Janelle Monae

Early each morning he searched for her Til his feet become bloody and tired Her hologram photo stayed near to him Buried deep in the pits of his heart The lock of grey hair that she gave to him Stayed clutched in his fist through the night Dead or alive, she s...

[Verse 1: Janelle Monáe] First, we'll pluck a little here Then, we’ll tuck a little there Then, we'll cut a little loose and apply a little mousse To what seems to be your hair Then, we'll do a little tweeze Then, we’ll do a little more Then, we'll wax,...

[Intro] Hold on, don't fight your war alone Halo around you, don't have to face it on your own We will win this fight Let all souls be brave We'll find a way to heaven We'll find a way [Verse 1] War is old, so is sex Let's play God, you go next Hand...

The only love my heart approaches Your tender eyes fill mine with roses I drink your wine And never will my heart dry inside Or be denied Walking like a lonely fool in Prague Singing a love song and the words I wrote I wrote for two Gentle as a lullaby at ni...

Take me, take my letters, take my photos, take the sun You can take my heart Cause I ain't gonna need it on the run I've been trying to work it out But my words fall right apart baby I'll leave oh, don't you know I can't deal with the hurt anymore Oh ba...

As I search for a home And a place to belong I find it hard to fit in I meet lots of pretty girls In this fantasy world Waiting for their turn to shine So I try to be Cindi, in hopes that they'd notice But I wasn't their cup of tea Its so lonely, when I'm only...

Every five minutes checking my phone Sitting on the edge of my bed Just to see if you called See, I’ve been waiting all day Lately I’ve been acting strange and things Walking around like I’m in a trance Singing silly love songs And that ain’t me at all See I’...

So you think I’m alone? But being alone’s the only way to be When you step outside You spend life fighting for your sanity This is a cold war You better know what you’re fighting for This is a cold war Do you know what you’re fighting for? If you want to be...

Tommy thinks the crazies are back in my mind Tommy says the children are clouding my head When everything is wrong I dance inside my mind That’s when I come alive Like a schizo running wild That’s when I come alive Now let’s go wild We’re kicking at y...

[Intro] You told us we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, and the—and the pursuit of happiness [Verse 1]...

Sorry I ran away Me lost too Sorry I’m in a maze No words due Soar in my dreams In my dreams This stormy sunrise It will die And I’ll be with you, my love… My love…  

Bands that make her dance Apocalyptic now Bands that make her dance Apocalyptic (Woo!) Bands that make her dance Apocalyptic now Bands that make her dance Apocalyptic You're goin' crazy The hitmen always spy you Do that dance! Smokin' in the girls'...

Cyborg, android, d-boy, decoy, water, wisdom, tightrope, vision, insight, stronghold, heartless, ice cold, mystery, mastery, solar, battery Some will pull the gun because they want to be stars Snatching up your life into the blink of an eye And if you see you...

[Verse 1: Janelle Monáe] Dirty computer, walk in line If you look closer you'll recognize I'm not that special, I'm broke inside Crashing slowly, the bugs are in me [Verse 2: Janelle Monáe] Dirty computer, breaking down Picking my face up off the groun...

[Verse 1: Janelle Monáe] Dirty computer, walk in line If you look closer you'll recognize I'm not that special, I'm broke inside Crashing slowly, the bugs are in me [Verse 2: Janelle Monáe] Dirty computer, breaking down Picking my face up off the groun...

This is my palace, champagne in my chalice I got it all covered like a wedding band Wondaland, so my alias is Alice We gon' start a motherfuckin' pussy riot Or we gon' have to put 'em on a pussy diet Look at that, I guarantee I got 'em quiet Look at that...

[Verse 1] Come, let me kiss you right there Wake you up like sunrise On the backs of your thighs I'm gonna pray you this prayer That I keep in my mind As a lovely reminder [Pre-Chorus] Even though you tell me you love me I'm afraid that you just love...

[Verse 1:] Looking out the corner of her eye As she sits alone and drinks her wine Every man just wants to pass her by In hopes that he can catch her eye That glow that’s in her eye Gives you visions in your mind She’s from another space and time That’...

