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Maxi Priest - Best Of Me

 

Wild world

In The Springtime

should I

Close To You

How Can We Ease the Pain

Let Me Know

Housecall

Just a Little Bit Longer

Caution

Some Guys Have All The Luck

I Know Love

Strollin' On

Best Of me

Crazy Love

Woman In You

Peace Throughout The world

 

Wild World

written by Cat Stevens

 

Now that I've lost everything to you

You say you wanna start something new

And it's breaking my heart you're leaving

Baby I'm grieving

 

But if you want to leave take good care

Hope you find a lot of nice things to wear

But then a lot of nice things turn bad

Out there

 

chorus

Oh baby baby it's a wild world

It's hard to get by just upon a smile girl

Oh baby baby it's a wild world

I'll always remember you like a child girl

 

You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do

And it's breaking my heart in two

Because I never want to see you sad girl

Don't be a bad girl

 

But if you wanna leave take good care

Hope you find a lot of nice friends out there

But just remember there's a lot of bad everywhere

 

repeat chorus

 

You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do

And it's breaking my heart in two

Because I never want to see you sad girl

Don't be a bad girl

 

But if you want to leave take good care

Hope you have a lot of nice things to wear

But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

 

repeat chorus

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In The Springtime

written by M. Elliott, P. Robinson, C. Henry

 

In the springtime

You can see nature full and free

High up in the trees

You can hear the birds them singing songs of freedom

 

Out in the open

Everything there is fresh and clean

Unlike the life I'm here living

All creatures great and small

Living together one and all

 

chorus

I wanna be

The way I wanna be

That is the way I wanna be

Like the birds in the tree yeah

They're going tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet

Singing songs of freedom

Singing songs of freedom

 

Living in the city

No chains around my feet

But still I am not free

No handcuffs on my hand

But I've got my dignity

 

repeat chorus

 

See as a youth living in the city

Can't get no work

Can't get no job

Can't get no money to put in my pocket

I can't get a thing to have of my own

 

That's why I wanna be free

That's why I wanna be free

Like the bird in the tree

Like the bird in the tree

They're going tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet

Singing songs of freedom

Singing songs of freedom

 

Yes in the spring time

You can feel nature full and free

High up in the trees

You can hear the birds them singing songs of freedom

 

Out in the open

Everything there is fresh and clean

Unlike the life I'm here living

All creatures great and small

Living together one and all

 

I wanna be

The way I wanna be

Just like the birds in the trees

They're going...tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet

They're going... tweet tweet tweet tweet twee

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Should I

written by M. Elliott, P. Robinson

 

chorus

Should I put my trust in you

Should I put my faith in you

Should I let you stick around

Should I let you float around

 

My desire was for us to live clean and strong

Then we could go on in life to live and grow

 

But woman you went away

Left me here to stay

Now you're coming back to me

On your bended knees

 

repeat chorus

 

Should I, should I, should I, should I

Let you float around, stick around, stay around, oh yeah

 

It's not so long ago

That we were together

Sharing and caring for each other

The people used to say

Our love would never fade

Now will I be the fool

To let you stay here again yeah

 

Should I let you stick around

Should I let you float around oh yeah

 

Should I, should I, should I, should I

Let you float around, stick around, stay around oh yeah

Should I, should I, should I, should I

Let you float around, stick around, stay around oh yeah

 

You wrote me a letter

You found some one better

You say you can't face me

And you're sorry you hurt me

My heart was torn in two

I didn't know what I should do

 

Should I let you stick around

Should I let you float around oh yeah

 

Should I, should I, should I, should I

Let you float around, stick around, stay around oh yeah

 

It's not so long ago

That we were together

Sharing and caring for each other

The people used to say

Our love would never ever fade

Should I let you stick around 

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Close To You

written by G. Benson, W. Sela, M. Elliott

 

She was a Jezebel this Brixton queen

Living her life like a backstreet dream

Telling me lies when the truth was clear

I think she knew what I wanted to hear

Spinning me round like a wheel on fire

Walking a tightrope on love's high wire

Fatal attraction is where I'm at

There's no escape for me

 

chorus

I just wanna be close to you

And do all the things you want me to

I just wanna be close to you

And show you the way I feel

 

I feel love when I'm lying in the midnight hour

Holding you just like a dream

Love is never what it seems

When we touch and you're holding me the way you do

Girl you make my dreams come true

You make my dreams come true

 

repeat chorus

 

