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Empire: Season 2 Volume 2 Soundtrack Album Lyrics



Empire: Season 2 Volume 2 Soundtrack Lyrics






Jussie Smollett - Freedom

I wanna love somebody, everybody
Can't nobody tell me how to love
I wanna touch on somebody, gimme body
Everybody calls it love or lust
I call it

[Chorus]
Freedom
Grab someone you want
Freedom
Dancing in the dark
Freedom
Can you feel the rush?
It's called freedom, freedom

It's a new generation, welcome to modern love
It's a revolution, do what we want just because
I got a brand new perspective
I don't really give a damn who knows
So put your hands on my Versace
Cause I wanna feel you up under my clothes

I wanna love somebody, everybody
Can't nobody tell me how to love
I wanna touch, oh, somebody, gimme body
Everybody calls it love or lust
I call it

Freedom
Grab someone you want
Singin' freedom
Dancing in the dark
Freedom
Can you feel the rush?
It's called freedom, freedom
Come get you some
Anything you want
Pick it up, pick it up

I'ma be honest, I'm lovin' this feelin' I found
I'm youg and I'm fun if you 'bout it I'll take you downtown
No disrespect but I bet I can make you proud
So come and take a seat in my new Panamera
Don't mind if I show you around
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: RUTH ANNE CUNNINGHAM, JONATHAN ROTEM, JESSE ST. JOHN GELLER, SEAN FENTON, ELIJAH BLAKE, TEAL DOUVILLE
Copyright: Lyrics © CYPMP, FOX MUSIC, INC.






Jamila Velazquez - Crown

[ Featuring Raquel Castro, Yani Marin ]

You can try and take away my crown
But I will never let my kingdom down
When I put it on it's on for real
Damn I wear it so well
I know that they're comin' for my throne
But I'm the one who got here on my own
When I put it on it's on for real
Damn I wear it so well

I can still feel your eyes on me like a spotlight
You held me up, up, so high, so tell me was it all lies?
Everything that I've done has got me where I wanna be
So baby why'd you have to leave? Oh, oh

When you got the world in your hands
Seems like everyone wants you to fail
It's like I've got a target on my back
Take a shot at me, take a shot for me

You can try and take away my crown
But I will never let my kingdom down
When I put it on it's on for real
Damn I wear it so well
I know that they're comin' for my throne
But I'm the one who got here on my own
When I put it on it's on for real
Damn I wear it so well

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Damn I wear it so well

I can see all the hands reaching out to touch me
Everyone wants a piece just so they judge me
I thought I had your heart, but you let me down
And left me standing all alone
But I'ma still put on a show

When you got the world in your hands
Seems like everyone wants you to fail
It's like I've got a target on my back
Take a shot at me, take a shot for me

You can try and take away my crown
But I will never let my kingdom down
When I put it on it's on for real
Damn I wear it so well
I know that they're comin' for my throne
But I'm the one who got here on my own
When I put it on it's on for real
Damn I wear it so well

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Damn I wear it so well

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Damn I wear it so well
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: RUTH ANNE CUNNINGHAM, JESSE GELLER, JONATHAN ROTEM
Copyright: Lyrics © FOX MUSIC, INC., CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






Serayah - Look But Dont Touch

I just came in here to dance
I'm not lookin' for a man
Me and my best friend goin' in
Boy you better watch ya hands

Bout to get summertime fine for the bad boys
Damn it I
Damn it I
Damn it I look good
Don't know why these bitches hatin' on me for
Damn it I
Damn it I
Damn it I look good

[Hook]
Look at my body, look at my body
Look at my body, look at my body
Don't I look sexy, don't I look sexy
Don't I look sexy, don't I look sexy
Look at my body, look at my body
Look at my body, look at my body
Don't I look sexy, don't I look sexy
Don't I look sexy, don't I look sexy

Look but
Don't touch, don't touch
Don't touch don't touch
LBDT
Look but
Don't touch, don't touch
Don't touch don't touch
LBDT
Look but
Don't touch, don't touch
Don't touch don't touch
LBDT
Look but
Don't touch, don't touch
Don't touch don't touch

I just came in here to dance
I'm not lookin' for a man
Me and my best friend goin' in
Boy you better watch ya hands

Bout to get summertime fine for the bad boys
Damn it I
Damn it I
Damn it I look good
Don't know why these bitches hatin' on me for
Damn it I
Damn it I
Damn it I look good

[Hook]
Look at my body, look at my body
Look at my body, look at my body
Don't I look sexy, don't I look sexy
Don't I look sexy, don't I look sexy
Look at my body, look at my body
Look at my body, look at my body
Don't I look sexy, don't I look sexy
Don't I look sexy, don't I look sexy

