Come As You Are
Get Up!
Shoulda Woulda Coulda
Shape Of You
Fallen Soldier
Beautiful Contradiction [Feat. Musiq Soulchild]
Hurricane Jane
Same 'As I Ever Was'
Whatever's Clever
Ambition 'It All Comes 2 U'
Bestseller Mystery
Gold


Come As You Are
Written by Beverley Knight

Yeah yeah
The weather's hot like hell
It's gonna cast a spell
I want a friendly face
Inside a cool dark space

Yeah summers begun
This is where one, needs to be two
Yeah I know I'm bold
But baby I'm sold on me, with you

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be shy
Don't deny yourself

So are we good to go
Don't act like you don't know
This is a brand new dress
Don't want to make no mess

Yeah summers begun
We could have fun
Playing for keeps
Yeah got habits to feed
And baby I need to get my fix

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be shy
Don't deny, yourself

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be shy
Don't deny, yourself
Got to give a shout out
Going to the people who feel
What a sista like me is talking bout
Got to give a shout out
Going to the people who fee
l What a sista like me is talking bout

Hey, hey, hey!

Come as you are
Come on

Come as you are
You can stand
Take my hand, I'll help
Come as you are
Don't be sad
Don't deny, yourself

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Get Up
Written by Beverley Knight / Derrick Joshua / Derrick Martin


Intro /
Hear me, yeah, yeah, ah ha hmm hear what, hear what, hear what

Verse 1/
Watch the way that people change
Flip the script and rearrange
Hoping they can just belong
Even when it's wrong uh-huh.
Searching for identity
What's the next philosophy?
What's the next big thing in town?
That they can surround?

Mid 8/
Don't feel no shame
Let them know you're not the same
Don't feel no way
You stand tall while people sway
True to yourself
Leave them fakers on the shelf
Heed your calling
Go and do your thing
Hear me?

Chorus/
Get up get up and hold your ground
You don't care what goes around
Stand up, stand up and hold your ground
Hold your ground
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me
Dem no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me

Verse 2/
Watch the way that people go
To the cat that runs the show
Next thing they are rolling thick
Down with that clique .hmmm!
Soon enough they act the same
Walk the same and talk the same
Until these so called inspired
State the look is tired…

Let me hear you say

Mid 8 rpt /
Chorus rpt /

Breakdown/
Get up and stand up and hold it
Get up, get up
Yeah
You gotta gotta
Stand up stand up
Stand up for me
Get up get up
Alright
You gotta gotta
Stand up stand up
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Uh-huh (x 10)
Get up and stand up and hold it ( x3)
Feel it!!

Mid 8 rpt /
Chorus rpt x 2/

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Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda
Written by Beverley Knight & Craig Wiseman



Verse 1
People say that together we were both sides of the same coin
That we would shine like Venus in a clear night sky
We thought our love could overcome the circumstances
But my ambition wouldn't allow for compromise

Verse 2
I could see in the distance all the dreams that were clear to me
Every choice that I had to make left you on your own
Somehow the road we started down had split asunder
Too late to realise how far apart we'd grown.


Chorus/
How I wish I, wish I'd done a little bit more
Now " Shoulda woulda coulda," means I'm out of time
Coz "Shoulda woulda coulda", can't change your mind
And I wonder, wonder, wonder what I'm gonna do
"Shoulda woulda coulda" are the last words of a fool


Verse 3
People ask how it feels to live the kind of life others dream about
I tell them everybody gotta face their highs and their lows
And in my life there's a love I put aside, cause I was busy loving something else
So for every little thing y ou hold on to, you've got to let something else go


Chorus repeat/ (lead into mid 8)

Mid 8/
Fool if I would now forsake the opportunities are fate
I know I'm right where I belong
But sometimes when I'm not so strong I.. (lead into chorus..)


Chorus repeat x 2 /

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Shape Of You
Written by Beverley Knight / Craig Wiseman



This woman's eyes ain't got no colour
When I think about life without you
Even if it's for the best, regardless
It's the hardest thing to do
Looking at the path that we've taken
We didn't leave a stone unturned
But don't you believe that this won't slay me
Even if I act unconcerned

Chorus
With a smile, I'll face the world
Though my eyes reflect the truth
I'm moving on
But you know I do.
With a hole in my heart in the shape of you.
With a hole in my heart in the shape of you.

