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98° And Rising
Intro  

From the National Weather Service. . .  
There is a severe heat advisory in effect all over the world  
Right now, temperatures are at 98º and rising  
Please be extremely caution so as not to be overwhelmed by this heat  
Further information will be announced as it becomes available...  
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Heat It Up  
Yeah, 98 ya'll  
Trackmasters, Motown--do you wanna be down?  
(Hoo!)  
Do you wanna be down?  
Oh oh oh yeah  
Come on...  

Chorus:  
Baby let me love you  
To the 98th degree girl and heat it up (I'm down)  
Girl let's heat it up(I'm down)  
I can give you all my lovin'  
If you're only down for me, girl  
Let's heat it up (I'm down)  
Come on heat it up (I'm down for ya)  

Late at night I fantasize, girl  
That you and I, yo you were rockin' my world  
I can't deny the way I'm feeling  
I think about you girl, again and again, yeah  
Whenever I'm with you my fantasies come true  
So tell me what you want to do  

Bridge:  
Just hold me close, don't let me go  
Baby show me how the 98 will flow (oh yeah)  
I want to know how it can be with 98°  
You gotta know I'm down for you  
Baby show me what the 98 can do (are you down)  
Boy lead the way to ecstasy  
But only if you're down for me  

Chorus  

This urgency of what I'm feeling is killing me  
When will this lovin' begin  
I wanna be the one you run to  
Now girl you know there is nothing I wouldn't do, oh!  
The very thought of you is like a dream come true  
So tell me what you wanna do, yeah  

Bridge:  
Just hold me close don't let me go  
Baby show me how the 98 will flow (oh hooo oh)  
I want to know how it can be with 98°  
You gotta know I'm down for you (girl are you down)  
Baby show me what the 98 can do  
Boy lead the way to ecstasy  
Baby come get down with me  

Chorus  

(Got a feeling that I can't touch though)  
Heat it up just a touch  
Are you down for my love (oh, you know I'm down)  
(Gotta love that itch)  
Heat it up just a touch  
Are you down for my love (oh, you know I'm down)  
(Look at this love I've found)  
Heat it up just a touch  
Are you down for my love (boy I'm down)  
(I can give it to you, babe)  
Heat it up  
Only if you're down  

Chorus (w/adlibbing from Nick)  
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If Only She Knew  

La, la la la la la la la la laa  

If she only knew  
What I knew but couldn't say  
If she could just see  
The part of me that I hid away (oh yeah)  
If I could just hold her in my arms again  
And just say I love you  
But she's gone away, maybe she'd stay  
If she only knew  

If she could just feel  
What I feel here in my heart  
She'd know it was real  
Pure and true right from the start (oh yeah)  
But I'm just a man who didn't understand  
What she was going through  
But she's gone away, maybe she'd stay  
If she only knew (yeah, only knew)  

Bridge:  
And how, how did I let her get away  
(Oh yeah, yeah, yeah)  
Cuz love, love is so easy to feel  
But the hardest thing to say (say, say, say, say)  

If she could just see (see)  
What I see when I close my eyes (close my eyes)  
All that I dream (dream)  
Surely she would realize (oh oh)  
But like a fool I waited much too long  
To let her know the truth  
But she's gone away, maybe she'd stay  
If she only knew (no no no no)  

2nd Bridge:  
Won't you tell me, tell me  
How, how did I let her get away (tell me)  
Cuz I guess that love (love)  
Love is so easy to feel  
But the hardest thing to say (say, say, say, say)  

If she only knew  
What I knew but could not say (say, baby)  
If she could just see  
The part of me that I hid away  
If I could just hold her in my arms again  
And just say I love you, I love ya  
She's gone away, maybe she'd stay  
If she only knew  

La, la la la la la la la la  
(If she only knew, if she only knew)  
La, la la la la la la la la  
(If she knew, if she knew!)  
Maybe she'd stay but she ran away  
Why she had to go away  
Cuz of what I didn't say  
Don't know what to do  
Oh God how I wish that she knew  
La, la la la la la la la la  
You've got to know it, baby  
I know you feel it, baby, oh oh  
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I Do (Cherish You)  

I do, I do, babe  
I do, I do...  

All I am, all I'll be  
Everything in this world  
All that I'll ever need  
Is in your eyes  
Shining at me  
When you smile I can feel  
All my passion unfolding  
Your hand brushes mine  
And a thousand sensations  
Seduce me cuz I  

Chorus:  
I do, cherish you  
For the rest of my life  
You don't have to think twice  
I will love you still  
From the depths of my soul  
It's beyond my control  
I've waited so long to say this to you  
If you're asking do I love you this much  
I do  

Oh, baby...  
In my world before you  
I lived outside my emotions  
Didn't know where I was going  
Til that day I found you  
How you opened my life  
To a new paradise  
In a world torn by change  
Still with all my heart  
Til my dying day  

Chorus:  
I do, (I cherish you) cherish you (this much I know it's true)  
For the rest of my life  
You don't have to think twice  
I will, (I'll always love you) love you still (this much I know it's true)  
From the depths of my soul  
It's beyond my control  
I've waited so long to say this to you  
If you're asking do I love you this much  
Yes I do(I do, I really love you)  
I do(I really love you)  
If you're asking do I love you this much...  