She was a Gemini on the cusp of Mars

She holds me back or she goes too far

Winding me up just to let me down

So emotionally gagged and bound

There was more to this than meets the eye

A devil woman locked inside

With the full moon rising I was scared

I think I was possessed

 

repeat chorus

 

I feel love every time your body's next to mine

Something deep inside of me

Wants to love you endlessly

When we tough girl you don't know how it makes me feel

I just can't believe it's real I can't believe it's real

 

repeat chorus

 

She had an attitude I can't explain

You never know if you're in the frame

Tying me up with elastic words

I'm on a countdown till I get hurt

Her blood was hot and she burned so bright

A neon sign there in the night

It's hard to say if I went too far

My heart still bears the scars

 

I just wanna be close to you

I just wanna be close to you

I just wanna be close to you

 

She was a Jezebel this Brixton queen

Living her life like a backstreet dream

Telling me lies when the truth was clear

I think she knew what I wanted to hear (I just wanna be close to you)

Spinning me round like a wheel on fire

Walking a tightrope on love's high wire

Fatal attraction is where I'm at

There's no escape for me

 

I wanna be close to you

And do all the thing you wanna me to

I just wanna be close to you

I just wanna be close to you baby

Show you the way I feel

I just wanna be close to you

And do all the thing you wanna me to

I just wanna be close to you 

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How Can We Ease The Pain

written by M. Elliott, R. Simpson

 

Waking up to a dry land 

With empty glasses in their hands 

To the bone I see their call 

A fate for one and all 

Watch relief fall from the sky

Still resources running dry

 

chorus

Tell me, how can we ease the pain

That the people going under

Tell me, how can we ease the pain

Tell me, who's gonna take the blame

How can we ease the pain

That the people going under

Tell me, how can we ease the pain

Tell me, who's gonna take the blame

 

I watched the children cry

No tears within their eyes hey

Then I ask the reason why

Life seems to be on the slide hey

Electing one with no feelings

Who's gonna pay for their tomorrow

 

repeat chorus

 

Hey woh sure like to know, woh

Cause it's been so long

And it seems to me to be so wrong hey

 

Life it's like a ball against the wall

A ball against the wall

If you throw love against the wall

It comes back to you

And if you throw hate against the wall

It's gonna follow you

So what we gonna do to ease the pain

How can we ease the pain

Tell me, what are we gonna do, to ease the pain yeah

Ease the pain

Tell me, how can we ease the pain

Got to fight the fight 

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Let Me Know

written by M. Elliott, T. Robinson, A. Gaye

 

Let's go again

This time I'm gonna make it ah baby

 

it goesshooptodoshooptododo shooptodoshooptododo ah baby

I seemed to have woken up too early this morning

I stop and wonder why

Sweet visions of you have woken me from my slumber

I ask myself is it really true yeah

Is this the girl I desire

I wanna know, I gotta know I wanna know for sure oh girl

 

chorus 1

If your dreams are without me

Let me know oh girl

If your dreams are without me

Let me know oh girl

 

It's not everyday I wake up that I'm happy

It's not everyday I'm sad

This vibe, this vibe, this vibe that I'm feeling

I wanna know if you really feel it too yeah

 

chorus 2

Sometimes when I'm lonely

This blue feeling takes a hold on me

I need your loving close to me

I need your loving desperately

So tell me cause I really got to know

 

repeat chorus 1

 

repeat chorus 2

 

repeat chorus 1

 

Oh girl

If your dreams are without me, really gotta know 2x

know, really gotta know ah baby 

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House call

 

False Pretender

Stop pretending

All gals single have dem singing

Watch this

 

Ain't no use pretending

You don't feel the way I do Check it

With this message that your body's sending

I can tell you want it too

Well do you wanna hide

The way you feel inside

Its too late to turn back now

Every little touch

It means so much

So girl just let me show you how

 

chorus

Your body can't lie to me  

Cause I know just what you're needing Understand  

Your body can't lie to me  

You're in need of sexual healing

 

Me have, me have, me have Hey  

Di remedy fi mi heart  

Me have di remedy fi di brain  

Me have agony fi di body  

Fi make yuh choo-choo like a train  

Remedy fi di heart (Hey!)  

