Elektronik Kalbin Ritimleri: Robyn - "Body Talk" (2010) Albüm Analizi

2010 yılında müzik dünyasına güçlü bir giriş yapan **Body Talk**, sadece bir dans albümü değil, aynı zamanda modern insanın duygusal karmaşasını teknolojik bir dille dışa vuran bir manifesto niteliğindedir. Albüm, **insan duygularının hamlığı ile makineleşen dünyanın soğuk estetiğini** bir potada eriterek dinleyiciye hem içsel bir yolculuk hem de dur durak bilmeyen bir dans daveti sunuyor. Bu çalışma, kırılganlık, bağımsızlık ve dijital çağın getirdiği izolasyon temaları üzerine inşa edilmiş, hem zihni hem de bedeni aynı anda harekete geçiren bütünsel bir eserdir.

### Fembot

* **Ana Tema:** Teknolojik kimlik altında saklanan insani kırılganlık.

* **Lirik Analizi:** Şarkı, mekanik ve insani olan arasındaki sınırın belirsizleştiği bir dünya tasvir ediyor. "Fembots have feelings too" (Fembotların da duyguları vardır) dizesi, soğuk metalik bir dış görünüşün arkasındaki gerçek duygu dünyasını vurguluyor. **Modern bir mitoloji** yaratan bu parça, insanın kendi duygusal sistemini bir makine gibi yeniden başlatma (reboot) arzusunu işliyor.

### Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do

* **Ana Tema:** Toplumsal baskıya ve dışsal beklentilere karşı isyan.

* **Lirik Analizi:** Şarkı, üzerindeki baskıların yarattığı boğulma hissini minimalist ama çarpıcı bir listeleme ile anlatıyor. Hayatın küçük detaylarının "öldürücü" bir hale gelmesi, sanatçının özgürlük arzusunu tetikliyor. "Don't fucking tell me what to do" (Bana ne yapacağımı söyleme) haykırışı, kişinin kendi hayatının mutlak otoritesi olma çabasını net bir şekilde ortaya koyuyor.

### Dancing On My Own

* **Ana Tema:** Yalnızlık, aşkın imkansızlığı ve kişisel direnç.

* **Lirik Analizi:** Bir kalabalığın içinde yaşanılan derin yalnızlığı anlatan bu parça, reddedilmişliğin getirdiği acıyı dans ederek dönüştürme üzerine kurulu. "I keep dancing on my own" (Tek başıma dans etmeye devam ediyorum) ifadesi, acıya rağmen vazgeçmeme iradesinin en estetik dışavurumudur. İnsanların arasındayken bile aslında görünmez olmanın hüznünü, ritmin gücüyle aşmaya çalışır.

### Indestructible

* **Ana Tema:** Geçmişteki acılara rağmen yeniden sevme cesareti.

* **Lirik Analizi:** Geçmişin hatalarının ağırlığını reddedip, duygusal olarak "yok edilemez" olmayı hedefleyen bir diriliş şarkısı. "I'm gonna love you like I've never been hurt before" (Seni, hiç incinmemişim gibi seveceğim) dizeleri, duygusal bir savunma kalkanı inşa etmek yerine, yeniden savunmasız kalabilme cesaretini yüceltiyor.

### Time Machine

* **Ana Tema:** Pişmanlık ve hataları telafi etme arzusu.

* **Lirik Analizi:** Zamanı geri alıp yaşanan yanlışları düzeltme hayalini anlatan bir kaçış öyküsü. "If I could press rewind" (Eğer geri sarabilseydim) metaforu, insan doğasındaki mükemmeliyet arayışını ve hataların yarattığı vicdani yükü vurguluyor. Teknolojik bir çözüm arayışı, aslında kişinin kendi duygusal çıkmazından kurtulma isteğini temsil ediyor.

### Love Kills

* **Ana Tema:** Duygusal korunma ve bağlanmanın tehlikeleri.