Look but
Don't touch, don't touch
Don't touch don't touch
LBDT
Look but
Don't touch, don't touch
Don't touch don't touch
LBDT
Look but
Don't touch, don't touch
Don't touch don't touch
LBDT
Look but
Don't touch, don't touch
Don't touch don't touch

I just came in here to dance
I'm not lookin' for a man
Me and my best friend goin' in
Boy you better watch ya hands
(Keep ya hands to yourself if you know what's good)

Bout to get summertime fine for the bad boys
Damn it I
Damn it I
Damn it I look good
Don't know why these bitches hatin' on me for
Damn it I
Damn it I
Damn it I look good

[Hook]
Look at my body, look at my body
Look at my body, look at my body
Don't I look sexy, don't I look sexy
Don't I look sexy, don't I look sexy
Look at my body, look at my body
Look at my body, look at my body
Don't I look sexy, don't I look sexy
Don't I look sexy, don't I look sexy
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: JUSTIN BOSTWICK, CANDACE NELSON, JAMES DAVID WASHINGTON
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, FOX MUSIC, INC.






Jussie Smollett - Good People

[ Featuring Yazz ]

Sometimes it's hard to pray
Sometimes it's hard to stay grateful
It's painful, hurts so bad
Sometimes it's hard to breathe
Gets hard to keep goin'
We keep holdin' on to what could have been

But we'll get by
We'll see the light
In the morning
It's gonna be alright
The circumstance
Is in the plan
Even if we don't fully understand
Why the bad things happen to the good people

Sometimes it's hard to pray
I know sometimes it's hard to be patient
Ooh I hate it
Yeah it hurts so bad
Sometimes it's hard to believe
So hard to keep goin'
We keep holdin' on to what could have been

We'll get by
We'll see the light
In the morning
It's gonna be alright
The circumstance
Is in the plan
Even if we don't fully understand
Why the bad things happen to the good people

So much pain
It's still a lesson
Sometimes it rains
It's still a blessing
You never see the silver lining in the cloud
And so you doubt it
You never know how much you truly have
Until you go without it
One day it's gonna turn into another season
Your gonna see that
All your tragedy
You had was for another reason
Its just a temporary goodbye
So ya gotta keep ya head high
The rain is coming down and its pouring
But joy is gonna come inside the morning

We'll get by
(Bye)
We'll see the light
(Yeah)
In the morning its gonna be alright
(It's gon be ok baby)
The circumstance
(The lord got ya)
Is in the plan
(And I gotcha)
Even if we don't fully understand
Why, understand why
Understand why
The bad things
Happen to the good people
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: JAMES WASHINGTON
Copyright: Lyrics © FOX MUSIC, INC., Reservoir Media Management, Inc.






Jussie Smollett - Like My Daddy

Wooah
Oooh
Wooah
(Guess what)

[Hook]
People tell me I'm just like my daddy
People tell me I'm just like my daddy
People tell me I'm just like my daddy
My daddy
Cause I lie like I'm lying on a rug
Get my hands a lil dirty, no gloves
Everybody welcome to the gun show
And it go
Everybody duck down

It's hard to love the devil, he's a hater
A dirty hypocrite, manipulator
Made a mama lose her kids
Let her go away for seventeen years
Not allowed to shed a tear
Growing up with all your, phobic fears

[Hook]
But people tell me I'm just like my daddy
People tell me I'm just like my daddy
People tell me I'm just like my daddy
Oh really, hell nah (no way, no way)
Cause I lie like I'm lying on a rug
Did some crime even wore some black gloves
Everybody welcome to the gun show
And we go (daddy)
Everybody duck down

You reek of royalty, a dangerous mix
You sing of loyalty, but you the snitchin ass bitch
I tried to play it cool
Funny what the people do for
Money power and the fame
I'd call ya Mr. Lyon
If I did I would be lyin'
Cause that ain't even your name

[Hook]
But people tell me I'm just like my daddy
People tell me I'm just like my daddy
They all say that you look just like your daddy
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: JAMES WASHINGTON, JUSSIE SMOLLETT
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC, FOX MUSIC, INC.






Jussie Smollett - Shine On Me

[ Featuring Bre-Z ]

Oh, it's merciless the grind
Sometimes we turn to crime
But the sun will always shine, yeah
It's merciless the grime
Sometimes we turn to crime
But the sun will always shine, yeah

Oh father, father can you hear me?
Can you hear your children crying? Can you see their tears?
To feed the ones you hold so dear
Somebody dying, and no survive, story of my life right, hey
Look at me, really look at me
Heart of a champion, eyes that have seen
Murder on my street, death on my block
Cops that be more criminal than cop
Daddy a King Pin, mama a hustler
What am I gon' be? Who is it up to?
Me and just me, doing it my way
'Til I see sunrays, hey

The sun will always shine, sun will always shine
Sun will always shine on me
So even if it's crime, I'm taking care of mine
So the sun will always shine on me, shine on me

