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Artist: Mel C
Canonical path: /mel-c/wannabe
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Wannabe
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Wannabe
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Yo I'll tell you what I want, what I really really
want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really
want,
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really
want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.
If you want my future forget my past,
If you wanna get with me better make it fast,
Now don't go wasting my precious time,
Get your act together we could be just fine.
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really
want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.
If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my
friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.
What do you think about that now you know how I feel,
Say you can handle my love are you for real,
I won't be hasty, I'll give you a try,
If you really bug me then I'll say goodbye.
Yo I'll tell you what I want, what I really really
want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really
want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.
If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my
friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.
So here's a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me
you gotta listen carefully,
We got Em in the place who likes it in your face,
We got G like MC who likes it on an
Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady,
and as for me, ha you'll see,
Slam your body down and wind it all around,
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my
friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.
If you wanna be my lover, you gotta, you gotta, you
gotta,
you gotta, you gotta, slam, slam, slam, slam,
Slam your body down and wind it all around,
Slam your body down and wind it all around,
Slam your body down and wind it all around,
Slam your body down zigazig ah.
If you wanna be my lover.
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Mel C performs "Wannabe", and this lyric page sits inside the Mel C catalog on LyroVerse.
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