* **Lirik Analizi:** Aşkın yakıcı ve yok edici doğasına dair bir uyarı niteliğindedir. Kalbi "çelikten" yapma önerisi, aslında hayal kırıklıklarından korunma arayışıdır. İnsan ilişkilerindeki Stockholm sendromu göndermesi, sevginin bazen bir tutsaklık halini alabileceğini çarpıcı bir gerçeklikle gözler önüne seriyor.

### Hang With Me

* **Ana Tema:** Mesafeli ama yoğun duygusal yakınlık.

* **Lirik Analizi:** İlişkinin sınırlarını belirleme ve karşılıklı güven arayışı üzerine kurgulanmıştır. "Just don't fall recklessly, headlessly in love with me" (Sadece bana düşüncesizce ve çılgınca aşık olma) uyarısı, duyguların kontrol edilemez doğasına dair bir savunma mekanizmasıdır. Hem yakınlık hem de bağımsızlık arasında ince bir çizgi çizmeyi hedefler.

### Call Your Girlfriend

* **Ana Tema:** Bir ilişkinin bitişi ve yeni başlangıcın karmaşası.

* **Lirik Analizi:** Oldukça pragmatik ve yer yer acımasız bir ayrılık planı sunar. "And then you let her down easy" (Ve sonra onu kırmadan bırak) direktifi, ayrılığın yarattığı sorumluluğu ve yeni bir başlangıç için geride kalanları temizleme zorunluluğunu ele alır. Duyguların lojistik bir sorun gibi yönetilmeye çalışılması, şarkının en vurucu noktasıdır.

### None Of Dem

* **Ana Tema:** Yüzeyselliğe karşı duyulan tatminsizlik.

* **Lirik Analizi:** Çevredeki her şeyin ve herkesin yetersiz olduğu, sıradanlığın yarattığı bir "sıkılma" halidir. "None of them get my sex / None of them move my intellect" (Hiçbiri cinselliğimi anlamıyor / Hiçbiri zekamı harekete geçirmiyor) dizeleri, entelektüel ve duygusal bir tatmin arayışının, yüzeysel sosyal çevrelerde karşılığını bulamadığını gösterir.

### We Dance To The Beat

* **Ana Tema:** Hayatın kaotik ritmi ve varoluşsal çaba.

* **Lirik Analizi:** Dünyanın dört bir yanındaki olayların ve günlük yaşamın hızının, dansın ritmiyle birleştirildiği bir kolaj gibidir. "We dance to the beat of a new, better, faster breed" dizeleri, insanın değişen dünya düzenine uyum sağlama ve bu kaosta bile kendi ritmini bulma çabasını anlatır. Albümün en ritmik ve yoğun parçasını oluşturur.

### U Should Know Better

* **Ana Tema:** Özgüven, sınırların belirlenmesi ve otorite.

* **Lirik Analizi:** Kişisel sınırlarını aşanlara ve haddini bilmeyenlere yönelik sert bir duruşu temsil eder. "If you knew better you would do better" (Daha iyisini bilseydin, daha iyisini yapardın) nakaratı, kişinin kendi değerini bildiği ve bu değere saygı gösterilmesi gerektiği konusundaki kararlılığını simgeler.

### Dancehall Queen

* **Ana Tema:** Sahneye çıkma, görünür olma ve özgürlük.

* **Lirik Analizi:** Sosyalleşmekten ziyade, sadece hareketin ve dansın merkezinde olma arzusu. "I came to dance, not to socialize" (Dans etmeye geldim, sosyalleşmeye değil) cümlesi, bireyin toplumsal beklentilerin dışına çıkarak, kendi kurallarını koyduğu alanda nasıl parladığını ifade eder.

### Get Myself Together

* **Ana Tema:** Dağılmış bir kişiliği toparlama ve iyileşme süreci.

* **Lirik Analizi:** İçsel bir krizin dış dünyaya yansımalarını ve ailenin, sevdiklerin bu süreçteki desteğini anlatır. "I got to get myself together" (Kendimi toparlamalıyım) sürekli tekrarı, iyileşmenin doğrusal değil, döngüsel bir çaba gerektirdiğinin en büyük kanıtıdır.

