Alicia Keys Album

(piano)
Drop it
Yeah, yeah
Come in for a minute,
Welcome back
It's just me and you in this room right now
There's so many things that are on my mind
Ah yeah, ah yeah
Sometimes it's hard to say
So I take all I've got
And so I take all I have
And I put it into this
I put it right here in my diary
Can u feel it?
Uh, uh, uh

Weren't you the one that said, that you don't want me anymore.
And how you need your space, and give the keys back to your door.
And how I cried and tried and tried to make you stay with me.
But still you said that love was gone, and that I had to leave.
Now you, talkin bout a family
Now you, sayin I complete your dream
Now you, sayin I'm your everything
You confusin me
What you say to me
Don't play with me
Don't play with me.
Cause what goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
Now who's cryin, desirin to come back to me
What goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
Now who's cryin, desirin to come back
I remember when
I was sittin home alone
Waitin for you
Til 3 o'clock in the morn
And when you came home, you'd always have some sorry excuse.
And explainin to me, like I'm just some kinda fool
I sacrifice the things I want to and do things for you
But when it's time to do for me, you never come through
Now you, wanna be a bond of me (eyyy)
Now you, have so much to say to me (heyy)
Now you, wanna make time for me
What you do to me.
You confusin me
Don't play with me
Don't play with me.
Cause what goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
Now who's cryin, desirin to come back to me
What goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
Now who's cryin, desirin to come back
I remember when
I was sittin home alone
Waitin for you
Til 3 o'clock in the morn
Night after night
Knowin sumthing goin on
Wasn't home befo me
You was,you was gone
Lord knows it wasn't easy, but believe me.
Never thought you'd be the one that would deceived me.
And never do wha u was supposed to do
No need to hose me fool, cause I'm ova you
Cause what goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
Now who's cryin, desirin to come back to me
What goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
Gotta stop tryin, to come back to me
What goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
It's called Karma baby.
And it goes around.
What goes around, comes around,
What goes up, must comes down,

Uh, oh oh , ….
Come on
A. Keys. Let's go
Lemme
Lemme, Lemme, Lemme
Lemme tell you something
Tell ya how I feel
When he comes around
I gettin to feelin ill
It's a aching feelin
Inside my chest
It's like I'm goin in-to cardiac arrest
Adrenaline rushin in my body, Over my power I just can't fight it.
Doesn't matter how,I keep on tryin
I can't deny I've got this heartburn
Burnin in my soul (heart burn)
Call the fire department (ooh ,heartburn)
It's out of control (heartburn) ohhh
You got me trippin,slippin
Gettin beside myself
I tried some medication
But don't nothin help
So I said, Doctor doctor, tell me will I die
And he said “count to five Alicia”
And I'm gone be alright
Lets go, 1, 2, 3, 4
Adrenaline rushin in my body, Over my power I just can't fight it.
Doesn't matter how,I keep on tryin
I can't deny I've got this heartburn
Burnin in my soul (heart burn)
Call the fire department (ooh ,heartburn)
It's out of control (heartburn) ohhh
Taste so good, I can't resist
Gettin harder to digest
Can't take no mo, Gotta shake it off
Now break it down, and take it to the ground with me now
Everybody say oh.
Ohh, uh oh oh,
Don't you know I got this (heartburn)
Burnin in my soul (heartburn)
Call the fire department (heartburn)
It's out of control (heartburn)
What you trynna do (heart burn)
Burin in my soul (heartburn)
Call the fire department (heartburn)
It's out of control (heartburn) ohh, uh
Shake it, Shake it, Shake it, Shake it off (go head girl)
Shake it, Shake it, Shake it, Shake it off (ohhhooohhh)
Shake it, Shake it, Shake it, Shake it off (go head girl)

