“Ups & Downs” (R. Leslie)

VERSE 1
I wish I could change the minds that decided
That I shouldn’t be knighted as a modern day Prince
It only makes sense, playing every instrument
All the money I spent – doing shows with the band
Everybody was saying that I
Should have kept the show money put it in my pocket
But I wanted to show you the way I really rock it
That real music, that real emotion
Them 80′s synths – that Billy Ocean
There’ll be sad songs, maybe they make you cry
Maybe they give you a reason why you should date a guy
Or maybe a reason why you should break it off
Or maybe the moment when you should take it off
Girl, girl – I’ll do it, I’ll do it
That kissing, that French,
I’m fluent, I’m fluent
I got your mind open on that music, that music
Lovin’ the way you movin’ when we doin’ what we doin’ now!

HOOK
Up, down, round and round
I can work your body thru all your ups & downs
I’ll show you how
We can make it last thru all our ups & downs
Yea – you don’t even know
I’ma make your body feel all those ups & downs
Good, good, baby
‘Cause ain’t no way to get around ups & downs

VERSE 2
Late nights, no sleep
If I ain’t on my hustle then I won’t eat
Dreamin’ big, just wanna live good
Do it for the homies in my old hood
Music banging thru the windows they ain’t call the cops
Showed up at the Virgin when my album dropped
I do it for my Sister, for my Mom and Pop
I used to be homeless behind a barber shop
I wrote some sad songs, maybe they made you cry
Maybe they gave you a reason why you should date a guy
Or maybe the reason why you should break it off
Or maybe the moment when you should take it off
Girl, girl – I’ll do it, I’ll do it
That kissing, that French,
I’m fluent, I’m fluent
If I don’t take you with me then I’m ruined, I’m ruined
Lovin’ the way you movin’ when we doin’ what we doin’ right!

HOOK
Up, down, round and round
I can work your body thru all your ups & downs
I’ll show you how
We can make it last thru all our ups & downs
Yea – you don’t even know
I’ma make your body feel all those ups & downs
Good, good, baby
‘Cause ain’t no way to get around ups & downs

BRIDGE
And I swear that I’ma hold you down
(I’ll do it thru the ups & downs)
And when your world is spinning round and round
(I’ll do it thru the ups & downs)
And when you feel like you’re about to drown
(I’ll do it thru the ups & downs)
I’ll do it thru the ups & downs, downs

HOOK

Guitar: Brent Paschke

“Rain In Australia” (R. Leslie)

Lookin’ out at my city I just can’t help but wonder
How I made it to the top and kept from going under
I’m eating every day and still I got that hunger
Play these keys, wear these shades – word to Stevie Wonder
I started from the bottom – not a pot to piss in
Now I’m applauded, I outsmarted the competition
And being rich was a by-product and not the mission
Know my ticket price is high, it costs a lot to listen
25th I’m at the Metro Theatre in Sydney
I ain’t flyin out alone I got my homies with me
You see the way we move under sparkler’s light
What’s worse on you Aussie girls – the bark or the bite?
I’ma find out – Melbourne at Alumbra
Finna taste it for myself, I’m going down under
And you can’t help the way you scream, I’m bringin the thunder
Bringin the thunder

And we gon’ make it rain
all night
Make it rain in Australia, yeah
all night
And we gon’ make it rain
all night
Make it rain in Australia, yeah
all night

I’m addicted to winning, she’s addicted to winners
Heard the season’s opposite in the summer it’s winter
It’s warm when it’s cold, cold when it’s hot
You can feel it when it’s real and you know when it’s not
I’m the real deal baby keep the cameras on
Out at Bondi Beach I’ve seen some amazons
Looking good – you’re a good look
But what’s under the surface, hope you’re a good cook
I’m speaking to your heart, can you feed my mind?
Top back – see the stars when the seats recline
On the way to the after-party at Marquee
Pardon me