### In My Eyes

* **Ana Tema:** Paylaşılan bir acı ve empati yoluyla iyileşme.

* **Lirik Analizi:** "Programmed rebels in a cruel, cruel world" (Zalim bir dünyada programlanmış isyancılar) tanımı, albümün tüm felsefesini özetler. Birbirini anlayan iki insanın, dünyadaki tüm adaletsizliklere rağmen birbirine tutunması ve güvenli bir alan yaratması üzerine kurulu, şefkat dolu bir final.

### Stars 4-Ever

* **Ana Tema:** Bağlantı, sonsuzluk ve evrensel yalnızlığın paylaşımı.

* **Lirik Analizi:** İnsanlar arasındaki bağın, dünyevi sınırların ötesinde bir boyuta taşınması. Yıldızlarla kurulan bağ, fani olan insanın ölümsüzlük arzusunu ve evrendeki yerini bulma çabasını simgeler. Albüm, başlangıçtaki mekanik "Fembot" temasından, yıldızlara uzanan organik bir bağa dönüşerek sona erer.

Robyn - "Body Talk" Albüm Şarkı Sözleri (2010)

"Fembot"

I've got some news for you

Fembots have feelings too

You split my heart in two

Now what you gonna do?

(Once you gone tech you ain't never going back)

I'm hi-tech, baby

Fresh out of box, the latest model

Generator running on full throttle

Can I get a fuel up? Hit the bottle

(Reboot)

I've got a lotta automatic booty applications

Got a CPU maxed out sensation

Looking for a droid to man my station

(Reboot)

Ro-ro-rock the nation (Rock it baby)

I've got some news for you

Fembots have feelings too

You split my heart in two

Now what you gonna do?

(Jag alskar dig)

My system's in mint condition

The power's up on my transistors

Working fine, no glitches

Plug me in and flip some switches

Pull up in docking position

Pop the hatch and hit ignition

Bu-bu-burn out baby

Ready for demolition

(Once you gone tech you ain't never going back)

My superbrain is all binary

Circuitry and mainframe, tin-foil hair

I'm sipping propane topped with a cherry

(Reboot)

In fact, I'm a very scientificly advanced hot mama

Artificially discreet, no drama

Digitaly chic titanium armor

(Reboot)

Ring the alarma

I've got some news for you

Fembots have feelings too, you know

You split my heart in two

Now what you gonna do?

Here we go

My system's in mint condition

The power's up on my transistors

Working fine, no glitches

Plug me in and flip some switches

Pull up in docking position

Pop the hatch and hit ignition

Bu-bu-burn out baby

Ready for demolition

(Once you gone tech you ain't never going back)

Once you gone tech you're never ever going back

You've got to enter access code upon my back, on my neck

Initiating slut mode, all space cadets on deck

There's a calculator in my pocket, got you all in check

My system's in mint condition

The power's up on my transistors

Working fine, no glitches

Plug me in and flip some switches

Pull up in docking position

Pop the hatch and hit ignition

Bu-bu-burn out baby

Ready for demolition

My system's in mint condition

The power's up on my transistors

Working fine, no glitches

Plug me in and flip some switches

Pull up in docking position

Pop the hatch and hit ignition

Bu-bu-burn out baby

Ready for demolition

☆☆☆☆☆

"Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do"