Ooh, you shock it, shake it, baby Electric lady, you're a star You got a classic kind of crazy But you know just who you are You got the look the Gods agree they wanna see All the birds and the bees Dancing with the freaks in the trees And watch the wat...

You, s-since that magic day We've been like magnets in a play We smash in then pull away Every day You, you're a jet, a flying gun You kill me softly with your sun You melt my wings and call it fun I-I should run Faster and faster I should run Faster and fas...

Give me a second I, I need to get my story straight My friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the Empire State My lover she's waiting for me just across the bar My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking bout a scar, and I know I gave it to y...

[Verse 1:] Carry on Ghetto Woman I see you working night to morning light yet no one cares Carry on Ghetto Woman Cause even though they laugh and talk about the clothes you wear I wish they could just realize That all you’ve ever needed was someone to fr...

[Verse 1: Janelle Monae] I am sharper than a razor Eyes made of lasers Bolder than the truth They want me locked up in the system 'Cause I'm on a mission Blame it on my youth Too long I've been out here on my own Now I'm bout to bring it home Like a r...

[Refrain:] Baby, ooh Baby, ooh Baby, ooh Baby, ohh [Verse 1:] Bombs on the floor Smoke in the mirror Girls get their hair done In electric jungles Drunk man comes Stopping the limo He said he got a gun But we keep on jamming on Red, white, and b...

[Verse 1: Janelle Monáe] You're so damn electro-cute (alright) You know you got that juice (yeah) You know you got that juice (uh) You know you got that juice (uh-huh) Now, squeeze all that passionfruit (squeeze) Ain't no one fresher than you (woo, fresh...

Sometimes a mystery, sometimes I'm free Depending on my mood or my attitude Sometimes I wanna roll or stay at home Walking contradiction, guess I’m factual and fiction A little crazy, little sexy, little cool Little rough around the edges but I keep it s...

When I had you to myself I didn't want you around Those pretty faces always made you Stand out in a crowd But someone picked you from the bunch One glance was all it took Now it's much too late for me To take second look Oh baby give me one more chanc...

[Verse 1] I've walked around Just about all my life Slept on park benches Many many nights Even remember the days I had nothing to eat But someone to love me Is all I need [Pre-Chorus] What we gotta do, me and you We have to change our selfish way...

Day and night I find myself Trying to figure out a way to make this work somehow But my emotions always get in the way Of what I really mean to say And it only makes things worse somehow It’s not fair, I wanna be there Where you are Oh it’s – it’s not fair, I...

Verse One Oooh! I got a call today, from my job up the block It was my boss to say, you know we like you a lot But we dont need you J, you daydream too much, Well man Im glad yall let me go! Cause with no 9 to 5, its a brand new day! My rents due but Imma p...

I'm locked inside A land called foolish price Where the man is always right He hates to talk but loves to fight Is that all right? On real cold days He loans us lots of hate But he says that we must pay To take it all away Is that okay? But I'm asking you wi...

[Verse 1] Baby, don’t make me spell it out for you All of the feelings that I've got for you Can't be explained, but I can try for you Yeah, baby, don't make me spell it out for you You keep on asking me the same questions (why?) And second guessing all...

The way you are now You’re never gonna make the bus Even though Everybody’s so impressed You’ve got “Do androids dream of electric sheep?” under your pillow Oh! I saw you spit on London just like you were Peter Pan The way you are now You’re never gonna make...

We're dancing free but we're stuck here underground And everybody trying to figure they way out Hey Hey Hey, all we ever wanted to say Was chased erased and then thrown away And day to day we live in a daze We march all around til' the sun goes down night chi...

Good morning Cyboys and Cybergirls! I’m happy to announce that we have a star-crossed winner in today’s heartbreak sweepstakes. Android number 57821 – otherwise known as Cindi Mayweather – has fallen desperately in love with a human named Anthony Greendown! A...

