Around The Way Girl

Album: Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
Charted: 36 9
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  • You got me shook up, shook down, shook out on your lovin'
    On your lovin'

    I want a girl with extensions in her hair
    Bamboo earrings, at least two pair
    A Fendi bag and a bad attitude
    That's all I need to get me in a good mood
    She can walk with a switch and talk with street slang
    I love it when a woman ain't scared to do her thing
    Standin' at the bus stop, suckin' on a lollipop
    When she gets pumpin', it's hard to make the hottie stop
    She likes to dance to the rap jam
    She's sweet as brown sugar with the candied yams
    Honey-coated complexion, using Camay
    Let's hear it for the girl, she's from around the way

    I need an around the way girl (around the way girl)
    That's the one for me (she's the only one for me)
    I need that an around the way girl
    You got me shook up, shook down, shook out on your lovin'

    Silky, milky, her smile is like sunshine
    That's why I had to dedicate at least one rhyme
    To all the cuties in the neighborhood
    'Cause if I didn't tell you, then another brother would
    You're sweet like sugar with your gangsta talk
    Wanna eat you like a cookie when I see you walk
    With your rayon, silk, or maybe even denim
    It really doesn't matter as long as your in 'em (in 'em)
    You can break hearts and manipulate minds
    Or surrender, act tender, be gentle and kind
    You always know what to say and do
    Cold flip when you think your man is playing you
    No cheap or petty, you're ready for loving
    You're real independent, so your parents be buggin'
    But if you ever need a place to stay
    Come around my way

    I need an around the way girl (around the way girl)
    That's the one for me (she's the only one for me)
    I need that an around the way girl
    You got me shook up, shook down, shook out on your lovin'

    Perm in your hair, or even a curly weave
    With your New Edition Bobby Brown button on your sleeve
    I tell you come here, you say, "Meet me halfway"
    'Cause brothers been poppin' that yang all day
    Around the way, you're like neighborhood jewel
    All the homeboys sweat ya, so you're crazy cool
    Wear your gold in the summer with your biking shorts
    While your watchin' all the brothers on the basketball court
    Goin' to the movies with your homegirl's crew
    While the businessmen in suits be hawkin' you
    Baby hair pumpin', lip gloss a-shinin'
    I think you're in the mood for whinin' and dinin'
    So we can go out and eat somewhere
    We got a lot of private jokes to share
    Lisa, Angela, Pamela, Renee
    I love you, you're from around the way

    I need that around the way girl (around the way girl)
    That's the one for me (She's all I ever need)
    I need that around the way girl (around the way girl)
    Fine as can be (She's all I ever need)
    I need that around the way girl (around the way girl)
    That's the one for me she's the only one)
    I need that around the way girl (around the way girl)
    Fine as can be

    You got me shook up, shook down, shook out on your lovin'
    Ya gotta shook up, shook down, shook up
    You got me shook up, shook down, shook out on your lovin'
    Ya gotta shook up, shook down, shook up
    You got me shook up, shook down, shook out on your lovin'
    Ya gotta shook up, shook down, shook up
    You got me shook up, shook down, shook out on your lovin'
    Ya gotta shook up, shook down, shook up
    You got me shook up, shook down, shook out on your lovin' Writer/s: James Todd Smith, Marlon Lu'ree Williams, Rick James
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, O/B/O CAPASSO, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Fine Brown Sugar from Kansas City, Mothis is the sh** i love this song
  • Dave from Toledo, OhFrom the time LL Cool J released his first song.
    He has always been Class Act Rapper.
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