My drinking is killing me

My smoking is killing me

My diet is killing me

My heels are killing me

My shopping's killing me

My ego is killing me

Can't sleep, it's killing me

My label's killing me

Kickdrum

My phone is killing me

My email is killing me

These hours are killing me

My tour is killing me

This flight is killing me

My manager's killing me

My mother's killing me

My landlord's killing me

My boss is killing me

The TV is killing me

Your nagging is killing me

My boyfriend's killing me

My talking's killing me

Killing me

Can't sleep, it's killing me

My dreams are killing me

TV is killing me

My talking's killing me

Let go, you're killing me

Ease up, you're killing me

Calm down, you're killing me

My god, you're killing me

My drinking is killing me

My smoking is killing me

My head is killing me

My mind is killing me

My back is killing me

My neck is killing me

Your nagging is killing me

My gut is killing me

My PMS is killing me

My email is killing me

These hours are killing me

My tour is killing me

This flight is killing me

My manager's killing me

My mother's killing me

My landlord's killing me

My smoking is killing me

The TV is killing me

Your nagging is killing me

Ease up, you're killing me

Let go, you're killing me

Calm down, you're killing me

My god, you're killing me

Don't fucking tell me what to do, do

Don't fucking tell me what to do, do, do, do, do

Don't fucking tell me what to do

Don't fucking tell me what to do, do

Don't fucking tell me what to do

☆☆☆☆☆

Dancing On My Own"

("Body Talk" Version)

Somebody said you got a new friend

Does she love you better than I can?

There's a big black sky over my town

I know where you're at, I bet she's around

Yeah, I know it's stupid

I just gotta see it for myself

I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, ohh

I'm right over here, why can't you see me, ohh

I'm giving it my all, but I'm not the girl you're taking home, ooo

I keep dancing on my own

I'm just gonna dance all night

I'm all messed up, I'm so out of line

Stilettos and broken bottles

I'm spinning around in circles

I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, ohh

I'm right over here, why can't you see me, ohh

I'm giving it my all, but I'm not the girl you're taking home, ooo

I keep dancing on my own

So far away but still so near

The lights go on, the music dies

But you don't see me standing here

I just came to say goodbye

I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, ohh

I'm giving it my all, but I'm not the girl you're taking home, ooo

I keep dancing on my own

I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, ohh

I'm right over here, why can't you see me, ohh

I'm giving it my all, but I'm not the girl you're taking home, ooo

I keep dancing on my own

☆☆☆☆☆

"Indestructible"

I'm going backwards through time at the speed of light

I'm yours, you're mine

Two satellites

Not alone

No, we're not alone

A freeze-frame of your eye in the strobe light

Sweat dripping down from your brow

Hold tight

Don't let go

Don't you let me go

And I never was smart with love

I let the bad ones in and the good ones go

But I'm gonna love you like I've never been hurt before

I'm gonna love you like I'm indestructible

Your love is ultramagnetic

And it's taking over

This is hardcore

And I'm indestructible

Hands up in the air like we don't care

We're shooting deep into space

And the lasers split the dark

Cut right through the dark

It's just us. We ignore the crowd dancing

Fall to the floor

Beats in my heart

Put your hands on my heart

And I never was smart with love

I let the bad ones in and the good ones go

But I'm gonna love you like I've never been hurt before

I'm gonna love you like I'm indestructible

Your love is ultramagnetic

And it's taking over

This is hardcore

Ooh and I'm gonna love you like

I'm gonna love you like I've never been hurt before

I'm gonna love you like I'm indestructible

Your love is ultramagnetic

And it's taking over

This is hardcore

And I'm indestructible

And I never was smart with love

I let the bad ones in and the good ones go

But I'm gonna love you like I've never been hurt before

I'm gonna love you like I'm indestructible

Your love is ultramagnetic

And it's taking over

This is hardcore

Ooh and I'm gonna love you like

I'm gonna love you like I've never been hurt before

I'm gonna love you like I'm indestructible

Your love is ultramagnetic

And it's taking over

This is hardcore

And I'm indestructible

☆☆☆☆☆

"Time Machine"

Hey, what did I do?

Can't believe the fit I just threw

Stupid

Wanted the reaction

I remember the words

How I said them, so they would hurt

But then, I regret my actions

If I could press rewind

Rewind the take

Redefine the line

We make mistakes

Take it back in time,

Just one day ... hey

So all I need is a time machine

A one way track cause

I'm taking it back, taking it back

All I want is a DeLorean

If I could go just like that

I'll be taking it back, taking it back

Yeah who's laughing now?

