Boombastic

Album: Boombastic (1995)
Charted: 1 3
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  • Mr. Boombastic
    What you want is some boombastic romantic
    Fantastic lover, Shaggy
    Mr. Lover Lover, mmh, I'm Mr. Lover Lover, heh girl
    Mr. Lover Lover, mmh, Mr. Lover Lover

    She call me Mr. Boombastic
    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Ro-ro-mantic
    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Ro-

    Smooth, just like a silk
    Soft and cuddly hug me up like a quilt
    I'm a lyrical lover
    No take me for no filth
    With my sexual physique, yah know me well-built
    Oh me, oh my, well well, can't you tell
    I'm just like a turtle crawling out of me shell?
    Gal, you captivate my body, put me under a spell
    With your Khus Khus perfume
    I love your sweet smell
    You are the only young girl who can ring my bell
    And I could take rejection, so you tell me, "Go to hell"

    I'm Boombastic
    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Ro-Ro-mantic
    Call me fantastic
    She Touch me inna me back
    She says I'm Mr. Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boombastic

    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she call me Mr. Ro-Ro-mantic
    Tell me fantastic
    She Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Boom-Boom

    Gee wheeze, baby, please
    Let me take you to an island of the sweet cool breeze
    You don't feel like drive, well baby, hand me the keys
    And I will take you to a place to set your mind at ease
    Don't you tickle my foot bottom ha ha, baby please
    Don't you play with my nose 'cause I might ha-choo sneeze (bless you)
    Well, you are the bun and me are the cheese
    And if me are the rice, ah, baby love, you're the peas

    I'm Boombastic
    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Ro-Ro-mantic
    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Boom-Boom-Boombastic

    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says me Mr. Ro-o-mantic
    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Boom-Boom

    At least you give me your loving
    Gal, your loving well good
    I want your lovin'
    Gal, give it like you should
    Oh, give me your lovin', girl
    Your lovin' well good
    I want your loving
    Gal, you remember the woo?

    Would you like to kiss and caress
    Rub down every strand of hair on my chest?
    I'm Boombastic
    Rated as the best
    The best you should get
    Nothing more, nothing less
    Give me your digits
    Jot down your address
    I'll bet you confess
    When you put me to the test

    That I'm Boombastic
    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Ro-o-o-mantic
    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Boom-bastic

    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Ro-o-o-mantic
    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Boombastic, why?

    Gal your admiration if a tick me from the start
    With some physical attraction, gal, you know to feel the spark
    I man of few words, naw go tell you no sweet talk
    Naw go laba-laba-laba and a chat pure phart
    I'll get straight to the point
    Like an arrow or a dart
    Come lay down in my jacuzzi and get some bubble bath
    Only sound you will hear is the beating of my heart
    And we will hm-hm, and have some sweet pillow talk

    I'm Boombastic
    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Ro-a-mantic
    Tell me fantastic
    She tickle on my back, she says I'm Mr. Boom-Boom-bastic

    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Ro-mantic
    Tell me fantastic
    Touch me inna me back, she says I'm Mr. Boom, what you say girl?

    Smooth Writer/s: King Floyd, Orville Burrell, Robert Livingston
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing, MUSIC SERVICES, INC., Peermusic Publishing, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • AnonymousOn this day in 1995 {September 30} Shaggy performed "Boombastic" on the nationally syndicated television program, 'Soul Train'...
    At the time "Boombastic" was at position #9 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, six weeks earlier it was in it's first of two weeks at #3, which was also its peak position on the chart, and it spent over a half-year on the Top 100...
    And on August 20th, 1995 "Boombastic" peaked at #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart, and it also reached #1 in Australia, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United Kingdom...
    Shaggy, born Orville Richard Burrell, will celebrate his 52nd birthday next month on October 22nd, 2020...
    R.I.P. Don Cornelius {1936 - 2012}...
  • Siahara Shyne Carter from United StatesMr. Ben dance this! When I was kid I don't know the tittle of this song but I search it by myself and It was "BOOMBASTIC" lol Shaggy’s voice also crazy
    I don't know what he singing or Language lol But Mr. Ben
    made this song Famous! ;-)
  • Bertrand from Paris, FranceHere is where the dancehall sub-genre of reggae broke through to the American pop charts. Shaggy's personal charm shines through in the funky grooves.
  • Krie from Ft. Drum, NyThe remix version, used in the video, was a sample from Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On."
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