lyrics lyrics - Anthony Antoine

C l o s e t s O n F i r e 

lyrics 



1



3 PAY ATTENTION KIDS 

4-5 RAISE 

6 UNDRESS 

7-8 ASS 

9 CURIOSITY AND THE HENNESSY 

10 SECRET LOVER 

11 ONE HIT 

12 SHAKE YOUR BODY 

13-14 HOW TO TELL IF YOU MAN IS 

ON THE DOWN LOW 

15-16 DONTUEVA featuring Tim’m West 

and Craig Washington 

17 I GOT THE MOVES featuring Dana Lee 

18-19 FIRE 

and Vogue Ashley 

20 ANTHONY’S WAKE UP CALL 

21-23 SANCTIFY featuring Duncan Teague 

and malik m.l. williams of The Adodi Muse 

24-25 THE CONSEQUENCE 

26 I WAS THE ONE 

27 NOW YOU LIKE ME featuring Wallace 

28 WHEN SHEILA MEETS MESHELLE 

29 MY SETTLE DOWN BABY 

30 GET YO LIFE ON

PAY ATTENTION KIDS 

Produced, Written & Arranged by Anthony Antoine 



Pay attention kids 

Class is about to begin 

Today’s lesson is a lesson in freedom 

Today’s outcome 

Identifying the factors in your life that oppress 

you 

Do not be distracted 

By the beautiful SGL images that will appear 

before you 

For this exercise 

They are to be used 

As fl oatation devices of the mind 

To identify the freedoms you seek to fi nd 

When a freedom is identifi ed for you 

I want you to touch 

Grab it 

Take it 

You were never allowed to know 

To give in to what you feel 

3

RAISE 

Lyrics written by Anthony Antoine - Produced by Anthony Antoine and Michael Smith 

Raise 

The kids will - raise 

Babyboy 2005 

*Breathing* 

Verse 1 

You were never allowed to know 


Is it ever too late to learn? 


Come into the light that’s shining 

Shining for you (It’s shining for you) 

You’ve come so far there’s no turning back 

What else is there to do but give in to what you feel? 

Chorus 

Don’t hold back, don’t resist 

When you deny, it will persist 

All you defy, all that you’ve missed 

Undermines the protagonist 

There’s an overwhelming freedom that perseveres, 

endures, it’s real 

If only you surrender to your appeal 

And give in to what you feel 

Verse 2 

Walk through the door of fantasy 

Your spirit implodes (new word – pay attention) 

Now here’s your chance to finally be free 



You’re about to explode (just let it flow) 

Come into the light that’s shining, awesomely (its awe 

inspiring, irresistible) 

You’ve come so far there’s no turning back 

Go ahead and be free 

Give in to what you feel 

Chorus 









Chorus cont. 

All your fears let them go 

Live your life, years to unknow 

Adversity to sovereignty 

Transformation to undergo 

There’s an overwhelming freedom 

My appeal 

Overcome the ordeal 

Of your liberty they steal 

No more 

Give in 

4

RAISE (contd.) 

Lyrics written by Anthony Antoine - Produced by Anthony Antoine and Michael Smith 

Break 

Surrender, Sacrifice no more 

This is your freedom – This is your freedom 

Surrender, Sacrifice no more 

This is your freedom – This is your freedom - Grab it 

- Take it 

It’s there waiting for you, Wanting you to touch it 

Go ahead, Go ahead and touch it 

Chorus 









All your fears let them go 

Live your life, years to unknow 

Adversity to sovereignty 

Transformation to undergo 


My appeal 

Overcome the ordeal 

Of your liberty they steal 

No more 

Give in 



Take my hand and follow me 

No need to worry you will see 

All that you are all you can be 

All you desire all that you need 


Surrender to your amaze 

Life on the low - a phase 

Live HIGH 

And Praise 

Your freedom 

Come on my brother 

RAISE up – RAISE 

Inspired by Michael Smith 2002 

5

U NDRESS ME 

Lyrics written by Anthony Antoine - Produced by Jimmy George and Anthony Antoine 

Verse 1 

In your eyes, there’s such desire 

And although I may look away 

I feel the fire 

It teaches me 

I’m here to learn 

Not to pull back from your flame 

Even though your flame may burn OOh 

Bridge 1 

You’re killin’ me, undressin’ me 

Revealin’ all that I can be 

Exposing my true feelings suppressed within’ 

You’re controlin’ me, takin’ hold of me 

You make me all that I can be 

The origin of adrenaline 

So intoxicatin’ 

So masculine 

Chorus 

Undress me with your eyes 

See deep inside of me 

And don’t let me deny 

My sexuality 

Undress me with your love 

Reveal the love within 

And take away the pain 

Of thinkin’ this is sin 



Verse 2 

With your love 

I can believe 

That all is gonna be okay 

With you beside me baby 

Naked in your love 

My soul is bare 

A sweet redemptive place to go 

If only you could keep me there 

Bridge 2 

Won’t you take me to the place 

Where of the pain there is no trace 

Where I am free to explore all the love within me 

A place that you may know well 

A place where we do ask, we do tell 

Where denying what you feel an obsenity 

Mid-sect 

Bathe me in your love my soul is bare 

No longer wanna be on the down low 

I can see it in your eyes 

A place to live my life up high 

6

ASS 

Lyrics written by Anthony Antoine - Produced by Anthony Antoine and Jimmy George 

Verse 1 

I was minding my own business when you called 

Said your n***a was trippin’ 

So I told you to meet me on the dancefloor 

They were playin’ your favorite song - Trina’s Pull 

Over 

And you did to remind me that you got the kind of 

a** that’s often ticketed 

For obnoxious moving violations 

Innocent right? 

