Ingredients (feat. Yazz) - Empire Cast

It's been a while but we finally on You should already know what time we on I levelled up, had to get this money up Yeah, they thought that I was done, I just elevated The streets know I got it right now Just gave my girl the keys to the Bentley right now, ayy I levelled up, had to put my city on Yeah, they thought that I was done, I just elevated The doors lift, they just levitated You had your shot but you hesitated I got the keys, yeah, I got the keys Put on for my daughter 'til the death of me Elevatin' on 'em like I'm Bron Bron You are not around when it's prime time I been gettin' dough, stackin' wonton They don't really wanna see me win but it's my time Time is money, yeah, my time is everything Married to the game, I got a weddin' ring You are talkin' and I'm hatin' everything Don't you see the drama all this money bring? Uh, wrist litty, Thomas Eddison, yeah It ain't a rapper I ain't better than Gotta feed my kid, work to Bella Hov diamonds in the bezel Rockafella, know you see it, what's up? It's been a while but we finally on You should already know what time we on I levelled up, had to get this money up Yeah, they thought that I was done, I just elevated The streets know I got it right now Just gave my girl the keys to the Bentley right now, ayy I levelled up, had to put my city on Yeah, they thought that I was done, I just elevated You ain't gettin' to it, you ain't eatin' right Money, power, respect, that's the key to life Made a couple mistakes, had to elevate Now I gettin' fed steaks in my new estate Ha, hunnid after hunnid, I be stackin' that Make that money flip just like a acrobat Bags in the ceilin', I keep large notes, I do Whip paid off, what's a car note? Yeah, I put my lady on that special cloth though Had to man up, make a change, yeah, that's boss talk Everythin' been too real lately, is it all a dream? All this fake love in my face, it ain't what it seems, what you tell 'em? It's been a while but we finally on You should already know what time we on I levelled up, had to get this money up Yeah, they thought that I was done, I just elevated The streets know I got it right now Just gave my girl the keys to the Bentley right now, ayy I levelled up, had to put my city on Yeah, they thought that I was done, I just elevated Elevated Rich gang Empire Elevation Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Elevation

Hakeem I'm so dangerous Tiana, Empire Listen to me, here we go I got a body like a weapon It goes ba-ba-bang, bang bang And every time that we're together I drive you insane, insane Got me up in here, what you gonna do with it Now I need a man that can aim let's get it Get a little trigger happy daddy Get a little trigger happy daddy Every time I show her my maneuver She brag about the way I give it to her I do it sort of like a ruger That's true tho, that's true tho And I don't even got a license But it don't matter 'cause we keep it private Every time I ease up out it she delighted She excited and I'm excited And I don't got time for love Don't got time for love (ain't got no time) Keep it movin', keep it movin' (ah ah), keep it movin', keep it movin And I don't got time for love Don't got time for love (ain't got no time) Keep it movin', keep it movin' (ah ah), keep it movin', keep it movin Whoaaaaaa Keep it movin', here we go Keep it movin', here we go, g-g-go, go, go, go I got a body like a weapon It goes ba-ba-bang, bang bang And every time that we're together I make you say my name Got me up in here, what you gon do with it Know I need a man that can aim let's get it Get a little trigger happy daddy (Hakeem) Get a little trigger happy daddy I just wanna hit the bullseye once You just wanna make me wait around for months You can go first, I can go second But I ain't sweatin for the record Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang One more time, bang, bang, bang, bang I keep it up in and I hit you like a dog Anything you want, I just tell you talkin' And I don't got time for love Don't got time for love (ain't got no time) Keep it movin', keep it movin' (ah ah), keep it movin', keep it movin And I don't got time for love Don't got time for love (ain't got no time) Keep it movin', keep it movin' (ah ah), keep it movin', keep it movin Whoaaaaaa Keep it movin', here we go Keep it movin', here we go, g-g-go, go, go, go Whoaaaaaa Keep it movin', here we go Keep it movin', here we go, g-g-go, go, go, go Got a body like a weapon It goes ba-ba-bang, bang, bang And every time that we're together I make you say my name Body like a weapon It goes ba-ba-bang, bang, bang And every time that we're together I make you say my name Body like a weapon It goes ba-ba-bang, bang, bang And every time that we're together I make you say my name Body like a weapon It goes ba-ba-bang, bang, bang And every time that we're together I make you say my name

