❶ MERGZ INTRO music & text by Scott P. Allen hello, how you doin’, you feelin’ alright? OH YEAH! oh cool, well you sho’nuff lookin’ good LOOKIN’ GOOD NOW! CHECK THIS OUT BABY now i know you said that you did AW I KNOW I SAID THAT I DID and i know i said that i wouldn’t AW I KNOW YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULDN’T but anyway ANYWAY what i’d like to say is uh, we both did even though we knew we shouldn’t YES WE DID, YES WE DID, YES WE DID, YES WE DID yeah well, it all comes down to the same thing SAME THING RIGHT
whatever you do, however you do it whoever you do it with wherever you do it it’s like whatever you do, however you do it whoever you do it with, wherever you do it you gots to be REAL COOL AND FUNKY
(hook) JAMM! JAMM AW YES… EVERYBODY JAMM JAMM AW YEAH… EVERYBODY JAMM JAMM AW YES… EVERYBODY JAMM JAMM AW YEAH… YALL JUST WATCH ME JAMM
that’s alright now EVERYTHING IS COOL don’t you worry ‘bout a thang let me get a little bit closer to you baby A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO YOU… A LITTLE BIT CLOSER aw i’m comin’ comin’ aww jamm! (hook)
don’t you worry ‘bout a thang i’m gonna get a little bit funkier and cooler for you huh for you so whatever you do, however you do it whoever you do it with, wherever you do it whatever you do it for you gots to be REAL COOL AND FUNKY JAMM!
❷ freedom music & texts by Scott P. Allen dear mr. president great great men [great men] have died [have died] died for you & me so we could live [to live] live our [our lives] life’s in harmony yet still exists [exists] too many [today] lands out there today where voices fight [voices] for the right [no right] to say what’s on their minds >when we talk about freedom we talk about speech shootin’ the breeze on a talked about beach when we yap about money we yap about cash, goin’ on & on ‘bout how it don’t last but when i take a second take a step back and look around the place and see where we really at ain’t no need to complain don’t over-react gotta know where the suffering’s really at what’s in their hearts and in their souls, a people as proud as it is old, got to give it up when will it end [when will it end] this endless wrong whole races [races] deprived [deprived] of house and home there’s got to be got to be [there’s got to be] a brighter day when those silly ideas are thrown away HEY! >well he said she said everybodies runnin’ their mouth ‘bout how much we got but we could do without, put your money where your mouth is mix it up and stop caring ‘bout yo’ own biz gettin’ hotter by the day, mother nature’s ‘bout to blow us all away [boom! do the right thing!] we all know what to do... how ‘bout you!? what’s in their hearts and in their souls, a people as proud as it is old, we’ve got to stop oppression, injustice, create a way to break the system which is discusting (hook X 2) you gotta give them givem wut they want givem wut they need givem wut they oughtta have gotta give them FREEDOM givem what dey want, givem what dey need, givem what dey want what dey oughtta have… join our voices let’s show how we feel join our voices, this feelin’s for real (hook X 2) gotta give them FREEDOM
❹ NADDADITZ SAFE 2B FUNKY music & texts by Scott P. Allen
❸ I WANNA BIOMAN music & texts by Scott P. Allen do you think you can explain what it is that makes a man irresistible and make it plain my hair is long clothes ain’t too sharp but i can promise every bit of heart so, why not baby take all of me instead excuse baby if i seem to bold i’m only veryfing what i’ve been told can’t you see i wanna be, i got to be, if you let me (hook) I’M WANNA BIOMAN (be your man) x 3 minute after minute, hour after hour day after day forever feelin’ this way and cause i’m feelin’ for ya, I see ya in my futur THAT IS MY MASTER PLAN can’t stop it cause i’m in it, wanna be good to ya now do you think you can explain what it is that makes a man irresistible and make it plain ooh i’d like for you to say how it is you’d like to play the dating game do you think it strange even birds and bees can do it anywhere they feel it you and me we can do a totally natural thing excuse if i seem to bold i’m veryfing what i’ve been told can’t you see i wanna be, i wanna be, (i got to!) (hook) wait a minute now i’m a little shy and sometimes i’m even quite timid you just don’t know how much i wanna take you to the limit baby let me bring it down to you this way and i know you hear what i’ve gotta say as hmm as you are, we’d go so far cause you’re smart, you’re sexy, everything that i dream of a walking miracle you are baby the 8th, 9th and 10th wonder baby if i had my way, satin sheets we’d be under you set my heart and soul on fire cause you’re my hearts one and only desire only you can take me higher, take me higher, yeah