That’s why you slipped me a kiss 

To have me reminisce on what you and I both miss 

And that’s why you gave me that questioning look 

As you walked up the stairs into your place 

Cute in the face, slim in the waist, phat in the a** 

Hell yeah, I want to taste 

Chorus 

Nothin’ like the power of a** 


Verse 2 

You keep pretendin’ like you don’t want this d**k 

But when I get up in it 

You squirm and wiggle 

But soon you settle and let me hit it 

And hit it good I do 

If only your friends could see you now 



Calling my name and singing like some porn star 

In one of the flicks with no plot 

Not half the plot you and I been living 

Is it good to you baby? 

Is it good to you baby? 

If it is, let me know 

Say that s**t, do that s**t, Work it baby 

We can do this every day or every night 

The kind of a** that make you thankful for your hep 

vaccinations 

Full series and antibiotics 

To rid your body of some s**t you were more than 

willing to acquire for the stroke 

The kind of a** that when your boys call you up to 

play ball 

And you answer the phone 

And they ask you what you doing 

You proudly say 

I’m at home handlin’ a** 

I’m at home handlin’ a** 

At home handlin’ my a** 

What! 

Chorus 



In real deep wanna make the stroke last 


7

ASS (contd.) 

Lyrics written by Anthony Antoine - Produced by Anthony Antoine and Jimmy George 

Verse 3 

I wanna put my name on it 

Break you off 

Set up a place of residence right up in that a** 

And before that feeling settles I hit it again 

To remind you of what you already know 

This is my a**, this is your d**k 



What! What! 

You got me goin’ crazy for that a** 

My neighbors are all jealous 

Listening at the walls and hearing the sounds that 

reveal 

Booty does the ego good 

Booty does the body good 

Feel me 

I was minding my own business when you called 

Said your n***a was trippin’ 

So I told you to meet me on the dancefl oor 

They were playing your favorite song – Trina’s Pull 

Over 

And you did 

Inspired by: Jason, ild404, Taylor, Tony and British Coinage 



8

CURIOSITY A ND THE HEN NESSY 

Lyrics written by Anthony Antoine - Produced by Jimmy George for Wave Motion Sound Recording Studio 

Verse 1 

You keep calling me and always knocking on 

my door 

Though you say you’re not down so what you 

keep knocking for 

And you say there’s certain things you just won’t do 

But behind closed doors oh if they only knew 

Bridge 

You say to let you in, you wanna work it out 

I’ll let you in if you shake it all about 

I can be that kind of guy, don’t even know why 

But I’ll let you justify your actions with a lie 

Chorus 

What’s up between you and me 

Is a secret that I can keep 

Call it whatever you please 

Curiosity and the Hennessy 

But we both know it’s a lie 

You were curious you can’t deny 

And that’s a dangerous mix with me 

Curiosity and the Hennessy 

Verse 2 

Here you go again sweatin’ me outside my door 

How can you not be down when you keep coming 

back for more 

Is it that you think your sins are forgiven by the dark 

of night 



Or is it just that good to you or that I do it right, hit it 

right for you 

Bridge 2 

You say to let you in, you wanna work it out 

I’ll let you in if you shake it all about 

I can be that kind of guy, don’t even know why 

But I’ll let you justify your actions with a lie 

We do the hokey pokey 

Though you say that you’re not down 

We do the hokey pokey 

You done got yourself turned out 

Another “DL” love that blames it on the buzz 

I guess that’s just what its all about 

Chorus 

Key break 

Chorus out 

Inspired by the professional football player who still lives “on the DL.” 

How’s your wife? 

9

SECERET LOVER 

Lyrics by Anthony Antoine - Produced by Jimmy George, Co-produced by Anthony Antoine 

Verse 1 

I saw you ‘round the way, another’s arm around your 

waist And you two look so happy 

I gave a smile as I passed by but it hurt me I can’t lie 

What can I do I’m sworn to secrecy 

Bridge 

I wanna tell the world exactly how I feel 

To see you with someone is tearing me apart 

I know you said if there could be a thing ‘tween you 

and me 

We’d have to keep it quiet, I knew that from the start 

Chorus 

Secret Lover, I wanna tell the whole world that I got a 

thing for you 

And no other secret lover 

They’ll find it hard to believe and conceive you got a 

thing for me too 

Finally found someone to love and I cannot tell no 

one 

Verse 2 

I sit in my lonely room, hoping that you call me soon 

To let me know when you can sneak away (Can you 

get away) The love we make is on my mind, slowly 

flows the hands of time I realize it’s been seven whole 

days (I know its wrong, but can you get away) 



