Tuesday, July 24, 2007

I want you...

**Update: Please see the comments section for a more accurate rendition of the lyrics to "I Want You".
I I I I I I I
WANT YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU
AND I
I I I I I I
WANT YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU
so what we gone do
i want you
gone do
what we gonna do

2nd part
when words got a way way way way way way way
i want you (baby)
so what we gonna do (baby)
i want you (baby)

chorus
love is on the way all I got to say is It wont let go
we can pray to early May
fast for 30 days
still It wont let go
got a good book and got all in it
tried a little yoga for a minute
but it wont let go (oooh)
tried to turn the sauna up hotter
drank a whole jar of holy water
but it wont let go

begining

and the words got a way way way way way way way i want you
so what we gonna do
i want you

Chorus
and I
I baby I want you
you baby
so what we gonna do

begining
and your words got a way
so what we gonna do
i know you're a little nervous
so what we gonna do
i know you really want this
so what we gonna do
i cant really explain it
so what we gonna do
i feel your love

Bridge:repeat 2x's

i dont want no trouble
i just wanna love ya (yeah)
i dont want your money yeah
i just want to love ya (yeah)
i wanna get to know ya
and i
i want you
and i
i want you
and i
i want you....
Begining (1st part again)
See also: Sade "Love is Stronger then Pride", "Is it a Crime" and D'angleo's cover of the George Clinton "I'll Stay".

6 comments:

Taj Tashombe said...

This is one of my favorite songs of ALL TIME.

Taj Tashombe said...

But you got the words kinda wrong

Check this out:

Hook: 2x
I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you
Oh, I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you

so, what we gon’ do
what we gon’ do
what we gon’ do
What we gon’ do

I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you
Oh, I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you

In the worse kinda way way way way way way way
I want you you you you, baby
so what we gon’ do do do, baby
what we gon’ do do do, baby

[Verse 1]
Love is on the way, all I got to say is
It wont let go
You can pray to early May, fast for 30 days
Still it wont let go, oh
Got a good book and got all in it, tried a little yoga for a minute
But it wont let go, oh
Tried to turn the sauna up to hotter, drunk a whole jar of holy water
But it wont let go, oh

[Hook]
I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you
Said I I I I I I
I said what we gon’ do

In the worse kinda way way way way way way way
I want you you you you, baby
so what we gon’ do, baby
so what we gon’ do, baby

[Verse 1]
Love is on the way, all I got to say is
It wont let go
You can pray to early May, fast for 30 days
Still it wont let go, oh
Got good book and got all in it, tried a little yoga for a minute
But it wont let go, oh
Tried to turn the sauna up to hotter, drank a whole jar of holy water
But it wont let go, oh

[Hook]
I I I, baby
Want you you you, baby
so what we gon’ (uh) do do do do do do do do do do do do do

I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you
I I I I I I
So what we gon’ do

In the worse kinda way way way way way way way
I want you you you you, baby
so what we gon’ do
now what we gon’ do

[Ad-lib]
(Now what we gone do)
I know you're a little nervous
(what we gone do)
I know you really want this
(what we gone do)
I can’t believe the feeling
(what we gone do)
I feel it all over, feel it all over
(said what we gone do)
babe, yeah baby
(so what we gone do)
You don't believe in love, you missing a good thing
(so what we gone do)
Because I’m---say
Because I’m genuine, I’m genuine, yeah
(so what we gone do)
yeah baby

[Bridge: 2x]
I don’t want no trouble
Just a little loving (yeah)
I want to get to know ya (yeah)
I don’t want your money (yeah)
You oughta get to know me (yeah)
My love’ll make you wonder (yeah)
And lightning a thunder (yeah)
I get it from my mama (yeah)

[Ad-lib]
Oh, I I I I I I I
I Want you you you you you you you
do do do do do do do
Now what we gon’ do

(Scatting/Background vocals: I…)

[Slowing Down: 2x]
I I I I I I I
I want you you you you you you you
Oh I I I I I I I
Want you you you you you you you

(Skipping/Guitar Solo)
Frequency
(Whispering)

[Outro]
Just because I tell you I love you
Don’t mean that I do do do do do

Jenn Will said...

LOL, thank you Taj. I will defer to your judgment. When I copied it over from one of those lyrics sites the formatting was all wrong and I think in fixing it I screwed some stuff up. And while I would update it with the actual lyrics that you have provided, I'm lazy and don't feel like formatting it again. :)

I saw her perform it this weekend at the Jazzfest west and I haven't been able to get it out of my head. I saw Rashaan Patterson, Lala Hathaway and Stevie Wonder perform "Love is stronger then pride" last week, and the other two are just other faves of mine...

jendayi said...

lol. Taj is funny for posting the whole thing.

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Southern_Lady said...

This is my favorite E.Badu song!!! I listen to it allll the time. I saw her perform it at the Sugar Water Fest in ATL. She only did like 3 lines. I was pissed!

Jenn Will said...

I just saw her perform this at a jazz festival, the heartbreaker was that my family wanted to leave early to "beat traffic" and while we were waiting outside stuck in traffic I could hear her doing her encore singing "green eyes" can you say...darn near cried!