Teena Marie
Teena Marie
Teena Marie
Teena Marie
Teena Marie
Teena Marie
Teena Marie
Teena Marie
Teena Marie
Teena Marie
Teena Marie
“Square Biz” peaked at #50 on the Billboard Hot 100, #12 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music\Club Play chart and #3 on Billboard’s R&B chart in 1981.
[Intro: Teena Marie]
Hee...
Everybody get up
[Verse 1: Teena Marie]
Flashback, who's that dancing to the latest?
Suave de bone, the greatest, ooh, he sure is moving me
That's what I said, though you didn't know yet
All of it was kismet, soon to be made history
[Pre-Chorus: Teena Marie]
So don't you have no doubt, I'm gonna spell it out
I'll hip you to the Tee that is
I got the best, the most, baby, from coast to coast
And I don't wanna boast, but I love you Square Biz
[Chorus: Teena Marie]
I'm talking Square Biz to you, baby
Square, Square Biz
I'm talking love that is
Square, Square Biz
I'm talking Square Biz to you, baby
Square, Square Biz
I'm talking love
That is, that is, that is Square Biz
[Verse 2: Teena Marie]
So shy, oh my, had to change that real quick
Had to use a few tricks, you know like my femme fatale
Phase two, me, you dancing on a cloud
I'm gonna sing it loud 'cause my love is on the wow
[Pre-Chorus: Teena Marie]
So don't you have no doubt, I'm gonna spell it out
I'll hip you to the Tee that is
I got the best, the most, baby, from coast to coast
And I don't wanna boast, but I love you Square Biz
[Chorus: Teena Marie]
I'm talking Square Biz to you, baby
Square, Square Biz
I'm talking love that is
Square, Square Biz
I'm talking Square Biz to you, baby
Square, Square Biz
I'm talking love
That is, that is, that is Square Biz
[Post-Chorus: Teena Marie]
Square Biz
Square Biz, Square Biz
I'm talking love
Square Biz, Square Biz
Square Biz, Square Biz
I'm talking love
[Verse 3: Teena Marie]
Phase three, ooh-wee, on a love oasis
Joy upon our faces sent from up above
Bombs burst, fireworks, big production thing
I'm talking horns and strings, orchestration is my love
[Pre-Chorus: Teena Marie]
So don't you have no doubt, I'm gonna spell it out
I'll hip you to the Tee that is
I got the best, the most, baby, from coast to coast
And I don't wanna boast, but I love you Square Biz
[Chorus: Teena Marie]
I'm talking Square Biz to you, baby
Square, Square Biz
I'm talking love that is
Square, Square Biz
I'm talking Square Biz to you, baby
Square, Square Biz
I'm talking love
That is, that is, that is, that is Square Biz
[Bridge: Teena Marie, Rick James]
Ooh
Hey, baby, uh, what's your name, huh?
{Ladies call me Slick Rick, baby}
Yeah, well, don't be too slick now
I'm talking Square Biz (Talk to me) (Talk to me, baby)
I'm talking Square Biz (Talk to me) (Talk to me)
I'm talking Square Biz (Talk to me)
I'm talking Square Biz to you
I'm talking Square Biz (Talk to me)
I'm talking Square Biz to you
[Verse 4: Teena Marie]
Baby, what's happening? Entre vous Lady Tee
I've heard a boatload of others ladies' raps
But they ain't got nothing on me
I'm less than five-foot-one, a hundred pounds of fun
I like sophisticated funk
I live on Dom Perignon, caviar, filet mignon
And you can best believe that's bunk
Here's what I'm talking, baby
Square Biz, huh, huh, Square Biz
I've been called Casper, Shorty, Lil' Bit
And some they call me Vanilla Child
But you know that don't mean my world to me
'Cause baby, names can't cramp my style
(I love chick-icken) And plus collard greens
A little hot water cornbread
I love you, too, Cat daddy
But don't you let that go to your head
That's what I'm talking, baby
Square Biz, Square Biz
You know I like spirituals and rock
Sarah Vaughn, Johann Sebastian Bach
Shakespeare, Maya Angelou
And Nikki Giovanni just to name a few
Well, I'm wild and peaceful Lady Tee
I gots to keep my irons in the fire, you see
I got the point, the scam, the low, the deal
What you feel, say what?
[Refrain: Teena Marie]
Flashback, who's that? (Flashback)
Flashback, who's that? (Flashback)
[Pre-Chorus: Teena Marie]
So don't you have no doubt, I'm gonna spell it out
I'll hip you to the Tee that is
I got the best, the most, baby, from coast to coast
And I don't wanna boast, but I love you Square Biz
[Chorus: Teena Marie]
I'm talking Square Biz to you, baby
Square, Square Biz
I'm talking love that is
Square, Square Biz
I'm talking Square Biz to you, baby
Square, Square Biz
I'm talking love
That is, woo
[Outro: Teena Marie, Rick James]
I'm gonna talk about it
I'm gonna talk my love
(I'm talking love, that is)
I'm gonna talk about it
I'm gonna talk my love
(I'm talking love, that is)
I'm gonna hip you to the Tee
(The Tee?) The Tee
(What's the Tee?) And you know that's me
Flashback, who's that? (Flashback)
Flashback, who's that? (Flashback)
Flashback, who's that? (Flashback)
Flashback, who's that? (Flashback)
I'm gonna talk about it
I'm gonna talk my love
(I'm talking love, that is)
I'm gonna talk about it
I'm gonna talk my love
(I'm talking love, that is)
I'm gonna hip you to the Tee
Everybody's dancing on the Tee, dancing
Jackie, Jill, and Mick, and Lady Tee
We're talking Square Biz
Well, everybody's dancing on the Tee
Jackie, Jill, and Mick, and Lady Tee
We're talking Square Biz
Square Biz was written by Allen McGrier & Teena Marie.
Square Biz was produced by Teena Marie.
Teena Marie released Square Biz on Thu May 14 1981.