View a sky without any blue. Breakfast on incandescent, built to chew. Dream to find another world Where a cyborg can love and a cyber girl is still a queen. Chorus Where there's no law, Tying my heart from the start. Where there's no war, if my dreams run a...

This song is for my mama, This song is for you. Hey Mr. President, Tomorrow I’m paying my rent My Fuel is runnin’ low And I’ve got places to go Quit slowin’ me down Can we talk about the education of our children? A book is worth more than a bomb any...

Mushrooms and roses is the place to be (Smells like love to me) Where all the lonely droids and lovers have their wildest dreams (It’s the sound of the…) The golden door of our emotions opens here We’re all virgins to the joys of loving without fear Come swee...

My favorite nothing loved me so And I’d trick him, he’d treat me In the end I let go I never found him worth my time How selfish, when he’d give his life for mine He even tried to make a new start Around the time I said we needed time apart I knew that sticks...

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May this song reach your heart May your ears love the sweet melody Every note, every chord I’ve arranged them for you and for me May the sound of my voice be your guide Bring you closer to me Let us bathe in the noise Let the love in your heart speak to me F...

I hear the drizzle of the rain It’s falling from my window And in the corners of my mind I hope that I’ll get to see you again La da die da die da die da die my friend I heard the colors in the flowers Just like the candle snugged at dawn You’re here,...

- Hello, this is DJ Crash Crash and you are on the air here at WDRD, we are here once again talking about our favorite fugitive, Cindi Mayweather, Electric Lady number one. Caller, you are on the air. - Hello my name is Peggy Lakeshore and I live in Neon Val...

Woo. It's Saturday. I'm bout to go out. Oh, I cannot wait. (I'm getting ready) Just got me a new outfit. So fresh so clean (I'm getting ready) Jump in the shower. Grab my towel and put my V. secrets on. (I'm getting ready) And brush my teeth cuz I'm almost r...

Good morning twilight. Not a star in the sky. Lost without my baby And I just don't know why. A lonely night on Peachtree Clubs are closed (It's only three) Dreary weather on my mind I think it's raining all the time. Visions of you in havana 'round...

Uuuu-uh It’s prime time Uuuuu-uuh Tick-tock, I'm watching the clock I can't wait 'til we get to rock I wanna scream and dream and throw a love parade Is that okay? Tonight it's me and you alone Won't make a call, won't even write a song See I've been...

[Verse 1: Janelle Monáe] Pink like the inside of your, baby Pink behind all of the doors, crazy Pink like the tongue that goes down, maybe Pink like the paradise found Pink when you're blushing inside, baby Pink is the truth you can't hide, maybe Pink l...

I can't believe I love the things they say im about me Walk in the room they throwing shade left to right They be like ooh, she's so fun face And I just tell em, cut me up, and get down They call us dirty 'cuz we break all your rules down And we just ca...

I can't believe I love the things they say about me Walk in the room they throwing shade left to right They be like ooh, she's serving face And I just tell em, cut me up, and get down They call us dirty 'cuz we break all your rules down And we just came...

[Verse 1:] Take me to the river My soul is looking for a word from God Ooh God Like a rose in the cold will I rise I packin my space suit And I’m taking my shit and moving to the moon Where there are no rules Wake up Mary have you heard the news You g...

Love is such a novelty A rarely painted masterpiece A place few people go or ever know An underwater rocket love Exactly what I’m searching for You’re brave enough to go Tell me so… Say you’ll go to nirvana Will you leave Samsara? In the words of Dha...

[Verse 1: Janelle Monáe] I live my life in a magazine I live my life on a TV screen I live my life on birth control I lost my mind to rock and roll [Chorus: Janelle Monáe & Zoë Kravitz] And I, I, I hear the sirens calling And the bombs are falling...

Left the city, my momma she said don’t come back home These kids round’ killin each other, they lost they minds, they gone They quittin’ school, making babies and can barely read Some gone off to their fall, lord have mercy on them One, two, three, four, your...

