Gettin Up

Sent you a message, sent you an email Hasty decisions we made still prevail Both needed breaks, we both needed to bail Walking through the corridors of my mind The hideaways and nooks, and things with good times Memories, certainly, yes, they still bind Still a common man and yeah, that's for sure Still a bankroll, and yeah, still couture But man, this thing we had was much more Come back home, don't be out in the world It's a rat race and no place for a girl Amongst the scavengers, I found a pretty pearl It's for the faint of heart who never get enough Gotta get tough, buckle em up, we call 'em duds And we, and we, and we, ah! We got the gettin' up, we got the gettin' up Today is nice, come on, we gon' gettin' up Said we gettin' up, said we gettin' up Tonight is right, come on, we gon' gettin' up Said we gettin' up, said we gettin' up Come over here baby, don't look so grumpy This kind of lifestyle could be so comfy We can start a clan just like the Kennedy's You and I advance, certainly we can expand Feelings that should never end, you respect me like a friend But love me like your man, no other could contend Or we could be like those exposed to history Like staying with each other with truth and chivalry The things we go thru they shape our identity Yes pretty let's do this all night Consummate this thing and make it alright And when we cuddle up, I promise that I'll bite We got the gettin' up, we got the gettin' up Today is nice, come on, we gon' gettin' up Said we gettin' up, said we gettin' up Tonight is right, come on, we gon' gettin' up Said we gettin' up, said we gettin' up I like to watch everybody gravitate towards you Your magnetic presences make them all come thru The same way you got them you got me too Now look at our lives, are so colorful A wonderful spectrum, not one-tone, dull Full of excitement and not one lull See we had an understanding, oh, yes, we did I'm bringing it back, I'm puttin' in my bid Have a couple of kids, have a couple of cribs We like Ruby Dee and Ossie, Martin and Coretta Doin' it to death, no one can do it better When we leave our physical, our sprits still together Come on now, here's a placement for your hand You rockin' with the number-one MC man The number-one controller of right with the plan We got the gettin' up, we got the gettin' up Today is nice, come on, we gon' gettin' up Said we gettin' up, said we gettin' up Tonight is right, come on, we gon' gettin' up Said we gettin' up, said we gettin' up We got the gettin' up, we got the gettin' up Today is nice, come on, we gon' gettin' up Said we gettin' up, said we gettin' up Tonight is right, come on, we gon' gettin' up Said we gettin' up, said we gettin' up, come on we