 Genius Lyrics
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Eddy Grant – Electric Avenue
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Guyanese-British singer Eddy Grant’s seminal response to the 1981 Brixton riot; riots that were themselves a response to police brutality, racial tension, and the high level of
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Eddy Grant – Killer on the Rampage
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There's a killer on the rampage / Don't feel no fear / Can't kill my love for you, a-hoo / Don't feel no fear / Killer on the rampage / Don't feel no fear / Can't kill my love for
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Eddy Grant – Another Revolutionary
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Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / Do-do-do-do, do-do-do / Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / Do-do-do-do, do-do-do / Another revolutionary / God, they watch him put his ship to sea / But he can't paddle waves with
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Eddy Grant – Hello Africa
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Well, hello, hello Africa / (How do you do, Africa?) / Well, hello, hello Africa / (How do you do, Africa?) / Tell me, how do you do, Africa? / (How do you do, Africa?) / Tell me
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Eddy Grant – Too Young to Fall
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You're too young to fall in it / Oh, baby, to fall / You're too young to fall / You're too young to fall in it / Oh, baby, to fall / You're too young to fall / The hunger and
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Eddy Grant – War Party
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You invite me to a war party, me no wanna go / Everybody seem to be inviting me to / A war party, me no wanna go / Heard about the last one, so thanks but no thank you, you / You
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Eddy Grant – I Don't Wanna Dance
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I don't wanna dance / Dance with you baby no more / I'll never do something to hurt you, though / Oh but the feeling is bad / The feeling is bad / I love your personality / But I
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Eddy Grant – In L.A.
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I was the hero at the movies tonight / I watched 1,000 Red Indians fight / I watched them let their arrows go / Into some fresh Red Indian snow / I begged a girl who was-a living
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Eddy Grant – Ire Harry
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Lives in Brixton / And he's got a degree / Ire Harry, Ire / He just wanna be free / Born a loser / See him walking the streets / Never too sure, too sure / About where he'll sleep
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Eddy Grant – Drop Baby Drop
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My heart does the tango / With every little move you make / I love you like a mango / Wish we could make it everyday / I want you to drop baby, drop baby, drop / Drop all your love
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Eddy Grant – Romancing the Stone
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I'm romancing the stone / Never leaving your poor heart alone / Every night and every day / Gonna love the hurting away / I'm romancing the stone / Never leaving your poor heart
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Eddy Grant – Telepathy
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Telepathy, telepathy, ah / Na, na, na, oh-oh-oh-oh / Telepathy, telepathy, ah / Whoo! / You wanna know how I know all about you / You wanna know if it's something special / You don
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Eddy Grant – Say I Love You
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Speak to me just one more time / Say you forgive me one more time / Say to me just one more time / Say you forgive me one more time / Oh baby, ha ha ha, I wanna hear you say, I
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Eddy Grant – Race Hate
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Race hate mashing up the world / Race hate mashing up the world / Race hate mashing up the world / Race hate mashing up the world / Oy, did you hear on the radio today / Man shot
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Eddy Grant – Boys in the Street
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Oh... / You don't know till you been in my corner / Know till you been in my shoes / Know if your love is for true, yeah / Only them who feel it knows / Only them who feel it knows
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Eddy Grant – Nobody's Got Time
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Nobody's got time, nobody's got time / Nobody's got time, nobody's got time / Nobody's got time, nobody's got time / Nobody's got time, nobody's got time / Every time you turn your
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Eddy Grant – Blue Wave
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When the morning dew says goodbye to you / And the sky's forever blue / Blue wave, what's there to do / Well, what do you think? Oh, my life / You're my love supreme, climax to my
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Eddy Grant – Dance Party
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We got a dance party / Come on Nuh Julie / We got a dance party / We got the people here / We got a dance party / Come on Nuh Julie / We got a dance party / We got the people here
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Eddy Grant – Cockney Black
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Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh... / Oh-oh, oh-oh, yeah / Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh... / (Yeah) / Oh-oh, oh-oh, yeah / (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...) / I would rather be white / And live in a shack
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Eddy Grant – It's All in You
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Little by little you show to me / One more side of your personality / I always knew that somewhere in your heart / You'd hurt when we were torn apart / But of late I been hearing
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Eddy Grant – Dancing in Guyana
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Everybody dancing in Guyana / Oh, and they all say that's the way / Everybody dancing in Guyana / Oh, how I wish that you were here / Everybody dancing in Guyana / Oh, and they all
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Eddy Grant – Barefoot Soldier
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Yeah, I been and talked to the devil / Been and talked, yeah / I asked him why the hell in heaven / Does he wanna wage war on me? / Yeah, I been up to see the pontiff / And I've
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Eddy Grant – My Turn to Love You
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Oh, my turn to love you / And I got to do, got to do / Do, do, do it, baby, do it, child / My turn to love you / And I got to do, got to do / Oh, my turn to love you / And I got to
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Eddy Grant – Living on the Front Line
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Yeah, oh, yeah / Mmm, oh, yeah / Mmm, alright / Oh, you got me / Living on the front line / Oh, you got me, mama / Living on the front line / Oh, mama / You've gone and born in the
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Eddy Grant – Gimme Hope Jo'anna
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“Gimme Hope, Jo'Anna” is known as an anti-apartheid anthem from the 1980s.