Baby, I do, (cherish you) cherish you (this much I know it's true)  
From the depths of my soul  
It's beyond my control  
I've waited so long  
To say this to you  
If you're asking do I love you this much...  
Baby I do  
Oh oh oh, I do  
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Fly With Me  

Chorus:  
So won't you fly with me  
I wanna make you feel alright (alright with me)  
Lemme mend your broken wings  
And set you free, girl it's alright  
Girl can't you see  

Let me take you to a place  
That you've never seen, never been, only dreamed  
Where I can take away all of your pain  
Girl, I promise that  
You'll never hurt again, yeah yeah  

And I can make you feel  
The world belongs to you  
You'retheone, allIneed  
And you know that it's true, yeah  

Chorus  

Lemme turn your night to day  
Lemme be the one to bring innocence  
I know it must be hard for you to see things clear  
But baby you got nothing to fear, oh no  

Together we can touch the moon  
And kiss the sky  
Make you feel how I feel  
When I look in your eyes, oh yeah  

Chorus (2x with adlibbing from Nick)  

All I need in my life  
Is you at my side, girl (You at my side girl)  
Let me be the one (Let me be the one)  
To hold you close  
Your hand in mine girl  
And together we'll fly  

Chorus (3x)  

So won't you fly with me  
I wanna make you feel alright (fly with me) Alright with me (tonight)  
Lemme mend your broken wings  
And set you free, girl it's alright  
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Still  

Ooohh oh  
Ooh oh, yeah  

Love, I see forever in your eyes  
I can see heaven in your smile  
And when I hold you close  
I don't want to let go  
Because deep in my soul I know girl  
That you are the only light I see  
Your love means everything to me  
I know that we'll never part  
Cuz you'll always be near, here in my heart  

Chorus:  
If the sun (sun) should refuse to rise  
And the moon (moon) doesn't hang in the night  
The tides won't change, seasons rearrange  
When the world is through  
I will still love you  
(Oh, yeah, still love you, baby)  

And girl, you're like an angel from above  
Sent here to shower me with your love  
Hold me beneath your wings  
Tell me all of those things  
All the hopes and the dreams we can share  
Cuz I'll be your shelter from the storm  
I'll be the fire that keeps you warm  
I'll be your light in the dark  
Cuz you'll always be here in my heart (oh girl)  

Chorus  

If anything could last forever  
It's what I feel for you  
(That's what I feel for you)  
Oh baby, you touch my heart in ways  
That words could never say  
That's why I'll always love you  

Chorus (2x)  

Yes I will love you still baby  
(I will still love you)  
Girl believe  
You're All I need  
I will still love you  
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Because of You  

It's all, it's all, it's all  

Chorus:  
You're my sunshine after the rain  
You're the cure against my fear and my pain  
Cuz I'm losing my mind  
When you're not around  
It's all, it's all  
It's all because of you  

You're my sunshine (oh yeah)  

Baby I really know by now  
Since we met that day  
You showed me the way  
I felt it then, you gave me love  
I can't describe  
How much I feel for you  

I said baby I  
Should have known by now  
Should have been right there  
Whenever you gave me love  
And if only you were here  
I'd tell you  
Yes, I'd tell you, oh yeah  

Chorus  

oohh oh yeah yeeaah  

Honestly could you be with me  
Like it was before  
Neither less nor more  
Cuz when I close my eyes at night  
I realize that no one else  
Could ever take your place  

I still can feel and it's so unreal  
When you're touching me  
Kisses endlessly  
It's just a place in the sun,  
Where our loves begun  
I miss you, yes I miss you  
Oh baby yeah  

Chorus  

If I knew how to tell you  
What's on my mind (on my mind)  
Make you understand  
Then I'd always be there  
Right by your side  

Chorus (3x w/ adlibbing from Nick and Jeff on the third chorus)  

You're my sunshine after the rain (after the rain)  
(oh ooohh) (after th rain, after the rain)  
Cuz I'm loosing my mind when you're not around (oh ooohh)  
It's all, it's all  
It's all because of you  
(yeah,  ooohh)  
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Give It Up (Interlude)  

Lets do this a capella thing...ya'll ready?  
Uno, dos--lets go!  