I’m finna make it rain
all night
Make it rain in Australia, yeah
all night
I’m finna make it rain
all night
Make it rain in Australia, yeah
all night

HOOK
She want that 5 minute freshen up
You tried to holla, homie, but you wasn’t fresh enough
That’s how I know I’m a professional
Six 0′s on the left side of a decimal
(2x)

VERSE 1
Now look at me
I’m in that gold lamborghini drop
I’m rollin’ these haters’ll never see me stop
I’m dealin’ in Euros – I call that “kiwi guap”
Exotic bills for my exotic wheels
Exotic meals – I call that opulence
I’m talkin’ Wall Street money you just an occupant
I’m in that 1 percent
Over a hundred grand?
I don’t trust a bank either – it’s in a rubber band
F-D-I-C
Somebody bring the rosé to the V-I-P
Somebody tell the DJ play some B-I-G
Cuz that’s what I’m feelin’ like
We gon’ act the fool tonight
We gon’ mess around and end up dipping’ in the pool tonight
So who go stop us?
The A-Team, B.A. Baracus
She tweetin’ a picture to put on Lockerz
So turn around and shake it just like a pair of maracas

HOOK

VERSE 2
Oh you a baller, homie – where your 0′s at?
Where your hoes at, where your designer clothes at?
(Show me where they at!)
Where your foreign cars?
You say your time is money, homie – where’s your Audemars?
30 grand for a show – that keep me independent
She into money, she ain’t into you, she into spendin’
That mean she rollin’ wit whoever winnin’
On vacation in winter we rockin’ summer linen
In that perfect weather, I’m talking 83
Why they treat me like a boss is ’cause I paid to be
And I made the beat, I’m talkin’ A to Z
The fresh prince of New York, she my Jada P
And when we movin’ they snapping’ pictures like Jay & B
We on the internet hoppin’ up out that AMG
And it feel good – that’s how I know I made it
Overpaid at the same time as I’m underrated

HOOK

VERSE 3
I’m livin’ good (good, good, good)
But don’t get it confused
As a titan, I had to get used to bein’ sued
Don’t believe everything you read in the f*ckin’ news
‘Cause these haters’ll really prefer to see you lose
They cheerin’ but really prefer to see you boo’d
That’s why I don’t give no comment in these interviews
I’m good – I just handle my business
Credit score is amazin’, homie, God as my witness
Yeah – thou shall not test
You a make-believe monster, homie, you Lochness
And you missed the damn train, man, you got left
You ain’t even in the game screamin’ you got next
PLEASE – you got lawyers, homie?
I got lawyers too
I’m on a yacht – I let my lawyers do what lawyers do
And on top of my lawyers, I got a loyal crew
Who roll with hammers and cameras that be recordin’ you!

HOOK

A one and six 0′s says I’m a pro

“Early Than Late” (R. Leslie)

In some ways man I matured early, I grew up young
I was only 9 or 10 tryna slip her the tongue

In the back of the bus instead of holdin’ her hand
I was lookin the other way and tryna go in her pants

I was innocent – a curious youth
But when it came to the sex talk my father was stern

He looked me in the eye we had a moment of truth
Sat me down and told me makin love was something you earn

I was inquisitive – pressed him for details
How a young man could fit inside of a female

And he took it in stride – response was terrific
I was smart so he broke it down real scientific

Came away with all kind of anatomical terms
And he taught me how a man should wear a condom for germs

And plus how monogamy had saved his life
The one girl he got pregnant, man, he made her his wife

My mother – I can’t tell you how much I love her
She got every quality I look for in a mate

So when it came to the cancer talk I had her covered
It’s better to find out about it early than late

Yeah, early than late
It’s better to find out about it early

Shoutout Yael, Shanti Kim, Sophia Bush and the crew
They put me on and showed me what a young brother should do

Life is short all we really wanna do is preserve it
So have that talk with your parents trust me they deserve it