Loyalty and honor Ride to the death Learn from your struggles Then apply it to the test Be like David and Goliath To these Giants when they press If living thru the worst got you dying for the best You a Lyon in the flesh Yeah, you a Lyon in the flesh Thank God I'm a Lyon in the flesh (Thank God I'm a Lyon in the flesh) No more hurt, no more crying when I'm stressed I took the oath to be a Lyon in the flesh It started out in Philly when a cutie from the streets Named Cookie met Lucious It was Beauty and the Beast Was it lust at first sight or was it love Till the end? Only thing we know for sure They was more than just some friends He would look into her eyes to see the fire within She looked back into his eyes and saw Messiah in him This was destiny Fate like it was higher than them And three boys later, let the Empire begin See Andre the oldest son Though it ain't a surprise Like his father dedicated Educated and wise But Jamal, the middle child Felt the greatest divide A lifestyle that Lucious didn't hesitate to despise The tension between the two Recipe for demise 'Cause e'rybody know a Lyon's legacy is his pride I arrived the youngest child But I'm right the zone The last descendant of the king Willing to fight for the throne I was bred for this How could I have a fear at this point? My own momma did 17 years in the joint I'm here for everything they owe me I ain't making it close Born ready, so I'm taking the oath It go Loyalty and honor Ride to the death Learn from your struggles Then apply it to the test You like David and Goliath To these Giants when they press If living thru the worst got you dying for the best You a Lyon in the flesh Yeah, you a Lyon in the flesh Thank God I'm a Lyon in the flesh (Thank God I'm a Lyon in the flesh) Yeah No more hurt, no more crying when I'm stressed I took the oath to be a Lyon in the flesh (Empire) Any type of success breed hate, don't it? (Hate, don't it?) Holding your family name come a weight, don't it? You grind this long, victory show up late Don't it? I can't fall, I know my enemies waiting on it See life teach lessons, can't nobody learn for you I watched my mother and father going through turmoil Ones that stab you in your back was never fit for you Imagine marrying somebody so they won't snitch on you Yeah my family fell out, had clashes But we Rose like the Phoenix from the ashes You ever had somebody ride for you? I mean, go out in the blaze, that'll die for you My father said never borrow or beg 'Cause tryna shine might cost you an arm and a leg Sometimes a theory is from the thought of that Mama knows life gets serious as a heart attack I love my brothers no matter what We just take the good with the ugly and add it up Pops, Andre and Jamal Went through it all and patched it up But found something great in it all And that was us We took the oath Family over everything Love, Lyons Yeah

Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for this moment to be free Blackbird fly, blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night Blackbird fly, blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise You were only waiting for this moment to arise You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Come up to meet you Tell you I'm sorry You don't know how lovely you are I had to find you Tell you I need you Tell you I set you apart Tell me your secrets And ask me your questions Oh, let's go back to the start Running in circles Coming up tails Heads on a science apart Nobody said it was easy It's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be this hard Oh, take me back to the start I was just guessing At numbers and figures Pulling the puzzles apart Questions of science Science and progress Do not speak as loud as my heart But tell me you love me Come back and haunt me Oh, and I rush to the start Running in circles Chasing our tails Coming back as we are Nobody said it was easy Oh it's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be so hard I'm going back to the start (Nobody said it was easy) No, no, no, no (Yeah, oh whoa) (Nobody said it was easy) No, no, no, no (Nobody said it was easy) (Nobody said it was easy) No, no, no, no (No, oh) Nobody said it was easy

