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Artist: Prince
Canonical path: /prince/the-word
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Word
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The Word
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What is this new xhaltation
That eye just can´t explain?
What r these new inspirations
That eye can´t get out my brain?
How am eye gonna sleep with this feeling
Rushing all through my veins?
Get up, come on let´s do something
Don´t u wanna go get saved?
The night is calling u 2 act
Act upon every urge
U can´t get no satisfaction
If u ain´t got the courage
Eye don´t know what u´re afraid of
Eye don´t know what u´ve heard
Get up, come on let´s do something
Don´t u wanna know the word?
Who´s gonna save us when them spiders get next 2 u?
Spinning their sticky webs around what u do
We gotta safeguard against 4ked tongue and the treachery of the wicked 1
Get up, come on let´s do something
Don´t matter how far u have 2
The truth has got to be told
Don´t matter how shiny ur lips
They´ll never b streets of gold
They might try 2 get us crazy
Cuz they don´t know what eye´ve heard
We got this new xhaltation
Eye´m talking about the word
Who´s gonna save us when them spiders get next to u
Spinning their sticky webs around what u do
We gotta safeguard against 4ked tongue and the treachery of the wicked 1
Get up, come on let´s do something
Get up, come on let´s do something
No reason to feel this pain
Get up, come on let´s do something
Come on, go, let´s get saved
Get up, come on let´s do something
No reason to feel this pain
Get up, come on let´s do something
Come on, go, let´s get saved
Get up, come on let´s do something
Get up, come on let´s do something
Get up, come on let´s do something
Get up, come on let´s do something
Don´t u wanna hear the word?
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