Didn't think you'd actually go

Stupid

Me and all my bitching

Second thoughts and regrets

?? but then

This ain't science fiction

If I could press rewind

Rewind the take

Redefine the line

We make mistakes

Take it back in time,

Just one day ... hey

So all I need is a time machine

A one way track cause

I'm taking it back, taking it back

All I want is a DeLorean

If I could go just like that

I'll be taking it back, taking it back

So all I need is a time machine

A one way track cause

I'm taking it back, taking it back

All I want is a DeLorean

If I could go just like that

I'll be taking it back, taking it back

☆☆☆☆☆

"Love Kills"

If you're looking for love

Get a heart made of steel 'cus you know that love kills

Don't go messing with love

It'll hurt you for real, don't you know that love kills

If you're looking for love

Get a heart made of steel 'cus you know that love kills

Don't go messing with love

It'll hurt you for real, don't you know that love kills

Protect yourself, 'cus you'll wreck yourself

In this cold, hard world, so check yourself

You conceal your dreams and you shield yourself

'Til that one kind soul reveals itself

Protect yourself, 'cus you'll wreck yourself

In this cold, hard world, so check yourself

You conceal your dreams and you shield yourself

'Til that one kind soul reveals itself

If you're looking for love

Get a heart made of steel 'cus you know that love kills

Don't go messing with love

It'll hurt you for real, don't you know that love kills

If you're looking for love

Get a heart made of steel 'cus you know that love kills

Don't go messing with love

It'll hurt you for real, don't you know that love kills

Mm, and I know when you're in too deep you still think of me, sometimes

Stockholm syndrome and misery, there's a penalty for love crimes

Protect yourself, 'cus you'll wreck yourself

In this cold, hard world, so check yourself

You conceal your dreams and you shield yourself

'Til that one kind soul reveals itself

Protect yourself, 'cus you'll wreck yourself

In this cold, hard world, so check yourself

You conceal your dreams and you shield yourself

'Til that one kind soul reveals itself

Protect yourself

So check yourself

Mm, and I know when you're in too deep you still think of me, sometimes

Stockholm syndrome and misery, there's a penalty for love crimes

Protect yourself, 'cus you'll wreck yourself

In this cold, hard world, 'cus you know that love kills

You conceal your dreams and you shield yourself

In this cold, hard world, don't you know that love kills

Protect yourself, 'cus you'll wreck yourself

In this cold, hard world, 'cus you know that love kills

You conceal your dreams and you shield yourself

In this cold, hard world, don't you know that love kills

Protect yourself, 'cus you'll wreck yourself

In this cold, hard world, 'cus you know that love kills

You conceal your dreams and you shield yourself

In this cold, hard world, don't you know that love kills

☆☆☆☆☆

"Hang With Me"

Will you tell me once again

How we're gonna be just friends?

If you're for real and not pretend

Then I guess you can hang with me

When my patience wearing thin

When I'm ready to give in

Will you pick me up again

Then I guess you can hang with me

And if you do me right

I'm gonna do right by you

And if you keep it tight

I'm gonna confide in you

I know what's on your mind

There will be time for that too

If you hang with me

Just don't fall

Recklessly, headlessly in love with me

Cause it's gonna be

All heartbreak

Blissfully painful and insanity

If we agree

Oh, you can hang with me

When you see me drift astray

Outta touch and outta place

Will you tell me to my face?

Then I guess you can hang with me

And if you do me right

I'm gonna do right by you

And if you keep it tight

I'm gonna confide in you

I know what's on your mind

There will be time for that too

If you hang with me

Just don't fall

Recklessly, headlessly in love with me

Cause it's gonna be

All heartbreak

Blissfully painful and insanity

If we agree

Oh, you can hang with me

Will you tell me once again

How we're gonna be just friends?