(NADDADITZ) now that it’s safe to be funky (NADDADITZ) now that it’s hip to be cool (NADDADITZ) now that it’s cool to be black.... it’s international HISTORY you got to have it SERIOUSLY it’s stone cold GOT TO GIVE IT UP tell me what it is IT AIN’T DONALD DUCK it’s terrifyin’ ELECTRIFYIN’ dynamitin’ AND WE AIN’T LYIN’ it’s ageless IT’S TIMELESS we hittin’ hard AAAWW SLAMMIN’! (hook) (NADDADITZ) now that it’s safe to be funky (NADDADITZ) now that it’s hip to be cool (NADDADITZ) now that it’s cool to be black without being labled anti this or that i tried to tell’em ‘bout this thing, but the folks wouldn’t listen to still it ain’t to late to get with it, jump to the groove and move ah you can’t stop the funk now you really want the funk now you really need the funk now just the funk and it’s booty bumpin’ FOOT STOMPIN’ heart breakin’ LOVE POMPIN’ it’s dangerous BUT IT’S A MUST check it out now, everybody say ah ah ah you can’t stop the funk now you really want the funk now you really need the funk now just the funk and it’s ass kickin’ MEZMERISIN’ it’s death defyin’ WALL BUSTIN’, it’s roof raisin’ PARTY RAVIN’ it’s time stopin’ FINGER POPIN’, it’s bass boomin’ SPINE GROOVIN’ can’t stop the funk now > can’t stop the funk now you really need the funk now (hook) naddaditz safe 2b funky, funky, funky [COOL] naddaditz hip to be cool [FUNKY] cool and funky naddaditz safe 2b funky [COOL] funky, funky naddaditz hip to be cool [FUNKY] [FUNKY] now you talkin’bout the rythm it’s a hit yeah you want it real funky yes y’all do you know you talkin’bout the rythm it’s a hit yeah you want it real funky yes y’all do whatever you do you gots to be funky COOL funky COOL cool FUNKY cool FUNKY funky COOL (i got to have it, got to have, it really need) WHATEVER YOU DO YOU GOTS TO BE FUNKY! cool>FUNKY>cool>Funky> FUNKY>COOL>FUNKY >Funky>cool>funky>FUNKY>COOL>funky>cool>FUNKY!
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730
luvalive
music & texts by Scott P. Allen
music & texts by Scott P. Allen
ya know it’s been well long enough since last time we met knowin’ that tonite we gonna make it right
i wish i was on a rocket ship goin’ far far away to a distant place in this galaxy just to get away from humans and all mankind people like you and me, when the man was workin’ on this whole lot, i wonder what was on his mind
ya know it’s been well long enough since last time we met because i’m feelin’ all rite, because i’m feelin’ all rite ah yeah
you gots to be REAL COOL AND FUNKY
got to the club started settin’ up, found out that i forgot all my cables & the mike been home & back, walked through the door saw you settin’ there, you was lookin’ me straight in the eye, so i looked you straight in the face felt so good, felt so good, felt so good
i didn’t have the time to say hello the boss lady said i should go and finish settin’ up (say it one more time now) i didn’t have the time to say hello, the boss lady said i should go and finish small talk… barely skimmin’ the head of what needs to be heard
kicked off the first set satisfied kicked off the first set satisfied you were in my kicked off the first set satisfied you were in my vision you were in my in my the evenin’s over, itz time to say goodbye you thank me for the songs, you show yo’preciation show that you care, you show that you feel for me itz like i’m in there
well we know the truth of you & I, ‘bout that look that’s in our eyes can’t escape, just the way it is, we just say it, but we know it’s true I’LL BE THERE BY 730, I’LL BE THERE BEFORE YOU START cause i know you love me, just like i love you don’t try to hide it, cause you can’t deny it
hmmm, whoa, hmmm, whoa well how many years have man been here on this third planet from the sun, creating everything his heart desires but still not havin’ fun wishing upon a miracle star, won’t remove those man made scares. looking to go to venus or mars, to start all over again we are one, if we are one then you tell me we are one under the sun, i can’t figure why why we can’t keep this luvalive we are one under the sun, i just can’t figure why why we can’t keep this luvalive we are one under the sun, i just can’t figure why why we can’t keep this luvalive we are one under the sun, i just can’t figure why why we can’t keep this luvalive i can’t figure out why we can’t keep this luvalive i don’t know, it’s just not making any kind of sense to me… well, you figure it out.