I see 1 shot, 2 shot, 3 shot, 4
Daddy I can't take no more
I'm sick of watching windows 'fore I walk out the door
I know that's not what I'm here for, it's a brighter day
These bars sit with the Lord, he know my story
I'mma tell it all and live large before I'm 40
Frank Gathers, this your daughter, everybody know
I could light this here spliff bet everybody blow it
The impact, I did that
I'mma take this and sit back
And watch the chips that you digged at
We started from the bottom, you gotta know the sun is always shining

The sun will always shine, sun will always shine
Sun will always shine on me
So even if it's crime, I'm taking care of mine
So the sun will always shine on me, shine on me

Sunshine, sunshine
Sun will always shine on me, yeah
Sunshine, sunshine
Sun will always shine on me

It's merciless the grind, sometimes you turn to crime
But you gotta keep your head up
Don't look down, don't ever give up
The sun gon' shine through any weather

Merciless the grind, sometimes we turn to crime
But baby keep your head up
Don't look down, don't ever give up
The sun gon' shine through any weather

So even if it's crime, I'm taking care of mine
So the sun will always shine on me, shine on me
The sun will always shine, sun will always shine
Sun will always shine on me
So even if it's crime, I'm taking care of mine
So the sun will always shine on me, shine on me
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: TIERCE ALEC JOHN PERSON, JESSE WILSON, SHAFFER (NE-YO) SMITH, REYNELL HAY, CALESHA MURRAY, ASIAHN BRYANT
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






Yazz - All Nite

[ Featuring Serayah, Jamila Velazquez ]

Bounce that ass let me see you move
Bounce that ass let me see you move

Pull up to the club with the doors up
We don't wait in line, you know who we are
Popping all the bottles, yes, all night
I'mma do this dance on you all night
I'mma do this dance on you all night
I'mma do this dance on you all night
I'mma do this dance on you all night
All night, all night

Shawty got that ass, yeah, hella fat yeah
I'mma throw a stack, yeah, on your back, yeah
She gon' throw it back, yeah, for a rack, yeah
What they doing this? Man I did that last year
Hit the charts, number one, that was just the first year
All they really wanna know is what I'm worth, yeah
I'mma, I'mma need a hundred thou for a verse, yeah
She prepared, shawty keep protection in the purse yeah
Yeah, I'mma make her scream and feel good, go to work
I'mma do it so good 'til it feels like it hurt
Throwing money in the club, might leave a will there
All my people in the building, everybody real there

Pull up to the club with the doors up
We don't wait in line, you know who we are
Popping all the bottles, yes, all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
All night she gon' do a dance for me

Now she gon' do a dance for me
She gon' make that booty clap like some hands for me
Told her, I don't wait in line, girl, these foreign shoes
Walk up in the club, wavy, let 'em all choose
Just messed up some commas, just messed up some Euros
I'm talking you and me, shawty, that's plural
You cannot name a young realer, I'm uno
Getting wasted tonight like no tomorrow
I'm up in the VIP, run the whole section
All these haters talk, but it don't effect me
I ain't lifting weights but you know I'm flexing
So you gon' get a dance cause tonight I'm checking

Pull up to the club with the doors up
We don't wait in line, you know who we are
Popping all the bottles, yes, all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
I'mma do this dance on you all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
I'mma do this dance on you all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
All night she gon' do a dance for me
All night, all night

Bounce that ass let me see you move, do it
Bounce that ass let me see you move (oh, baby)

Pull up to the club with the doors up
We don't wait in line, you know who we are
Popping all the bottles, yes, all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
All night she gon' do a dance for me
All night, all night
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: MARK MURRILLE, MARIO MIMS
Copyright: Lyrics © FOX MUSIC, INC., BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






Serayah - Body Speak

[Intro]
Na, Na, Na, Nah, Na, Na, No!

I been working all week standing on my two feet, shake it off and let it go!
Seen you from across the room, you look like you got that boom, come and raise my tempo

Ive heard it before, i dont wanna hear any more no
You got that something, that I can't resist
And ill show you just what it is
(Oh-Ooh!) Its your touch im craving
Feel the rush, dont say a word
(Oo-oh!) Say No Words! (Oo-oh!)

[Chorus]
Sick of talking, make that body speak
Shut your mouth, let it come out your lips
And baby if your worth it, ill give you that service, that body speak, make that body-body speak!

Now the room is spinning
Tipsy off that good drink
Show me what you got in mind
I be lookin' too good
Too good to go home alone
Baby dont you waste my time

Ive heard it before, i dont wanna hear any more no
You got that something, that I can't resist
And ill show you just what it is
(Oh-Ooh!) Its your touch im craving
Feel the rush, dont say a word
(Oo-oh!) Say No Words! (Oo-oh!)