(Talking) Hey Yo, Mo B, Drop it on me.
Yeah, yeah let's do it like this

If I was your woman
And you were my man
You'd have no other woman
You'd be weak as a lamb.
If you had the strength.
To walk out my door.
My love would overrule my sins.
And I'd call you back for more.
If I was your woman
If I was your woman
And you were my man, yeahhh
She tears you down darling
Says you're nothing at all
But I'll pick you up darling
When she lets you fall
Cause, You're like a diamond
But she treats you like glass
Yet you begged her to love you
For me you won't ask
If I was your woman
If I was your woman
If I was your woman
Here's what I'd do
I'd never, never, no, no, stop lovin you.
Yeahhhhhhh, Yeah, mmm hmm
Life is so crazy
And love is unkind
Because she was first darling
Will she hang on your mind?
You're part of me
But you don't even know it
I'm what you need
But I'm too afraid to show it
If I was your woman
If I was your woman
If I was your woman
Here's what I'd do
I'd never, never, no, no, stop lovin you
If I was your woman
Here's what I'd do
I'd never, never, never stop lovin you.
Uh,yeah, yeah,yea,yea,yea,yeah
(background)
If I was your woman (echo)
If I was your woman (echo)
If I was your woman (echo)
If I was your woman (echo)

Baby, baby, baby
from the day I saw you
I really, really wanted to catch your eye
there's something special 'bout you
I must really like you
'cause not alotta guys are worth my time
Oooh baby, baby, baby
It's gettin kinna crazy
'cause you are takin over my mind

And it feels like
OooOooooOOo...
U don't know my name
I swear
It feels like
OooOooooOOo...
U don't know my name
round and round and round we go
Will you ever know?

Oh! Baby, baby, baby
I see us on our first date
You doin everything that makes me smile
and when we had our first kiss
it happened on a Thursday
Oh, it set my soul on fire
Oh, baby, baby, baby
I can't wait for the first time
my imaginations runnin wild

And it feels like
OooOooooOOo...
U don't know my name
and I swear it, baby
It feels like
OooOooooOOo...
U don't know my name
round and round and round we go
Will you ever know?

Im sayin
He don't even know what he's doin to me
got me feelin all crazy inside
Im feelin like... OH!
Im doin nothn I've ever done
for anyones attention
take notice of whats infront of you
cause did i mention? (OH!)
you about to miss a good thing
and you'll never know how good it feels to have
all of my affection
and you'll never get a chance to experience
my lovin (OH!)
'Cause my lovin feels like...

OooOooooOOo...
U don't know my name
round and round and round we go (and I swear)
Will you ever know? (it feels like)
OooOooooOOo...
U don't know my name
round and round and round we go
Will you ever know?
Will you ever know it? No, no, no, no, no
Will you ever know it?

Spoken..
Well Imma have to just gon head and call this boy
Hello?
Can i speak to... to Michael? Oh, hey how you doin
I feel kinna silly doin this but uh, this is the waitress
at the coffer house on 39th and Lenox
U know that, one with the braids?
Yeah... well I see you on Wednesdays all the time
You come in every Wednesday on your lunch break, I think
And you always order the special, with the hot chocolate
My manager be trippin talkin about we gotta use water, but...
I always use some milk and cream for you, cause
I think you kinna sweet
Anyway... you always got on some
Fly Blue suit and your cufflings is shining all bright
So what you do?
Oh word?
Yeah that interestin...
Look man I don't wanna waste your time but
I know girls don't usually do this,
but I was wonderin if maybe we could get together
Outside the restaurant one day?
You know cause I do look...
a little different outside my work clothes
I mean we could just go across the street to the park right yeah...
Wait, hold up my... my cell phone
Breakin up, hold up,
Can you hear me now?
Yeah so what day did you say?
Oh yeah... Thursday perfect man

And it feels like
OooOooooOOo...
U don't know my name
round and round and round we go (baby, baby I swear)
Will you ever know? (it's like)
OooOooooOOo...
U don't know my name
round and round and round we go
Will you ever know?...

