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Thread started 08/05/08 8:18pm

Tame

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What'z Up with the, "What Do You Want Me 2 Do?" Song Anyway?

What'z Up with the, "What Do You Want me 2 Do?" Song Anyway?

Eye see U picked me out from the crowd
Could it be the way eye play guitar?
Master of the soft, not too loud
One day maybe eye will be a star
Eye see U picked me out like U want something
But shame on U, baby, can't U see this ring?

What do U want me to do girl?
What do U want me to do babe?
What do U want me to do girl?
What do U want me to do babe?

Eye got a woman, U got a man
So we got 2 do what's right
U'd get beheaded in other lands
If eye were in Ur arms 2nite
Quit tryin' to get me under that icy plunder
Boy, Oh Boy, what a scare.

U picked me out of the crowd
And ooh, just so bold and so proud
Dressed like U want everybody 2 just say, "Wow!
Didn't her mama teach her better?"
Ow!!! dressed like that somebody gon' get her. Stop.

I gave away my chemistry book...so I don't know if that's a Benzyne molecule at the bottom of the lyric book or what...any chemists here?

The beheading sounds cruel...sounds like somebody's Daddy would rather not believe his daughter didn't love Prince...and she would be happier in the arms of someone she did love.

The song sounds like a dangerous dilemma...and hey....When Love is at stake...There's no stopping it from surviving...Love does rule on the gameboard of life...whether or not...some hot shot big spender wants to prevent this union...when it isn't even his own...preventing someone else's true love from adhereing...will only seperate them further from theirs....
When will Noah's ark float on the heart's of the people and sink into their minds once and for all....?
Two by Two they come....In the world of DNA...You've got a match. cool
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #1 posted 08/05/08 9:31pm

Twinkly1

I like the guitar playing on this song it's light and flirty.

But I think its about someone who has a crush on the guitar man but she and he are wed to others, hence the possibility of a behedding (adultery). Its temptation and apparently she is dressed rather provacatively.

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Reply #2 posted 08/05/08 9:39pm

ChristopherTra
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Tame said:

What'z Up with the, "What Do You Want me 2 Do?" Song Anyway?

Eye see U picked me out from the crowd
Could it be the way eye play guitar?
Master of the soft, not too loud
One day maybe eye will be a star
Eye see U picked me out like U want something
But shame on U, baby, can't U see this ring?

What do U want me to do girl?
What do U want me to do babe?
What do U want me to do girl?
What do U want me to do babe?

Eye got a woman, U got a man
So we got 2 do what's right
U'd get beheaded in other lands
If eye were in Ur arms 2nite
Quit tryin' to get me under that icy plunder
Boy, Oh Boy, what a scare.

U picked me out of the crowd
And ooh, just so bold and so proud
Dressed like U want everybody 2 just say, "Wow!
Didn't her mama teach her better?"
Ow!!! dressed like that somebody gon' get her. Stop.

I gave away my chemistry book...so I don't know if that's a Benzyne molecule at the bottom of the lyric book or what...any chemists here?

The beheading sounds cruel...sounds like somebody's Daddy would rather not believe his daughter didn't love Prince...and she would be happier in the arms of someone she did love.

The song sounds like a dangerous dilemma...and hey....When Love is at stake...There's no stopping it from surviving...Love does rule on the gameboard of life...whether or not...some hot shot big spender wants to prevent this union...when it isn't even his own...preventing someone else's true love from adhereing...will only seperate them further from theirs....
When will Noah's ark float on the heart's of the people and sink into their minds once and for all....?
Two by Two they come....In the world of DNA...You've got a match. cool

In the end it is all about tempatation, bottom line! I like this jam. This is a song that I think everyone can relate to. Anyone who says they haven't faced temptation like that is lying. Not to say you acted on it, but you were tempted. love
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Reply #3 posted 08/05/08 9:42pm

jonylawson

Tame said:

What'z Up with the, "What Do You Want me 2 Do?" Song Anyway?

Eye see U picked me out from the crowd
Could it be the way eye play guitar?
Master of the soft, not too loud
One day maybe eye will be a star
Eye see U picked me out like U want something
But shame on U, baby, can't U see this ring?