I step into unchartered water
And I'm afraid of what I've done
See I can't head toward my future
Reminicing on how just far we had come
Maybe we could find redemption
Maybe then it all could make sense
Until then I must believe these words
Even though I think you know
That I'm unconvinced

Chorus
With a smile, I'll face the world
Though my eyes reflect the truth
I'm moving on
But you know I do.
With a hole in my heart in the shape of you.
With a hole in my heart in the shape of you.


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Fallen Soldier
Written by Beverley Knight

Stranger on the face of it.
Brother in the heart of a nation that prays for you, loves you, calls you by name

Struck out, like some criminal
Cut down like an animal, suddenly everything I know, just ain't the same

We ask for solution
Did anyone hear us?
For your retribution
Did anyone care?
So while this world marches on with the memory gone
My heart will remember

You are my fallen soldier
One of our many martyrs
I would have loved to know you
Still you're my fallen soldier

Rpt x 2

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Beautiful Contradiction
Written by Beverley Knight

Beverley Knight
Guess my Mama knew exactly what she meant the day she said
"Be careful what you wish for it will come to you."
Little did I know the day I met you, you would demonstrate
How everything in Mama's words would ring so true
Independent people with a different take on living
Now how did we become more than just good friends?

Chorus duet/
Baby we make such a beautiful contradiction
Together we are in no two ways the same.
Baby we make such a beautiful contradiction
And it's the very thing that sparks the flame.

Musiq Soulchild
You and I should be like oil and water but somehow we mix together and we make a very special blend
Every day we clash on politics, religion, but we learned the art of how to kiss and make up in the end yeah.
Sometimes I believe that we were born on different planets
Alien invasion of my heart and soul

Chorus repeat

Beverley Knight
I realise it, you learn, you gotta cry, you gotta respect and
Feel somebody you gotta fall, you gotta rise
To really understand the things that make this little world go round.
That's what really makes us, that's how we learn.

Sometimes I believe that we were born on different planets
Alien invasion of my heart and soul.

Chorus repeat

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Hurricane Jane
Written by Beverley Knight / Che Pope / James Poyser

Chorus
Call me Hurricane Jane,
Dry season's over, here comes the rain,
Sweeping over your plain, blazing as I go.
Call me Hurricane Jane,
This kind of weather's hard to contain,
Nothing's ever the same, when I start to blow.

Verse 1
Far from home, lonely time
Thinking about, you and I
Pictures form in my mind, all of them remain.
Here I go like before, signs that I can't ignore.
Close my eyes, cue the storm
Ready for the change...call me.

Chorus rpt

Rushing in like a flood
Barren land, turns to mud
Every thought heats the blood,
Temperature will rise.
Ready to pump and it's all good
I love me better than anyone could
You inspire like you should and I cannot deny

Chorus repeat/

Said I rage like a fire, and I flow like the water
Ain't no surprise I was born under Aries sign.
This is my body, so I do what I choose
Nothing to hide when I am alone, cause there ain't no rules.

Chorus repeat x 2/


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Same
Written by Beverley Knight


Still got my fire, I'm never cold
It burns within me, It's taken hold
Still finding mountains , I've yet to climb
I still get lonely, But never mind

I'm the same
Same
As I
As I ever was
The same
As I
As I ever was
True to the last word baby
Still making myself heard baby
I'm the same
Yeah
I'm the same
Yeah

Still got my family, Old friends of mine
I know they still will stand, The test of time
Still feel my history, My future too
Black gold and green, Red white and blue

I'm the same
Same
As I
As I ever was
The same
As I
As I ever was
True to the last word baby
Still making myself heard baby
I'm the same
Yeah
I'm the same
Yeah x 2

Still got my temple. Each curve and line
Those who can't get with that , Ain't worth my time
Can't compromise no, That would be strange
I'm still that Aries lady, ain't nothin' changed

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Whatever's Clever
Written by Beverley Knight / Steve Francis

Intro
Are you ready for me?
Better let me know
Are you ready for me?
Better let me know
Are you ready for me?
Better let me know
You'd better, you'd better do whatever's clever baby