And it feels like
OooOooooOOo...
U don't know my name
round and round and round we go
Will you ever know?
It feels like
OooOooooOOo...
U don't know my name
round and round and round we go
Will you ever know?

Some people live for the fortune
Some people live just for the fame
Some people live for the power yeah
Some people live just to play the game
Some people think that the physical things
Define what's within
I've been there before
But that life's a bore
So full of the superficial

Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you

Some people search for a fountain
Promises forever young
Some people need three dozen roses
And that's the only way to prove you love them

And in a world on a silver platter
And wondering what it means
No one to share, no one who truly cares for me

Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you

Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you

If I ain't got you with me baby
Nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing
If I ain't got you with me baby

(feat. Tony! Toni! Toné!)

Lay your head on my pillow
Here you can be yourself
No one has to know what you are feeling
No one but me and you

I won't tell your secrets
Your secrets are safe with me
I will keep your secrets
Just think of me as the pages in your diary

I feel such a connection
Even when you're far away
Oooo baby if there's anything that you fear
Come forth and call 4894608 and I'll be here

I won't tell your secrets (shhh)
Your secrets are safe with me
I will keep your secrets (shhh)
Just think of me as the pages in your diary

You know what?
And only we know what talked about baby boy
Don't know how you can be driven me so crazy baby boy
Baby when your in town why don't you come around boy
I'll be the loyalty you need you can trust me boy

Ohhh ,I won't tell your secrets (I want, I want,I want)
Your secrets are safe with me (Safe with me)
I will keep (I will keep) your secrets (yoouurr)
Just think of me as the pages in your diary, eyyy
Everybody say Whoaaaa (whoaaa)
Everybody say Whoaaaa (whoaaa)
Everybody say Whoaaaa (whoaaa)
Everybody say Whoaaaa (whoaaa)
Lemme hear you say, I want tell (Iwant tell)
I want tell (I want tell)
I want tell, your secrets
Your secrets, break it down

Ooh baby ooh
Like a dazzle in the stress, I'm stressing you
My castle became my dungeon, cause I'm longin for you
Feelin strong for ya
Your my night of shining armor
See your face in the silver moon
Oh over the lagoon
And it feels like dragon days
And the fire's hot
Like a desert needs water
I need you alot
Dragon days, I need to be saved
I'm missin you
In the day we drag on and on
Desperate for you baby
Do you know what that means?
It means, I feel like an addict must feel
When he feels
It's an act of desperation
I get lost in my dreams
Cause like a lady in waitin, I'm waitin for you
Like a kiss in time over alligator water
Waitin for my prince of paradise to call me, take me away
From these, tock tick
Dragon days
And the fire's hot
Like a desert needs water
I need you alot
So baby
Dragon days, I need to be saved
I'm missin you
In the day you drag on and on
Don't you wanna play?
D-R-A-G-O-N days
Got me D-R-A-G-G-O-N
Cause I want u baby
And I need you baby
Dragon days
And the fire's hot
Like a desert needs water
I need you alot (I need you alot, I need you so bad)
Dragon days, I need to be saved
I'm missin you
In the day we drag on and on
On, and on, on and on
Dragon days
And the fire's hot
Like a desert needs water
I need you alot (I need you alot, I need you so bad)
Dragon days, I need to be saved
I'm missin you
In the day we dragon (not sure about this sentence)

You used to my closed ally
In this cold, cold world of deception and lies
We would defend and protect one another
Now I can't tell if we are enemies or lovers
So who's gonna rescue us from ourselves
When are we gonna wake up
Baby, it's time for loving
When are we gonna wake up
My baby, before it's too late

Oh baby
Where did we go wrong, baby
Did this cold, cold world turn us in a stone
Well
Now all that battle
Is your ego and your pride
It's ticking like a time bomb
Ready to ignite
Hurt me to fight
So who's gonna rescue us from ourselves
When are we gonna wake up
Baby, it's time for loving
When are we gonna wake up
My baby, before it's too late
When are we gonna wake up
Baby, it's time for loving
When are we gonna wake up
My baby, before it's too late