Bridge 2 

Nobody understands what weighs upon his man 

To have to hide my feelings is tearing me apart 

I know you said if there could be a thing ‘tween you 

and me We’d have to keep it quiet, I knew that from 

the start 

Chorus 

Bridge 

Can we stop pretending, pretending we don’t care 

When the evidence is there, it shows on your face 

when we make love And behind those eyes I see how 

deep your feelings are for me I don’t think I can keep 

it, this heart-wrenching secret 

Verse 3 

Finally you call whatever I’m doing I drop it all 

Cause my lover will soon arrive Slow was time now 

time moves fast, gotta make the most of the time we 

have Not much time, not much of a surprise 

We talk and love within the hour, I daydream as you 

shower A dream about when next we gonna meet 

For me they’ll be no other but you have your other 

lover And you two look so happy 

Inspired by so many Babyface songs in the 90s 

Thank you Babyface for so many years of good music 

10

ONE HIT 

Lyrics by Anthony Antoine - Produced by Anthony Antoine and Jimmy George 

Chant 

All my ladies shake yo head like this 

All my fellas bop yo head like this like a pimp real 

easy like this 

Repeat twice 

Chorus 

At least give me one hit 

I’m ‘bout as funky as the funk can get 

Besides those others ain’t sayin’ shhhh 

At least give me one hit 

Baby let me hit it once, let me hit it one time 

Verse 1 

Now how you gonna skip on me 

When you know those others ain’t got ‘unk on me 

Might as well just go on and let it be 

Don’t get stuck on sexuality 

Antoine first name Anthony 

Let me hit it once I’ll hit it good 

And rock your box like a veteran DJ would 

Align the Universe with one hit you should 

Think about it – you let Billy Ray Cyrus 

Candyman and the boys of Right Said Fred 

Chorus 



Verse 2 

It ain’t even about collectin’ accolades 

To roll on dubs or floss and Escalade 

But I work my ass off so I should be paid 

You gave it up to Sir Mix-a-Lot 

Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Biz Markie 

You got what I need 

Since you let him have a hit 

A hit I’m about to get 

Oh baby, you got what I need 

Not hatin’ that you let him hit it one time 

But just because you know you gotta let me get mine 

Over 2 nd chorus 

A hit is born with no reason or rhyme 

Blind to your talent – its just chance and time 

And other artist know too 

What it is that I go through 

Cause they say its like that and that’s the way it is 

Chant 

Chorus out 

11

SHAKE YOUR BODY 

Lyrics by Anthony Antoine - Produced by Jimmy George for Wave Motion Sound Recording Studio 

Verse 1 

Oh not prepared for what I got in store 

Sexy people out on the dance floor 

Get crunk, that’s what you’re here for 

The DJ gonna get buck wild 

Right behind him, you know my style 

Sexy ladies and fellas in a pile 

You know how I do, it’s a party y’all 

So shake your body 

Chorus 

Shake yo body (repeats) 

Go on and shake yo body, work yo body, shake yo 

body 

Go on and work it baby, shake it baby shake yo body 

Verse 3 

We gonna dance so hard my peeps 

If you’re like me it’s been a hard week 

So stressed you can barely speak 

You need the DJ to dance your cares away 

Gonna dance til the morn of Saturday 

Shake you body til all is okay 

Forget about Monday 

Monday morning I’m callin’ in sick so 

Chorus 



Middle Section 

Tonight we’re gonna party like there’s no tomorrow, 

no sorrows - just dance 

Tonight we’re gonna party like we just don’t care 

Party people throw your hands in the air 

Verse 3 

Work it, bend yo back get low and twirk it 

Smack, flip, reverse and jerk 

But don’t hurt it, 

Just work it 

Party people ready for round 2 

We in the crowd just me and you 

So sexy you know how we do 

It’s a party y’all so shake yo body 

Inspired by a dream about me partying with comedian Monique: a 

“make you rethink some things kind of girl” 

12

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR MA N IS ON THE DOW N LOW 


*no homophobia, no down low – played backward* 

Chorus 

How to tell if your man is on the down low 

Girls listen closely so you’ll know 

You ask cause you feel its your right to know 



Inquiring minds they wanna know 

Tell em Anthony Antoine told you so 


Verse 1 

Listen closely ‘cause I’m gonna list all the signs 

Even the ones not so obvious easy to find 

Gots to be clever read between the lines 

It ain’t my topic just a sign of the times 

Sign one the basics always hold true 

If your man looks better than you 

Spends more time in the mirror than you 

Just might be a sign for you boo 

Sign two I’m gonna break it down truth be told 

If a man never married and he forty years old 

Has a roommate no kids and he forty years old 

Lawd, here we go 

Get yourself a gay friend to peep him out 

Gay man gaydar is better no doubt 

If you find out the truth don’t scream and shout 

Just check yourself and put his lyin’ ass out 

Chorus 



Verse 2 

Don’t be fool just because a brotha goes to church 

There’s a whole bunch of DL brothas up in church 

Suspect the least obvious that’s how it works 

Advice take it or leave it for what its worth 

And another thing you must peep out his crew 

If any of them are catty with you 

A little too chummy or just don’t like you 

Might be another sign for you boo 

If you gonna do the damn thing do it 

How you gonna be a detective and then can’t prove it 

Follow him twenty-four seven gotta catch him do 

Go ahead and lose your mind in order to prove it 

If he too into Janet or Beyonce 

Too many hours at the gym or makes a mean flambé 

Can’t pass the pillow test after he wakes up 

‘Cause what straight man wears make-up 

Chorus 

13

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR MA N IS ON THE DOW N LOW (contd.) 


