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Maxi Priest - Refused

 

Island Rose

Calling 4 A Positive Vibe

So What's Going On/ I Just Want To Know

Need A Lady (Nah Nah)

Love Has Found Its Way

Childhood

Sweetest Love

My Girl Diss

Set Me Free

I Wanna Know

Sugar 4 Ur Love

U Bring Out The Best In Me

Am Not Perfect

We Can Do It

Cry For The Children

 

Island Rose

written by Gary Benson, Max Elliott, Livingstone Brown

 

This girl she looks so fine

How I wish that she was mine

How she inspires me

Beautiful for all to see

 

How can I catch your eye

Mustn't let this chance go by

She's much to nice to rush

I don't wanna push too much

 

chorus

Typical island rose

Excuse me I beg your pardon

Typical island rose

Won't you decorate my garden

 

Is she available

Or mission impossible

It drives me insane

Doesn't even know my name

Who knows that we could fly

Wonder if I dare to try

How can I take the heat

This girl may be out of reach

 

repeat chorus

 

She's looking like a dream

Straight out of a magazine

Jewel in a crown

Can't help looking up and down

 

I gotta buy my time

Wait until I see the sign

She likes to tease around

Oh this game has just begun

repeat chorus

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Calling 4 A Positive Vibe

written by R. Stevens, M. Elliott

 

 Say we're talking to the people

Talking to the people then now

Maxi Priest Richie Stevens in town

 

Let's not dwell on the past

Let's fight for today

Why wait until tomorrow

We tried that yesterday

We're calling for a positive vibe

And a firm meditation

The seeds we need to sow

Take the youths off the streets

Give them proper education

That's the way to go

Mothers and fathers

Brothers and sisters

 

Say we're all in this thing together

Say we all got to care for one another

Can't live in the hype

Got to remember where we coming from

Cos here in this jungle

It's crying everyday

Love's the only answer

To bring it all back together

So there ain't no reason

For this bloodshed every day yeah oooh yeah

 

I remember those days

From my fathers generation

And how they used to roll

Peace and love on the corner, no bullets, no guns

No one acting cold

So where did all the love go

Tell me I wanna know

 

repeat chorus

 

Tell me how many times

How many lives

How many people gotta go

Tell me

How many days

How many weeks

How many months

I wanna know

Tell me

How much time

How many years

Can't you see it's out of control

 

Let's stop them now

Let's stop them now

 

Can't live in the hype

Got to remember where we coming from

Cause here in this jungle

It's crying every day

Love is the only answer

To bring it all back together

So there ain't no reason

For this bloodshed every day hey hey hey

 

Tell me how many times

How many lives

How many people gotta go

Tell me

How many days

How many weeks

How many months

I wanna know

Tell me

How much time

How many years

Can't you see it's out of control

 

How many times

How many lives

How many people gotta go

Tell me

How many days

How many weeks

How many months

I wanna know

Tell me

How much time

How many years

Can't you see it's out of control

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So What's Going On/I Just Want To Know

written by A. Elliott, M. Elliott, C. Birch

 

I just wanna know what is going on with you

I can see it in your smile oh baby

I just wanna know what is going on with you oh lady

Won't you tell me what's on your mind

 

Lately you're not the same

Tell me what have I done to you for you to change

There must be something that I don't know about

Baby you gotta tell me so we can work it out

I'll be there for you

No matter the problems we can work it out woh baby

 

I just wanna know what is going on with you

I can see it in your smile oh lady

I just wanna know what is going on with you

This character is not your style

 

Listen

 

See I remember back in the day

You were a happy go lucky girl oh yeah

Loving all night little champagne on ice yeah

Every little thing was alright alright

Dressed to impress at any request ooh baby

But now you've lost that smile oh lady

 

I just wanna know what is going on with you

I can see it in your smile oh yeah

I just wanna know what is going on with you

Lately it's happening all the time baby baby baby  oh oh

 

Won't you tell me lady oh oh oh

I wanna know now oh baby baby baby

 