What do U want me to do girl?
What do U want me to do babe?
What do U want me to do girl?
What do U want me to do babe?

Eye got a woman, U got a man
So we got 2 do what's right
U'd get beheaded in other lands
If eye were in Ur arms 2nite
Quit tryin' to get me under that icy plunder
Boy, Oh Boy, what a scare.

U picked me out of the crowd
And ooh, just so bold and so proud
Dressed like U want everybody 2 just say, "Wow!
Didn't her mama teach her better?"
Ow!!! dressed like that somebody gon' get her. Stop.


I gave away my chemistry book...so I don't know if that's a Benzyne molecule at the bottom of the lyric book or what...any chemists here?

The beheading sounds cruel...sounds like somebody's Daddy would rather not believe his daughter didn't love Prince...and she would be happier in the arms of someone she did love.

The song sounds like a dangerous dilemma...and hey....When Love is at stake...There's no stopping it from surviving...Love does rule on the gameboard of life...whether or not...some hot shot big spender wants to prevent this union...when it isn't even his own...preventing someone else's true love from adhereing...will only seperate them further from theirs....
When will Noah's ark float on the heart's of the people and sink into their minds once and for all....?
Two by Two they come....In the world of DNA...You've got a match. cool




christ on a bike-its hardly cryptic is it????
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Reply #4 posted 08/05/08 9:43pm

ChristopherTra
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Funny thing is if you listen to "The Marrying Kind" right after it, sounds like Prince might have acted on that temptation.
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Reply #5 posted 08/05/08 9:48pm

Twinkly1

^^
^^^

Also, I think the lyrics go something like this:

What do you want me 2 do girl?
How do you want me to do it?

No? Yes?

confuse
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Reply #6 posted 08/05/08 11:08pm

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ChristopherTracy319 said:


In the end it is all about tempatation, bottom line! I like this jam. This is a song that I think everyone can relate to. Anyone who says they haven't faced temptation like that is lying. Not to say you acted on it, but you were tempted. love


The chance of such temptation being aimed in my direction (well, when I wasn't single) would be a fine thing..... sad
So look into the mirror, do u recognise some1? Is it who u always hoped u would become, when u were young?
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Reply #7 posted 08/06/08 6:01am

Tame

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Twinkly1 said:

^^
^^^

Also, I think the lyrics go something like this:

What do you want me 2 do girl?
How do you want me to do it?

No? Yes?

confuse


I thought the song, kind of had an "Arthur," feeling to it...
I know the temptation is there...as Prince states..."We have 2 do what's right."

As far as doing what is right is concerned with this kind of dilemma...I believe that honesty is the only way...
If four people are going to get their hearts broken...It should be over the truth of the matter.
The married couples should end their relationships before climbing into other bed's.
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #8 posted 08/06/08 7:30pm

wildgoldenhone
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Tame said:

Twinkly1 said:

^^
^^^

Also, I think the lyrics go something like this:

What do you want me 2 do girl?
How do you want me to do it?

No? Yes?

confuse


I thought the song, kind of had an "Arthur," feeling to it...
I know the temptation is there...as Prince states..."We have 2 do what's right."

As far as doing what is right is concerned with this kind of dilemma...I believe that honesty is the only way...
If four people are going to get their hearts broken...It should be over the truth of the matter.
The married couples should end their relationships before climbing into other bed's.

That's the problem with people's thinking nowadays, are relationships so disposable that when you see someone who tempts you,
that you would hurt someone so that you can fulfill your desires?

When you're married, you go into the marriage with the intent of being together forever and doing what you can to live up to the vows you took.

IMO!

confused
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Reply #9 posted 08/06/08 7:37pm

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wildgoldenhoney said:

Tame said:



I thought the song, kind of had an "Arthur," feeling to it...
I know the temptation is there...as Prince states..."We have 2 do what's right."

As far as doing what is right is concerned with this kind of dilemma...I believe that honesty is the only way...
If four people are going to get their hearts broken...It should be over the truth of the matter.
The married couples should end their relationships before climbing into other bed's.