Verse 1
How can you be down?
you gotta do whatever's clever
So that I will stick around
you gotta do whatever's clever
And you don't want to waste your time…?
you gotta do whatever's clever
You gotta go somewhere you gotta do whatever's clever
If you wanna step to me…?
you gotta do whatever's clever
So I'll listen carefully..?
you gotta do whatever's clever
You gotta say whatever, hear whatever, mean whatever, hear whatever, feel whatever, think whatever do whatever;s clever

So you want to roll with me,
Here's advice that you should heed
Common sense is all you need
To avoid my thunder
First of all talk to my face
Not the view below my waist
How we gonna conversate
While your head's down under?
Stop where are you going
If you were in my shoes, what would you say?
Stop, this is worth knowing
So a brother can't lose if he steps my way.
Stop where are you going
If you were in my shoes, what would you say?
Stop, this is worth knowing
So a brother can't lose if he steps my way.

Chorus repeat/

Here's a very simple truth
"Monkey see is monkey do"
So you're never getting through
If your boys are busters
Finally please understand
All I have is by my hand
On my own I'm making ground
I am my own woman.
Stop where are you going
If you were in my shoes, what would you say?
Stop, this is worth knowing
So a brother can choose if he steps my way.
Stop where are you going
If you were in my shoes, what would you say?
Stop, this is worth knowing
So a brother can't lose if he steps my way.

Chorus repeat
Intro repeat x 2

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Ambition
Written by Beverley Knight / Martin Brammer / James McMillan

In my life I have but one obsession
It consumes my thought both night and day
It shows in everything I've done
The will to be a number one
That's just how I pray
I've gotta run..

Chorus
Faster than the lead
Just can't stop, can't go slow
I've gotta drive beyond full speed
Just can't stop still I know
No matter what you desire, how much you pursue
Well, it all comes to you

Mama says I gotta learn a lesson
From those who crash and burn and fade away
She tells me theres a higher hand
Presiding on a master plan
So what's in store who can say?
So I try to run

Chorus

Possibility are infinite
I'm not the kind to wait
Maybe all the things you really need
To choose
What my Mama said
But I've gotta run..

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Bestseller Mystery
Written by Beverley Knight / Derrick Joshua / Derrick Martin

Oohhh ­ you hit me like a high speed freight train
Just when I thought all was lost
Now intrigue desire racing all through my brain
I opened Pandora's box
My best friend done told me that you were the shit
See that added fuel to my fire
With the eyes of an angel and a mouth made for sin
Speaking words made to inspire

Chorus
Something gotta hold of me
Hell ­O- automatic chemistry
This is the way I feel
You¹re just like a Bestseller mystery
I can¹t put down
I need to read to the end
Baby you flow so heavenly
Gotta turn to page one
Start you all over again

Blazing front cover in every which way
Tell me, what¹s behind that little smile?
I done read a couple things
I done read a coupla chapters
I like your turn of phrase
And oohh those lips beguile

Chorus

I just gotta know
Can I show just what it is
What it is you do, what you do to me
I just gotta know if I explode, you won¹t run away from me boy
I just gotta know , does it show in my face the way you look at me boy
I just gotta know can I go, unveil the mystery?

Chorus

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Gold
Written by Beverley Knight

Some people never recognise it
Though it's right before their eyes
And shines in all its glory
They never ever see
They choose something that looks just like it
And it may glitter all the time
But gold it will never be
I guess you never held on to quality
Or you woulda recognised by now
Something so special so true
When it's standing right in front of you

Chorus
I'm gold babe
Catch me in the slipstream
Passing by the fools who just don't know
Pure gold babe
You're looking at the real thing
If you knew my worth you wouldn't let go
X2
Oh no…

Gold lies in rivers undiscovered
Hidden from the sight of those
Who don't know what to look for
(They ain't never gonna find it)
Sometimes the value is uncovered
Other times it's cast aside
By those who are just unsure

I guess you never held on to quality
Or you would of recognised by now
Something so special so true
When she's standing right in front of you

Chorus

All the things you failed to see
Separated you from me
I decide who wins my time
And who comes inside yeah
Cause what is true and what is real
Finds a way of being revealed
I don't have to even try
Cause I'm certified…pure…

Chorus x 2
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