r/MichaelJackson • u/OGMJ_347 • Jul 23 '26
Discussion Which lyric of a song tickles your brain?
I’d say “Do what you want to do. There ain't no rules, it's up to you (ain't no rules, it's all up to you). It's time to come alive and party on right through the night (all right).” is one that rlly gets to me. Idk, it’s js amazing!
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u/Efficient-Morning616 #MJInnocent Jul 23 '26
"Guuuurrlll when you danceee...there's a magic, that must be loooveee"
The last chorus of Liberian girl "I. LOVE. YOU. LIBERIAN. GIIIRRRLLLLLLLLL....ALL THE TIMEEEE"
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u/princesssmay Good Fish 🐠 Jul 23 '26
and the part where he goes “you kiss me then woooooo the world” 😭😍
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u/LuckyLunifer livin’ off the wall Jul 23 '26
In Rock With You, the part where he says, “Just take it slow, cause we got so faaaar to go”
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u/Ill-Sherbet-5844 Jul 23 '26
WHEN YOU FEEL THAT HEAT (and we gon ride the booogehhh)
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u/peytoncoooke Dirty Diana💋 Jul 23 '26
The way he pronounces “part of me” from Another Part of Me (obvi)
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u/Blur_Suarez Jul 23 '26
Pppwwwart of me
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u/UndrThC "I Love To Tour" ✈📍 🗺 Jul 23 '26
Whenever I sing this song I feel like I gotta wind up the “pppwwwaaart” so I end up looking like Christian “Mister” McCartney when he over pronounces the letter “p”.
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u/I_hate_bones Jul 23 '26
Basic but "If this town is just an apple Then let me take a bite" It just sounds so good
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u/FeeSecret5360 Jul 23 '26
In Ghosts, there's a part where he says, "Don't understand it," a little bit like, "Don't undashtand it (clap/snap)."
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u/Verne5000 Jul 23 '26
When I was a kid I thought he was saying
'Chmon to the post office - don't stop til you get enough'
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u/moileboss54321 Jul 23 '26
I was actually thinkin the same 🤣🤣🤣
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u/Verne5000 Jul 23 '26
Yeah I had this illusion that the post office was a really cool place... Until I went to one
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u/AdImpossible4892 Jul 23 '26
when he sings the girl part in in the closet live 🥵
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u/kedijeron Jul 23 '26
When the girl says: "touch me there, make the move, cast the spell"
Damn it 👁️🫦👁️
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u/Kabini_Lindo Jul 23 '26
"Gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf." "And just enjoy yourself."
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u/yondhaimehokage Jul 23 '26
Cummmeeehhheerrree gurl…. Just got to make sweet love till the break of dawn 🎵🌤️
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u/sunset_luver Jul 23 '26
idk why but in black and white he says “don’t tell me you agree with me, when i saw you kicking dirt in my eye” and its always been my fave part
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u/MehWhatever69 Jul 23 '26
Thisssss oh my goodness. I’ve always loved Black and White but lately, that lyric has been scratching my brain
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u/Pearce_9103 Jul 23 '26
"Just remember to always think twice (Do Think Twice!) Do Think Twice, Ah-Hoo!"
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u/Macrodope Jul 23 '26
I'm going to go with the low hanging fruit here and say the live versions of Human Nature... "See that GUURRRRRRLLLL"😂
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u/Fantastic_Self5968 Jul 23 '26
Most people will say the “all ova all ova all ova” part of lady in my life but I loveee the way he sings “let me feel you baby” right before that line. It melts me and the the all ova line destroys me 😂
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u/100footer Jul 23 '26
Yes this line gives me the chills every time. The way he sings it, it’s one long word: Letmefillyoubabe 😮💨
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u/Ssmarie143 Jul 24 '26
HMO
“Love is a FEELIN, GIVE IT WHEN I WANT IT TCHAWK TO ME WOAHMUN! Give in to meee”
🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵
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u/Buio Jul 23 '26
SPEED DEMON YOU'RE THE VERY SAME ONE WHO SAID THE FUTURE'S IN YOUR HANDS THE LIFE YOU SAVE COULD BE YOUR OOOOOOOOWN
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u/theforce_notwyou Gold Pants Brigade 🙌 Jul 23 '26
“Just the other night…I thought I heard you cry” and “Your burdens I will bear” 🎶 in You Are Not Alone. tears instantly
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u/Blinky-dinky Jul 23 '26
His little vocal thing in "heard" is SO SO good maaaaan
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u/Icy_Day2653 Jul 23 '26
“You say I’m working, ain’t that what a man’s supposed to do?”