The song topped the Dutch Top 40 chart for 5 weeks in 1988. It also peaked at #7 on the U.K. Singles
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Eddy Grant – Funky Rock 'N' Roll
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Ah, funky rock and roll / Well it's funky in the night and day / Hey, funky rock and roll / And it's funky in the most peculiar way / Hey, funky rock and roll / And it's funky in
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Eddy Grant – Welcome to La Tigre
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Giovanni he got fixed in a minute / Woe he never got smart; Tina started fooling around / Race didn't have nothing to do with it / She loved who he loved; she started fooling
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Eddy Grant – Curfew
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Halt! Who goes there? / I woke up in a curfew late one night / (Curfew, curfew) / My mother and my sister / You know they died of fright / (Curfew, curfew) / No food to eat / So we
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Eddy Grant – Jamaican Child
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(Shabba-yabba-yabba, babe) / Squeeze me, darling / (Shabba-yabba-yabba, babe) / Hold me, honey / (Shabba-yabba-yabba, babe, yeah) / I said, feel, ah, feel, feel / (Shabba-yabba-
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Eddy Grant – Only Heaven Knows
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Give me back my love / You've turned it to a poppy show now / But who knows / Only heaven knows / Give me back my love / You've turned it to a poppy show now / But who knows / Only
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Eddy Grant – California Style
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Do it California style (California style) / Oh and then you will stay mine (California style) / Love me like they do on Sunset and Vine (California style) / Love me like they do on
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Eddy Grant – Rock You Good
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You know, girl, I'm gonna rock you good / I'm gonna rock you good / I'm gonna make you feel good tonight / Oh, girl, I'm gonna rock you good / I'm gonna rock you good / I'm gonna
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Eddy Grant – I Love to Truck
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Yeah! / I truck around / Some people say I can't be good for you / I got myself / Too many love affairs to care for you / Oh-whoa-whoa, I love to truck / But even so, my darling, I
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Eddy Grant – Preachin' Genocide
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You're preachin' genocide, ah-ah, ah-ah / You're preachin' genocide, ah-ah, ah-ah / You're preachin' genocide, ah-ah, ah-ah / You're preachin' genocide, ah-ah, ah-ah / Licky-tanga
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Eddy Grant – Miss Tourist
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A tourist dame, I met her the night she came / Well, she curiously asking about my country / She said, "I heard about bacchanal and the Trinidad Carnival / So I want to jump in the
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Eddy Grant – Political Bassa-Bassa
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Political bassa, yeah / Political bassa / Ain't too convinced / It's political bassa-bassa / Political bassa, yeah / Political bassa / Ain't too convinced / It's political bassa-
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Eddy Grant – Ugly Woman
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If you want to be happy and live a king's life / Never make a pretty woman your wife / If you want to be happy and live a king's life / Never make a pretty woman your wife / All
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Eddy Grant – Do You Feel My Love
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You left me with a problem / Now I know what it's all about / You took my heart and split it up / Now you know what it's all about / Do you feel my love / Do you feel it as I
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Eddy Grant – Blood Money
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The British charity organization Oxfam / Yesterday accused the international monetary fund / Of victimizing poor people in / The third world countries by imposing / Austerity
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Eddy Grant – Neighbour Neighbour
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Don't look out at me / From behind your blinds / Come on, now and see / What I am made of / I know you're pretty / And I can feel high / And I can do / Something with you
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AxCx – Eddy Grant
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Eurgh! Agh! / Out in the streets there is violence / And [?] / [?] kickin’ that bitch / [?] / [Outro] / Be right back?
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Eddy Grant – Sugar Bum Bum
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Sugar bum, sugar bum bum / Sugar bum, sugar bum bum / Sugar bum, sugar bum bum / Sugar bum, sugar bum bum / Audrey, where you get dat sugar / Darling, there is nothing sweeter
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Eddy Grant – Hostile Country
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Hostile country / That's all you are to me, lover / You never let me be, lover / Oh, and if you know / Why do you treat me so / I'm beginning to feel bad / Hostile country / That's
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Eddy Grant – Born Tuff
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Doo ba, doo ba, ooh-ooh / Doo ba, doo ba, ooh-ooh / Doo ba, doo ba, ooh-ooh / Doo ba, doo ba, ooh-ooh / I never thought I'd live to see / The way you treated me / You showing me
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Eddy Grant – Kill 'Em with Kindness
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Don't give up / It's no use losing out / Don't get uptight in this moral fight / Just one way to go / Before you fall, think / Your back's against the wall / Zero's to lose and if
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