[Chorus]
Sick of talking, make that body speak
Shut your mouth, let it come out your lips
And baby if your worth it, ill give you that service,
that body speak, make that body-body speak!
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: JESSE ST. JOHN GELLER, JORDAN PALMER, JESSICA ASHLEY
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






Jussie Smollett - Last Night

[ Featuring Bre-Z ]

You already know when we step in the spot man
You know what it is
These bitches and these bottles gon do one thing
My whole squad stay turnt up
We gon pour up til we throw up
Make them bad bitches show up
Hit the club and we gon turn up

Thank the Lord for the night life
'Nother shot, to do it big, I'm thinkin' YOLO
Only once you get to live, so I'ma 2 step
No need to sweat out my nice clothes do my two step
Hand in the air with my eyes closed
Zoning on this life
Had my share of BS, drama and strife
I ain't worried bout tomorrow, Im good tonight
If I don't see tomorrow, I'm good tonight

We livin' that luxury 'cause where we come from close to hell (yea yea yea yea)
So if tonight death come for me I'ma be too turnt up to tell

Living it, living it, like it was my last night
My last night, my last night, my last night
My last night, My last night, my last night

If I take one more shot of this agave I'll be gone
Just keep on sippin we gon feel it in the morning
Too turnt up we goin in
Mix that purple wit that yellow
Kobe Bryant for the win
I know they know I gotta lot of
I'm in that vip wit 50 bottles
And all these women foreign what's the motto
What happens here we gon leave it here
So don't mention that tomorrow

We livin that luxury 'cause where we come from close to hell (yea yea yea yea)
So if tonight death come for me I'ma be too turnt up to tell

Living it, living it, like it was my last night
My last night, my last night, my last night
My last night, My last night, my last night
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: JUSSIE SMOLLETT
Copyright: Lyrics © FOX MUSIC, INC., REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING






Jussie Smollett - Get It Started

[ Featuring Kelli Wakili ]

We gon' get it started
I said we gon' get it started

Time's of the essence, yes, check my method
There is no question, you can keep guessing
Laid back, cooling, naw, I'm not stressing
I don't chose them, they choose me, I'm like treasure
Maybe 'cause I'm saner than y'all, don't know I measure
Maybe 'cause I symbolise grade A pleasure
Take what you want, no playing hard to get
Oh you got it like that, well let's see what comes next

Take what you got, it's a stick up hands up in the air
Are you down to work? Are you down to work?
Tell me if you're ready 'cause I'm willing to take what I want tonight
Are you down to work are you down to work?
We gon' get it started
I said we gon' get it started

Put your hands up, face down on the pavement
Don't you move a muscle, are you hearing what I'm saying?
You're my hostage, hostage, all up on you
Make you be my mosh pit, mosh pit, and you love it
I'mma make you want me, that'll always be my motto
Don't be acting like you do not want to win the lotto
Lemme be your grand prize, baby grand prize
Be the woman to your mankind, yeah this man's mine

Take what you got, it's a stick up hands up in the air
Are you down to work? Are you down to work?
Tell me if you're ready 'cause I'm willing to take what I want tonight
Are you down to work? Are you down to work?
We gon' get it started
I said we gon' get it started

Let's get started, aw look at that body
Jump around, get wild, body saying good lord
Let's get started, aw look at that body
Jump around, get wild, body saying good lord
Like a real like special, I'm a beast that you can't tame
And this is why you came, tell me are you not entertained?
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: Jaron I Lamot, Mansa Tskowa Wakili, Kelli Wakili, Colton Fisher, Jason Rabinowitz
Copyright: Lyrics © FOX MUSIC, INC., Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.






Yazz - Got That Work

[Intro]
She got me so good right now
I'm feeling so good right now
I can give you what you want baby
I'mma even let you take it all baby

I waited my turn, I put in that work
I buried these niggas, put them in the dirt
I run the Empire, the power is mine
Take over the game, I put that on my mom
You ain't wasting my time, ain't wasting my time is wasting my money
Got back on my grind, do this on my own, they know I got work in
Know I'mma shine, I hear ya hidden agendas, I'm praying this shit'll offend ya
They all got they hands to the ceiling cause I got that work

[Hook]
Got that work, get 'em Claud
If you want that loud, I can bring the noise
Get a greedy vision just to see ya boy
Brand new foreign car, you should see my toy
Work, got that work, work, got that work
Work, got that work, work, she like work
Work, got that work, work, got that work
Work, got that work, work, she like work

I got this slap from my mother
I put that on my brothers
Catch me out with your lady
I'm in that foreign, no other
Ain't gotta talk about cash, let it rain, it's covered
She just wanna drink and f*ck, I told her we are not lovers
For the love of this money, I probably hurt your own family
Got that work, work, work, I know that he understanding me
Any rapper you can find, I bet you he is a fan of me
Claiming he got that crown, I put that in the hands of me
Cause they call me the greatest, I shit on the haters
Going way up like elevators
I'm higher than y'all, flier than y'all, call me sire
Can you do this? Can you do that? Don't like liars