Me have di remedy fi di  

Me have agony fi di body  

Fi make yuh choo-choo like a train  

Extreme love  

Dat yuh cannot complain  

I'm di boiler man  

Yuh don't stop call mi name  

I'm like the blood  

Circulating by vein  

If feel Shabba  

Yuh just holler out me name

 

Let my caresses take you places  

Where ya never been before  

To the edge of your desire I'm coming atcha  

Where you want it more and more  

But do you want a prize  

Turn out the lights  

Come lets make tonight the night No other night  

There's no resisting  

Love is insisting  

Come lets make it right tonight hey

 

Cho, cho Me have di remedy fi yuh heart  

Me have di remedy fi yuh brain  

Me have di agony fi yuh body  

Fi make yuh choo-choo like a train  

Remedy fi yuh heart  

Me have di remedy fi yuh brain  

Have di agony fi yuh body  

Fi make yuh choo-choo like a  

I'm di doctor Shabba  

Not a heart breaker  

I'm a love maker Shabba  

Fi lovin I'm not a shaper 

Tell dem pick up  

She are di woman an  

Me are di man an  

She's like patient  

In the doctor's hand  

Its like a computer social program  

Go tell di world she want a loving man

 

Your body can't lie to me  

Cause I know just what you're needing  

Your body can't lie to me  

Cause you're in need of some sexual healing hey  

Housecall (An I know what is the meaning) woo woo woo woy

 

Do you wanna hide  

The way you feel inside  

Its to late to turn back now 

Every little touch  

It means so much  

So girl just let me show you how hey

 

Yo check this 

Cho,cho me have di remedy fi yuh heart  

Me have di remedy fi yuh brain  

Me have di agony fi yuh body  

Fi make yuh choo-choo like a train  

Remedy fi yuh heart  

Me have di remedy fi yuh brain  

Have di agony fi yuh body  

Fi make yuh choo-choo like a train  

Extreme a love  

An yuh cyaan complain

Every nitey-night yuh sleep  

Yuh call out mi name  

Like yuh blood circulate through yuh brain  

Dis is the love dat  

Yuh have to obtain  

Gal me know dat you is a pretender  

But know yuh buck upon  

Di full  

Time lover I gwine  

Give yuh love  

I'm not a heartbreaker  

Every gal a tell it to the world  

Dat I'm a lover  

 

Lalalala lover  

Lalalala lover  

Lalalala lover lover lover lover lover

This is your doctor  

Maxi Priest & Shabba

Welcome inside

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Just a Little Bit Longer

written by Handel, Tucker

 

You say you're hurting oh  

Cause they say I'm flirting oh no  

You just can't take it anymore

Your friends say I'm no good for you  

But in my heart I'm so true  

A partner for life we can be sure

 

You've asked me for some time to clear your mind 

I stayed away it hurt so much  

Without your touch 

Now I'm back and you say

 

chorus

Just a little bit longer baby

For my love keeps growing stronger

A little more time to say  

But in my head a love song plays 

For you and me teah ah oh

 

We played in the rain together  

That feeling lives on forever  

Memories that bring tears of joy  

We've had our share of bad times too  

Hurting each other me and you 

It's brought us much closer in the end

Just too much we've both fought for

To put it all down the drain  

I've stayed away just for a while  

But now you're driving me insane 

 

repeat chorus

 

I said all there is to say now

Hoping that you'll make me stay 

Believe me I'm yearning for you girl  

Hope there's a place in your heart 

That remembers the good from the start 

Just put me back where I belong 

 

You asked me for some time to clear your mind  

I stayed away it hurt so much 

Without your touch now I'm back and you say

repeat chorus 

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Caution

written by M. Elliott, P. Robinson, E. St. Aubyn

 

chorus

Caution  

Me say you got to have caution 

Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man  

Caution 

Me say you got to have caution

Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man

 

It's I Maxi Priest and me have to mention  

Lord me never hear such a dangerous band  

In case you never know say dem name caution  

Now you a go get a little information

So girl set yourself inna good position 

Wind up your body inna slow motion 

Hug up your boyfriend on even your husband

Maxi Priest a de first singer to drop it in action

 

repeat chorus

 

So hear the bass drum, that the one must set de time 

Then you know fe we lyrics have fe rhyme  

You hear the snare drum, that the one must set de pace 

Man a shake dem shoulder girl a wind up dem waist 

You hear the rhythm section just a chop it fe you  

You know sey dem deh style say dem have fe brand new  

You hear the hi-hat, it a cook on de shot

You know say dis ya band no carry distortion

 

repeat chorus

 

