1. |
Tears Of A Crown
03:30
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Riding out of the night alone
Wondering if I’ve gone to far from home, home
Every gangster’s got a claim
Every man wants his name and place, the fame
I lived through a lot of pain
The air is thick about to break and change, for me
I’m not worthy
But I stuck around,
Tears of a crown
Better men have gone before me
Wanna pass it down,
Tears of a crown
No man knows my sacrifice
No one knows I gave my life, you don’t even know me
Now my biggest battle nest, where the crown supposed to rest
With the setbacks, and the bite back’s and the new cats
I’m not leaving
Can’t commit treason
Cause I know I’m supposed to be
Right here leading, yeah
I’m not worthy
But I stuck around
Tears of a crown
Better men have gone before me
Wanna pass it down, (down)
Tears of a crown
I’m not worthy
But I stuck around (around)
Tears of a crown
Better men have gone before me
Wanna pass it down
Tears of a crown
Tears
Tears of a
Tears of a
Yes lord, Oooh
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2. |
Return
03:18
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I been here since the morning
Hear them voices a calling
Trying hard to ignore them
But I wanna give in
Get up
And get lawless
But mama said let it go, let go (let it go let it go)
Karma comes around
Mama said don’t you know, don’t you know
(Don't you know, Don't you know) yeah
That karma comes around
Stop playin, gimme me the cash
I’ve worked too hard
I need that fast, woo
Stop playing
Gimme the loot
Because I’m the sheriff you know I’ll shoot
The return is this evening
Humble looks be deceiving
Just gimme a look
Gimme a reason
Cause I’m quick on the draw
And it’s hunting season
But mama said let it go, let go (let it go, let it go)
Yeah, Karma comes around
Mama said don’t you know, don’t you know
(Don't you know, Don't you know)
Yeah, That karma comes around
Stop playing, gimme the loot
tryna be a better man
Stop playing, oh
Gimme the loot
I’m struggling
Stop playing, yeah
Gimme the loot
Tryna be a better man
Stop playin, but I'm struggling
Ouchhh
Huh
stop playing
stop playing
come on, woo
stop playing yeah
stop playin around (stop playin)
stop playin around
oh, listen
stop Playin
oh, yh you know I need my money right?
stop playin
stop playin
stop playin
stop playin around uhh
stop playin
woo
stop playin
oh, oh baby
ouch, ouch ouch
stop playin
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3. |
W.A.R
04:14
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Listen..
Don’t mess with me em
I’m a winner emm
I may not be the richest man
But I can deliver yes sir
My heart’s on my sleeve
Fist tight
I grit my teeth
Attack everything I say...
Without A Restraint
ohhh
This means WAR, WAR
This means WAR, WAR
This means WAR, WAR
This means WAR, WAR
This means WAR, WAR
This means WAR, WAR
This means WAR, WAR
This means WAR, Ooohhhhh
Yeahhh
Come on clap, ah! WAR
Yes sir, OUCH! follow me come on ba
Ba , ba da
Ba , ba da bup
Bup
Bup
Bup
Woo
Don’t call me boy em
I’m no nigger no
I know what my country wants
A positive figure that’s me!
Martin stood where I stand
You pushed a peaceful man
When love is the key
So release meeeee
WAR
This means WAR, WAR
This means WAR, WAR
This means WAR, WAR
This means WAR, WAR
This means WAR, WAR
This means WAR, WAR yes baby
This means WAR, WAR
Yeahhh
OOH! Come on, listen
I DON'T THINK YOU HEARD ME
OUCH! Listen urgh
WAR
Ba , ba da
WAR
Ba , ba da bup
WAR
Bup
Bup
Bup
Bup
Yeahhhh
Listen come on now,
I’m tired of turning the other cheek
Woo, yes
Enough’s enough
Urgh woo
HUH HUH
Come on, woo
YOU!
War baby, yes sir
Uhhh, YOU!
Urghhh, wooo
Oooh OUCH!