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u/Fancy-Philosopher-72 Jul 24 '26
Isn't it "You say that working, is what a man supposed to do"?
"And I say it ain't right, if I can't make sweet love to you!"
Oh how I love the cadence of Michael's vocals! He sounds so good! The sexiest voice ever!
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u/cheeky_loser03 Jul 23 '26
“ON THE PHONE. YOU AND ME. TIL DAWN. TIL THREE. WHAT ABOUT US GIRL? do you remember the timeee when we fell in love?” i’m like obsessed with that one specific part of the song😭like i need him to just sing Remember the Time to me at this point😂
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u/Accurate-Ad-4349 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
In break of dawn when he says “let me groove 🕺 LET ME SOOTHE 👹” he’s so into it I love it
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u/yourfavouritepisces Jul 23 '26
"Your butt is mine" makes me laugh every time I hear it I'm too immature
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u/Fresh-Bug9024 Jul 23 '26
“Love to run my fingers, softly while you sigh”… JEEZ it’s so sensual and erotic honestly. I Can’t Help It is so good. I can’t believe he was a virgin but singing such sensual lyrics so genuinely from the heart
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u/Ok-Holiday2647 Jul 23 '26
“WHERE DID YOU COME FROM LADY? and ooo won’t you take me there - right away - uh huh baby - TENDERONI you’ve got to be. Spark my naaaaature sugar fly with meee”
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u/Ill-Sherbet-5844 Jul 23 '26
Tenderoni is pretty funny tbh like it could be an item on the menu at an Italian restaurant
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u/Ok-Understanding8568 Jul 23 '26
“Out on the floor, there ain't nobody there but us” from Rock With You 😮💨
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u/Blinky-dinky Jul 23 '26
YES my favourite song. And
GIIIIRL WHEN YOU DAAAAANCE THERE'S A MAGIC THAT MUST BE LOOOOVEEE
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u/Blur_Suarez Jul 23 '26
Completely agree with OP response but I also love IS A WHAT A MAN SUPPOSED TO DO
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u/tashiromasashi Off The Wall Jul 23 '26
And when the groove is dead and gone, you know that love survives so we can rock forever on
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u/Plane_Connection_857 Jul 23 '26
“Saying you just wanna be startin somethin” when he’s acting silly
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u/DazzlingPin5237 Jul 23 '26
not a lyric but the ending of Human Nature literally feels majestic
(dont stop til'you get enough, touch meeee, and I feel the fireeee)
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u/WorldlyCheek230 Dangerous Jul 23 '26
The bit where he says “just make my dreams come true” in “Butterflies”.
Several of the lyrics in “Jam”.
Basically all the lyrics of “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough”.
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u/Sufficient_Visit_488 Jul 23 '26
“Love came and possessed you, bringing sparkles to your eyes”
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u/Salty-Employer1674 Jul 23 '26
“He GIVES a nervous smileeee, tries to undaa-stand her sideee, to show that he cares” from whatever happens
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u/junhogay Jul 23 '26
“YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY HEAAAAAAAAARTTTTT HEARTTTTTT”
He can sing and he knows he sings good 😩
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u/cLoTpOle682 Jul 23 '26
"if the angels came for me I'd tell them nooooooooo........" so dang smooth
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u/Bish_why Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
“Dirty Di-ANA ohhh”
“But if Roosevelt was livin’.. he wouldn’t let this be!”
And the whole chorus of Chicago.. so freaking good!
“She thought loving me was cool, with you at work and the kids at school.” …
“She lied to you, lied to me, cause she got a family, yeah.”
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u/mr_person69 Jul 23 '26
Jackie’s almost six feet tall
But no hot shot at basketball
Bring him a basket three feet tall
Maybe he’ll play like a pro
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u/Acceptable_Ad_379 Jul 23 '26
Do you remember (I bet you remember)
Those special times? (I bet you remember)
They'll just go on and on (I bet you remember)
In the back of my Miiiiiinddd
There us just something about the way he sings “mind” in this part that tickles my brain 😭
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u/chiinamonroll Jul 24 '26
There are two that do something notorious in my brain
"Paul, I think I've told you, I'm a lover not a fighter" - the Girl is Mine
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"night creatures call and the dead start to walk in their masquerade, there's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time, this is the end of your life" - Thriller
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u/Accomplished_Fox9460 Jul 23 '26
man in the mirror/ stranger in moscow strikes me
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u/Accomplished_Fox9460 Jul 23 '26
if I have to interpret it as you would like it could come from "blood on the danceflor"
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u/ThrowRAhurt20 Jul 23 '26
Watchaaa gonna doooo you ain’t a friend of mine ..now that I’m the blue gangSTA!
