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Lyrics

90’s BABY

Listen Imma bring it back I got style for days

Plus they all be asking where I’m from

My whole life’s like a movie

I’m a 90’s girl all about the corner store

And the double-dutching on the block

I’ll show what I’m about

Flash back on ya suckas it’s ’bout time that ya’ll learned

About the meanest era getting props it deserves

Adjust your radios I’m fin to school ya

Yea I’m a youngin’ yo but I’m about to school ya, promise

Chorus

I’m, I’m calling you all aboard to my train

No introduction necessary, baby I’m a 90’s baby

Catch up, catch up, catch up get on my train

Baby I’m a 90’s baby

Uh huh I said it and I keeps it piping hot

My demeanor stays on your brain and my body says enough

Not to mention I’m a Crooklyn watch it ya’ll remember that

So make sure you don’t forget, had to pause and bring em’ back

Chorus (2x)

All aboard now, say you’re coming

Get on my terms get on my page

I’m trynna show you how I’m living

This is how the 90’s babies do it (ooh ooh)

Chorus (2x)
BABY, BABY featuring Lil Mama

Losin’ me shouldn’t have been an option

I ain’t walkin’ ‘round here topless

I know them girls be gettin’ it poppin’

Strange way of gettin’ it poppin’

And if you can’t see through these jeans

Then you won’t see it up on me

It’s best to tell ya, don’t waste your time

Your eyes don’t make me fine

I ain’t her and she ain’t me

Why give you my love if you can’t see that

I ain’t givin’ you whatever you want, boy

I ain’t another toy in your toy box

My mama said, this my love and love ain’t free

And it’s your mama fault that you can’t perceive that

It’s all good, just pick up your face, boy

It’s all good, pick up your face, boy

All my girls like,

Uh, uh, baby, baby

Uh, uh, baby, baby

Uh, uh, baby, baby

Uh, uh, baby, baby

A goody boy, boy, stop the promisin’

Ever since good boys ain’t so common

And since this ain’t so common

Go ‘head make stupid look real funny then

Tomorrow might be every word in the hook

So, call me every word in the book

It’s best to tell you, don’t waste your time

Your eyes don’t make me fine

[Rap]

Karina, when he think he a pimp, what you tell him

See, you call it pimpin’, but I be callin’ it slippin’

Cause we don’t get down like that, no

And I’ma say what I say with or without your attention

Uh, uh, baby, baby

Uh, uh, baby, baby

Uh, uh, baby, baby

Lil’ Mama, let’s go

I done been up on this block long time like old timers

And now we stood for good cause like Obama

Put my girls on

Some smarts and some dumber

The smart ones succeed

The others is baby, baby

The hotter it got, the more they took off

The hotter I got, the more I took off

Fly like an eagle

Tell the boy I don’t need you

Karina and Mama Lil’

The voice of the young people

CAN’T FIND THE WORDS

Now we’ve been talking for a while

And you got me trying to figure out

Boy I don’t know what to say to you

But you got me feeling some kind of way for you

And all I know is when we’re together

No one can make me feel the way you do baby

I wish each moment could last forever

It’s hard to explain the way I feel for you

I just can’t find the words

Chorus

Got me losing myself and what I’m trying to say

And it’s so hard to fight it can’t help but feeling this way

And every time that I’m with you it’s like my heart gets weak

Feels like I’m losing my breath making it hard to speak

I just can’t find the words (ooh ooh)

(repeat 4x)

Now I know I come off kinda shy

But it’s hard to say what’s on my mind

The chemistry we have is hard to find

But to find the right words is gonna take some time

Chorus

You got me tripping over words

You got me stuttering

And like a bad dream I’m calling out but you don’t hear me speak

And constantly I find myself in this predicament

So let me show you baby cuz actions speak louder than words

Chorus(2x)
16 @ WAR

Ain’t no daddies where I’m from there’s just mad mothers

And eyes that still seem they can’t look past color

Why am I disrespected by someone I should call brother

And why girls feel unpretty and constantly hate each other

Bad air in my lungs, man I can’t breathe

My eyes burnin’ from all the dirt and the debris

And it’s third degree, emotionless on the scene

It’s like a disease the way ya’ll killin’ me

I’m sixteen and I shouldn’t have to feel like this

I’m sixteen every young boy out here want to kiss

I’m sixteen and me and my mama going through it

I’m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

I’m sixteen at war (6)

I’m sixteen on the block, sixteen on the block

Around here cool is another word for fool

If he smoke, then she smoke, I gotta smoke too

Now what would I do if I didn’t have a clue

I’m sixteen y.o., asking God oh why oh

If my clothes ain’t tight, then he ain’t gon’ like me

Eyes on the prize so the next girl dress just like me

I’m so full of promise but why promise

If I’ma just be rewarded by bad actions

To him I’m just a transaction

I want you to love my mind, my smile, my style

I want you to know the best of me

I want to belong without being treated like property

Why does it seem like a fantasy
WINNER

I guess the stars were aligned when we met up

‘cuz baby I, I see the stars in your eyes every time we touch

Sometimes I just wanna go run away and hide

But every time I do you always find a way to come and change my mind

You’re my hero

Chorus

I feel like a winner when you’re beside me

There ain’t a thing that I can’t be I feel like a winner

You’re there to guide me like the wind beneath my wing

I feel like a winner

Any time I plan on giving it up you grab my hand and look inside of me

To make me feel like a winner, feel like a winner

There were others that I loved in the past

Now I know it didn’t last ‘cuz we were destined for one another

And I don’t even have to ask if you got my back, ‘cuz I know the answer to that

You got me covered

Anybody else is just a memory from long ago

And I found love with you here by my side

You’re my hero

Chorus

(Spoken) When I’m with you I feel like I could do anything

I feel like I could fly a plane, race a train

Travel through the galaxies and make the stars spell out your name

I feel like I could climb the highest mountain

And reach up into the sky

Boy with you here I could do anything

I would give it all up just to feel your touch

You’re the only one I need, it’s like you got me star-struck baby

Boy I’m caught up you’re the other part of me

Chorus (2x)
CAN YOU HANDLE IT

I don’t like the way you look at her, she looks at you, it’s frustrating

People say when we’re together it looks more like you two are dating (more than you and me)