Ah Aaah Hey baby won't you look my way I can be your new addiction Hey baby what you gotta say? All you're giving me is fiction I'm a sorry sucker and this happens all the time I found out that everybody talks Everybody talks, everybody talks It started with a whisper And that was when I kissed her And then she made my lips hurt I could hear the chit chat Take me to your love shack Mama's always gotta back track When everybody talks back Hey honey you could be my drug You could be my new prescription Too much could be an overdose All this trash talk make me itchin' Oh my my dear Everybody talks, everybody talks Everybody talks Too much It started with a whisper And that was when I kissed her And then she made my lips hurt I could hear the chit chat Take me to your love shack Mama's always gotta back track When everybody talks back Never thought I'd live To see the day When everybody's words got in the way, Oh! Yeah, yeah Oh, woah Oooh Hey sugar show me all your love All you're giving me is friction Hey sugar what you gotta say? It started with a whisper And that was when I kissed her And then she made my lips hurt I could hear the chit chat Take me to your love shack Mama's always gotta back track When everybody talks back Everybody talks Everybody talks Everybody talks Everybody talks Everybody talks Everybody talks... back It started with a whisper (Everybody talks, everybody talks) And that was when I kissed her (Everybody talks, everybody talks) Everybody talks Everybody talks... back Uh!

Come on, stand, up again Stand, you're gonna run again Don't give up, You're gonna see tomorrow That you'll be on your feet again Sometimes the world's gonna knock you over But you will see who are your friends (Ooooo!) Come on, stand, up again Come on, stand, Stand, you're gonna run again Your faith and patience will be your soldiers To guide you through your troubled times Just put one foot in front of the other The battles are inside your mind You have the power to face your demons No matter how they go at times And rid yourself of your fear and weakness So you can start to live your life (Ooooo!) Come on, stand, up again Come on, stand, Stand, you're gonna run again Come on! Come on, stand, (Come on baby!) up again (Stand yeah!) Come on, stand, (You can baby!) Stand, you're gonna run again Pick up your will And put on your face If you need to, just take my hand (Take my hand) It's time to demonstrate, don't hesitate (Don't hesitate) Just get up and say "Yes, I can" (Yes, I can) Come on, stand, (Come on baby!) up again (Stand yeah!) Come on, stand, (Come on you can baby!) Stand, you're gonna run again Stand, you're gonna run again Come on, stand, (Ohhhh stand yeah!) up again (Stand up again!) Come on, stand, (Ohhhh come on baby!) Stand, you're gonna run again (Stand stand!) Stand, you're gonna run again (Come on!) Stand, you're gonna run again (Gonna run again!)

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now he's dead Mama, life had just begun But now I've gone and thrown it all away Mama, uuuh Didn't mean to make you cry If I'm not back again this time tomorrow Carry on, carry on As if nothing really matters Too late, my time has come Sends shivers down my spine Body's aching all the time Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth Mama, uuuh (any way the wind blows) I don't wanna die I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all I see a little silhouette of a man Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the Fandango? Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright'ning me (Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo Galileo, Figaro (Magnifico) I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me (He's just a poor boy from a poor family) (Spare him his life from this monstruosity) Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? (Bismillah! No, we will not let you go) (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go (Let me go) Will not let you go (Never let you go) never, never, never let you Let me go (oh, oh, oh) No, no, no, no, no, no, no Oh mamma mia, mamma mia (Mamma mia, let me go) (Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me!) So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye? So you think you can love me and leave me to die? Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby! Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here! (Ooh, ooh yeah, ooh yeah) Nothing really matters, anyone can see Nothing really matters Nothing really matters to me Any way the wind blows

The day we met Frozen I held my breath Right from the start I knew that I'd found a home for my heart... Beats fast Colors and promises How to be brave? How can I love when I'm afraid to fall But watching you stand alone? All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow One step closer I have died everyday waiting for you Darling don't be afraid I have loved you For a thousand years I'll love you for a thousand more Time stands still Beauty in all she is I will be brave I will not let anything take Away What's standing in front Of me Every breath Every hour has come to this One step closer I have died everyday waiting for you Darling don't be afraid I have loved you For a thousand years I'll love you for a thousand more And all along I believed I would find you Time has brought your heart to me I have loved you for a thousand years I'll love you for a thousand more Ooh, ooh I'll love you for a thousand more Ooh, ooh, ooh One step closer I have died everyday waiting for you Darling don't be afraid I have loved you For a thousand years I'll love you For a thousand more And all along I believed I would find you Time has brought your heart to me I have loved you for a thousand years I'll love you for a thousand more I will love you Thousand years Mmmm, Mmmm