Ryan Leslie - "Ups & Downs" (Live in LA) video free download

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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

Jacket: Versace for H&M (thanks to Tony Everett)

This video was realized thanks to the efforts of NextSelection Academy members Edo Metovic (@EdoMetovic), shoot production, & Brian Gregory (@CreactionMG), camera.