I tell you, some things you do make me uncomfortable

You tell me I’m tripping and that I should let it go

So I wonder to myself would you still think it’s all good

If the shoe was on the other foot

I don’t think you would, no

Chorus (2x)

What if your friends started paying more attention to me

(Could you handle it, tell me could you handle it, boy)

What if I told you Tony said I was pretty

(what would you say, what would you say?)

When you’re not around he goes out of his way to come and chill with me

(what would you say, what would you say?)

I tell you some things you do make me uncomfortable

You tell me I’m tripping and that I should let it go

Chorus

La La (3x)

What if I did what you do baby?

La La (3x)

What if it happened to you?

Chorus

THE LOVE WE GOT

My heart he takes

He’ll always be my baby

We may bend, won’t break

What we got no one else can take

He’s the sun when my day is low

I’m his fan cheering from front row

His love is the center of my attention

Oh, oh

See ya’ll don’t know what he do for me

That guy is my everything

We argue, we fight

Then we make up

By the end of the night

Don’t even speak it, speak it

We know what we got

I love him, he loves me

And this is how love should be

I’m down for the love that he got, that he got

And he stay down for the love that we got, that we got

He’s embedded in my space

Every time he speaks

He blows me away

I don’t care what people say

As long as he’s in the same place where I lay

See I be his echo

I’m his princess, he’s my general

And no matter what you think of our love

Time won’t outlast us

The miles I’ll walk for him are infinite

I’ll run circles around the world

And every day I’m beside him feels heaven sent

And all else is irrelevant

So keep on exuding your love onto me
THEY AIN’T GOTTA LOVE YOU

They ain’t gotta be friends with you

They ain’t gotta hang out with you

They ain’t even gotta deal with you

Or love you even when you got an attitude

They ain’t ever gotta hear you speak

Or think about you when they go to sleep

Baby I don’t care what they think, you’re the one for me

Chorus (2x)

They ain’t gotta love you (oh no)

They ain’t gotta love you (oh no)

So tell me why they hating on our love

When they know that you’re the one my heart beats for

They can talk till they blue in the face

They can scream, they can cuss’, they can hate

They can say what they wanna say

But don’t cross the line disrespecting my babe

They trying hard to break us up (oooh)

They trying hard and they doing too much

This ain’t about them it’s about us

It’s about our love

Chorus (2x)

Don’t care what my momma say

‘cuz she ain’t always right

Forget what daddy say

I’m gonna live my life

You are the only one for me

Baby I’m yours for keeps

They ain’t gotta love you (4x)

Chorus (2x)
SLOW MOTION

I know that you’ve been calling me

And I’m happy that we met

Don’t think that I’m not interested

I’m just playing hard to get

So much about this crazy game they call love

I’m still trying to understand

So could you be my best friend

Before you call yourself my man

Chorus

Why can’t I love you in slow motion

Take my time

Take away the pressure on my mind

Really get to know you but rewind

Wanna love you in slow motion

Why can’t I

You seem to know just what you want

And I like your confidence

Some things a girl should never rush

‘cause if you do you hurt yourself

So much about this crazy game they call love

I’m still trying to understand

So would you be my best friend

Before you call yourself my man

Chorus

I’m too young for tears in the night

And it’s too soon for this to be right

Don’t wanna mess with your pride

The question’s not when but why

Chorus
CAN’T BRING ME DOWN

I’m crying inside but filled up with pride

I won’t let them see no tears in my eyes

I’m mad at the world, it can be so unfair

The judgement, the jealousy, still I’m not scared

I’m focused, determined, I’m ready to win

The critics I see won’t doubt me again

Darkness is gone, I’m ready to shine

Right now it’s victory time

Chorus

They can’t bring me down, no

Test me I know they will try

But they won’t bring me down, no

I know what I’m made of inside

They can’t bring me down, no

It ain’t over until the last round

Will they bring me down, no

If I stumble I won’t hit the ground

They can’t bring me down

My heart’s beating hard, my adrenaline’s high

I’m raging like fire, I aim for the sky

‘cause I know what I want, I’ll rewrite the rules

I know my value, I’m God’s precious jewel

I’ve given my heart to the dream that I choose

It’s time to turn back, I simply refuse

I’m flying high, over the wall

Try and catch me but I’ll never fall

Chorus

FIRST LOVE

There for me, through all of my ups and downs

And what I feel you always seem to know

You find the words when I need comforting

And dry my eyes, that’s why I love you so

More than a friend you’re my first love

I can always depend on my first love

Feel like I have known you all my life

I can’t explain how close we are

When something’s wrong, you know how to make it right

That’s why you stay close to my heart

More than a friend you’re my first love

I can always depend on my first love

Chorus

The first thought in my mind, the chill up my spine

The melody in my heart, you are my very first love

You’re the sweet lullaby, my first kiss goodnight

The beat in my heart

Music, my very first love

With you in my life, I’m not lonely at all

And if there are tears, I know you’d catch them all

‘cause you know my pain, and you know my joy

There’s no secrets between us, only pretty piano chords

Chorus