I just wanna know what is going on with you

I can see it in your smile

I just wanna know what is going on with you

This character is not your style

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Need A Lady (Nah Nah)

written by L. Gates, M. Elliott, Q. Space, B. Russel, L.B. Ramsay

 

chorus 

Oh how I love them sexy girls

Hot like fire with all them pearls

Make you wanna spend spend spend on her and oh oh oh oh

Oh how I love them sexy girls

Hot like fire with all them pearls

Make you wanna spend spend spend on her and oho oh oh oh

 

Her body flows like water

I like to see it roll

Can't keep my eyes off her

I fear to lose control

She got that nah nah that nah nah ooh

Nah nah she got that nah nah

 

Say ooh wee little mammy

Like the way you wanna brawl you know

Oh little lady be my baby oh

Say ooh wee little mammy

Like the way you wanna brawl you know

Oh little lady be my baby oh

 

repeat chorus

 

Women dem beautiful and lovely

No wicked and a women you nah ugly

Love deh women dem and the women dem love me

??? son of man

 

Shake it up shake it down

Girl I wanna see you take your low???

Shake it up shake it down

Girl I wanna see you take your low???

 

Now girl turn around let me see that some more

I've got the key to the lock on your door

I'll have ???   kitchen floor

And oh oh oh oh oh oh

 

Sweet I don't mean to sound rude

But I think you just found your man

Oh tonight oh tonight

 

Women dem beautiful and lovely

No wicked and a women you nah ugly

Love deh women dem and the women dem love me

??? son of man

 

repeat chorus

 

Her body flows like water

I like to see it roll

Can't keep my eyes off her

I fear to lose control

Got that nah nah that nah nah ooh

Nah nah she got that nah nah

 

repeat chorus

 

Women dem beautiful and lovely

No wicked and a women you nah ugly

Love deh women dem and the women dem love me

In a mans world remember you a son of man

 

Women dem beautiful and lovely

No wicked and a women you nah ugly

Love deh women dem and the women dem love me

In a mans world remember you a son of man

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Love Has Found It's Way

written by D. Brown, Y. Brown

 

chorus

Love has found it's way

In our hearts today yeah

Love has found it's way (baby)

In our hearts today

(I said) In our hearts today

 

When your love is beautiful

There's nothing nothing that can go wrong

When 2 hearts cling together

It's like an everlasting song

It's like an everlasting song yeah

 

The moon shines bright over yonder

And it makes me feel so fine

I'm so thankful so thankful baby

That Jah has made you mine

I'm so thankful that Jah has made you mine

repeat chorus

 

Oh baby please let me stay with you

This love is so hard to resist

Oh let me feel your love and kindness

And all your tenderness

I said all your tenderness yeah

Oh lady you make me so very happy

Even the blind man could see oh yeah

 

That this love can be so beautiful

A love that's meant to be

I said a love that's meant to be

Oh cause

 

repeat chorus

 

yeah oh lady you make me so very happy

Even the blind man could see oh yeah

Oh this love could be so beautiful

This love that's meant to be

I said this love and tenderness

Baby I said love and tenderness

I said love and tenderness ooh baby

 

Love has found it's way

Oh in our hearts today yeah

Love has found it's way oh yeah

Oh love yeah

Love that's meant to be

I said love that's meant to be

I said love that's meant to be oh baby

Love that's meant to be yeah

 

repeat chorus

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Childhood

written by Ryan Elliott, Marvin Elliott, N. Edwards

 

chorus

To find a love that's all so right

To find a love that's all so good

I must have done something good in my childhood

 

I'm right here loving you

You're right here loving me

I must have done something good in my childhood

 

They say it comes once in a lifetime

So I thank the Lord that we have been blessed with each other mmm

One thing to discover I respect you as a friend and a lover

You do me like no other

 

You deserve to have the greatest time

You deserve the drink the finest wine

The greatest love is the reason I'm giving this all to you

Now that I found some one for me

I'll be sure to give you all my love

Loving you, you loving me

I must have done something good

 

repeat chorus 2x

 

Turn the lights down low we'll go for hours

I can give you what you want

I can be all you're needing girl

As I know that you're there for me yeah

Wanna show you what I'm feeling

What I believe in

Just the two of us alone

Wanna greet for the weekend I fulfilled your fantasy

A feeling I just can't deny

You're the only one I want in my life yeah

And I just wanna treat you right

Doing anything you feel and you like

 