If you're for real and not pretend

Then I guess you can hang with me

And if you do me right

I'm gonna do right by you

And if you keep it tight

I'm gonna confide in you

I know what's on your mind

There will be time for that too

If you hang with me

Just don't fall

Recklessly, headlessly in love with me

Cause it's gonna be

All heartbreak

Blissfully painful and insanity

If we agree

You can hang with me

Don't fall

Recklessly, headlessly in love with me

Cause it's gonna be

All heartbreak

Blissfully painful and insanity

If we agree

Oh, you can hang with me

☆☆☆☆☆

"Call Your Girlfriend"

Call your girlfriend

It's time you had the talk

Give your reasons

Say it's not her fault

But you just met somebody new

Tell her not to get upset, second-guessing everything you said and done

And then when she gets upset tell her how you never meant to hurt no one

Then you tell her that the only way her heart will mend is when she learns to love again

And it won't make sense right now but you're still her friend

And then you let her down easy

Call your girlfriend

It's time you had the talk

Give your reasons

Say it's not her fault

But you just met somebody new

Don't you tell her how I give you something that you never even knew you missed

Don't you even try and explain how it's so different when we kiss

You just tell her that the only way her heart will mend is when she learns to love again

And it won't make sense right now but you're still her friend

And then you let her down easy

Call your girlfriend

It's time you had the talk

Give your reasons

Say it's not her fault

But you just met somebody new

And now it's gonna be me and you

And you tell her that the only way her heart will mend is when she learns to love again

And it won't make sense right now but you're still her friend

And then you let her down easy

Call your girlfriend (call your girlfriend)

It's time you had the talk

Give your reasons

Say it's not her fault

Call your girlfriend

It's time you had the talk

Give your reasons

Say it's not her fault

But you just met somebody new

☆☆☆☆☆

"None Of Dem"

(feat. Royksopp)

None of these boys can dance

Not a single one of them stand a chance

All of them girls a mess

I've seen it all before I'm not impressed

None of them get my sex

None of them move my intellect

None of them work for me

None of them make me feel anything

I'm so bored in this town

Take me away from here

Play me some kind of new sound

Something true and sincere

I've got a little girl singing on repeat in my head (oh-ho)

Take me far away from here

None of them get my stands

None of them do it like I can

None of these chicks got style

None of these drugs get me high

None of these beats are raw

None of these beats ever break the law

None of them kicks go boom

None of them bass lines fill the room

I'm so bored in this town

Take me away from here

Play me some kind of new sound

Something true and sincere

I've got a little girl singing on repeat in my head (oh-ho)

Take me far away from here

I'm so bored in this town

Take me away from here

Play me some kind of new sound

Something true and sincere

I've got a little girl singing on repeat in my head (oh-ho)

Take me far away from here

☆☆☆☆☆

"We Dance To The Beat"

We dance to the beat

We dance to the beat of the continents shifting under our feet

We dance to the beat

We dance to the beat of a new, better, faster breed

We dance to the beat

We dance to the beat of radioactivity blocking the exits

We dance to the beat

We dance to the beat of false math and unrecognised genius

We dance to the beat

We dance to the beat of distorted knowledge passed on

We dance to the beat

We dance to the beat of a distant rumble

We dance to the beat

We dancing

And it's loud and proud

We dance to the beat

We dance to the beat of silent mutation

We dance to the beat of your brain not evolving fast enough

We dance to the beat of raw talent wasted

We dance to the beat of bad kissers clicking teeth

We dance to the beat of opportunity knocking

We dance to the beat of an eviction next door

We dance to the beat

Of another recycled rebellion

Of consolidating assets

Of another crowd losing it

Of your voice breaking up in static

Of suburbia burning

Of communication gone mad

We dance to the beat

And we don't stop

We dance to the beat

And we don't stop

We dance to the beat of a billion charges of endorphin

We dance to the beat

We dance to the beat of a love lost and then won back

We dance to the beat

We dance to the beat of source code and conjuring

We dance to the beat

We dance to the beat of gravity giving us a break

We dance to the beat

We dance...