We big pon de land

Important  

You know we write, riddim militant

We big pon de land, we important

You know we write riddim militant

 

So watch me people how me write the version 

Invention, just origination

I man and Barry Boom say we set up a plan 

Set up rehearsal in a studio fashion 

Which part that

Inna Clopham Juction

Hit after hit that a fe we function  

That's why you have fe get the band them call caution

 

repeat chorus

 

We big pon the land  

Important  

You know we write, riddim militant 

We big pon de land we important

You know we write riddim militant

So watch me people how me write the version  

Invention, just origination

 

That's what I man Maxi Priest a go tek and cork the session

So girl set yourself in a good position  

Wind up your body inna slow motion  

Hug up your boyfriend on even your husband  

Maxi Priest a de first singer to drop it in action

 

repeat chorus 

 

Jah la man 7x 

Me say we important hey

 

Jah la man 7x 

Me say we big bout ya ha

 

Jah la man 7x  

Me say we important hey

 

Jah la man 7x  

Me say we big bout ya ha

 

Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man  

Jah la man 7x  

Jah la man 7x  

Jah la man 7x

 

Me say we important hey 

Cool nah sir, easy nah sir (3x

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Some Guys Have all The Luck

written by J. Fortang

 

Lonely, so lonely, oh so lonely, ah 

Alone in the crowd on a bus after work I’m daydreaming 

The guy next to me has his woman on his arm, my arms are empty  

How does it feel when the woman that you love says yes she loves you 

It seems unfair when there’s love everywhere and yet there’s none for you

 

chorus

 

Some guys have all the luck 

Some guys have all the pain  

Some guys have a little sunshine in their lives

My life is always a little bit of rain

 

Someone to take on a walk by the lake, dear Lord let it be 

Someone who shouts, someone who is liable to cry at sad movies 

I do believe I will die  

Just to look in her eyes and find them filled with me oh 

But you’re just a dream and as real as it seems, I’m not that lucky

 

repeat chorus

 

It’s just a losing game, things have got to change 

Some girl will give my love a try 

With my love her arms will open wide

 

repeat chorus

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I Know Love

written by M. Bennett, N. Jackson, M. Elliott

 

Brand new morning, brand new time

Don't worry free style

Here's Tiger pon the microphone stand

 

chorus

I know love will come our way  

If we try there's gotta be a better way  

I know love will come our way 

If we try there's gotta be a better way

 

To think of all the times we've been through

And for all the times we've shared  

Can't imagine that you're leaving baby  

Seems you really didn't care

 

repeat chorus

  

Brand new morning and a brand new time  

English people listen Tiger style  

Maxi Priest and Tiger in a brand new style  

Anywhere we go them say we are wild  

Pon stage show and dancehall  

Dis a Daddy Tiger bust whap whap

 

repeat chorus

 

No wakie wakie wakie wakie  

No wakie wakie me say rise and shine  

Spirit from me spirit from you  

Together yes we gonna be loving so 

God knows I really love you  

Stick together like Henkel glue 

Cause I'm not the kind of man to beg you  

No it's not my style 

But in the name of love I ask you baby  

Give my love a second try 

Easy Maxi Priest cause you are one of a kind  

This is Daddy Tiger me gone down the line  

Maxi Priest a singer, Tiger a top DJ  

Wan you to know this a bad style  

No wakie wakie wakie wakie  

No wakie wakie me say arise and shine  

This is Daddy Tiger nah Jester  

A wah you fe know me a true lover

 

repeat chorus

 

No wakie wakie me say arise and shine  

Brand new honey get a brand new time  

?????  

Maxi Priest is a friend of mine  

?????  

????  

?????

 

repeat chorus

 

Hey hey gotta be a better way

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Strollin' On

written by P. Robinson, M. Elliott

 

Strollin' on, strollin' on  

Strollin' along with my girl  

Holding her by her hand

 

See it's a feelin'  

Which you've gotta experience for yourself  

Lord it's a feelin' you have  

When you're strollin' along with your girl

 

Thinking of things  

Of things gone long by  

All the times we spend  

When we're strollin' along together  

Yes I'm strollin' on

 

chorus  

Strolling with my girl  

Holding her by, holding her by her hand 

 

Strollin' on on on, yeah oh yeah

 

repeat chorus

 

See in the country  

Flowers, the cool breeze 

The wind in her hair  

Seems so sweet to me

 