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ALL ABOUT LOVE
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U GOTTA B HAPPY
music & texts by Scott P. Allen
music by FEED / text by Scott P. Allen
now back in the day from way back when when bein’ young went along with silly and fun mamma’s words always on the game big brothers had my back so i never knew shame but as things would growin’ up in the hood if you couldn’t hold your own your ass’d be gone could never figure out why some people play the game livin’ life to the max women freeby’s dirty D’s, some thought i wouldn’t make it till now well, haleluia i got to get mines on now you’ll never have to worry whether or not i’ll judge you cause all and all i been there for you whether you stumble and fall so low don’t you worry ‘bout a thing you can you can count on me, it’s all about love
aw i know you, i think i know you baby
I’M COUNTING ON YOU… YOU KNOW IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE SWEET LOVE I’M COUNTING ON YOU… YOU KNOW IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE SWEET LOVE give your heart if you wanna, they say that love shouldn’t be one way save a little for the ride back, may i assist you or just ignore you you tellin’ me it’s ok, just do what you wanna do but when you do you better make sure it doesn’t get done to you it’s all about love you tellin’ me it’s ok, just do what you wanna do but when you do you better make sure it doesn’t get done to you
why do people in love though different always seem the same how come people who love each other are always but not quite the same that must be people who love each other happy people are they and though i barely know you wouldn’t it be cool we could carry on the way those people do no matter how long it takes no matter what the stakes you’re gonna understand and all you’ve got to do u gotta b happy - u wanna be happy - and all you’ve got to do u wanna b happy - just let yourself be happy y’all when they speak of themselves they always seem so confused how come lovers who love each other just don’t know how to do and i believe that must be a natural thing although i barely know you wouldn’t it be cool we could carry on the way those people do no matter how long it takes no matter what the stakes you’re gonna understand and all you’ve got to do u gotta b happy (just be happy y’all) happy u gotta b happy (if you don’t do i will for you girl) happy all you’ve got to do although i barely know you wouldn’t it be cool we could carry on the way those people do no matter how long it takes no matter what the stakes you’re gonna understand and all you’ve got to do i think i know you baby
❾ ANYWAY
❿ A HAPPY MAN
music & texts by Scott P. Allen
music by William Sheller / english texts by Scott P. Allen
(chorus) you know i love you anyway, love you girl in every way you know i love you anyway, love you girl in every way
how come people in love though different always seem the same two beating hearts feel one desire just made for two those are happy people how come people who love each other are always but not quite the same nothing to do for them ain’t nothing to say they’ve got problems of their own happy people are they
my baby told me i brought her down so i asked her why she hung around she never had so much to say (aw but i love her) but i love that girl anyway now she takes exams and she goes to school i’m older now but i’m still a fool i never knew i’d have to pay [aw but i love her] aw but i love that girl anyway (chorus) sometimes it’s best to be on your own and even a garden gets overgrown i never knew i’d have to pay (aw but i love her) but i love that girl anyway yesterday, and monique came around i nearly died in her eyes so brown she never had so much to say aw but i love her anyway (chorus) i never knew i’d have to pay [aw but i love her] but i love that girl anyway (chorus)
