Hotter This Year - Ini Kamoze

You'll be my New Year's day, my Valentine I ain't gonna stop until I make you mine You'll be my April Fool, my Mardi Gras The music on my tounge, when I sing fa la la You'll be my flower child, in the month of May My sunny summer lover on my holiday You'll be my autumn leaves, my Halloween The winter snow and everything that's in between This year I'm gonna take you home This year I don't wanna be alone This year, this Christmas, together And the minutes they pass, and the hours the fly This year, this Christmas, forever And the weeks and the months go rushing by This year we have learned how to live How to forget, and how to forgive without fear Just love, this Christmas, this year You'll be my spring ahead, my fall behind The shimmy in my hips, oh when I bump and grind You'll be my Santa boy, all dressed in red And ride that little reindeer all through my head Round and round Round and round Here we go This year I'm gonna take you home This year I don't wanna be alone This year, this Christmas, together And the minutes they pass, and the hours the fly This year, this Christmas, forever And the weeks and the months go rushing by This year we have learned how to live How to forget and how to forgive without fear Just love, this Christmas, this year Day by day, I'm gonna get my way This year I pray for you Seasons turn, I've got a lot to learn And I thank God for you This year I'm gonna take you home This year I don't wanna be alone This year, this Christmas, together And the minutes they pass, and the hours they fly This year, this Christmas, forever And the weeks and the months go rushing by This year we have learned how to live How to forget and to forgive without fear Just love, this Christmas, this year

Turn 'round Time to be on the other way I know you're gonna try and bring me down Run 'round My feet on the other way Not gonna be in town when you're around No I won't be there in time No I won't be there in time This year Told myself it'd be a better one Try not to fall back onto the knife By now Told myself I'd be a better friend I'll meet you on the other side of life No I won't be there in time No I won't be there in time No I won't be there in time No I won't be there in time

General, General When we go fe chant, we drop it crucial We reggae general, eh, heh We no victimize, we don't partial, do you love that? Gather Africans, we reasonin' a thing Tribal love weh we want it Since you can't blow breath you shouldn't take life Do you love that, Lord, Lord? Look around you and what do y'all see? Mighty people rockin' graciously If you hurt one, you hurt yourself too You must love one 'cause they're just like you When we go fe chant, we drop it crucial We reggae general We no victimize, we don't partial, do you love that? Gather Africans, mek we reason dis ya thing Right, better than the might The hypocritical Babylonian thing Do you love that, Lord, Lord? Listen keenly and what do y'all hear, yea? Words, sounds, sets your mind in fear Ain't this a good reason, removin' prison? This is Operation Roots and Culture, Lord When we go fe chant, we drop it crucial We reggae general, eh, heh We no victimize, we don't partial, do you love that? Gather Africans, we reasonin' a thing Tribal love weh we want it Since you can't blow breath, you shouldn't take life Do you love that, Lord, Lord, Lord? Look around you and what do y'all see, yea? Mighty people rockin' graciously If you hurt one, you hurt yourself too, yea You must love one 'cause they're just like you When we go fe chant, we drop it crucial We reggae general, eh heh We no victimize, we don't partial, do you love that? Gather Africans, we reasonin' a thing Right, better than the might The hypocritical Babylonian thing Do you love that? When we go fe chant, we drop it crucial We reggae general, eh heh We no victimize, we don't partial, do you love that?

Yeah a just one a them thing deh, maintain your cool Yeah man a just one a them thing deh, don't be no fool Yea a just one a them thing deh, easy Iah easy Yeah man a just one a them thing deh I've got a few things to announce Since you can't take the pound Gonna give you the ounce Don't feel some way if this is not your day You've got your life That is all you need to see wha' deh g'wan Yeah a just one a them thing deh, maintain your cool Yeah man a just one a them thing deh, don't be no fool Yea a just one a them thing deh, easy Iah easy Yeah man a just one a them thing deh So your friends them switch and handle you coarse And you getting less when you're giving most Don't let that get you out Bad vibes don't last, they always pass Tru you nah know Yeah a just one a them thing deh, maintain your cool Yeah man a just one a them thing deh, don't be no fool Yea a just one a them thing deh, easy Iah easy Yeah man a just one a them thïng deh