When the smoke clears
What will be left for us but tears and pains
Why must we argue over the same things
Just to make your friend go back again
It's never too late
Living to own
Can't get it right when no one thinks they're wrong
Gotta get out of the bed
And take a look what's going on

Oh when are we gonna wake up
Baby, it's time for loving
When are we gonna wake up
My baby, before it's too late
When are we gonna wake up
Baby, it's time for loving
When are we gonna wake up
My baby, before it's too late
When are we gonna wake up
Baby, it's time for loving
When are we gonna wake up
My baby, before it's too late

Oh baby (wake up)
Oh darling (wake up)
When are we gonna wake up (wake up)
When are we gonna take a look and see (wake up)
What's going on (wake up)
Oh what's going on (wake up)
It was wasting so much time (wake up)
And we're about to lose it all (wake up)
Oh baby baby baby (wake up)
Said I need you baby
Oh I need my baby home (wake up)
Bring my baby back to me (wake up)
Oh baby baby baby (wake up)
Oh oh (wake up)

It would be, it would be, it would be so simple
What is
And what it was
What should it be
When it comes to you
And how it seems
And how it is
There's been a change
When it comes to me, yeah
Oh baby you, oh baby me,
Oh maybe we can try another day, another way
All in my mind,
I'm wondering why,
We can not find what was left at the beginning
If I could kiss you again
If I could kiss you again
If I could kiss you again
It would be, it would be so simple
Cause I would love you again, hold you again, kiss you again
It would be, it would be,
Could it be, could it be so simple
Now it's hardly simple
It's just simply hard, when it comes to you and
I'm by myself
Not being myself
Just to avoid all this confrontation with
Oh baby you, oh baby me,
Oh maybe we, can put this armor down and settle down
Oh it's off track
That is a fact
Can we get it back, get it back to the beginning
If I could
Kiss you again
Kiss you again
Kiss you again
It would be, it would be so simple
Cause I would love you again, hold you again, kiss you again
It would be, it would be,
Could it be, Could it be so simple

(robot)
Don't you know that it would be
Don't you know that it would be
Don't you know that it would be
It would be
It would be
It, it would be
It would be

Kiss you again
Kiss you again
Kiss you again
It would be, it would be so simple
Cause I would love you again, hold you again, kiss you again
It would be, it would be,
Could it be, could it be so simple
yeah la, la ,la, la, la,la, la, la

Yeah, we gotta ??? till we're like this don't stop
Here we got it going on
Now we drive on

I'm a woman
Lord knows it's hard
I need a real man to give me what I need
Sweet attention, love and tenderness
When it's really unconditional
I'm telling yall
Cause a man just ain't a man if he ain't man enough

To love ya when you're right
Love ya when you're wrong
Love ya when you're weak
Love ya when you're strong
Take you higher when the world got you feeling low
He's giving you his last, cause he's thinking of you first
Giving comfort when he's thinking that you're hurt
That's what's done when you really really love someone
I'm telling yall, I'm telling yall

Cause you're a real man
And Lord knows it's hard
Sometimes you just need a woman's touch
Sweet affection, love and support
When it's really unconditional
I'm telling yall, oh
Cause a woman ain't a woman if she ain't woman enough

To love ya when you're right
Love ya when you're wrong
Love ya when you're weak
Love ya when you're strong
Take you higher when the world got you feeling low
She's giving you her best, even when you are at your worst
Giving comfort when she's thinking that you're hurt
That's what's done when you really really love someone
I'm telling ya, I'm telling ya
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Sometimes you're gonna argue, sometimes you're gonna fight
Sometime it's gonna feel it'll never be right
But something so strong keeps you holding on
It don't make sense but it makes a good song
Cause a man just ain't a man if he ain't man enough