☆☆☆☆☆

"U Should Know Better"

(feat. Snoop Dogg)

I've gone around the world and the seven seas

I'm cashin' six-figure checks in all currencies

It's like when I be tearin' it up in Paris

Motherfuckers parler on the m-i-c

It's all "ooh la la" and "ahh oui oui"

Sippin' vin blanc in our lingerie

Choppin' heads off with madame guillotine

Even the French know better than to fuck with me

Comment allez-vous Robyn, what it do

I'm in the UK (why?) got a show to do (uh-huh)

It's big Snoopy Dogg, check the catalog

I'm overseas gettin' cheese with this dialogue

I missed my plane to Spain so I'm stuck in Colonna

I'm sippin' Saronno with this chick named Ramona

She wants me to take a flick on her phone-ah

Then take her to my hotel room and then bone her

You know when in Rome I sat down with the Romans

Said "We need a black pope and she better be a woman"

There'll be no more celibacy

Even the Vatican knows not to fuck with me

You should know better

Y-You should know better

You should know better than to fuck with me

If you knew better you would do better

You should know better

Y-You should know better

You should know better than to fuck with me

If you knew better you would do better

We big-ballin' in Holland, Amsterdam my man

I got a table at the coffee shop

Where we like to spark a lot

Hangin' in the parking lot blowin' a bleezy

Easy fo sheezy deezy

I crashed a party with the Czar

Threw a molotov cocktail in the bar

And you know my style's revolutionary

Even the Russians know better than to fuck with me

You try to ban me, you can't stand me

Cuz I'm an outlaw

Black president livin' in the White House

Mr. B he wrote a letter to me

The FBI know better than to fuck with me

Yo, I was there at Watergate

You know I rigged my gear got the fuckers on tape

They put the mic in the hand of the wrong MC

Even the CIA knows not to fuck with me

You should know better

Y-You should know better

You should know better than to fuck with me

If you knew better you would do better

You should know better

Y-You should know better

You should know better than to fuck with me

If you knew better you would do better

Tell 'em Snoop, tell 'em like it is

I been there, in there, out there like that

Right back to the hood, a hundred Euro stacks

Shoot motherfuckers just on GP

LAPD know better than to fuck with me

I danced with the devil in Kathmandu

I came hummin' and blastin' with the boogaloo too

Now I declare most solemnly

The prince of darkness know better than to fuck with me

You know not what you know

Tell 'em what I'm in it for

Then I run up in it slow

Really though, silly ho

Yea spend a minute though

I blow an ounce and make you bounce

Just like a sixty-four

Now you know me I'm a woman of peace

I don't never take nothin' don't belong to me

I throw down and say "Whatever's gonna be, gonna be"

The whole industry knows not to fuck with me

You should know better

Y-You should know better

You should know better than to fuck with me

If you knew better you would do better

You should know better

Y-You should know better

You should know better than to fuck with me

If you knew better you would do better

You should know better

Y-You should know better

You should know better than to fuck with me

If you knew better you would do better

☆☆☆☆☆

"Dancehall Queen"

I take the bus to town

Sitting in the back and talk to noone

I got the high heels on

I go out dancing all by my own

People are pushing by

Somebody always tries to cut in line

Soon as I get inside

I loose myself in the blinding lights

Now what, your jaw has dropped

Until the music stop, you know

I still run this thing like a dancehall queen

I really don't want no hassle

Now what, your jaw has dropped

Until the music stop, you know

I still run this thing like a dancehall queen

I really don't want no hassle

I got them hypnotized

I get another shout out on the mic

Keep me at all you like

I came to dance, not to socialize

Rythm goes boom boom boom

Same thing drops with the

People all gather round

Rocking to the beat, the queen will be crowned

Now what, your jaw has dropped

Until the music stop, you know

I still run this thing like a dancehall queen

I really don't want no hassle

Now what, your jaw has dropped

Until the music stop, you know

I still run this thing like a dancehall queen

I really don't want no hassle

I go down low like she wow

She wow, wow, wow

One my hips will slow like she wow

She wow, wow, wow

I go down low like she wow

She wow, wow, wow

One my hips will slow like she wow

She wow, wow, wow

Now what, your jaw has dropped

Until the music stop, you know

I still run this thing like a dancehall queen

I really don't want no hassle

Now what, your jaw has dropped

Until the music stop, you know

I still run this thing like a dancehall queen

I really don't want no hassle

Now what, your jaw has dropped

Until the music stop, you know

I still run this thing like a dancehall queen

I really don't want no hassle

☆☆☆☆☆

"Get Myself Together"

It's all over like steps in the first snow

Something's been building up and it's gonna blow

My momma called me last night, she said what nothing else fits

Pick up the pieces and move on

I see the flashing lights, just can't make sense of the bits

It's like my mind is gone

I got ... got to get ...