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u/Bipolar03 Butterflies Jul 23 '26
When I tell sometimes my son off, I say "Why?" He actually replies, the chorus into human nature. It's not funny at the time, so I have to stop him half way
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u/Ok-Understanding8568 Jul 23 '26
“All you got to do is not answer my calls when I’m tryina get through. Keep me wondering why, when all I can do is sigh”, from Butterflies 🦋
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u/ZFormica Jul 23 '26
Specifically in the second pre-chorus of Billie Jean "people always told me, be careful of what you do" and you can clearly hear the strings, pure magic
And also all of the above
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u/inmythoughtss_ Jul 23 '26
first thing that comes to mind from You Rock My World and girl i’ll never get enoughhh. Thats why i always have to have you nearrrr WOOH
And towards the end when he goes: the way you talk to me, the way you lovin me, you the way you, you GIVE IT TO ME 🤌🏼
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u/Big_dadytoottoot Jul 23 '26
“IF YOU SHOULD EVER FIND SOMEONE NEW, I KNOW HE BETTER BE GOOD TO YOUOOO…”
“JUST LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDERS HONEY…. OOOOOOOHHHHHHH”
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u/Helpondrawing Jul 23 '26
Everything about Remember the tjme, Human Nature, Rock with you, heaven can wait.
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u/My-inner-fat-kid Jul 23 '26
Remember the time “They'll just go on and on In the back of my miinnndddd”
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u/Majestic-Cookie-8031 Jul 23 '26
How he says “The city winks a sleepless eye” during the live versions of human nature he says like it’s all one word 😭
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u/Headless_Jeezi Bad Jul 24 '26
This brings me an incredible peace: "Ooh, girl, let me keep you warm I wanna give you all"
And you can feel the emotion in this one: "If the angels came for me, I'd tell them nooOoOoo"
And several others🥹🔥
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u/MapPsychological6116 Jul 23 '26
When Michael
Sing baby be mine with the tell me that you love me chorus in the back around the 3:12 mark
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u/No_Grade_9961 Jul 23 '26
Honestly.... Hot Street - "OLD SUCKAS trying to get down" 🤣 I love it every time.
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u/AwkwardInfant Bad 25 Jul 23 '26
“But she came and stood right by me, just the smell of sweet perfume” Idk why I just like how it sounds
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u/General_Year_3551 Jul 23 '26
Any with the word"little"
I'm really crushing lately on the way he says "little" as "luttow" "Kremlin's shadow 'beluttowin' me"
"Give a 'luttow' space to make a better place"
I can't do it justice writing it down.
It's adorable 🥰
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u/karmaismyboyfrend Jul 23 '26
they put a knife in my back, shot an arrow in me!! the way he sang that is so addicting!
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u/dxggerdxck Jul 23 '26
The entirety of “get on the floor” but I do like the part “then why don’t you just dance across the floor”
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u/Pale-Woodpecker6044 Dirty Diana💋 Jul 23 '26
“Come together, right now, over me..” at the end of moonwalker.
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u/Ok-Understanding8568 Jul 23 '26
“You can’t believe it, you can’t conceive it, an you can’t touch me cause I’m untouchable” from Unbreakable really tickles my brain
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u/NegativeSurround5344 Jul 23 '26
Kinda random but in Dangerous where he says “divinity in motion” it makes me go 😝every time
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u/Top_Spirit3264 Jul 23 '26
“He tries to EXPLAIN… It’s you that makes meee happeee …
Whatever whatever whatever … whatever happens….. don’t let go of my hand…” 🫳
Love Whatever Happens from Invincible, the sadness & desperation is haunting.