I have given orders to my chosen soldiers
I have summoned the warriors for whom I vent my anger, my boasting, arrogant ones
There is a loud noise on the mountains (ooooh ouch)
Sounds like a large army
WAR
There is a great commotion
Among the kingdoms
Nations are being assembled
The lord who commands armies is mustering
Forces for battle WAR
They come from a distant land
From the horizon
It is the lord with his instruments of judgement,
Coming to destroy the whole earth
WAR
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4. |
Dead Bodies
03:36
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Don’t look at the bodies all around
All the dead bodies on the ground
Don’t look at the bodies all around
All the dead bodies on the ground
Hey Lucy you’ve been messing round with my mind
Clear as photo posts with enemy ties, uh
Cause when you betrayed my heart hit the tracks
My mother told me never to look back
Babe
Don’t look at the bodies all around
All the dead bodies on the ground
Don’t look at the bodies all around
All the dead bodies on the ground
Don’t look down cause you might get shook
From the people that stood by and looked
Don’t look down cause ya might get cooked huh
From the evils on the ground
Told you they were down
Don’t look at the bodies all around
All the dead bodies on the ground
(Don’t do it baby)
Don’t look at the bodies all around
(Bodies bodies)
All the dead bodies on the ground
Hey brother
Look what ya done to me yh
Hey sister
You shoulda of been watching me
Hey brother (hey brother)
Look what ya done to me
Hey sister (hey sister) come on
You should of been watching me
But where, are they now
But where, are they now
But where, are they now
But where, are they now
My brother brother
You shoulda been watching me
Listen
I been praying,
Against the bodies on the ground
I been praying,
We gotta make it out
I been praying,
Against the bodies on the ground
I been praying,
We gotta make it out
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5. |
Poetic Justice
04:38
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I don’t wanna fight
I tie died my flag white
I watched from the sides
Even when it killed me inside
I wanna love again
I wanna feel again
I wanna get better
I wanna surrender
I let in your love
I let in your love
Whether a friend or foe
You know
It’s love
I let in your love
I let in your love
Whether a friend or foe
Gotta let you know
It’s love
I nearly missed this
Poetic Justice
I was in denial
For you, I should of exiled
I wanna love again
I feel again
I wanna get better, yeah
I need to surrender
I let in your love
I let in your love
Whether a friend or foe
You know
I let in your love
I let in your love
I let in your love
Whether a friend or foe
Gotta let you know
It’s love
Some wounds run so deep
It’s impossible to cry
But forgiveness is our alley
No judgement, no sentence
Just growth and repentance
A reef for this hearse
I’ll say sorry, if you go first
Love
Love
Love
Love
Friend or foe
Love Yh
Let love reign
Love reign
Love reigns
Love
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6. |
Thought About You
03:52
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I heart you
I heart you
I heart you
I heart you
I heart
I heart
Girl it’s not been long
but I feel at home
I wont dance alone
I’m Aht uh mi hed
Shuggie Otis got me thinking
My fast friend
is my girlfriend
I thought about you
Dancing all night through
I thought about you
Dancing all night through
I thought about you (thought about you, I thought about you)
Dancing all night through
Was that too soon
I thought about you (I thought about you, I thought about you)
Dancing all night through yeah
Come on
I heart you
I heart you
I heart you
I heart you
I heart you
I heart you
I heart you
I heart you
I heart you
I heart you
I heart you
Got a Rhythm
like Young American
Kissed to heaven, I haven’t been since
Girl it’s not been long
but I feel at home
I wont dance alone
I’m Aht uh mi hed
Shuggie Otis got me thinking
My fast friend
Is my girlfriend
I thought about you
Dancing all night through
I thought about you (I thought about cha, I thought about cha)
Dancing all night through
Yeah
I thought about you (thought about you, I thought about you)
Dancing all night through
Is that too soon
thought about you (I thought about you, I thought about you)
Dancing Dancing ooh oohhh
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7. |
Kisses
03:44
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I just, want your, kisses all over me
I just, want your, kisses all over me
Hey sexy
I can’t wait to get ya near
And in the morning
I need a cold shower
Cause your kisses still here
I feel so good when your over me
The sunlight hits and I feel like that I’m in a dream
And I know when you plant them kisses on me
I’m gonna fly outta space to a galaxy
I just, want your, kisses all over me
I just, want your, kisses all over me
From the evening til the morning time
Kisses all over me
From the evening til the morning time
Kisses all over me yh
I feel so good when you’re over me
The sunlight hits
And I feel like that I’m in a dream
And I know that when you plant them kisses
on me
I’m gonna fly outta space to galaxy
I just, want your, kisses all over me
From the evening til the morning time
Kisses all over me, me
If I whisper in your ear
Have a good day and by the way
I can’t survive without your
Lovely kisses
Gimme a sign ‘O the times
Let me know right away
So we can do it again
Just gimme those pretty kisses, oh my gosh
Just kiss me
Just gimme those pretty kisses, oh my gosh
Just kiss me
Just gimme those pretty hugs, oh my gosh
Just kiss me
Just gimme those pretty kisses, oh my gosh
Just kiss me
Just gimme those pretty those kisses, oh my gosh
Just kiss me
Just gimme those pretty kisses, oh my gosh
Just kiss me
Just gimme those pretty hugs, oh my gosh
Just kiss me
Just gimme those pretty kisses, oh my gosh
Woah
Just kiss me
Kiss kiss
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8. |
It's In Your Sex
04:32