Somebody who is just like you

Someone who make me feel brand new

The one who makes my life complete

You're the only one I need

 

repeat chorus 2x

 

I'm right here loving you

And you're right there loving me

I must have done something good in my childhood

 

Should I wake you up in the morning

Try to move you a little closer to my side

Try to say we should stay together for such a long time

When times are good and when times are bad

I'll be there when you're sad just trying to hold you

And I'll be there for you cause I can't let you go

 

Now that I found someone for me

I'll be sure to give you all my love

Me loving you and you loving me

I must have done something good

 

Feelings I just can't deny

You're the only one I want in my life

And I just wanna treat you right

Doing anything you feel and you like

 

repeat chorus 2x

I'm right here loving you

And you're right here loving me

I must have done something good in my childhood

In my childhood yeah

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Sweetest Love

written by R. Russell, J. Cohen, C. Outten, M. Elliott

 

Spinning round in circles like a merry go round

Looking for my baby but you just can't be found

Don't you know I love you and that will never change

I've been branded a fool 'cos my love for you remains

Don't they say that love is blind

 

chorus

Nothing's gonna change my mind

Need you here by my side

The sweetest love the sweetest the sweetest love

You're the reason that I rise and shine

The reason why I breathe this life

The sweetest love the sweetest the sweetest love

 

Your love leaves me breathless and I have to say

I want your kisses for my breakfast I need them every day

If you say you love me my whole world will be this just cool

I gladly give up everything to prove my love to you yeah

Don't they say that love is blind

I be a fool for your love any time

 

repeat chorus

 

Through the darkness and the night

I see you standing in the light

And every part of me is reaching for you

Show my heart down through my eyes

And my love has no disguise

Girl I found heaven in you

 

repeat chorus 2x

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My Girl Dis

written by M. Elliott, R. Stevens, M. Arthurton, C. Dodd

 

Girl if I were your man

I'd make the impossible possible

And if you were my girl

Our love would be so incredible

 

Girl but if I were your man

I lay you down in a big bed of roses

And if you were my girl

I found a way to the ocean like Moses

 

And girl if you only take a chance

I show you what I can do

And baby let me show what I've got

In store for me and you

So give me just a minute

Let me get into it

 

chorus

So don't put ya foot inna mi corner

Cause a my girl dis a my girl dis

A long time ???  ???

And a my girl dis a my girl dis

So don't push yourself inna mi corner

Cause a my girl dis a my girl dis

You just come on???  ???

A mi a ??? come dis a ??? come dis????

 

Wait a minute just a second

Cause you're moving much too fast

The race is not for the swift

Now there's no need for you to get excited

Can't you see that she's already made her pick

 

Now if that's what you're thinking Richie Stevens

I've got the numbers that's the trick

And there's something in the way she feels about me

I feel a chemistry that really makes us click

 

Well there is something that I've got to confess

Second Maxi Priest make them get di undressed

???? on the ???  I'm beating my chest

I know I won't see you there

And girl if you only take a chance

I show you what I can do

And baby let me show you what I've got

In store for me and you

So give me just a minute

Let me get into it

 

repeat chorus

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Set Me Free

written by C. Outten, W. Johnson, M. Elliott

 

There's no mistake in what I feel right now no

Sitting in your livingroom tell me what's it all about

My whole world has changed ever since you been around

Tried to get myself together but it's all upside down

 

chorus

What do you mean about maybe hear you now

You might as well lock me up and cage me oh

I'm a man and I've got needs

And my needs you can't seem to see

If you got a heart baby won't you set me free yeah yeah

(Tell me what's going on and what's it all about)

 

Sweet music playing on and oh girl it's so fantastic

But if you keep telling me no I'm gonna make my own exit

And then I see you want me to stay

Now you keep on telling me no then you wanna play around

But as I reach the door to make my exit

You keep calling me back girl I can't take it no wohwohwoh

 

repeat chorus

 

I know when, I know where, I know how to please a woman

And baby I know every move and every button

I tried to take it easy just the way you'd want me to

But I tell you baby you don't seem to feel the same as I do

All my advances you're resisting

Access to your heart, area restricted oh

 

repeat chorus 2x

 