(chorus) and though i barely know you wouldn’t it be cool if we could carry on the way they do simply try to find some time and space for two no matter how long takes no matter what the stakes make me understand with your eyes i should just forget about you and find some peace of mind just wanna be a happy man now why must lovers always refuse the world they’re in in a world of their own free to carry on unlike other people do in a world of their own design why are people who love each other always so cruel when they speak of themselves wider grows the distance between them and you, i guess that’s a natural thing and though i hardly know you, wouldn’t it be cool we could carry on the way they do without a bother find some time and just a little space for you no matter how long it takes or what the stakes just make me understand with your eyes that i should just forget about you and find some peace of mind just wanna be a happy man
just wanna be a i got to be happy, just wanna be happy…
LOVE IS REAL music & texts by Scott P. Allen Hello baby, how’d you like to be a part of my world? Hello baby, because you were so special to me We’re united, we must confess Forever, binded, through, through times endless Cause your love is real Aw baby, baby, baby Was it ever meant to be? That I, I was supposed to be your everlastin’ love? Can you tell me baby? We’re united, we must confess Forever, binded, through, through times endless Cause your love is real No matter what they say and I have lived it, and I have dreamed it I have given all No matter what they say, cause I’ll be lovin’ you in every way
happy man
Hello Baby, how’d you like to be a part of my world Hello babe Be my Love, cause your love is real
YES I KNOW music & texts by Scott P. Allen (chorus) yes i know why people write love songs yes i know to make it right when everythings wrong yes i know cause your love has found its way into me it shook me up and made a new me darlin’ why can’t you see now some say i do for better or for worse some never make that great commitment i’ll say i love you if you say it first afraid to find myself within but now it’s too late haven’t had the kindest fate i’m in love with an empty vision but this heart of mine, won’t tell me no lie now i’ve got a good reason to cry if happiness is what love is all about then why oh why has it turned me out (chorus) one day you’re doin’ fine thinkin’ everything’s alright not knowin’ that there’s somethin’ bad brewin’ and then it all hits the fan you’re shocked into reality wonderin’ how it all got outta hand and then you’re all bugged out in a way you never been before not understandin’ this low down feelin’ so you get your axe under a shiny moon and throw down on a love filled tune hopin’ that it could bring back love your way now whether it’s right or whether it’s wrong it’s just another simple ol’ love song (chorus)
Many thanx and much love to the folks who have participated in one way or another in making this project possible.
Many thanx to the Cyrnos! Merci les Giovannini’s, les Sagasta’s, without whom this would’ve taken even longer.… merci Saad & Cal, FYT, and an extra-terrestrial thanx to N. Thomas for your support, belief, and input… Thanx to the musicos for their talent & enthousiasm.… let’s do it again! To list everyone… I’d need a lifetime.… Thank you ALL so very much!! Keep the love alive… stay cool n funky........X S. P. Allen
© Paco Sagasta Ronnie Rae Jr. keyboards Solo Andriana Solo guitar bernd Meckenstock guitar Sebastien Chaumont sax Nico Gomez bass Cathy Palvair vx Evelyn Palvair vx Alison Palvair vx Mariana Nisia Bûhring vx Gino St Holroyd vx Jean-Pierre Chardiet keyboards Cal vx Groovy daks fingersnaps All other instruments performed by S.P. Allen except:
1. Mergz Intro: E. Palvair: vx, Solo: guit, J. Metcalf: sax 2. Freedom: N. Gomez: bass, R. Rae Jr: keys, G. Holroyd: vx, S. Chaumont: sax 3. I Wanna Bioman: Solo: guit, Cal: vx, 4. Safe 2B Funky: A. & E. Palvair, M. Bühring: vx, Solo: guit 5. 730: R. Rae Jr.: keys, S. Chaumont: sax, Solo-guit, M. Bûhring, Ladi Toc-vx 6. Love Alive: R. Rae-keys & bass, S. Chaumont-sax 7. All About Love: M. Bûhring-vx, J. Metcalf-sax 8. U Gotta B Happy: R. Rae, J.P. Chardiet-keys, B. Meckenstock-guit, C. Palvair-vx 10. A Happy man: E. & C. Palvair-vx, Solo-guit 11. Love Is Real: Solo-guit 12. Yes I Know: E. & C. Palvair-vx cover design by Marc Giacomoni / Yako - photos: jean-Luc Thibault - Marc Giacomoni