[Hook]
Got that work, get 'em Claud
If you want that loud, I can bring the noise
Get a greedy vision just to see ya boy
Brand new foreign car, you should see my toy
Work, got that work, work, got that work
Work, got that work, work, she like work
Work, got that work, work, got that work
Work, got that work, work, she like work

Know I put in work, know I put in work
Know they go berserk, shawty go berserk
Know I put in work, know I put in work
Half bro hating on worth
I did that
They hate on
I got that
They hate on but she know

[Hook]
Got that work, get 'em Claud
If you want that loud, I can bring the noise
Get a greedy vision just to see ya boy
Brand new foreign car, you should see my toy
Work, got that work, work, got that work
Work, got that work, work, she like work
Work, got that work, work, got that work
Work, got that work, work, she like work
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: MARK MURRILLE
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, FOX MUSIC, INC.






Jussie Smollett - Good Enough (Negrito Remix)

I gave you all of me
But it still ain't enough to make you happy
I gave you everything
It still don't measure up
It feels like I walked 5 thousand miles
And didn't even come close
Feels like I try to make you smile
But you don't even care, no

I'll never be big enough to pay your dues
But i keep trying
And you just keep on making me jump through hoops
What do I got to do?

[Chorus]
I just want you to look at me
And see that I can be worth your love
I just want you to look at me
And see that I can be
Good enough, good enough
Good enough
And see that i can be
Good enough, good enough
Good enough

I try to show you that I'm strong
Why do I even bother?
Cause it's the same old damn song
And you call yourself a father
Feels like I'm reaching for the stars
But heaven isn't letting me
I wish that I had longer arms
But I know that will never be never be

I'll never be big enough to pay your dues
But i keep trying
And you just keep on making me jump through hoops
What do I got to do?

[Chorus]
I just want you to look at me
And see that I can be worth your love
I just want you to look at me
And see that I can be
Good enough, good enough
Good enough
And see that i can be
Good enough, good enough
Good enough
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: TIMOTHY MOSLEY, JAMES WASHINGTON, DANIEL JONES
Copyright: Lyrics © FOX MUSIC, INC.






Terrence Howard - Chasing The Sky

[ Featuring Jussie Smollett, Yazz ]

Open your eyes to what you love to hate
You're up in the sky but you ain't flying straight
Where do I go when I can't go home?
'Cause you sold it, and you lost yourself and you are just no more
Take every piece, every piece of me
Whatever you need, my mind is changing
And I can't hide no, but you know where I'll be
Mother

And I know
I said I didn't need it, I said I wasn't built for it
But now that I can see it, damn right I'm really made for this
Chasing the sky, trying to fly
And now I see
Just why you had to be so hard for me
You'll hear my roar then fill your legacy
Fear of the sky, no choice but to fly, so high, so high, so high

Blood is supposed to be thicker than water is
Nowadays we can't even stomach the thought of it
It's like we can't even get along, who right and who in the wrong?
Too busy pointing fingers like it's politics
I tell you shut up, you tell me be quiet, too much dysfunction
Cut up like we at a riot, kicking and punching
Ain't nobody here to mediate it
And you would think that we wasn't even related
Why are we even throwing blows in the first place?
We fight at cook outs, picnics and birthdays
I tried to give the benefit but in the worst case
You keep on talking smack, you end up with a hurt face
And we tried everything, it's time for plan B
If Bloods and Crips can reconcile, why can't we?
I guess I'm ratchet like my mama and my poppa
I'm chasing the sky and I ain't talking 'bout the vodka, let's fly

Far from a perfect man
The fights and the lies , I guess you never understand
A mother and father who wanted for you much more than
Life is a slight of hand, if you hate it today
I've a lot for you, if there's one thing that it's true

Going all alone, I can't even trust all the people here inside my home
And if you were my brother, then never let it get so wrong
That you turn your back on what we were
Turn your back on me, on your family, no

I know
I said I didn't need it, I said I wasn't built for it
But now that I can see it, damn right I'm really made for this
Chasing the sky, trying to fly
And now I see
Just why you had to be so hard for me
You'll hear my roar then fill your legacy
Fear of the sky, no choice but to fly, so high, so high, so high
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: JAMES WASHINGTON, JUSSIE SMOLLETT
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.