To love ya when you're right
Love ya when you're wrong
Love ya when you're weak
Love ya when you're strong
Take you higher when the world got you feeling low
He's giving you his last, as he's thinking of you first
Giving comfort when he's thinking that you're hurt
That's what's done when you really really love someone
I'm telling yall, I'm telling yall
I'm telling yall that if a woman ain't a woman if she ain't woman enough
To love ya
Love ya when you're right
Love ya when you're wrong
To hold you
Love ya when you're weak
Love ya when you're strong
Take you higher and higher
when the world got you feeling low
She's giving you her best, even when you are at your worst
Giving comfort when she's thinking that you're hurt
That's what it's done when you really really love someone
I'm telling yall, I'm telling yall
Mm, mm, yeah
Mm, mm, yeah
Mm, mm, yeah
Mm, mm, yeah

Do you uh you
Have a long conversation on the phone can't get you out of my mind
Baby are you feeling me feeling you
Every thing you say and everything you do
Gets me lost in ya days at a time
Tell me are you feeling me feeling you

Oh baby there's something that I got to tell ya
Thing that you should know what's on my mind
Oh baby I'm feelin our situation
It's getting stronger, how we want it
But I gotta take my time
See there's so much about you that I want to explore
Physical attraction we just can't ignore it
But before we go too far across the line
Gotta really make sure that I'm sure
Mmm slow down baby, let's take our time
Slow down baby, if you don't mind
Slow down baby, before we make this move
Slow down baby, baby slow down
I think it's really too soon
Oh baby it's like I've been knowin you forever
My medulla oblongata is electrified
Oh baby whenever we're alone together
About to explore it, and it feels so right
I'm gonna take my time
There's so much about you that I want to explore
Physical attraction we just can't ignore it
But before we go too far across the line
Gotta really make sure that I'm sure
Slow down baby, let's take our time
Slow down baby, if you don't mind
Slow down baby, before we make this move
Slow down baby, baby slow down
Baby it's really too soon
See I know what is best
Cause I been here before
Gave myself to someone for all the wrong reasons
But this time around I don't wanna do that again
I just want to make this the way that I've dreamed of
So baby you gotta slow down baby, let's take our time
Slow down baby, if you don't mind (its really too soon)
Slow down baby, before we make this move (you gotta slow down baby)
Slow down baby, baby slow down (I think it's really too soon)
Slow down, you got to slow down
You got to slow down
Baby slow down
You got to slow down
You got to slow down
You got to slow down

I don't wanna do this over and over
He's a man so full of style and grace
Any woman being impressed
Takes a smile and paints it on your face
Makes you feel like you've been blessed
Promises things so special
Seems to come right from a song
Soon as you begin to feel secure
Turn around and he is gone
Packing his bags,gotta go, gotta go
Packing his bags,gotta go
He's a Samsonite Man
Maybe he is just a rollin stone
Wandering from here to there
Searching for a place to call his home
Wonder if he even cares
So many years of heartache and pain
That's all you seem to know him for
Is it you, or is it he to blame?
Whenever he walks out your door
Packing his bags,gotta go, gotta go
Packing his bags,gotta go
He's a Samsonite Man
Where you're always running to, away from me
If the wind blows you in my direction
You'd come through the rendezvous
Forget about your good attention
Leave me lonely and confused
Mr.Samsonite pack a bag
That is my suggestion
From here on out you will be leaving
My distraction yeah
So I know the game baby
And it will never be the same (no no no no no)
cause now I got him
Packing his bags,gotta go, gotta go
Packing his bags,gotta go, gotta go
Packing his bags,gotta go, gotta go (Now you gotta go)
Packing his bags,gotta go (I can't take it no more)
Packing his bags,gotta go, gotta go (What do I love him for)
Packing his bags,gotta go
He's a Samsonite Man
Why don't you just go
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, woah woah yeah yeah
You can't hurt me no more baby
You can't touch me
You can't hurt me no more baby
Gotta go, gotta go