Get my head back on

I got ... got to get ...

Myself together

When this hurt is gone

I got ... got to get ...

Myself together

I got ... got to get ...

Can't tell what's going wrong

I wish there's something could be done

Knock that cover

When this hurt is gone

I got ... got to get ...

Myself together

Can't stand to see you upset

But you already know

The more close it gets

The less I wanna go

I saw my brother last night

He said I know you too well

You can't pretend that's nothing wrong

I see the fuse that ignites, like I'm outside of myself

It's like my mind is gone

I got ... got to get ...

Get my head back on

I got ... got to get ...

Myself together

When this hurt is gone

I got ... got to get ...

Myself together

I got ... got to get ...

Can't tell what's going wrong

I wish there's something could be done

Knock that cover

When this hurt is gone

I got ... got to get ...

Myself together

My daddy put me aside

Like when I was a child

He said I trust you decide

On what you know is right

And for whatever it's worth,

I am on your side

There's no denying the mess

That I got us in

And I've been trying my best

Not to make a scene

Just can't make a sense of it all

It's like my mind is gone

I got ... got to get ...

Get my head back on

I got ... got to get ...

Myself together

When this hurt is gone

I got ... got to get ...

Myself together

I got ... got to get ...

Can't tell what's going wrong

I wish there's something could be done

Knock that cover

When this hurt is gone

I got ... got to get ...

Myself together

I got ... got to get ...

Can't tell what's going wrong

I wish there's something could be done

Knock that cover

When this hurt is gone

I got ... got to get ...

Myself together

☆☆☆☆☆

"In My Eyes"

Konichiwa Records

It's gonna be OK

Hey little star, don't be afraid

We all fall apart and make mistakes

Don't you know nothing ever seem to make sense

You put your dancing shoes on and do it again

You know I believe it if you say you can

So when you feel like it's all pretend

Then you look into my eyes

Just say one true thing like you mean it

And, baby, just look into my eyes

The sun's gonna shine on all of us

We're all the same - stardust and stuff

You're just a little boy and I'm just a little girl

Programmed rebels in a cruel, cruel world

We never get what we deserve

So when you feel like it's all pretend

Then you look into my eyes

Just say one true thing like you mean it

And, baby, just look into my eyes

And though I bet you think it's better on the inside, there with them

We're better off outside looking back in

I know you think you're lost but you think again

When you look into my eyes

Hey little star, come take my hand

You'll feel better tomorrow

Tomorrow I'm still your friend

So when you feel like it's all pretend

Then you look into my eyes

Just say one true thing like you mean it

And, baby, just look into my eyes

I bet you think it's better on the inside, there with them

We're better off outside looking back in

I know you think you're lost but you think again

When you look into my eyes

Little star

I got you

You'll be OK

☆☆☆☆☆

"Stars 4-Ever"

You and me together -

Stars forever [4x]

You and me on the hood

On my car

Saturday night

Watching the stars [2x]

You and I

Shinning lights to what we are

Look at the sky

And I am never far

I can be right there next to you

No matter where in the world you are

I got you right here next to me

Forever connected through the stars

It's what we are...

You and me together -

Stars forever [4x]

The last train's gone

We walk through the night

The moon shines down

Like a spotlight [2x]

You and I

Shinning lights to what we are

Look at the sky

And I am never far

I can be right there next to you

No matter where in the world you are

I got you right here next to me

Forever connected through the stars

It's what we are...

You and me together -

Stars forever [4x]

(It's what we are)

You and me together -

Stars forever [4x]

I can be right there next to you

Forever connected through the stars

It's what we are

You and me together -

Stars forever [4x]

We're superstars

You and me together -

Stars forever [4x]

Stars forever