Yazz - No Competition

[ Featuring Serayah ]

Everybody wants to shine
But they can keep on wishing, 'cause ain't no stars made overnight
And ain't no competition (out here), 'petition (out here), 'petition (out here)
And ain't no competition (out here), 'petition (out here), 'petition (out here)
I don't see no competition

Where they at, where they at, I don't see no one
I'm Ray Charles, I'm Stevie Wonder, with a blindfold on
It's getting darker than a bitch out here
Hard as hell to get a pitch out here
Throwing money like I'm rich out here
Drinking liquor like a fish out here
Momma, I wanna be famous
Let them all know what my name is
I gotta make some arrangements
Money come go and it changes
Just to be wearing the latest
I pray every day like a Christian
Mommy and daddy and all of my family, I don't see no competition-oh

Everybody wants to shine
But they can keep on wishing, 'cause ain't no stars made overnight
And ain't no competition (out here), 'petition (out here), 'petition (out here)
And ain't no competition (out here), 'petition (out here), 'petition (out here)
I don't see no competition

Where they at, where they at, I don't see nada
And I got eyes like I'm fetty wap, I don't see nothing but dolla's
Bouncing harder than a check out here
Hard as hell to get respect out here
I just wanna be the next out here
They be wanting me to flex out here
Momma, I just wanna make it
Make all the girlies get naked
Make 'em drip drop on the dance floor
Pockets so fat that my pants low
Just to be wearing the latest
I pray every day like a Christian
Mommy and daddy and all of my family, I don't see no competition-oh

It's a rumble in the jungle underneath the stars
But we ain't going nowhere 'till we win the war
I'm fighting but my back is up against the wall
The bigger that they are, the harder that they fall

We gotta keep movin', keep movin', it's so hard to carry on
But I'm undisputed, undisputed, undisputed, the champion
Where they at, where they at, I don't see no one
Where they at, where they at, I don't see no one
Where they at, where they at, I don't see no one
Where they at, where they at, I don't see no one
Where they at, where they at, I don't see no one
Where they at, where they at, I don't see no one
Where they at, where they at, I don't see no one
Where they at, where they at, I don't see no one

Everybody wants to shine
But they can keep on wishing, 'cause ain't no stars made overnight
And ain't no competition (out here), 'petition (out here), 'petition (out here)
And ain't no competition (out here), 'petition (out here), 'petition (out here)
I don't see no competition

Everybody wants to shine (do your dance baby)
Everybody wants to shine (i ain't your man baby)
Everybody wants to shine (do your dance baby)
Everybody wants to shine
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Writer: JAMES DAVID WASHINGTON, JUSTIN BOSTWICK, MEGAN THOMASTON
Copyright: Lyrics © FOX MUSIC, INC., Reservoir Media Management, Inc.






Jussie Smollett - Hemingway

Gonna tell a story of a fello who fell in love
I said that I'd be for you when no one even needs you
Phonetically in my heart
I thought that I would get the last this but now I see I get the best
No one tied my waist, I'm tryna make a statement
The words are coming out my head
At night in my room, I see your smiling eyes
Promise to treat you right, you are my butterfly
You knew I'd be your man, I knew you'd understand
You needed me, I needed you but now just fly

[Chorus]
Hemingway, I'm gonna write that word, I wanna say
I know I loved you from the first day
Don't hold us down and turn the page, it's ours to rule
But it's true that I, I'm gonna keep on loving you

There's been a few times you cried
And even more times than I messing with the wrong crowd
Feeling like a big cloud, thunder hella loud
But suddenly the gods have changed
And now I'm whispering your name
Maybe for you don't make sense, true that we me the change
Sometimes life gets so cold, your fire to your soul
And now I see that you and me, we could grow old
For once it's not a test, I'm living in the past
Just wanna be personally, only be your man

[Chorus]
Hemingway, I'm gonna write that word, I wanna say
I know I loved you from the first day
Don't hold us down and turn the page, it's ours to rule
But it's true that I, I'm gonna keep on loving you

You, oh baby, I'mma keep on loving you
Oh sugar, I'mma keep on loving you
Said oh darling, I'mma keep on loving you
I'mma keep on loving you, keep on loving you
Oh baby, I'mma keep on loving you
Oh sugar, I'mma keep on loving you
Said oh darling, I'mma keep on loving you
I'mma keep on loving you, keep on loving you

[Chorus]
I'm gon' keep on loving you, I'm gon' keep on loving you
I'm gon' keep on loving you, I'm gon' keep on loving you
Said everything's good, just keep on loving you
Said everything's good, just keep on loving you
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Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher






Jussie Smollett - My Own Thang

[ Featuring Bre-Z ]

Said I gotta do, gotta do my own thang
I do my own thang, do my own thang
I gotta do my own thang, do my own thang
Yeah
Can't nobody tell me, can't nobody
Tell me what to do, tell me what to do, can't nobody uh
Everything I do is me
What you mean? We gon' keep it one hundred

New strings to the struggling, making something outta nothing, yeah
Uh, from nothing to something, I do it, I want it, I get it, so I'm getting to it
Doing my own thang, I came this far, it's all me doing what I do
I gotta do my own thang, I gotta do it my way
Doing my own thang, tripping on nobody, making my moves
I gotta do my own thang, yeah I gotta do it my way