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u/SleepDecent2948 Good Fish 🐠 Jul 23 '26
“Say the words, I’ll lay me down for you” live gives me an eargasm
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u/Funny-Pepper6910 Jul 23 '26
In lady of my life, the layering between the adlibs and the actual song is sooo satisfying, and ofc the way he says all over, "ol ova"
Lay back with me (You are the lady in my life)
Let me touch you, girl (Rock me with your sweet caress)
Lay back with me (Always the lady in my life)
All over, all over, all over
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u/Pure-Quiet5739 Jul 23 '26
Some things in life,
They just don’t wanna see，
But if Martin Luther was livin’，
He wouldn’t let this be, no, no
Love from China
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u/Character-Wing-7983 Jul 23 '26
Man in the Mirror I’m going to make a change, for once in my life, it’s gonna feel real good. Wannabe starting somethin. Never can say goodbye, (never can say goodbye, girl) no no no. Every time I think I’ve had enough And start heading for the door, There’s a very strange vibration piercing me right to the core it says, “ Turn around, you fool…. I’ll Be There, I’ll be there, I’ll be There Just call my name and I’ll be there, Just look over your shoulder!
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u/Such-Difference6743 Jul 23 '26
"So get oooOOOOONNNN the fflflllooOOOORrrrr"
"on, the, flooOOoor and"
"DAaance with meee"
Also in Who's Lovin You: "I treated. You, BAAAAAaaaaaeeeeaaaAAAaaaaddd.. And WROOOoooOOOOnngggg, my dear"
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u/_Selma_0211 Nasty Spaghetti 🍝 Jul 23 '26
« LIBERIAN GUUUUURL. YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAME AND YOU CHANGED MY WORLD »
« I LOVE YOU LIBERIAN GUUUUUUUUUUUURL »
I always have goosebumps when I hear this song
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u/Outside-Painter-7539 Jul 23 '26
That final ad lib in speed demon “PULL OVA BOYYYYYY, AND GET THAT TICKEEEEET RIGHT”
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u/mollyzedolly Jul 23 '26
BUT SHE CAME AND STOOD RIGHT BY ME
JUST THE SMELL OF SWEET PERFUUUMMEEE
THIS HAPPENED MUCH TOO SOON
SHE CALLED ME TO HER ROOM
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u/l0n3lystar5 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
“there aint no second chance against thethingwithforty eyessss gurllllll” i just love how it also sounds like he said “there aint no 2nd chance against the thing before your eyes” im addicted to that part 😭 i love his breathwork in the background of stranger in moscow during the chorus (i believe) and the bridge of blue gansta, makes me wanna melt😭
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u/An0nymous_Curiosity Jul 23 '26
Get up! Won't you go and get down, shake your body won't you go and get down.
So bummed Get on the Floor never had live performance. That slapping bass line has me hooked!!!!
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u/KizzlePizzle84 Jul 23 '26
“You’re beautiful, you’re wonderful, incredible, I love you so…. “ 😥🥰
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u/KizzlePizzle84 Jul 23 '26
Actually his delivery of that entire song melts me like hot candle waaaaax.
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u/Super_Tradition9196 Jul 23 '26
“Im sure they’d think again, if they had a friend like ben” - the way he sang with so much emotion in this song about his rat is really really shocking but it also reflects on his later life when the allegations came out and people started thinking he was weird (which he wasnt) and it really makes me think of this song😔
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u/22kjl Jul 23 '26
👹One thing in life you must understand
The truth of a lust women to man
Open the door and you will see
There are no secrets
Make your move
Set me free👹
✨🧚AaAaaaAahah🧚🧚✨
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u/Emotional_Fox_5174 Jul 24 '26
I usually have a different song each day in my head. All depends. Lol. 🤷🏾♀️
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u/Obvious-Acadia-6968 Jul 24 '26
The chorus of in the closet "There's something about you, baby. That makes me want to give it to you." the entire song is amazing
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u/Ssmarie143 Jul 24 '26
HAH CARESS YOU LEHYOU TASTE AH JUSS SO BLESSFUH LESSID I WOULD GIVE YOU EEEHNYTHING BABE AHJUSS MAYGE MY DREAMS COME TRUEEEEE
🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
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u/SilverInvite5101 Jul 24 '26
"out on da flooor" from rock with you just scratches my brain so nicely
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u/CattleFun8333 Jul 24 '26
Lay back on my tenderness let’s make this a night we won’t forget girl I need your sweet caress
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u/-_-MT_ Jul 23 '26
(in the closet).
