Tightrope

Album: The ArchAndroid (2010)
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  • (Monae and Leftfoot)
    Whoaaa
    Another day (adabadee, nigga)
    I take your pain away

    Some people talk about ya like they know all about ya
    When you get down they doubt ya
    And when you tip it on the scene, yeah they talkin' bout it
    'Cause they can't tip on the scene
    They just talk about it, t-t-t-talk bout it
    When you get elevated
    They love it or they hate it
    You dance up on them haters
    Keep getting funky on the scene
    While they jumpin' round ya
    They trying to take all of your dreams
    But you can't allow it
    'Cause baby whether you're high or low
    Whether you're high or low
    You gotta tip on the tightrope (tip, tip on it)
    T-t-t-tip on the tightrope (tip, tip on it)
    Baby, baby, baby, whether you're high or low (high or low)
    Baby whether you're high or low (high or low)
    You got to tip on the tightrope (tip, tip on it)
    Now let me see you do the tightrope (tip, tip on it)
    And I'm still tippin' on it

    See I'm not walkin' on it
    Or tryin to run around it
    This ain't no acrobatics
    You either follow or you lead, yeah
    I'm talkin' bout ya
    Keep on blaming the machine, yeah
    I'm talkin' bout it
    T-t-t-talkin' bout it
    I can't complain about it
    I gotta keep my balance
    And just keep dancin on it
    We gettin funky on the scene
    Yeah you know about it
    Like a star on the screen
    Watch me tip all on it

    Then baby whether I'm high or low (high or low)
    Baby whether you're high or low (high or low)
    You gotta tip on the tightrope (tip, tip on it)
    Yeah, tip on the tightrope (tip, tip on it)
    Baby, baby, baby
    Whether you're high or low (high or low)
    Baby whether you're high or low (high or low)
    Tip on the tightrope (tip, tip on it)
    Baby let me see you tight rope (tip, tip on it)
    And I'm still tippin' on it

    You gotta keep your balance
    Or you fall into the gap
    It's a challenge but I manage
    Cause I'm cautious with the strap
    Do damage to your cabbage that
    A doctor cannot patch
    Why you don't want no friction
    Like the back of a matchbook
    Daddy Fat Sax will fold you
    And your MacBook
    Close shows, shut you down
    Before we go-go backwards
    Act up, and whether we high or low
    We gonna get back-up
    Like the Dow Jones and NASDAQ
    Sorta like a thong in an ass crack
    Come on

    I tip on alligators and little rattlesnakers
    But I'm another flavor
    Something like a terminator
    Ain't no equivocating
    I fight for what I believe
    Why you talkin' 'bout it
    J-j-just talkin' 'bout it
    Some callin' me a sinner
    Some callin' me a winner
    I'm callin' you to dinner
    And you know exactly what I mean
    Yeah I'm talkin bout you
    You can rock or you can leave
    Watch me tip without you

    N-n-now whether I'm high or low
    (High or low)
    Whether I'm high or low
    (High or low)
    I'm gonna tip on the tightrope
    (Tip, tip on it)
    Mmm
    (Tip, tip on it)

    Baby, baby, baby
    Whether I'm high or low
    (High or low)
    High or low
    (High or low)
    I got to tip on the tightrope
    (Tip, tip on it)
    Now baby tip on the tightrope

    You can't get too high
    (You can't get too high)
    I said you can't get too low
    (We can't get too low)
    Cause you get too high
    (You can't get too high)
    No, you'll surely be low
    (No, you'll surely be low)
    1, 2, 3, ho

    Yeah, yeah
    Now shut up, yeah
    Yeah, now put some voodoo on it
    Ladies and gentlemen, the funkiest horn section in Metropolis
    Yeah, oh
    We call that classy brass

    Ohh ohh
    Oh

    Do you mind?
    If I play the ukulele
    Just like a little lady
    Do you mind?
    If I play the ukulele
    Just like a little lady Writer/s: Antwan Patton, Charles L Joseph, Janelle Monae Robinson, Nathaniel Irvin
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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