Live It Up (Original Version)

Mr. Voodoo - “Live It Up (Original Version)”
[Emcee(s): Mr. Voodoo]
[Producer(s): Charlemagne]
[Additional Vocals: Charlemagne]
[Sample (Multiple Elements): The Isley Brothers - “At Your Best (You Are Love)” (3:30)]

[Intro: Charlemagne]
Yeah. Feel it, baby. Check this here. Yeah. Fortress Records in the house. Charlemagne’s in the house. Mr. Voodoo’s in the house. Hold down the Fort, you know what I mean?

[Verse 1: Mr. Voodoo]
From New York, Mr. Voo, or simply Agu
Proving that my mission ain’t through until I get what’s
Due. My words are weapons, crews of herbs I threaten
Wetting competitors with metaphors, cause menopause like old
Women. Here’s a flow to swim in. Since water’s ninety-eight
Percent of the body’s chemistry, I convert it
To word form and swarm on the industry. You don’t have
The energy for a collision. I slice emcees up
Into atoms like nuclear fission. In addition
The name is world-famous for ripping niggas out their anus
And I’m staying true to that tradition. Call me an obste-
-trician ‘cause I plant seeds of mental corruption
On all terrains, my fatness can’t be drained by liposuction
Twenty-four sev’, I maintain with no interruptions
Lay in the cut, stay in a slut. Emcees ain’t saying nothing, but I’m
Saying something, ain’t here for no fronting
Snakes I empty my gun in, wack emcees I be sonning. If you
Dumbing, beware the death penalty is coming, so

[Hook: Mr. Voodoo]
Open your mind, open your ears, and listen up. If you
Want it, then go get it ‘cause no one’s giving it up. So turn
Your systems up, twist one up, and fill your cups
Tomorrow could be your last, so, today, just live it up, yo
Open your mind, open your ears, and listen up. If you
Want it, then go get it ‘cause no one’s giving it up. So turn
Your systems up, twist one up, and fill your cups
‘Cause tomorrow could be your last, so, today, just live it up, yo

[Verse 2: Mr. Voodoo]
Let us
Unfurl the page. The world’s the stage in this demonic age
Where sonic waves spread like the Bubonic Plague. Foolish
Knaves conceive thoughts just for me to abort. I
Fought any snitching man—hope your God a pension plan
‘Cause Mr. Voodoo cuts lives short as a child’s attention span
With mic in hand, I grope my nuts. Like Chernobyl, I be
Blowing up, burn like isopropyl on open cuts
And cause more drama than Pandora’s Box when it’s opened up
I diss and damage, leave you ass-out like the poor and disadvantaged
From this vantage, my joints are hollow-points—ballistic
Experts couldn’t calibrate. Never fabricate, but I got
Mad lyrics to allocate, but I’ll wait to a better date
If you want to battle, set a date, but never creep ‘cause I sedate
I got insomnia, which means I never sleep, so

[Hook: Mr. Voodoo]
Open your mind, open your ears, and listen up. If you
Want it, then go get it ‘cause no one’s giving it up. So turn
Your systems up, twist one up, and fill your cups
‘Cause tomorrow could be your last, so, today, just live it up, yo
Open your mind, open your ears, and listen up. If you
Want it, then go get it ‘cause no one’s giving it up. So turn
Your systems up, twist one up, and fill your cups
‘Cause tomorrow could be your last, so, today, just live it up, yo

[Verse 3: Mr. Voodoo]
Now, in
This world, I be as prevalent as the criminal element
Intelligent and eloquent. Elegant hoes feel on different
Parts of my biology. After shows, I use reverse psycho-
-logy on foes. This is dedicated to those who need
Punchlines to rock a show, but I rely on flow
I’m one of the privileged, few able to shrivel the truth
Sundown until there’s morning dew, I’m warning you:
Fuck with Mr. Voo and your family will be mourning you. Your frame
Will get torn in two, can’t do me nathing, I be lacing first
Control this world like I’m the Masons, but I’m more like the Asians
‘Cause I keep a culturating civilization. Death or
Liberation, it takes millions to kill the nation, so

[Hook: Mr. Voodoo]
Open your mind, open your ears, and listen up. If you
Want it, then go get it ‘cause no one’s giving it up. So turn
Your systems up, twist one up, and fill your cups
‘Cause tomorrow could be your last, so, today, just live it up, yo
Open your mind, open your ears, and listen up. If you
Want it, then go get it ‘cause no one’s giving it up. So turn
Your systems up, twist one up, and fill your cups
‘Cause tomorrow could be your last, so, today, just live it up, yo

[Bridge (Overlapped with Outro): Mr. Voodoo]
Word up, yo, we gotta live it up, yo
Ayyo, we gotta, yo, we gotta live it up, son
Yeah, what up, dun? You gotta live it up
Tomorrow could be your last, so, today, just live it up

[Outro (Overlapped with Bridge): Mr. Voodoo]
Word, you ain’t guaranteed tomorrow, so we gotta live it up today, plan for the future. Live for today, know what I’m saying? Like that. Like that, yo. It’s Mr. Voo, word up