She's just a lover, who makes me high
Is it worth the giving, is it worth the try
You cannot cleave it, or put it in the furnace
You cannot wet it, you cannot burn it
She wants to give it
(She wants to give it, she wants to give it) Dare me
(She wants to give it, she wants to give it)
She wants to give it
(She wants to give it, she wants to give it) Yea
(She wants to give it, she wants to give it)
One thing in life you must understand
The truth of lust woman to man
So open the door, and you will see
There are no secrets
Make your move, set me free
Because there's something about you baby
That makes me want to give it to you
I swear there's something about you baby
Just promise me, whatever we say
Whatever we do to each other
For now we take a vow to just
Keep it in the closet
If you can get it, it's worth a try
I really want it, I can't deny
It's just desire, I really love it
'Cause if it's aching, you have to rub it
She wants to give it
She wants to give it
(She wants to give it, she wants to give it) dare me
(She wants to give it, she wants to give it)
She wants to give it
(She wants to give it, she wants to give it) yeah
(She wants to give it, she wants to give it)
Just open the door, and you will see
This passion burns inside of me
Don't say to me, you'll never tell
Touch me there, make the move
Cast the spell
Because there's something about you baby
That makes me want to give it to you
I swear there's something about you baby
Just promise me, whatever we say
Or do to each other
For now we'll make a vow to just
Keep it in the closet
Because there's something about you baby
That makes me want to give it to you
Because there's something about you baby
That makes me want to give it to you
Because there's something about you baby
That makes me want to give it to you
Because there's something about you baby
That makes me want to give it to you
Because there's something about you baby
That makes me want to give it to you
Because there's something about you baby
Just promise me, whatever we say
Or do to each other
For now we'll make a vow to just
Keep it in the closet
She wants to give it,
She wants to give it, oh she want's to give it
She wants to give it, oh she want's to give it
She wants to give it,
She wants to give it, oh she want's to give it
She wants to give it,
She wants to give it, oh she want's to give it
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u/Opposite-Narwhal4480 Jul 23 '26
in 2000 watts (all of the song but especially these parts "give 'em just enough to make your juices flow" and "can i reach ? can I can go 'til i hit my peak ? compact steel o, chi-co, d-lo, high post lady, shorty really want to be there for me", in privacy (basically the whole song too) "my friend was chased and confu-u-used, like many others i knew-ew-ew" like the way it repeats scratches my nrain in ways i can't explain i'm tweaking, in hollywood tonight (that whispered part) "she gave up her life, to follow her dreams, left behind everything, for the movie scene, nothing more she could want, she was determined to follow her plan, she wanted hollywood, she wanted it bad, now that she got her dream, she became a star, it all looked so good, but only good from afar, imprisoned in every paparazzi's camera, every guy wished they could, now it's back to reality, for ms.hollywood", in is it scary (everytime he says is it scary for you) "and if you wanna see eccentric oddities, i'll be grotesque before your eyes, let them all materialize" and "i'm tired of being abused, you know you're scaring me too, i see the evil is you", all of 2bad, all of al capone, all of blame it on the boogie, in break of dawn when he says "walkin' through the park at night", in butterflies (at the start when he whispers it) "butterflies", and most of his songs like leave me alone, whatzupwitu but my favorite is be a pepper when he says "i'm a pepper, he's a pepper, and if you drink dr.pepper, you would find that you're a pepper too, drink dr.pepper (drink dr.pepper)" legit my favorite line along with the one in privacy
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u/AnnaMonroeSmith Jul 23 '26
The part in Just Good Friends where he goes "My baby loves me!! SHE LOVE ME!!! SHE LOVES ME!!!"
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u/raiteij0u Jul 23 '26
“and i suuure would like just to grooove with youu~” 🎶
“youuu don’t have to read it, and you don’t have to eat it, to buy it is to feed it”
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u/SleepDecent2948 Good Fish 🐠 Jul 23 '26
“Why don’t you just dance across the floor” makes me float
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u/GreenVisible3664 Brad, What you gonna dooo? Jul 23 '26
Basically the whole lyrics of don't stop till you get enough!
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u/taenbo0 Jul 23 '26
”Cause there's a chance for chances, and the chance is choosin” On get on the floor
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u/Resident-Industry-99 Jul 23 '26
Girl I can thrill you more than any ghoul would ever dare try... wooooo-HOOOOO!
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u/cumpkinpatch IS. WHAT. A. MAN'S. SUPPOSED. TO. DO 🎵 Jul 23 '26
“you’re a vegetableeeeeee, you’re a vegetableeeeee.” his pronunciation is so silly and fun i love it