Give It on Up (If You Want To) - Mtume

Well (ooh) Hey, baby If you don't want my love (baby) If you don't need my love Baby, give it back (Baby, give it back) oh, I'd like to, I'd like to have it back If you don't need my love (Baby) oh baby, if you don't want (my love) All you gotta do Is give it back (Baby, give it back) oh, I believe some lonely heart could use it I'm so tired of meeting you On a darkened street Ah! You tell me to be there at one And you still show up at 3:00 a.m. If you don't want my love (baby) If you don't need my love Oh-ooh oh-ooh (give it back) (Baby, give it back) give it back Don't let temptation (if you don't want my love) Get the best of you (baby, if you don't need my love) Try to have a cake, and eat it too (Give it back) oh (Baby, give it back) oh, baby baby, give it back I know it's hard to try to make a decision Try to make a decision between him and me All the time you knew in your heart, it would fear Something that ya feel, feel you need (If you don't want my love, baby) back, back, down, down (If you don't need my love) I know you don't mean me no good, babe (Give it back) give it back (Baby, give it back) oh (If you don't want) if you don't want it (If you don't want it) if you don't want it (If you don't want) if you don't want (If you don't want it) if you don't want it (Give it back) oh (Baby, give it back) why don't you give it back? Set me free, why don't you, babe? Get off my life, why don't you babe? Oh, yeah (give it back) (Baby, give it back) wahh

The moon was shining on the lake at night The Slayer t-shirt fit the scene just right Through smeared mascara, I looked into your eyes and saw a light You told me stories about your chickadees They didn't like B-B guns or stupid archery You charmed the lifeguard, he let them use the pool all day for free Then the conversation stopped, and I looked down at my feet I was next to you, and you were right there next to me Then I said, girl, if you're wondering, if I want you to (I want you to) I want you to (I want you to) So make a move (make a move), 'cause I ain't got all night The rest of the summer was the best we ever had We watched Titanic and it didn't make us sad I took you to Best Buy, you took me home to meet your mom and dad Your mom cooked meatloaf even though I don't eat meat I dug you so much, I took some for the team Your dad was silent His eyes were fixed on what was on TV Then the conversation stopped, and I looked down at the ring Your folks were next to you, and you were right there next to me And I said, girl, if you're wondering if I want you to (I want you to) I want you to (I want you to) I swear it's true (I swear it's true), without you, my heart is blue Ooh-ooh, oh-oh oh Girl, if you're wondering if I want you to (I want you to) I want you to (I want you to) So make a move (make a move), 'cause I ain't got all night So much pain may come our way There may come a day when we have nothing left to say When the conversation stops and we're facing our defeat I'll be next to you, and you'll be right there next to me And I said girl, if you're wondering if I want you to (I want you to) I want you to (I want you to) I swear it's true (I swear it's true), without you, my heart is blue Ooh-ooh, oh-oh oh Girl, if you're wondering if I want you to (I want you to) I want you to (I want you to) So make a move (make a move), 'cause I ain't got all night, woo

You made plans to leave a thousand times I know And a thousand times I should have let you go But each time I'll always beg you back somehow If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now It'd all be over now cept the crying I'd be used to spending all my nights alone Wish I'd found the way to let you go somehow If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now It'd all be over now cept the crying I'd be used to spending all my nights alone Wish I'd found the way to let you go somehow If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now

There's something I wanna say, try and understand There's another in my life He's my lover, and I'm your wife You, me and he, what we gonna do, baby? You, me and he, what we gonna do, baby? I was too blind, blind to see I never thought, never thought it could happen to me Then I knew (yeah) things had changed 'Cause when we made love, you called out his name So much tension 'Cause we're living a lie, by and by, whoa, whoa, whoa Not to mention Can we give it a try? The truths so, so very hard to say, ooh baby This pain I feel, grows each day Can we find a way? So much tension 'Cause were living a lie, by and by, whoa, whoa, whoa Not to mention Can we give it a try? You, me and he, what we gonna do, baby? You, me and he, what we gonna do, baby? I don't wanna let you go No, no, no, no You, me and he, what we gonna do, baby? You, me and he, what we gonna do, baby