Verse 3 

Now what I really wanna say and what I really wanna 

speak 

And if I had a podium you’d have to hear me preach 

Or an audience of millions that I wouldn’t mislead 

Oprah I love you but that show was weak 

Validating women to be “DL Dectectives” 

What about women being more objective 

Owning responsibility be more selective 

*no homophobia, no down low – played backward* 

Well I still wanna know how to tell if my man is gay 

I get asked all the time and every time I say 

It would be for sale if there were a way 

And ain’t we all got bones in our closets anyway 

Get Keith’s book and get yourself “Beyond the Down 

Low” 

And this one most important sign you must know 

For the last time and the last time I say 

If you really wanna know – 

there ain’t no way 

Chorus 

Now can we fi nally put this conversation to rest? 



14

DONTUEVA 

Lyrics by Anthony Antoine, Tim’m West and Craig Washington - Produced by Anthony Antoine and Jimmy George 

Full Chorus 

Don’t you ever tell me what I can’t do 

You ain’t never walked a mile in my shoes (Tim’m 

West on the remix) 

I’m a winner and you know I can’t lose (CraigWerks 

on the remix) 

So don’t you ever tell me what I can’t do 

Ain’t paid for the right to get buck with me 

Less you feedin’, financin’, and fuckin’ me 



Craig’s Knowledge 1 

People are never really ready; the larger society is 

never really ready for social change 

You just have to grab it, you just have to seize it, you 

just have to take it 

And people will get ready, people will catch up 

Half Chorus 

Anthony’s Verse 1 

Cleaned up revisited to say what’s on my mind 

Radio ready so that you can find 

No compromise on the message same truth as the 

first time 

Anthony Antoine y’all ain’t ready (Y’all ain’t ready 

WHAT!) 

Edutain on a mission, confrontational intent 



Fierce on fire and the truth is evident 

Think you can stop us boy you got us bent 

Three SGL men that represent 

It don’t matter if you’re ready 

Full Chorus 

Tim’m’s Verse 

Try to say we all DL but brotha even in the baggy 

clothes and timbs it ain’t hard to tell 

You know the deal about these kats keepin’ it real 

with no skills 

Ask me industry ain’t tryin to fell that 

We out the box, tongues unlocked, flow non stop 

Been around the block you just don’t know the time 

so can’t clock 

In the game for ten plus years, blood sweat and tears 

With fine rhymes so sublime the def hear it 

Always talk about your hard you got bodyguards 

I don’t care to know the steelo about your libido 

Not down with other people’s projection, not down 

with O.P.P. 

That kat from D.D.C. with your lesson 

Saying I’m gay ain’t a diss, been this way since my 

afro was picked by big sis with a black fist 

Your downgrade is lazy, flow rather hazy 

Homophobia in your mic check makes you suspect 

That cat from DDC with your lesson 

15

DONTUEVA (contd.) 

Lyrics by Anthony Antoine, Tim’m West and Craig Washington - Produced by Anthony Antoine and Jimmy George 

Full Chorus 

Chant 

Peeps get off me 

N**gas get off me 

Biggots get off me 

Haters get off me 

Work get off me 

Church get off me 

Oppression get off me 

Digression get off me 

Craig’s Knowledge 2 

That’s just ignorant 

I think just like as in our everyday lives, there’s ways 

in which we’re showing people 

We’re showing society that there’s more than one 

way to be a man 

I think we’re expanding that definition, that vision of 

what it means to be a man 

And so that carries in hip-hop which is such a male 

world right? 

It’s such a masculine world 

Anthony’s Verse 2 

My boy Tim’m just put it down 

A lyrical flow like that is rarely found 

Craig Washington, Craig Wonderful, the boy is 

profound 

Told y’all, tell you again, y’all ain’t ready 



Anthony Antoine on a wrath that you won’t forget 

Gay Hip-Hop is just hip-hop that you don’t forget 

Your downgrade is lazy, flow rather hazy 

Homophobia in your mic check makes you suspect 

Full Chorus with Chant 

Finish Chant 

RnB to pop, then give the kids a little hip-hop, 

Anthony Antoine won’t stop 

RnB to pop, then give the kids a little hip-hop, Tim’m 

West won’t stop 

RnB to pop, then give the kids a little hip-hop, 

Craigwerks won’t stop 

RnB to pop, then give the kids a little hip-hop, a fierce 

remix I dropped 

Craig’s Final Knowledge 

So we’re adding a different flavor to it 

I think gays definitely have a place in Hip-Hop 

If Hip-Hop is about passion 

If Hip-Hop is about honesty 

If Hip-Hop is about triumph over adversity and 

overcoming obstacles 

Please, that’s us, that’s our lives 

So we definitely have a testimony, a story to add to 

Hip-Hop 

16

I GOT THE MOVES featuring Dana Lee and Vogue Ashley 

Lyrics by Anthony Antoine - Produced by Anthony Antoine, Jimmy George and Vogue Ashley 

