Album: Fitz and the Tantrums (2016)
Charted: 53
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  • Turn it up
    Somebody save your soul 'cause you've been sinning in this city, I know
    Too many troubles, all these lovers got you losing control
    You're like a drug to me, a luxury, my sugar and gold
    I want the good life, every good night you're a hard one to hold

    'Cause you don't even know
    I can make your hands clap
    Said I can make your hands clap

    Somebody save your soul 'cause you've been sinning in this city, I know
    Too many troubles, all these lovers got you losing control
    You're like a drug to me, a luxury, my sugar and gold
    I want your sex and your affection when they're holdin' you close

    'Cause you don't even know
    I can make your hands clap
    Said I can make your hands clap

    Every night when the stars come out
    Am I the only living soul around?
    Need to believe you could hold me down
    'Cause I'm in need of somethin' good right now
    We could be screamin' till the sun comes out
    And when we wake we'd be the only sound
    Get on my knees and say a prayer to James Brown

    That I can make your hands clap
    That I can make your hands clap
    (Turn it up)
    That I can make your hands clap

    My flesh is searchin' for your worst and best, don't ever deny
    I'm like a stranger, gimme me danger, all your wrongs and your rights
    Secrets on Broadway to the freeway, you're a keeper of crimes
    Fear no conviction, grapes of wrath can only sweeten your wine

    But you don't even know
    I can make your hands clap
    Said I can make your hands clap

    Every night when the stars come out
    Am I the only living soul around?
    Need to believe you could hold me down
    'Cause I'm in need of somethin' good right now
    We could be screamin' till the sun comes out
    And when we wake we'd be the only sound
    Get on my knees and say a prayer to James Brown

    That I can make your hands clap
    That I can make your hands clap
    That I can make your hands clap
    That I can make your hands clap
    So can I get a hand clap? Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Julian from Hong KongThe song's about someone's longing for connection, whether mentally or phyically, hoping for it in love, expressing it in a primal, wanting way. So yeah. It's about sex.
  • LeoWhat is the meaning of it is it about sex?
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