Pack your bag, pack it up
Gotta go, hit the road Jack
You ain't gotta go home, but you can get the hell outta here

Who really cares?
Who really cares when I talk?
What I feel?
What I say?
Nobody not really
Who wants to take, the time to find a stand?
I would like someone to heal me with some empathy
That I can't find
Nobody not really
Maybe I'm invisible to the world
Is there anyone in the world even think of me
As more than just a hopeless cause
Maybe the world is not my block
My stoop
My life
My dreams
My anything, anything
Who wants to help?
Oh but she's so tired
Powerful, but you're not here
I'm alone in a big empty space with
Nobody not really

(Feat. Nas & Rakim)

[Nas] (Alicia Keys)
Nasty, yeah, yeah (New York, New York)
Hey yo black it's time again, yeah, yeah
(New York, New York)
Come here, yeah, yeah
(New York, New York)
Hey yo black it's time

[Nas]
If you knew my streets
You would know all everybody talk about is who got beef
Who snitchin, who told police
Who came home, who still gone, who restin in peace
Now they killin over music money, not drugs, rap replaced it
Cause thugs with no brains got no patience
New jacks I pistol whip 'em with the funky rhythm I be kickin
Musician and flatten composition
A pain, I'm like Saddam Hussein
Still alive lookin at his dead children's burnt remains
I burnt the game, learnt you lames a new lesson
Your crew's soft man, ya'll need some new weapons
The P's breathe Warriorz and skullies and Timmies
Around mixed, spics, niggaz and giddies
From my ghetto kings in deep thought we don't blink
But don't think we wastin our time
It's a New York State of Mind

[Chorus #1 - Alicia Keys]
New York, New York, New York
New York City, whoa oh
New York, New York, New York
New York City, baby

[Alicia Keys]
It's like a jungle, out here
So much struggle, out here
And my dream's still unphased
Greed still the cousin of death
Always feels like always somethin farther time
In the Streets of New York
(New York state of mind, New York State of mind)

[Alicia Keys]
All I see is street homes
And who it's holdin, our people
Only comforts the brain
It's like I'm going insane
The revolution has to start, don't waste no time
In the Streets of New York
(New York state of mind, New York state of mind)
C'mon

[Chorus #2 - Alicia Keys]
New York, New York, New York, New York oh
State of mind (New York City)
New York, New York, New York, New York oh
State of crime (New York City)
New York, New York, New York, New York oh
Big dreams (New York City)
New York, New York, New York, New York oh
Big schemes

[Alicia Keys]
Oh, break the game
Just ain't the same
Baby loves and girls with no shame
Can't get away (get away), epidemic plague
Every hood in every state
Don't have no reasons cause relieve is hard to find

[Break - Alicia Keys]
In the streets of New York (New York state of mind) - 4X
(*"New York state of mind" is also repeated in background*)

[Rakim]
I'm from the home of a million legends and trend settin
A lot of footsteps to follow, I've been steppin
Mind stressin tryin to find a record crime shreddin
Time precious, I ain't have rest since nine eleven
I live fast, hustle like today is my last
I get cash, the struggle's like a day on the Ave.
Crack bein raw, gats squeezin off
Manhattan squeezin off, from cats who tease with war
The eve of the Apocalypse, evil keep movin politics
Every block is at risk, the metropolitan metropolis
The opposite of Liza Minelli and Frank Sinatra
Alicia Keys, Nas and Ra the gangsta's opera
So New York City walk with me, talk gritty
It's up to us New York it's our city
Here the man come with the anthem, hands up
It's time the thrill is back New York, let's stand up

[Chorus] - w/ ad libs

[Rakim - talking behind Chorus]
Oh yeah, crucial Keys
Your God Rakim Allah
New York City, Nasty Nas
A. Keys, yeah, c'mon