Verse 1 

Friday night, I step up in the spot, the place is packed 

Then find my crew and look around, oh yeah I see a 

few snacks 

But not right now, I’m a snack a little later, time to get 

my groove on 

And it’s confirmed cause soon as I think it, damn they 

playing my song 

So I hit the floor and bust some moves, oh yes all 

eyes are on me 

When my crew hit the floor, they got my back, we get 

as crunk as can be 

We start a sweatin’ and getting’ freaky, you know 

what’s comin’ next 

Me in the crowd gyratin’, don’t hate on simulated sex 

Chorus 

I got the moves 

That make you wanna dance 

That make you wanna get up and party 

Make you move your feet and clap your hands 


That make you wanna do this 

That make the party get crunk and pump it 

Bump it, you know just how we do 


Verse 2 

It’s another night, I dance so hard, it’s hazardous to 

my health 



There’s a at my front, one at my back, my motto 

– hell spread the wealth Here comes two more, they 

take the sides no more room for no one else 

I’m in demand, oh yeah I’m bad, I jump back and kiss 

myself I know some don’t like me, comes with the 

territory, run into it everywhere Haters on my back 

but it’s the weekend so ask me if I care I’m a dance all 

the stress away, I feel my best today, tonight I commit 

sins I jock my own dick with a jump back and then 

kiss myself again 

Vogue’s verse 

It’s Vogue on the mic, representin for the kids, with a 

little somethin’ somethin’ to add Just a little song and 

dance, peep this and know, I’m just as bad as my dad 

It runs in our family, a lineage of talent not to be 

overlooked I got this rap on lock, trust and believe 

and that’s my mom on the hook And we all got 

moves, yeah we all got moves, but I’m the one 

runnin’ the show And my mom and dad argues about 

who taught me every move that I know And if you 

must know Ain’t no party like a Vogue and mom party 

cause a Vogue and mom party don’t stop 

But when me and dad party, we keep it crunk, make 

the neighbors have to call the cops 

Just know we all got moves 

(Vogue’s laugh) 

Vogue Ashley first single drop in 2006 – Y’all are so not ready!!! 

17

FIRE 

Lyrics by Anthony Antoine - Produced by Syd 

Intro Talk 

Lawd jezus again, it’s the remix – hit em with it 

Verse 1 

Step up in the spot as always me and my crew 

I scope the club to find a little somethin’ to slip 

in to Your trick is peepin’ me while they standin’ 

next to you (I can’t help it) somebody tell me 

what a brotha to do (I’m hot) fresh off the grill I 

made my own deal Whole new level of keepin’ 

it real Not just a snack, more like a five star full 

course meal (I’m gonna bring it) – somethin’ 

somethin’ that y’all can feel 

Bridge 

(One) won’t stop until I’m done 

(Two) put the un un un in you 

(And three) Sizzle deep so deep you never 

forget me Fire on the dance floor, all eyes on 

me 

(Four) I couldn’t be givin’ it more 

(And more) I floss like I been famous since ‘94 

New keys to the mansion, keys to the truck 

What, y’all know wassup! 



Chorus 

(Fire) Tracks are burnin’ heads are turnin’ now 

you feel me now you want me 

But none of y’all can’t touch me 

Ain’t even concerned 

(Fire) Whoa it’s burnin’ burnin’ baby and No 

(And no we don’t need no water) 

We don’t want no water let the mother mother 

burn baby burn 

Verse 2 

Good gracious ass is bodacious 

Drop it like its hot, I gotta call it bootylacious 

I wanna taste it baby, taste it baby please 

Trick bout to bring a n***a to his knees and 

Best believe in, no deceiving 

Bust a move on you so good that soon with me 

you’ll be leavin Conception is a challenge for 

your mind to conceive in Bout it, bout it baby, 

you can trust and believe in 

Bridge 

(One) won’t stop until I’m done 

(Two) put the un un un in you 

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FIRE (contd.) 


(And three) Stroke it deep, so deep you never 

forget me 

Gonna wear that a** out and put yo a** to 

sleep 

(Four) Soon as I walked into the door 

The crowd got hype, couldn’t be giving it more 

Checkin’ my reflection as you telling your 

friends 

(That boy is vain) 

I think my head is getting big 

Chorus 

(Fire) Tracks are burnin’ heads are turnin’ now I 

feel you, now I want you 

Gonna pull it for the night is through 

Ain’t even concerned 

(Fire) Whoa it’s burnin’ burnin’ baby 

(And no we don’t need no water) 

We don’t want no water let the mother mother 

burn baby burn 

Middle Section 



Took them some time to see 

But now they feel me, now they want me 

And its okay cause now they pay what a lesson 

to learn 

Even though the odds were against me 

An industry not ready for me 

But now I’m the new ticket in town about to 

burn this b***h down 

Verse 3 

You can find me on the floor dancing til I’m sore 

Or burnin’ up the charts like never before 

Why you hatin’ on me, I’m just chillin’ over here 

Though my ego getting bigger every song I 

here 

Quite apparent I’m incredible 

I know that you hate it 

Can’t even break a smile to show you happy I 

made it 

One of the busters that told me no 

I told the busters please 

I know what the kids want 

I know what the kids need 

19

A NTHONY’S WAKE UP CALL 

Lyrics by The Adodi Muse - Produced by Anthony Antoine 

(Phone rings) 

Anthony 

God, who is this? Lawd, Good morning. 

