Eric B. & Rakim - What's On Your Mind(1992)

[00:19.81] Seen her in the subway, on my way to Brooklyn
[00:21.90] Hello, good looking, is this seat tooken
[00:24.02] On the A-train, picking at her brain
[00:26.49] I couldn't get her number, I couldn't get her name
[00:28.76] I said I still like your style of fashion
[00:30.92] But I hate your hostile, 'itty attitude wit a passion
[00:33.73] Is it because brothers like to hawk alot
[00:36.06] Is it because your sign don't talk alot
[00:38.10] She turned away, no play, I said ok
[00:40.51] You don't really look good, I hope you have a bad day
[00:43.24] Sat back, relaxed though the ride was tight
[00:45.20] I was thinking of the rhymes I wrote last night
[00:48.14] Next stop was mine, a familar scene
[00:50.12] I was meeting my friend, killer Ben in Ft Green
[00:52.67] Where the girls are real, they tell ya how they feel
[00:54.81] If you're soft, you're soft, or if you're hard like steel
[00:57.63] See i don't bend and I won't rust
[00:59.72] And I don't break and I won't bust
[01:02.03] Stomped up the street and did I hear a treat?
[01:04.41] Hard high heels tappin' on the concrete
[01:06.74] I took a peek, it was the girl from the train behind me
[01:09.18] Did she live in the area, was she trying to find me?
[01:11.60] Hm, I didn't wanna play myself out
[01:13.88] I played it off, stopped and I bought a Guiness Stout
[01:16.59] Now was she shy, she didn't walk by
[01:18.75] She came in the store then she even said hi
[01:21.24] Curiosity- at a high velocity
[01:23.39] Maybe possibly she had the hots for me
[01:25.74] I said if we're playing games then we're gonna play mine
[01:28.31] I'm a lay the rules 'cause it ain't much time
[01:30.69] If you hide your feelings, and they hard to find,
[01:33.25] I wanna know what's on your mind
[01:38.32] CHORUS
[01:45.32] About a week went by and I called her, "Hello"
[01:47.54] I said yo, can I speak to, um, she said no
[01:49.48] Hey yo, I know I didn't call, I didn't wanna stress you
[01:52.04] Go out my way to impress you, press to undress you
[01:54.58] See I wanna get to know you so I can show you
[01:57.34] What a strong relationship can grow to
[01:59.44] But you gotta trust me and you're gonna love me
[02:01.59] Squeeze the phone and hug me, use your mind to rub me
[02:04.19] Now how does it feel when my mental, massage ya temple
[02:07.15] Telephone's hot from the vibes that I sent you
[02:09.44] Now tell me your inner thoughts and deepest emotions
[02:11.81] Next you see ectacy's explosions
[02:14.13] Now I'm coming to see you to spend some time
[02:16.56] I'm a romantic warrior but is it a crime
[02:18.85] And if you hide your feelings and they hard to find...
[02:21.85] I wanna know what's on your mind
[02:31.80] I wanna know what's on your mind
[02:43.06] Now it's been months and it's smooth and lovely
[02:44.70] I'm in your head so you'll be thinking of me
[02:47.09] So we met in Queens and went to Valley Streams
[02:49.36] And, uh, couldn't remember the movie we just seen
[02:51.98] But it's Wednesday, take the train uptown
[02:54.37] How do the 125th street sound
[02:56.62] Amateur night, Showtime at the Apollo
[02:59.02] Probably be watching Bill Cosby tomorrow
[03:01.77] Then after that get into it, I mean intimate
[03:04.76] Every word is an instrument
[03:06.44] Making sounds and tones and songs and moans
[03:08.36] My lips so close to your ear, it's like headphones
[03:11.51] You smile, you said you never know what the day will bring
[03:13.96] It's always a new song to sing
[03:15.68] The next day I went back to the her rest
[03:17.96] Knocked on the door, intentions: finesse
[03:20.95] She let me in and had nothing but a neglige on
[03:23.53] Smelling like Liz Claiborne
[03:25.24] I sat down and got comfortable and watched the Huxtables
[03:27.80] She sat next to me and said what's up wit you
[03:30.18] I got the feeling for sexual healing
[03:32.24] A mental healing; how you feeling
[03:34.69] She caught the effect and said she feel the same
[03:36.93] Could you massage my intellect and stop the pain
[03:39.78] Desire's yearning, the fire's burning
[03:41.81] You hot 'cause it's alot you're learning
[03:44.26] Now I'm ready to explore you inner world
[03:46.15] It's take a long time cuz I'm just beginning, girl...
[03:49.56] Take it easy, cut off the TV
[03:51.42] Cut off the lights, use your mind to see me,
[03:53.85] Use your physical form if I'm hard to find
[03:57.23] 'Cause now I know what's on your mind...
[04:07.22] 'Cause now I know what's on your mind...
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