Kelis Feat. NaS

Hip-hop's hottest housewife may not have 'em lining up around the block they way they did for "Milkshake," but Kelis Was Here, her fourth disc, doesn't lack for suggestive mouthfuls. "Blindfold Me" trades in unapologetic but catchy raunch, and "What's That Right There," produced by will.i.am, is a cool size-up of her sex life--"You likes it raw, I likes it on top/I got something for that lollipop," she teases. There's more to Kelis than dirty lyrics and a pretty face, though, and she proves that here deftly, first single "Bossy" being the best example. While her fellow R&B divas fall all over themselves to churn out the latest addition to the my-man-done-wronged-me canon, Kelis keeps her vulnerable side--if she has one--under wraps. "Bossy" salutes her inner dominatrix, and "Handful" and "I Don't Think So" send out high-fives to sauciness--a general don't-take-no-mess spirit. What may be most distinctive about Kelis Was Here, though, is its range: dipping, bobbing, and weaving from '80s pop to funk to hip-hop to smoky ballads, Kelis shows one-trick musical ponies how it's done with characteristic, cuss-heavy swagger. --Tammy La Gorce Ladies love what I been through, blood on my Tim boots Snub noses, club closes, down where my men shoot But she can't stand, I'm sharing everything wit the fam' That means them too, flat screen, Benz Coupe Plus I entertain bosses At my Spanish style Lagerfeld, furnished up fortress But look at this thang, in Alexander McQueen's Giuseppe Zanotti's, the sexiest bodies And I, betcha she prolly, heard how I love 'em and leave 'em But she still wanna suck 'em and eat 'em Cause I'm a poet, a preacher, and a pimp wit words A thief who stole her heart, a prince she deserves [Kelis] I should have known, by the way that you stared Eyeing passes by, like your rich but life ain't fair, but ya [Bridge: Kelis] Make my record skip Make my record skip Make my record skip Make my record skip [Chorus: Kelis] + (Nas) I would have never talked to you If I had known you was a popular thug Hey, popular thug (Ya damn right) I would have never talked to you If I had known you was a popular thug Hey, popular thug (Ya damn right) [Nas] I take, I don't ask for nothin' You fake, I look past ya frontin', for cash I'm a glutton I'ma, bad influence yo, I'll ya marriage ruined By hangin wit me, you get ass from some new chicks My life's so fluent, pass ya music Honey's I hit, hear my songs and get mad and lose it Cause I'm a sexed crazed bastard I lace Kelis with a cushion cut engagement ring, we done, that's it [Kelis] I should have seen, in the way you touched my hand Shuffling your car keys, but sounded like a gentleman, but ya [Bridge: Kelis] Make my record skip Make my record skip Make my record skip Make my record skip [Chorus: Kelis] + (Nas) I would have never talked to you If I had known you was a popular thug Hey, popular thug (Ya damn right) I would have never talked to you If I had known you was a popular thug Hey, popular thug (Ya damn right) [Nas] I don't need more the ice grill, cause I don't have to My eyebrows shaped like a half boat, and I don't raise 'em The kid you can't budge him, or phase him My money's amazin', honey Black, Puerto Rican, and Asian What I made, look me and you the king is hooked Got you the cayenne green Porsche, pushed They off the hook, them and haters nightmares walking You smothered by a popular gangsta, perfect boyfriend [Kelis] I should have heard it, in the way you said my name While I analyzed your tone, you were formulating games, but ya [Bridge: Kelis] Make my record skip Make my record skip Make my record skip Make my record skip [Chorus: Kelis] + (Nas) I would have never talked to you If I had known you was a popular thug Hey, popular thug (Ya damn right) I would have never talked to you If I had known you was a popular thug Hey, popular thug (Ya damn right) I would have never talked to you If I had known you was a popular thug Hey, popular thug (Ya damn right)