That's the problem with people's thinking nowadays, are relationships so disposable that when you see someone who tempts you,
that you would hurt someone so that you can fulfill your desires?

When you're married, you go into the marriage with the intent of being together forever and doing what you can to live up to the vows you took.

IMO!

confused

Wow this conversation isn't even fun anymore!
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Reply #10 posted 08/06/08 7:42pm

Tame

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Absolutely Wildgoldenhoney...

However, if someone is tempted, they should confess that they cannot stay faithful, and go to court, and dissolve before attempting another relationship, regardless of it's outcome...
A promise or a vow should be all there.
I am someone that has always kept my word...so I don't know what it's like for those that suffer from temptation.
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #11 posted 08/06/08 7:47pm

wildgoldenhone
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ChristopherTracy319 said:

wildgoldenhoney said:


That's the problem with people's thinking nowadays, are relationships so disposable that when you see someone who tempts you,
that you would hurt someone so that you can fulfill your desires?

When you're married, you go into the marriage with the intent of being together forever and doing what you can to live up to the vows you took.

IMO!

confused

Wow this conversation isn't even fun anymore!

lol
Just sayin'.
But it's the truth. shrug
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Reply #12 posted 08/06/08 7:50pm

Tame

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I think we all make mistakes in our lives with relationships...Or have been in a relationship where a partner has strayed...
Eventually you realize...If you're not with who you desire to be faithful with...stay single.

My first boyfriend was a singer...and he wrote a great song...and in the lyrics it said..."I'd rather be the one that hurts, than the one that does the hurting." I've lived by that emotion... cool
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #13 posted 08/06/08 7:53pm

wildgoldenhone
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Tame said:

I think we all make mistakes in our lives with relationships...Or have been in a relationship where a partner has strayed...
Eventually you realize...If you're not with who you desire to be faithful with...stay single.

My first boyfriend was a singer...and he wrote a great song...and in the lyrics it said..."I'd rather be the one that hurts, than the one that does the hurting." I've lived by that emotion... cool

That's sweet, and sensitive of him.
And I think I live by that motto as well, I internalize my feelings that way. shrug
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Reply #14 posted 08/06/08 8:53pm

Tame

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wildgoldenhoney said:

Tame said:

I think we all make mistakes in our lives with relationships...Or have been in a relationship where a partner has strayed...
Eventually you realize...If you're not with who you desire to be faithful with...stay single.

My first boyfriend was a singer...and he wrote a great song...and in the lyrics it said..."I'd rather be the one that hurts, than the one that does the hurting." I've lived by that emotion... cool

That's sweet, and sensitive of him.
And I think I live by that motto as well, I internalize my feelings that way. shrug


I went and grabbed an old tape of his...and put it on...I haven't listened to the tape in years...He was 18 when he wrote this stuff...and He's in his 40's now..The name of that song is..."What are toungues for." cool

And it goes...

What are tounges for if there isn't any flavor
What is there to hear if it doesn't make sense?
Who is there to love when all you love is money?
If you need an answer it reads in dollars and cents...

I'd rather be the one that hurts
Than the one that does the hurting
But I'd rather be the one that spends
Than the one that gets spent...
lol I think it's funny...and very talented if you hear the piano that goes with it... cool
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #15 posted 08/06/08 9:02pm

wildgoldenhone
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Tame said:

wildgoldenhoney said:


That's sweet, and sensitive of him.
And I think I live by that motto as well, I internalize my feelings that way. shrug


I went and grabbed an old tape of his...and put it on...I haven't listened to the tape in years...He was 18 when he wrote this stuff...and He's in his 40's now..The name of that song is..."What are toungues for." cool

And it goes...

What are tounges for if there isn't any flavor
What is there to hear if it doesn't make sense?
Who is there to love when all you love is money?
If you need an answer it reads in dollars and cents...

I'd rather be the one that hurts
Than the one that does the hurting
But I'd rather be the one that spends
Than the one that gets spent...
lol I think it's funny...and very talented if you hear the piano that goes with it... cool

Cool, thanks for sharing Tame.
cool
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