I ain't heard what they been saying, I'm too busy doing my own thing
In they mouth keepin' my name, I don't even care I'm on my own thang
Can't nobody understand it 'cause I got it in my family
But wasn't never never handed to me, I worked hard to be what you see

New strings to the struggling, making something outta nothing, yeah
Uh, from nothing to something, I do it, I want it, I get it, so I'm getting to it
Doing my own thang, I came this far, it's all me doing what I do
I gotta do my own thang, I gotta do it my way
Doing my own thang, tripping on nobody, making my moves
I gotta do my own thang, yeah I gotta do it my way

Yeah, it's been a long time, no flexing, it's been a long grind
I made it through all of these hard times
Go harder so yeah I'm gon' shine
And every time you see me, Freida on the front line
Didn't make it here making apologies
Hate it or love it, I'm a do me
No matter what they say
I made it and I did it my way, did it my way

New strings to the struggling, making something outta nothing, yeah
I gotta do my own thang, I gotta do it my way
Doing my own thang, came this far, it's all me doing what I do
I gotta do my own thang, I gotta do it my way
Doing my own thang, tripping on nobody, making my moves
I gotta do my own thang, I gotta do it my way
Making my own moves, my way
I gotta do my own thang, I gotta do it my way
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: SHAFFER SMITH, JASON G. YORK, CALESHA MURRAY, JESSE WILSON, CURTIS WILSON, REYNELL HAY, ANDRAE ALEXANDER
Copyright: Lyrics © FOX MUSIC, INC., Universal Music Publishing Group, The Administration MP, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






Bre-Z - Turn Around

I wake up in the morning, what I'm thankful for
But you my God, is what I'm thankful for
I could see my life, it flash behind yours
But when I look at you, I'm seeing so much more
I thank God, I could never get enough of this
Now I'm here, they want me, I'm such a lucky bitch
I'm no killer but on me, I'mma clutch the fist
But when I'm with you, know we on a different tip
A different tip, I'm a survivor
You know I been through this, it's like I been through this
Everybody know Freida, she hit the ground and go
You put me in the booth and we tour that for sure
Was a time when I didn't have nothing, you was there for me
Is that a pretender acting just like you care for me?
And you know I never ran, never will homie
I do before I try to to have the bed for me

But this the price you pay when the Devil work
You put your heart with mine, I will never hurt
They burn when the fire's on
It can never affect me or what side I'm on, it don't matter

[Hook]
Just turned my life around, it started today
I'm gonna turn my life around, starting today
Turn it up for a day, gotta get it cause crime pays
I'm gonna turn my life around, starting today

Yeah, and they wonder why I pop for this
I heard he popped my pop, I gotta pop for this
But they don't feel my pain, I'm on wit Pac for this
I'm coming loud from the gutter, I stop for this
Now who you doing for the war boy?
Who you know bring the pain when the war's on?
Ghetto people what they need with the 41
And now I'm thinking you and me could bring it all home
Everybody say that they want the money and they want the fame
If you knew what we did you would say it's a shame
We hurt who we love to stay in the game
We dig up the dirt to jump in the grave

But this the price you pay when the Devil work
You put your heart with mine, I will never hurt
They burn when the fire's on
It can never affect me or what side I'm on, it don't matter

[Hook]
Just turned my life around, it started today
I'm gonna turn my life around, starting today
Turn it up for a day, gotta get it cause crime pays
I'm gonna turn my life around, starting today
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: CARLTON MAYS, CALESHA MURRAY
Copyright: Lyrics © Ultra Tunes, FOX MUSIC, INC.






DMK - Fabulous

You're super funky, I'm super fly
Don't make no sense, but that's alright
Don't need no money, boy I'm with time
You call me lady, I call you guy

[Chorus]
Oh think you got a good thing coming
Oh think you got a good thing coming
Oh think you got a good thing coming
FABULOUS, I'm fabulous
I know I'm fabulous, I know, I know I'm fabulous
I know I'm fabulous, I know, I know I'm fabulous
I know I'm fabulous, I know, I know I'm fabulous
FABULOUS, I'm fabulous

Go tell your mama, go tell your friends
Get you some follows, on Instagram
You think I'm cute, you think I'm nice
Boy take a picture, a million likes

[Chorus]
Oh think you got a good thing coming
Oh think you got a good thing coming
Oh think you got a good thing coming
FABULOUS, I'm fabulous
I know I'm fabulous, I know, I know I'm fabulous
I know I'm fabulous, I know, I know I'm fabulous
I know I'm fabulous, I know, I know I'm fabulous
FABULOUS, I'm fabulous

Yeah you think I'm, I already know
Another one hit on the radio
Tell me something I don't know

[Chorus]
Oh think you got a good thing coming
Oh think you got a good thing coming
Oh think you got a good thing coming
FABULOUS, I'm fabulous
I know I'm fabulous, I know, I know I'm fabulous
I know I'm fabulous, I know, I know I'm fabulous
I know I'm fabulous, I know, I know I'm fabulous
FABULOUS, I'm fabulous
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: FRIDOLIN WALCHER, CHRISTOPH BAUSS, ALI TAMPOSI, JONATHAN ROTEM, STEPHEN WRABEL
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, CYPMP, FOX MUSIC, INC.






