square biz

• 1981 yilindan çok sağlam bir teena marie hiti. tami tamina 6 dakika 24 saniye surer, uzun ama sarkicinin ses performansinin ve bas gitarin resmen zirvelerde gezdigi bir sarkidir.
  
  hee, everybody get up
  
  flash back, who's that dancin' to the latest?
  suave debone, the greatest, ooh, he sure is moving me
  that's what i said though you didn't know yet
  our love is was kismet, soon to be made history
  
  so don't you have no doubt, i'm gonna spell it out
  i'll hip you to the tee that is
  i got the best, the most, baby, from coast to coast
  and i don't wanna boast, but i love you square biz
  
  i'm talkin' square biz to you, baby
  square, square biz
  i'm talkin' love that is
  square, square biz
  
  i'm talkin' square biz to you, baby
  square, square biz
  i'm talkin' love that is
  that is, that is square biz
  
  so shy, whoa, my, had to change that real quick
  had to use a few tricks, you know like my femme fatal
  phase two, me, you dancin' on a cloud
  gonna sing it loud 'cause my love is on the wow
  
  so don't you have no doubt, i'm gonna spell it out
  i'll hip you to the tee that is
  i got the best, the most, baby, from coast to coast
  and i don't wanna boast, but i love you square biz
  
  i'm talkin' square biz to you, baby
  square, square biz
  i'm talkin' love that is
  square, square biz
  
  i'm talkin' square biz to you, baby
  square, square biz
  i'm talkin' love that is
  that is, that is square biz
  
  square biz, square biz
  square biz, i'm talkin' love
  square biz, square biz
  square biz, square biz, i'm talkin' love
  
  phase three, ooh wee, on a love oasis
  joy upon our faces sent from up above
  bombs burst, fireworks, big production thing
  i'm talkin' horns and string, orchestration is my love
  
  so don't you have no doubt, i'm gonna spell it out
  i'll hip you to the tee that is
  i got the best, the most, baby, from coast to coast
  and i don't wanna boast, but i love you square biz
  
  i'm talkin' square biz to you, baby
  square, square biz
  i'm talkin' love that is
  square, square biz
  
  i'm talkin' square biz to you, baby
  square, square biz
  i'm talkin' love that is
  that is, that is, that is square biz
  
  ooh, hey, baby, what's your name?
  ladies call me slick rick, baby
  well, don't be too slick now
  
  i'm talking square biz, talk to me, talk to me
  i'm talking square biz, talk to me, talk to me
  i'm talking square biz, talk to me
  
  i'm talking square biz to you
  i'm talking square biz, talk to me
  i'm talking square biz to you
  
  baby, what's happening? entre vous lady tee
  i've heard a boatload of others ladies' raps
  but they ain't got nothin' on me
  
  i'm less than five foot one, a hundred pounds of fun
  i like sophisticated funk
  i live on don perignon, caviar, fillet mignon
  and you can best believe that's bunk
  here's what i'm talking, baby, square biz, square biz
  
  i've been called casper, shorty, little bit
  and some they call me vanilla child
  but you know that don't mean my world to me
  'cause baby, names can't cramp my style
  
  i love chick chicken and buff's collard greens
  a little hot water corn bread, i love you too cat daddy
  but don't you let that go to your head
  that's what i'm talking, baby, square biz, square biz
  
  you know i like spirituals and rock
  sarah vaughn, johann sebastian bach
  shakespeare, maya angelou
  and nikki giovanni just to name a few
  
  well, i'm wild and peaceful lady tee
  i got to keep my irons in the fire, you see
  i got the point, the scam, the low, the deal
  what you feel? say what
  
  flash back, who's that? flash back
  flash back, who's that? flash back
  
  so don't you have no doubt, i'm gonna spell it out
  i'll hip you to the tee that is
  i got the best, the most, baby, from coast to coast
  and i don't wanna boast, but i love you square biz
  
  i'm talkin' square biz to you, baby
  square, square biz
  i'm talkin' love that is
  square, square biz
  
  i'm talkin' [incomprehensible] to you, baby
  square, square biz
  i'm talkin' love that is, woo
  
  i'm gonna talk about it
  i'm gonna talk my love
  i'm gonna talk about it
  i'm gonna talk my love
  
  i'm gonna hip you to the tee
  the tee, the tee
  what's the tee?
  now you know that's me
  
  flash back, who's that? flash back
  flash back, who's that? flash back
  flash back, who's that? flash back
  flash back, who's that? flash back
  
  i'm gonna talk about it
  i'm gonna talk my love
  i'm gonna talk about it
  i'm gonna talk my love
  
  i'm gonna hip you to the tee
  (everybody's dancing on the tee)
  quit talking square biz
  (everybody's dancing on the tee)
• funky four plus one bu teena marie klasiğine bir sene sonra ^* oldukça sağlam bir cover çekmiş, ancak ne hikmetse bu kayıt o sene piyasaya sürülmeyip rafa kaldırılmış, en sonunda grubun 1999'da çıkardığı toplamasında gün ışığına çıkmıştır. bu versiyonda doug wimbish abimiz bas gitarını jilet gibi slap'leriyle konuşturmakta, skip mcdonald reyiz de seri gitar riff'leriyle kendisine eşlik etmektedir.
• rahmetli teena marie'nin ozone katkılı (motown'a imzalı funk'ın anasını ağlatan bir backing band olanı, mariyahuu mariyahii'yi söyleyenler değil, çamaşır suyu vs. olan da değil) eserlerinden biridir ayrıca. şarkının sonlarına doğru attırdığı rapten whodini'nin magic's wand'inde bahsedilmiştir, zira 1981 senesinde rap attırmak öyle her leydiye nasip olmaz ama lady t'ye nasip olmuştur. şarkıda slick rick mahlasıyla bir diğer muhterem rahmetli rick james'i de duyarız, rahmetle anarız o günleri. aklımıza harlem world, apollo'da yetenek geceleri rollerskate rinkleri gelir ama halbuki ne alaka amk o zamanlar hayatta bile değildik işte hayat biraz da böyledir.