Sinéad O’Connor

Featuring: MC Lyte

Songwriter: MC Lyte Spike Holifield Rob Dean John Reynolds Mike Clowes Sinéad O’Connor

Producer: Kevin Moloney Sinéad O’Connor

[Verse 1]
I want your hands on me
What I want, give me
You know I wanna please you
What I wanna do to you

You don't waste no time, do you?
You know I'm looking through you
Why you wanna tease me
I want you to come and please me

[Chorus]
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me

[Verse 2]
You know that I can thrill you
I want you call me to you
I wanna move, will you?
I really wanna feel you

[Chorus]
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me

[Rap: MC Lyte]
Say hello my name is
How my name is
Lyte, lyte, lyte, lyte, lyte
Look look look I'm in the mood for love
Look I'm in the mood for love
Simply because you're near me
Simply because you're near me

I'm not the type of girl to put on a show
'Cause when I say no, yo, I mean no
But when it comes to you
I just can't refuse
I've been around the bush
Give you all types of blues

I love the way you make me feel
I never fight it
And when you are near I get so excited
I want you to love me
And just touch me
Put your hands, put your hands on me

[Bridge]
Put your hands on me
Put your hands on me
Put your hands on me
Put your hands on me
Put your hands on me
Put your hands on me
Put your hands on me

[Chorus]
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me

[Post-Chorus]
Hands, gimme love
Hands, gimme those

I want your
Gimme, yes
Gimme, yes
Aaahhhh

[Chorus]
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me
Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me

[Post-Chorus]
Hands, gimme love
Hands, gimme those

Sinéad O'Connor (who goes by Shuhada' Sadaqat in her private life) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 80s with her album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares to You” in 1990.

O'Connor was discovered in 1985 when Nigel Grainge of Ensign Records saw her band Ton Ton Macoute perform. Although he was not fond of the band’s music, he was impressed by O'Connor’s ‘amazing voice’. Grainge had O'Connor record four songs with Karl Wallinger (World Party) and signed her to his label. O'Connor’s first single was the song “Heroine” which she co-wrote with U2’s guitarist The Edge for the film Captive.

Her debut album The Lion and the Cobra was a sensation when it was released in 1987, reaching gold record status and earning a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination. O'Connor’s debut single “Troy” charted in The Netherlands and Belgium, and “Mandinka”, released in late 1987, cracked the top 20 in the UK and top 30 in three other European countries, helping her album chart well in Europe. Spin Magazine described the album as a “remarkable, still-spine-tingling first record”.

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The Lion and the Cobra

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The Lion and the Cobra (1987)

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