Jussie Smollett - Never Let It Die

[ Featuring Yazz ]

Question my passion you question my judgment, question my loyalty
Question my devotion, but the question is what makes you think you can question me
See the music that's flowing through my veins is a gift to me from my family
Don't mess around

You ain't gotta say it, you ain't gotta say it
Feel it in your spirit every time you play it
We become the reason the music survives
Take away the fam and the music dies

We are the ones keeping this alive
Without the family the music dies
Never let the music die
Never let the music die (Never let it die)
Never let the music die
Never let the music die (Never let it die)

You don't understand
You don't understand
I am not the man I employ the man
I do not pretend, I do not pretend
I am every single thing I say I am
Music got me feeling like I'm Superman, I'm flying through the air
Looking down on your residence I'm coming down through your speaker
And I know you loving it
If I went away then you would trip
Like where the hell I went ya know I know ya need me
I know you need me
I set the standard 'cause the standard is what we be
If you approach a Lyon hungry you will see teeth
Nobody messing with the family

You ain't gotta say it, you ain't gotta say it
Feel it in your spirit every time you play it
We become the reason the music survives
Take away the fam and the music dies

We are the ones keeping this alive
Without the family the music dies
Never let the music die
Never let the music die (Never let it die)
Never let the music die
Never let the music die (Never let it die)

We're a family
Never let it die
Addicted to music
No no no never let it die
We the Lyons
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Writer: SHAFFER SMITH, JASON G. YORK, CALESHA MURRAY, JESSE WILSON, REYNELL HAY
Copyright: Lyrics © FOX MUSIC, INC., Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC






Yazz - All Nite (Yo Gotti Remix)


Bounce that ass let me see you move
Bounce that ass let me see you move

Pull up to the club with the doors up
We don't wait in line, you know who we are
Popping all the bottles, yes, all night
I'mma do this dance on you all night
I'mma do this dance on you all night
I'mma do this dance on you all night
I'mma do this dance on you all night
All night, all night

Shawty got that ass, yeah, hella fat yeah
I'mma throw a stack, yeah, on your back, yeah
She gon' throw it back, yeah, for a rack, yeah
What they doing this? Man I did that last year
Hit the charts, number one, that was just the first year
All they really wanna know is what I'm worth, yeah
I'mma, I'mma need a hundred thou for a verse, yeah
She prepared, shawty keep protection in the purse yeah
Yeah, I'mma make her scream and feel good, go to work
I'mma do it so good 'til it feels like it hurt
Throwing money in the club, might leave a will there
All my people in the building, everybody real there

Pull up to the club with the doors up
We don't wait in line, you know who we are
Popping all the bottles, yes, all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
All night she gon' do a dance for me

Now she gon' do a dance for me
She gon' make that booty clap like some hands for me
Told her, I don't wait in line, girl, these foreign shoes
Walk up in the club, wavy, let 'em all choose
Just messed up some commas, just messed up some Euros
I'm talking you and me, shawty, that's plural
You cannot name a young realer, I'm uno
Getting wasted tonight like no tomorrow
I'm up in the VIP, run the whole section
All these haters talk, but it don't effect me
I ain't lifting weights but you know I'm flexing
So you gon' get a dance cause tonight I'm checking

Pull up to the club with the doors up
We don't wait in line, you know who we are
Popping all the bottles, yes, all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
I'mma do this dance on you all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
I'mma do this dance on you all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
All night she gon' do a dance for me
All night, all night

Bounce that ass let me see you move, do it
Bounce that ass let me see you move (oh, baby)

Pull up to the club with the doors up
We don't wait in line, you know who we are
Popping all the bottles, yes, all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
She gon' do a dance on me all night
All night she gon' do a dance for me
All night, all night
[ Correct these Lyrics ]

Writer: MARK MURRILLE, MARIO MIMS
Copyright: Lyrics © FOX MUSIC, INC., BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.








Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 2 is the third soundtrack album by the cast of the musical drama television series Empire which airs on Fox. The album includes songs that featured during the second season of the show. It was released on April 29, 2016.

The Soundtrack was Recorded & Mixed at Periscope Post & Audio in Chicago, IL. Mixed By Jason Nuemann, Andrew Twiss, Kevin Davis, Justin Hind, Matt Gubernick, Jim Beanz, & Rodney "Every Ave" Murrille.
Genre(s): Soundtrack, Hip hop, R&B, pop
Released: April 29th, 2016
Year: 2016

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