So when you're in love  

And she loves you too  

Hand in hand, feelin' the vibes flow through

 

So when I kissed her lips  

So soft so sweet as honey  

Strollin' along with a beautiful girl like her

 

Cause I'm strollin' on

 

repeat chorus

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Best Of Me

written by M. Elliott, P. Hunningale

 

You get the best of me more than I can give

In every part of me just for you I live

 

We shared our lives together for so many years

Been through stormy weather shared the joys and tears

But oh this change of feeling has got me so confused

Feeling so rejected feeling like I'm used

 

What more can I say

What more can I do

Seems I'm wasting my time

Trying to show you

 

chorus

You get the best of me more than I can give

In every part of me,just for you I live 2x

 

Seems I'm been to hell and back only just to please you

And you're still believing that I don't give a damn

Yes I've made my mistakes with no intend to hurt you

Tried so very hard just to make you understand

 

What more can I say

What more can I do

Seems I'm wasting my time

Trying to show you

 

repeat chorus

 

Oh yeah oh yeah

Very best of me baby

Can't you see yeah

 

What more can I do

What more can I say

Seems I'm wasting my time

Trying to show you

 

repeat chorus3x

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Crazy Love

written by V. Morrison

 

I can hear her heartbeat from a thousand miles

And the heaven's open every time she smiles

And when I come to her that's where I belong

Yet I'm running to her like a river song

 

chorus

She gimme love love love love crazy love

She gimme love love love love crazy love

 

She's got a fine sense of humor

When I'm feeling lowdown

Yet when I come to her when the sun goes down

She takes away my troubles, takes away my grief

Takes away my heartache, go right to sleep

 

repeat chorus 2x

 

Yes I need her in the daytime

And I need her in the night

And I wanna holding my arms around her

And kiss and hug and kiss and hug her tight

 

And when I'm returning from so far away

She give me some sweet lovin'

Brighten up my day

Yet it make me righteous, ooh and it makes me whole

Yet it make me mellow down to my soul

 

repeat chorus

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Woman In You

written by M. Elliott, J.P. Maunick, A. Scott, R. Simpson

 

She loves me and I know she wants me oh oh yeah

She loves me yeah and I know she cares about me

Friends they keep on telling me

How she sits and talks about me

Folks they keep on telling me yeah

How she always talks about me

 

Oh I've been such a fool

Not to realize the love we had

Gonna take this chance to prove to myself

Love is not a game

You and I should feel the same

 

chorus

Cause I recognize the woman in you 2x

 

Let love free me and break these chains that bind me

It's taking me time to see it

The loving that surrounds me

I've been down on my luck before

See oh Lord I can't take no more of this pain

Now I know it's gonna be alright

Cause with you I see the light

It's this way

 

repeat chorus

 

In the corners of my mind

I can hear the voice of love

It talks about you

There's a place within my heart

Leaves me longing for the night

To vibe with you

 

repeat chorus

 

I can feel the woman, woman in you, feel woman in you

I recognize the woman in you

I can feel the woman

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Peace Throughout The World

written by M. Elliott, J.P. Maunick

 

I say a little prayer

Hoping I'll be heard

Lord help the children to find peace in their time

I look around me, it all seems so wrong

Got to find a way to make it all right

 

chorus

Oh oh peace peace throughout the world

Just a little peace just a little peace

Peace throughout the world

 

War for money war for land

Tell me how long it's going to be before we understand

People of the world

It's time we get things straight

Cause if we don't get it together

It's gonna be too late

 

repeat chorus

 

In a world where peoples' feelings don't matter

In a world where people just don't care

I search the high and low to find myself an answer

Nothing seems to matter, no one seems to care

Take a look to the future

What do you see

Twentieth century going down on it's knees

If we ever get there what would we do

Cause there won't be nothing there for me and you

 

Let now be the time

Let peace be the vibe

Let's join together

And we'll strive to find a new way

To see it clear where you new existence

In which we can expect

Individually achievements peace of mind

Poverty ? all men kind

Make this world a better place

To be sure ??? the human race

 

Peace throughout the world ooh

Oh peace mmm

 

In a world where peoples' feelings don't matter

In a world where people just don't care

I search the high and low to find myself an answer

Nothing seems to matter, no one seems to care

Take a look to the future

What do you see

Twentieth century going down on it's knees

If we ever get there what would we do

Cause there won't be nothing there for me and you

 

repeat chorus

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