Malik 

Good morning Anthony, this is Malik 

Duncan 

And Duncan, hey! 


It is way too early for an Adodi Muse conference call. 

Malik 

No, this is not about Adodi Muse business this time. I 

think you need to turn on the news. 


‘less CNN is running clips of my hidden porn career 

– I’m going back to bed. 

Malik 

Fine, well then we’ll just break it to you. 

Duncan 

Malik, you can’t tell him. 


Tell me what! 

Duncan 

Malik has no soul! 

Malik 

Well, what do you suggest? 



Duncan 

Well let’s see. How should I say this dear? Well, you 

know that supposedly just about ready to come out of 

the closet, same gender loving boyfriend of yours. 


What about my baby? 

Duncan 

That pro football player with the paper sack brown 

skin. 


Yeah. 

Duncan 

Well baby, he just got married this weekend. 


What! 

Malik 

To his childhood sweetheart no less. 

Duncan 

I guess he was more on the “DL” than you thought. 


That’s crazy, that’s not possible! He was just here on 

Friday, in my bed! 

Duncan 

Y’all were picking out china patterns? 

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SA NCTIFY (to make free from sin; to purify or make holy) 


*this is the original written poem with an added verse from an unrecorded song 

D/M/A How long do we have to be together? 

D How long do we have to be together for our 

unions to be sanctified? 

A Are Britney’s 36 – 

M ahem 

A – 48 hours long enough? 

D If I’m married by America, 

M spend a week doing the publicity/honeymoon 

tour, 

A then have the marriage annulled 

All is that long enough? 

A To be fair, their union was purified, 

made holy by millions of FOX viewers 

sending their blessings via remote control. 

D I want my marriage guaranteed stain-resistant 

with a prize package 

and corporate sponsorship too. 

All Do millions of dollars 

M make a week long enough? 

A Is the third time 

D sixth time 

M twelfth time you get married 

All as holy as the first? 

D (Since I can’t get married legally even once.) 

D Does it take Liz’s and Eva’s and Zsa Zsa’s and 

Mickey’s and J-Lo’s … 

M Liz’s and Eva’s and Zsa Zsa’s and Mickey’s and 

J-Lo’s … 



A Liz’s and Eva’s and Zsa Zsa’s and Mickey’s and 

J-Lo’s 

innumerable attempts? 

A/M (What do you call your second husband’s 

stepchildren 

from his third marriage?) 

Verse from Unrecorded Song 

“No You Didn’t (Marry Her)” 

Trying to understand where you’re coming from 

How could I be so blind and you be so dumb 

You were living in two worlds – leading a double life 

Now I’m supposed to understand you got a wife 

It was just yesterday you were lying in my bed 

I believed every lie – I believed every word that you 

said Was it that you and me both were living in denial 

Cause soon as walked your ass out my door – you 

walked your ass down the aisle 

M Does the preponderance of prenuptial 

agreements 

protect the marriage 

All or the divorce? 

A “I love you and i want to spend the rest of my 

life with you, 

but just in case ….” 

D Or is my one union, after ten years with the 

same partner, 

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SA NCTIFY (contd.) 



taking place in church 

A&M (THIS church) 

D holy enough, in spite of the State’s denial? 

M When the President-Prelate can’t swing the 

swing states 

Will a constitutional amendment 

sanctify conservative votes at the polls? 

A If we ratify that amendment, 

Will we have to repeal the First one? 

D Desegregate constitutional controls over your 

religious governance, 

All Un-separate the separation of Church and 

State. 

M Folks died for me in the 50’s and 60’s 

So I could go to the polls and vote 

‘cause I’m black. 

I just got the right to marry a white woman 

But I still can’t marry a black man 

D&A Or any man. 

A/M/D What about equal treatment under the law? 

M We gotta go to the Secretary of State instead 

D Set up a corporation 

A Put all the property in the business’s name. 

M Mary & Bob’s merger was approved 

A&D automatically 

M With their marriage certificate 

and with no challenges from the SEC. 



A And no, domestic partner benefits 

D&M (through a select few employers) 

A is not your gift certificate to do nothing more. 

M Don’t we see gay people getting married all 

the time? 

A&M Um … um … um … 

A Elton John had a wedding. 

A&M Um … um … 

M Duncan, you got married. 

D But it’s not about Mary and Bob 

A Or Mary and Mary 

D On top of a ten-tiered, white, buttercream 

cake tower, 

flower girls scattering rose petals, 

Ring-bearers crying all over satin pillows, 

French Tulle three miles long, 

or the final, contentious guest list of 200 close 

friends. 

D It’s about that little piece of paper from the 

County Clerk’s office 

that means I can automatically receive 

coverage 

on my partner’s insurance 

M or sign the authorization for his medical care, 

D or automatically sit in the front pew, should 

he pass. 