What do you mean

What do you mean about maybe hear you now

You might as well lock me up and cage me oh

Understand where I'm coming from baby

I know you're not blind, deaf or dumb

What do you mean

 

repeat chorus

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I Wanna Know

written by L. Dunbar, M. Elliott, P. Robinson, H. Tucker

 

It hurts to know mmm I love someone

I just gotta let go

Baby

You know I can't take anymore of your indecision

It comes right down to this

I'm giving you an ultimatum

Don't fight it deep inside you

You know just what you want

I want the truth, don't hide it

Let it go

I wanna know

Girl if it's true

All of the things that we plan to do

Is it for show

Are we a crew

Don't wanna play guessing games with you

 

chorus

I wanna know if you're in or out

I wanna know what you're all about baby

I wanna know why you're creeping round

And all the time we speculate and where it is that your interest is

I wanna know if you're in or out

I wanna know what you're all about baby

I wanna know why you're creeping round

And all the time we speculate and where it is that your interest is

 

Said I wanna know now babe

Said I gotta know now

Said I gotta know now

 

The least you could do is be honest girl, honest to me

It's not so much that I am asking of, asking of you

Just have some strength and courage

You've got to let me know

Girl I just can't hold on

Let it flow

 

I wanna know

Girl if it's true

All of the things that we plan to do

Is it for show

Are we a crew

Don't wanna play guessing games with you

 

I wanna know if you're in or out, tell me tell me babe

I wanna know what you're all about, tell me tell me baby

I wanna know why you're creeping round, tell me tell me baby

And all the time we speculate and where it is that your interest is

I wanna know if you're in or out, said I gotta know

I wanna know what you're all about, said I gotta know now

I wanna know why you're creeping round, make up your mind love is doing fine

And all the time we speculate and where it is that your interest is baby

 

I wanna know now, ah tell me babe

 

I wanna know

Girl if it's true

All of the things that we plan to do

Is it for show

Are we a crew

Don't wanna play guessing games with you

 

I wanna know if you're in or out, said I gotta know now

I wanna know what you're all about,

I wanna know why you're creeping round

And all the time we speculate and where it is that your interest is  baby

Said I gotta know now oh

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Sugar 4 Ur Love

written by M. Elliott, L. Brown, S. Rele

 

mmm yeah

Oh sexy love baby you got me going crazy

Ooh sexy love baby you got me going crazy

 

Sugar for your loving, honey for your sweet yeah

Got the kind of loving makes me wanna freak freak freak freak mm

Baby take me higher

Take me to the top, fever taking over

Make me wanna drop, oh you're really doing something

Baby don't stop, ooh the loving that you give me

Ooh it's so hot, sweat me baby

 

Baby you're my fire, beaming so hot

Burning up my body take me to the top

Oh you're really doing something

Give me all that you've got

Feel the loving that you give me

Baby don't stop, sweat me baby

 

I like it when I run my fingers through your hair

I like the vibe you give me when you just don't care

And I like it baby when you put it right there, right there, right there

And it feels so good every time you come around

I feel you baby when hands get down

You make me feel like making sweet love to you right now right now

 

Baby come a little bit closer

I wanna feel you right here next to me

Baby put your head on my shoulder

I wanna give you all you ever need

I take you high I take you low

Anywhere you wanna go

Nothing  ??? to  ???  oh oh oh

Cause I'm ready babe, so if you're ready

I said I'm ready babe, say you're ready baby

Want you get ready baby, I'm ready

So then if we're ready babe then we're ready baby

 

Sugar for your love babe, honey for your sweet yeah

You got the kind of love babe, makes me wanna freak freak

Sugar for your love babe, honey for your sweet yeah

Got the kind of love babe, makes me wanna freak

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U Bring Out The Best In Me

written byG. Benson, M. Elliott, L. Brown

 

Mmmm,oh yeah baby, ooooh lady, oh yeah,

From the first thing in the morning

Till the last thing at night

Every moment we're together

Till the early morning light

Got the sweetest conversation

With a TLC??? I know

You've got my full attention

Baby don't let go

 

chorus

You, you bring out the best in me

Oh you, you bring out the love in me

Oh you, you get to the heart of me

And the way I feel about you, I liked you

Ooh you, you bring out the best in me

Oh you, you bring out the love in me

Oh you, you get to the heart of me

And I need you by my side

For the rest of my life

 

