Chrisette Michele

Featuring: Rick Ross

[Rick Ross:]
Love is a powerful word
And you've been on my mind so much, lately
How can I say this?

I'm always late to dinner days
Looking in her face
Marathon love making but she win the race
I live a certain life
It's hard for me to feel I'm safe
Toni Montana money greet the guards at the gate
Greeks and gods on the lawn, on the estate
Versace couches, sandals, candles, and matching plates
This picture's better than Bocciat's greatest endeavor
I'm kissing shorty in the rain but I'm making her wetter

[Chrisette:]
It beats every single time that I see your cell number showing up on my phone
It beats every single time that you're near me
I'm not ready yet, just leave me alone
I feel it deep in my veins, it's trying to say it's ok
But I ain't ready to go
Without my permission my heart is all on a mission
It's got a mind of it's own

[Bridge:]
I say no and my heart just goes wit it
No control, so I'm trying flow wit it
I'm so gone and it shouldn't have told me
Never should have told my heart

[Chorus]
I, I, I'm so, oh, oh, oh in love
(Never should have told my)
I, I, I'm so, oh, oh, oh in love
(And my heart is saying)
Boom Boom clap clap Boom Boom Boom (and my heart is saying)
Boom Boom clap clap Boom Boom Boom
(I never should have told my heart)
I, I, I'm so, oh, oh, oh in love

[Chrisette:]
Pitta, pitta, padda, padda
Everything is scatta scatta
Something is the matter with me
Boom like the radio
Loud like a stereo

This is how my heart beats
It's like a broke record, but I can't eject it feels like it's on repeat
I got new a confession
Love's my new obsession
My heart's talking to me
Said: boom boom boom

[Bridge:]
I say no and my heart just goes wit it
No control, so I'm trying flow wit it
I'm so gone and it shouldn't have told me
Never should have told my heart

[Chorus:]
I, I, I'm so, oh, oh, oh in love
(Never should have told my)
I, I, I'm so, oh, oh, oh in love
(And my heart is saying)
Boom Boom clap clap Boom Boom Boom (and my heart is saying)
Boom Boom clap clap Boom Boom Boom
(I never should have told my heart)
I, I, I'm so, oh, oh, oh in love

[Rick Ross:]
I'm chilling court side, Jordan six rings
You know we court side till we get our 6 rings
We both on common ground, it ain't a big thing
But when we come around they make it a big thing
Still on the block in that drop chicken box
They asking "what that is?" "is that a different watch?"
When I'm stunt mode, I gotta let the city watch
Or it's the clear pore jet to a chillin spot

[Chorus]
I, I, I'm so, oh, oh, oh in love
(Never should have told my)
I, I, I'm so, oh, oh, oh in love
(And my heart is saying)
Boom Boom clap clap Boom Boom Boom (and my heart is saying)
Boom Boom clap clap Boom Boom Boom
(I never should have told my heart)
I, I, I'm so, oh, oh, oh in love
[x2]

While most recognized for her featured artist contributions, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Chrisette Michele has produced a #1 album and numerous Billboard-charting records to her own credit. Born Chrisette Michele Payne on December 8, 1982 in Central Islip, New York, she grew up in a church-heavy household in Patchogue, New York, and her life as a performer began early as she sang with the choir of her parents' church congregation. After a high school teacher gave her a CD to Astrud Gilberto’s “The Girl From Ipanema”, her first exposure to secular music, she enrolled vocal performance programs at Five Towns College, where she would study Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, and Frank Sinatra as models for her career prior to her graduation.

At the same time, Chrisette began showcasing within small-scale New York City venues, including at the Village Underground club in 2006, where she was discovered separately by India.Arie, who offered her an opening act role on the Testimony Tour, Vol. 1, and by representatives of Island Def Jam Records, where she would eventually sign under the direction of L.A. Reid. By the next year she had scored featured artists credits on records alongside Jay-Z, Nas, and Kanye West and her debut album, I Am, was released with strong success. Most of her first effort consisted of music Chrisette had begun recording or writing prior to signing to Def Jam; with assistance from John Legend, Salaam Remi, and Babyface, the album earned a Gold certification, topped at #5 in the R&B/Hip Hop chart, and a Top 30 spot in the Billboard 200. Her Grammy came from the song “Be Ok”, featuring Will.I.Am, for ‘Best Urban/Alternative Performance’ in 2009.

After opening up for Kem and Angie Stone on their tours, Chrisette co-headlined The Art of Love Tour with Raheem DeVaughn and opening artist Solange Knowles in 2008. She took on more features and songwriting gigs with The Roots, Ghostface Killah, The Game, and Wale, solidifying her growing hip hop fan base in time for her second album, Epiphany on May 5, 2009, which is still her best-selling album to date. It debuted at #1 with 83,000 first-week sales, knocking over Bob Dylan’s Together Through Life from the top of the Billboard chart. With major production or assistance from Ne-Yo and Darkchild, the singles “Epiphany” and “Blame It On Me” took over urban radio and made her one of Def Jam’s top artists. In 2010, as she completed her first solo headlining tour, The Epiphany Tour, she was featured on the Rick Ross hit “Aston Martin Music” with fellow singer-songwriter Drake, another Top 30 release and her best-selling feature to date. Her next album, Let Freedom Reign came out on November 30 of that same year and was Chrisette’s third consecutive Top 30 Overall/Top 10 R&B/Hip Hop Billboard album.

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