D It’s about the one thousand 

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SA NCTIFY (contd.) 



D&A two hundred 

D&A&M seventy-five-or-so other benefits 

A we don’t have time to list 

D i would automatically receive 

along with the County Clerk’s seal of 

approval. 

A But since we are gathered here today 

to discuss the sanctity of marriage, 

if anyone here can show just cause why two 

reasonable, 

D sober, 

M sane, 

A loving, 

D caring, committed, 

M consenting adults 

A Should not be joined in holy, sanctified 

All legal matrimony, 

A/D/M (2x) Speak now 

A Speak now, or forever hold your peace. 



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THE CONSEQUENCE 


For every action, there’s a reaction 

That’s somebody’s law 

Trust and Believe 

Verse 1 

You thought you could just cheat on me and that I 

never would ever find out 

And you thought that if I ever did, you just deny it and 

myself I would doubt 

Yeah you thought you could just tell me any lie and 

cause I loved you I would simply believe 

You thought that you could sex me real good, make 

me forget about your cheatin’ disease 

Bridge 1 

You didn’t think about (how much I truly cared for 

you) And you didn’t think about (if I found out what 

would I do) And you didn’t think about (other options 

for you to choose instead of playing games with my 

love) And no you didn’t think about (how much it 

would hurt me that you didn’t think, tell me why you 

didn’t just leave) No you didn’t think about the price 

that you’d have to pay There would be a price to pay 

for cheatin’ on me 

Chorus 

I gave you my heart 

I gave you my soul 

I gave you my loved you more than you could know 

Would have done anything 



You took advantage of me 

(So tell me what should be the consequence 

What should the consequence be) 

I gave you five years 

Of my life 

Talked about having kids 

And making you my wife 

You took that all away 

No longer will it be 

(So what should be the consequence? 

The consequence for cheating on me) 

Verse 2 

I thought that it was something I did but not one 

reason in this world could I find (not one good 

reason) I thought about just letting it go, til I 

remembered this was the third time (you must pay) 

I thought about the stress and pain and ways to 

make the hurt just go away (I can’t believe what I’m 

thinking) Then I thought about before I harm me, 

you’d be the one that won’t see another day 

Bridge 1 

You didn’t think about (how much I truly cared for 

you) And you didn’t think about (if I found out what 

would I do) And you didn’t think about (other options 

for you to choose instead of playing games with my 

love) And so know that I thought about 

(the fact that I got a gun and he was my best friend 

and which alibi I would say) And know that I thought 

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THE CONSEQUENCE (contd.) 


about the price that I’d have to pay There would be a 

price for me reactin this way / the price I’d surely pay 

for reactin this way 

Chorus 

I gave you my heart 

I gave you my soul 

I gave you my loved you more than you could know 

Would have done anything 

You took advantage of me 

(So tell me what should be the consequence 

What should the consequence be) 

I gave you five years 

Of my life 

Talked about having kids 

And making you my wife 

You took that all away 

No longer will it be 

(So what should be the consequence 

The consequence for cheating on me) 

Rap 

Yeah it’s like that 

I swear that I hate that it had to come to such a drastic 

end 



You were my everything 

My lover, my homey, my best friend 

And I trusted you 

Wasn’t a thing for you I wouldn’t do 

I gave you my heart and my soul and my love 

Placed no one above you 

But then I busted you too 

Caught cold in your rapture 

Of loving my best friend 

My closest dawg 

I saw the way he stared 

I guess he finally crossed and stepped to you 

I gave my very best to you 

I’m paying my last respect to you 

Now he’s layin’ next to you 

And the bed y’all paved was a grave 

What! 

See you in the next life! 

Inspired by a conversation with David 2002 

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I WAS THE ONE 

Lyrics by Anthony Antoine - Produced by Jimmy George, Co-produced by Anthony Antoine 

Verse 1 

I was the one who loved you like no other love was 

true 

I was the one who showed the way when you didn’t 

know how to 

I was the one when you were sick I bought you soup 

and things 

I was the one who bust my ass for your four carat 

diamond ring 

Bridge 

Now you take you love away from me 

And you get your kicks by giving to the tricks out on 

the street 

How could you do this to me 

Chorus 

Loving that stands next to none 

Outstanding and next to none 

Props you’ve got to give me some 

More than enough of the love you need 

But one man will never keep you pleased 

Now you “f”in with them when it should be me 

Baby 

Verse 2 

I was the one who treated you with nothing but 

respect 

I was the one who paid your bills and bought you 

home my checks 

I was the one who did romantic things the finest wine 



and dine 

I was the one who ate the – all night long from the 

behind 

Bridge 

Now you take your love away from me 

And you get your kicks by giving to the tricks out one 

the street 

Denied my own self before I’d see you without what 

you need 

How could you do this to me 

When I laid my loving down on the line 

May not come when you want but like Jesus I was 

always on time 

And it makes no sense to me 

Chorus 

Break 

Not Reggie, Dewayne, not Charles and not Sean 

Not Freddy or Gary, not Sam or Lewan 

Not Chris or Christian, not James or Jim not Burrel or 

Jamal 

Not Marcus, Kenneth, Ron or Don, not Scott and not 

Paul 

Not Tyrese, not Taye Diggs, Shemar or Jon B. 