When I work,I think about you

When I sleep, you're in my dreams

You're related for a lifetime

Just what forever mean

When I'm chilling in the sunshine

When I'm walking in the rain

No matter where I am

My feelings stay the same

 

repeat chorus

 

Every day I count my blessings baby just for you

For all that you're giving me

And everything that you do

And this I must confess

Lady you're the best

You you you

I liked you

repeat chorus

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Am Not Perfect

written by H. Hammond,I. A. Lindo, M. Elliott

 

You may not know this baby

You don't know that I love you more than anything

But then along???? the way

Sometimes we take things for granted

Never stop to question why, no no no

Down the road mistakes will be made, yeah yeah yeah

No matter sometimes we try

 

chorus

I'm not perfect and I don't pretend to be

My heart is willing but my structure??? sometimes won't listen to me

I wanna be good to you, be there for you

Cause you've always been straight with me, ain't it love

Never wanna leave you lonely, no

 

And with this long lost joy I found

I throw everything in, nothing to hide from you, no

I provide for you, what's right for you

And you never hear me complain or falter never again, no

 

Now you may have some secrets

That you're so longing to share

There's no better time to say it, oh babe

Let's talk about it and leave it right here

 

I know we're not perfect and I don't expect you to be

You're just a woman with a human ability

But you can be good to me and if I'm good to you

Everything will be just fine, ain't it love

Never wanna leave you lonely no

 

And with this long lost joy I found

I throw everything in, nothing to hide from you

I provide for you, what's right for you

You never hear me complain or falter never again no no no

 

Sometimes we take things for granted oh yeah

Never stop to question why, no

Down the road mistakes will be made, ah yeah

No matter sometimes we try

 

repeat chorus

 

I never wanna leave you lonely

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We Can Do It

written byM. Elliott, F. Mc Gregor, S. Mc Gregor, A. Elliott

 

Now this is Maxi Priest for the people

And this is Freddie Mc Gregor for the whole world

Mi nah tell you rude bwoy

Life is not how it seems eh

So we just have to deal with it

And deal with it straight up

Hail Jah

 

This one we're doing it for the people ooooh

This is how we do our thing yeah my Lord

What is man today living in this world

If he can't survive

We've got problems on our hands

Look at what we got

Life is worth a lot

He's given us his love

Are we going to throw it all away

 

chorus

We can do it

I know I know

Spread some love and show it

Do it while we can

Make it happen oh yeah (oh Lord)

Faith can move mountains oh well

(If you believe in what you got)

 

Now what is taken place

In this world today

Leaders gone astray

They're not looking our way

We must heal the soil

Then we share the spoils

That's the way to go

To give a helping hand

  

repeat chorus

  

We can do it

 

We can do it

I know I know

Spread some love and show it

Do the best you can

Make it happen oh Lord

Faith can move mountains

Don't you know that faith can

We can do it

I know I know

Spread some love and show it

I can you can we can

Make it happen yes Lord yes Lord

Faith can move mountains

  

We know we know we know we know

We can do it

Spread some love and show it oh Lord

We can make it happen

Faith can move mountains

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Cry For The Children

written by B. Hammond, I.A. Lindo, M. Elliott

 

Slow down everyone pay attention

Let us reason for a while

I'm worried about this every day killing

That is turning into style

Don't try to convince it's normal

Playing with human lives

I don't know about you

But I know it brings tears to my eyes

 

chorus

And I cry for the children

And I pray for them

That someday consciousness will once again

Be the answer to our prayers oh yeah

 

Now I'm tired of all the goings on around us everyday

How did the little bitty innocent babies become pray by the way

How could we allow ourselves to go so far

I'm almost certain we've forgotten who we are

I'm wide awake in a dream that never ends

And my heart cries out for help everyday

 

repeat chorus

 

Oh yeah oh yeah I pray Lord I pray

How many more lives do you need for your games

Cause we're counting

How many more mothers will you leave in pain

Cause it's mounting

Could you give me a time or a day

How much longer we will have to wait

Will there be sunshine and no trace of crime when I wake

 

repeat chorus 2x

 

I pray said I pray I pray I pray

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