free (Shine your light for the world to see) I want my people to be free, to be free, to be free (My Abi said, "Shine your light on the world") I want black people to be free, to be free, to be free (Shine your light for the world to see) (Shine your light for the world to see) (My Abi said, "Shine your light on the world") (Shine your light for the world to see) Sometimes I get discouraged I look around and things are weak I know this world produce some evils But won't let my heart skip a beat Sometimes I just wanna fly away Skip the stress for brighter days I turn my every day into a holiday Turn Sundays into Fathers Day I never wanna jump in the water (Water) There's something going on outside These people that's running in the world Enough money and loads of pride I'm sayin', just open your eyes It's all right in front of you, see? When my daughter grow up and hear this song The message just be what you wanna be Be the change that you really wanna see I just hope and believe for that Jump through hoops and achieve for that Pick up my sword and probably bleed for that That's all that matters to me That's all that matters to me That's all that matters to me That's all that matters to me That's all that matters to me That's all that matters to me That's all that matters to me