Not Denzel, or Maxwell, Ginuwine or J.D. 

Not Tyson Beckford or one DeBarge or DeAngelo 

I was the one, the only one 

And this you already know 

Chorus Out 

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NOW YOY LIKE ME 

Lyrics by Anthony Antoine and Wallace - Produced by Jimmy George, Co-produced by Anthony Antoine 

Verse 1 

Remember me I was the one who loved you like no 

other 

A familiar face from your past 

The one with you could not be true, you wanted cake 

and ate it too 

That’s why the love we had it could not last 

Now a year goes by oh yes I suffered and I cried 

Getting over all your drama and your lies 

Now you want me back but baby you’re forgetting 

that 

You’re the one who told me to be gone 

Baby, I’ve moved on and now I’ve got it going on 

Chorus 

Now you like me, now that I’ve moved on 

Now you like me – I’m goin’ on 

(fine time to realize that you like me now) 

Now you like me, now that I’ve moved on 

Now you like me – Now that I got it going on 

(Goin’ on) 

Here’s a moment to think about the love you could’ve 

HAD 

Verse 2 

Remember me I was the one who came home early 

from work 

And found you in my house with a piece 

Before my eyes to my surprise another love, oh how 



I cried 

But first thing is first, removed your name from my 

lease 

Now a year has past and I’m over you at last 

And I’ve gone and done the things I said I’d do 

Now you want me back but baby you’re forgetting 

that 

You’re the one that told me to be gone 

Baby, I’ve moved on now baby’s daddy got it goin’ on 

Chorus 

Bridge 

Early in the morning, you want this 

Late in the evening, you be wantin’ this 

Sometime around booty-call midnight, you want this 

Cause you know I did it right, all through the night 

My love was tight and now you see the light as you 

hear me say 

Bye-bye baby, you can call me shady 

But there ain’t no maybe, get with this again – you 

crazy baby 

Never be the same, you got the past to blame 

And now you call my name 

Who’s you’re daddy? 

Shame 

Inspired by Freddy 1998 

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WHEN SHEILA MEETS MESHELLE 

Instrumental produced by Anthony Antoine 

Inspired by a thought of Sheila E. meeting Meshelle 

Indegeocello; the two most fi erce instrumentalist on 

the planet 

Although Aaliyah came close and Cierra works me, 

Sheila E. is my only and last hope for heterosexuality 



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MY SETTLE DOW N BABY 

Lyrics by Anthony Antoine and Wallace - Produced by Jimmy George, Co-produced by Anthony Antoine 

Verse 1 

What can I do, what can I say to convince you that I 

changed 

How can I prove that the way I was with them with 

you I won’t be the same 

I know I have a history of doing lovers wrong 

I’ve been honest ‘bout my past with you all along 

I’ve nothing to hide and not a secret to neglect 

With you I know I’m coming correct 

Chorus 

My settle-down baby 

My take home to momma 

The kind of love you give your all to that’s what you 

are 

My settle-down baby 

My take to the altar 

The kind of love you give up all the others and settle 

down 

Verse 2 

For once in my life, I wanna be a husband I wanna 

have a wife 



And raise some kids, a white picket fence surrounding 

the home we live 

I know you’re finding all of this hard to believe 

But it ain’t no lie, no line, there ain’t no script or tricks 

up my sleeve 

All my love and life I wanna share so many things 

And I’ll start with this diamond ring 

Talkin’ four carats – bling bling baby 

Bridge 

How can I prove that I’ve arrived 

At that place in my life when I need to settle down 

And how can I make you feel all right 

I’ve moved on from my past, at last this is true 

I wanna be faithful cause my heart beats for only you 

My heart beats for you and only you 

Chorus Out 

Inspired by words said to me by Wallace 1995 

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GET YO LIFE ON 


Verse 1 

Why you got yo head down 

Walkin’ with yo head down 

Tell me why you lookin’ so blue 

Said you ain’t feelin’ yo best 

Talkin’ bout you feel depressed 

You got yo whole life ‘head of you 

Bridge 

Yeah I know sometimes the road is hard 

At times it feels like you just can’t go on 

But let the music spin you round and round 

Don’t let the tough times try to get you down 

Head up baby do it right now 

Go ‘head and get yo life on 

Chorus 

Get yo life on 


Get yo life on 

Walk through the open doors 

Tell me what you waitin for 

Go head and get yo life on 

I’m gonna get my life on too 

Verse 2 

Why you not out in the sun 

Why not even your hair done 

No wonder that you feelin’ down 

Get up and out of this mess 



Put on your face your best dress 

Pick yourself up for a night on the town 

Bridge 

Yeah, I know sometimes the road is hard 

At times it feels like you can’t go on 

Say a prayer and trust he’ll get you through 

A smile on your face make you feel brand new 

Baby’s Daddy gonna tell you what to do 


Chorus 

Bridge 

Chorus out 

This is mom’s favorite song on the CD and the most downloaded song 

from the CD. 

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