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Crawl over to me
I think I’m done lying
Here resting for the 8th round
Call me Tyson
It’s funny how I feel like
A spaceman
Beam me up fell to earth now I’ve landed
Tongues and hands
Cause I like, we don’t even need to try
It’s in your sex (oh)
It’s in your sex (oh)
It’s in your sex (oh)
It’s in your sex (oh)
Now walk over to me
You move like your flying
I think I’m going for the ride of my life yeah
We communicate in ways
That don’t need signs
Vulnerable that’s enough for me
It’s like we’re blind yeah
Cause I like, we don’t even need to try
It’s in your sex (oh)
It’s in your sex (oh)
It’s in your sex (oh)
Come on
It’s in your sex (oh)
Listen to how you make me feel
Da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da
Cause I like, we don’t even need to try
It’s in your sex (oh)
It’s in your sex (oh)
It’s in your sex (oh)
Do you hear me baby
It’s in your sex (oh)
Whatever you want, every little thing you do
Whatever you need,
The way I feel about you
Help me sing
Whatever you want
Whatever you need
We can live our fantasy
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9. |
Remember
04:18
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When you’re down
And you need to fall up
Remember what I told ya
When you got yourself stuck in a rut
Remember what I told ya
Need the song to the key of your life
Remember what I told ya (told ya, told ya, told ya)
When the love just ain’t enough
And no one wants to hold ya (do you, do you, do you)
You ain’t ever had a friend like me
I tell you no way (no way, no way, no way)
I just want you to feel free
From all the pain (the pain)
The pain
When you’re down
And you need to fall up (fall up)
Remember what I told ya (told ya, told ya, told ya)
When you got yourself stuck in a rut
Remember what I told ya
(Remember what I told you)
Need the song to the key of your life (your life)
Remember what I told ya (told ya, told ya, told ya)
When the love just ain’t enough
And no one wants to hold ya
(Do you, do you, do you)
You been running on my mind
I know that you been crying (we gotta make it)
We can find a way (we gotta make it)
Come on
Try a tiny bit of love (do you remember)
It’s like a gliding dove (try to remember)
Escaping for better days (we gotta make it)
Oooh
When you’re down
And you need to fall up (fall up)
Remember what I told ya (told ya, told ya, told ya)
When you got yourself stuck in a rut
Remember what I told ya
(Do you, do you, do you)
Do you remember
Do you remember
Do you
Do you remember
Do you remember
Do you remember
Do you remember
Do you remember
Do you remember
Do you remember
Do you remember
Do you remember
Do you remember
Do you remember
Do you remember
Do you remember
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10. |
Break
03:40
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Strong and stable but
We’re about to
to
Break
Ouch, huh yeah
Huh, listen
You been keeping time
On me
I been slowing down
Out of key
With your simple touch
What you need
But we ain’t in a rush, lady
I don’t want to
Break
Break (yes)
Break
I know you hear what I’m talking about
Break (break baby)
Break (yessir)
Break
You know that you’re a star
And we have travelled far, yeah
But on this funky ride
Is a chance we could collide
So we gotta be so careful
Break (not to)
Break
Break
I know you hear what I’m talking baby
Come on
Break (break baby)
Break (yessir)
Break, ouchh
Come on
We don’t have to break baby
We can live in harmony (harmony baby)
We don’t have to break baby (we don’t no)
We can live in harmony (we’re about to)
We don’t have to break baby (do you hear me baby, I know we’re growing tired)
We can live in harmony
(but we gotta take time, ouch)
We don’t have to break baby
(We will break)
We can live in harmony
We will break
We will break
We don’t have to break baby
We can live in harmony
Yes babe
We don’t have to break no, huh
We can live in harmony
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11. |
Black Boy
04:04
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Unashamed
Thinks he’s famous
Style is dangerous
Nobody’s taking his shine
A leopard coat
Don’t watch folks
A pink lunch box
Said It’s cold but he never wears socks
And he fights every single day
Tryna find all the words I can
to say to you
Doesn’t care what the people say
It doesn’t matter anyway
The kid has got his own
You give me joy
Black boy
I see the way you walk
I hear the way you talk
You give me joy
Black boy
I wonder if you know
You give me hope for tomorrow
Underrated
But hair is faded
Don’t need no saviour
He’s his own friendly superhero
He can flex
With the best
The system
No you can’t take the shine from the son
Still I fight every single day
Trying to find the words I could say
Just to you
But it don’t matter (doesn’t matter anyway)
Oh had I been told
You give me Joy
Black boy
Yeah, yeah
Joy (joy)
Black boy (boy)
You give me hope for tomorrow
You give me Joy
Black boy
I see the way you walk
I hear the way you talk
You give me joy (Joy)
Black boy
I wonder if you know
You give me hope for tomorrow
Yeah you give me hope
Black boy
Yeah you give me hope
You give me hope for tomorrow
Yeah you give me hope
Black boy
Yeah you give me hope (come on)
You give me hope for tomorrow
You give me joy (you give me joy)
Black boy (black boy)
I see the way you walk (you are my sunshine)
I hear the way you talk (you are my blue sky)
You give me joy (you make me smile)
Black boy (black boy)
I wonder if you know
You give me hope for tomorrow
You give me joy
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Joel Culpepper London, UK
‘Return/W.A.R’ is the explosive double release from south-east London’s rising contemporary soul and funk purveyor Joel
Culpepper.
The double single from his long-awaited forthcoming debut album ‘Sgt Culpepper’, ‘Return / W.A.R’ sees South - East native Joel welcome us into his immersive and personal world with the first chapter of the LP “The Battle” in a bold and captivating way.
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