Sir Greendown Come wake me in the night The dragon wants a bite Of our love The flower and the golden hand Wooden wings and clouds of sand Sir Greendown Let's leave in an hour Meet me at the tower Ride your horse Here the dolphins walk like men Here the cyb...

Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though it's breaking When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by If you smile through your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You'll find the sun come shining through for you Light up your face with gla...

[Verse 1] All the kids run around playing free and fun While the dogs lap around the can Falling down, climbing trees, swimming in the river No life jacket on their backs Daughters sharpen their knives and they hunt for food Others watch their children g...

You can be a star, you can be a star, you can be a star… You’ve got the greatest gift in the world Just believe and you can do it, oh girl As a little girl there were so many things I wanted to be The big stage, the attention of the crowd Had always inspired...

[Verse 1] I'm not the kind of girl you take home to your mama now I tell you no lies (I tell no lies) Your code is programmed not to love me, but you can't pretend Oh, what a surprise Maybe it's lust, maybe it's love, maybe it never ends Ooh, say your go...

Whoaaa Another day I take your pain away Some people talk about ya Like they know all about ya When you get down they doubt ya And when you dip it on the scene Yeah they talkin' bout it Cause they can't dip on the scene Whatcha talk about it T-t-t-talkin' bou...

Monae and Leftfoot Whoaaa Another day I take your pain away Some people talk about ya Like they know all about ya When you get down they doubt ya And when you tippin on the scene Yeah they talkin’ bout it Cause they can’t tip all on the scene with ya Talk ab...

Do do do do do do… What can I do to make you feel secure? Remove all your doubts so that you know for sure That you’re the apple of my eye, boy Fulfill me of my dream Time will show the value of just what you mean to me More precious than silver, yeah – more...

Today I feel so troubled deep inside I wish the tears would roll back in my eyes Will I rise? Oh I'll keep singing songs until the pain goes If loving you means fighting till the end Then I'll fight harder baby just to win And if tomorrow shall come to m...

I'm an alien from outer space (outer space) I'm a cybergirl without a face a heart or a mind (A product of the man, I'm a product of the man) See, see, see, see, see I'm a space girl without a race, On the run 'cause they're here to erase and chase out my line...

I remember, ‘round Autumn time I smell the breeze, I feel the sun Our memories, come back to me The way we used to dance, the way you clapped your hands And I remember the smell of guns War lived in me, but love finally won I've been delayed, I've been d...

We party every night Then we all just walk off in the rain Even angels fight And our wings just keep getting in the way Babe I can't wait Our love's so strong So deep in my heart I've been feeling it all day long Baby don't wait Love's too strong I...

Uh-uh Ooo, hey, hey Yeah, hey, hey What is love if it's not with you? I know when you're alone you feel it too In your arms is where I long to be Cause being with you gives me sanity Hey, ooo, listen to me darling I wake up every morning thinking abo...

'''Janelle (Carlinhos)''' Ooh... What is love if it's not with you? (Sente o ritmo!) I know when you're alone you feel it too (Tá no Rio!) In your arms is where I long to be (Vem brincar com nós!) 'Cause being with you gives me sanity (Welcome to Rio!)...

Early late at night I wander off into a land You can go, but you mustn’t tell a soul There’s a world inside Where dreamers meet each other Once you go it’s hard to come back Let me paint your canvas as you dance Dance in the trees Paint mysteries The magnific...

Let yo booty do that yoga Party at the beach down in Copacabana Sipping Killepitsch, got my black yoga pants on Me and Brittany, we’ve been down in Atlanta Sweating in the club, call me Dirty Diana Flexing like a yogi, drop it down with your hands up Do...

I need to talk to you… Let’s make it last (oh, let’s make it last) Embrace what we talked about Don’t wanna look back And see what I’ve been without Now I’ve made up my mind To make this work with you Cause you and no one else Fills me like you do See my fat...

You – you are my everything You are my everything The reason why I hope and dream You and I are a story untold And now you’re gone and my heart turned cold… Words can’t describe how I feel inside with a heart so scorn Don’t feel sorry for me, don’t you feel g...