Hey yeah  
Now here's a story  
One we both know  
About two people  
When they lost their self control  
If we're not careful it might be you and me  
When things are good  
You gotta let them be, oh  
Why you wanna play me around (doop do op)  
Why you wanna mess with this love that we've found  
Why you wanna tear us apart  
If you're trying to break my heart  
You better give it up, give it up  
'Cause I am not gonna take anymore  
Yeah my heart has made mistakes like this before  
If you don't start treating me right  
I'm gonna give it up, give it up, give it up  
Starting with tonight  
Oh baby, Oh yeah  
Starting with tonight  
I'm gonna make it right, Oh yeah  
Why you wanna play with me  
Play me around, Oh baby calm down  

::Laughter::  
Calm down, yeah, you better give it up, man  
::Laughter::  
Lets listen to that...  
Whew!  
Yo, lets listen to dat  

**NOTE: This song is a capella. The reason almost all these lyrics to this song is in Nick, is only because he  
sings the main words. You can hear Justin making the "bum bum bum" sound and Jeff and Drew backing  
up Nick. 98° is known for their great harmonies.  
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Do You Wanna Dance  

Oh ohh  
Yeah  
Ooohhhhh oohh  
Come on, baby  

Chorus:  
Baby I gotta ask you  
Do you wanna dance  
Because I'm in the mood  
I've been watching from across the room  
The way you're moving  
I could get into you  

Tonight is the night I wanna dance with you  
My heart is beating faster than I want it to  
Cuz the music is right and the groove starts to move  
Can I find a way to get down with you, oh yeah  

Put your hand in mine  
Let me look into your eyes  
Let's not waste any time, girl  
Cuz this feeling's so strong that I can't deny  

Chorus (w/adlibbing from Nick)  

I look in your eyes and my world starts to shake  
Intoxicating me with every move you make  
Come and get down with your favorite tune  
I feel the need to get with you soon  
Ooh you're looking so fine (ooh you're looking so fine)  
And I'm liking the way that you move  
Girl you're making me high  
And there's nothing I wouldn't do to you  

Chorus (w/adlibbing from Nick)  

So tell me baby!  

Chorus  

So what you wanna do  
Do you wanna dance (do you wanna dance)  
So what you gonna do  
Do you wanna get down (do you wanna get down)  
So what you wanna do  
Do you wanna dance (girl do you wanna dance)  
So what you gon' do  
Do you wanna get down  
I gotta know if you can  
Get down on it  
Girl I love the way you move, baby  
Get down on it  
I gotta dance with you  
Get down on it  
Girl I love the way you slide  
Get down on it  
Won't you dance with me tonight  

Chorus (2x w/adlibbing from Nick)  

  
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True to Your Heart  

Baby, I knew at once that you were meant for me  
Deep in my soul I know that I'm your destiny  
Though you're unsure  
Why fight the tide  
Don't think so much  
Let your heart decide  

Baby, I see your future and it's tied to mine  
I look in your eyes and see you searching for a sign  
But you'll never fall 'till you let go  
Don't be scared of what you don't know  

Chorus:  
True to your heart  
You must be  
True to your heart  
That's when the heavens will part  
And baby, shower you with my love  
Open your eyes  
Your heart can tell you no lies  
And when you're true to your heart  
I know it's gonna lead you straight to me  
(Got to be true, to your heart)  

Stevie Wonder: Someone ya know is on your side, can set you free  
I can do that for you if you believe in me  
Why second-guess What feels so right  
Just trust your heart And you'll see the light  

Chorus  

(Ya know it's true)  
Your heart knows what's good for you  
(Good for you)  
Let your heart show you the way  
(Ya know it's true)  
It'll see you through  
(Got to be true to your heart)  

Come on, baby baby baby baby!  

Girl, my heart is driving me to where you are  
Well, you can take both hands off the wheel and still get far  
Be swept away  
Enjoy the ride  
You won't get lost  
With your heart to guide you  

Chorus  

True to your heart  
You must be  
True to your heart  
That's when the heavens will part  
And baby, shower you with my love  
Open your eyes  
Your heart can tell you no lies  
And when you're true to your heart  
I know it's gonna lead you straight to me  
(Got to be true to your heart)  

When things are gettin' crazy (crazy)  
And you don't know where to start (to start)  
Keep on believin', baby (baby)  
Just be true to your heart  
When all the world around you (yeah!)  
It seems to fall apart (apart)  
Keep on believing (baby)  
Just be true to your heart  

You've got to be  
True to your heart  
You've got to be  
True to your heart  
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To Me You're Everything  

Chorus:  
Baby, baby, to me you're everything  
It's just the love and joy that you bring  
No one can take the place I've given you  
Ooh, girl, you're like an angel in disguise  
You are the dream that never will die  
Cuz, baby, to me you're everything  
Ooh girl  

You're my everything, oh yeah  

I've been thinking 'bout you lately  
(Show me, show me love)  
And it just troubles my mind  
(Got my mind you)  
Cuz the things you said  
Right before you walked away  
It brought so much pain (Girl)  
I've been walking in these four walls  
(Thinkin' about your love)  
Trying to find my way out  
(Trying to find a way)  
I got a picture of you  
Deep inside my heart  
And you know  

Chorus  

You're my everything, oh yeah  

There is nothing like the real thing  
(Show me, show me love)  
And girl I'll always be true  
(Always true to you)  
I've got no time to waste  
I know there is no better place  
Than right here with you  
And yeah, you've got that thang  
And I want it (And I want it)  
And I know it by now (ooh, ooh)  
There's nothing I ain't gonna do to you  
(ooh, ooh)  

Chorus  

You're my everything, oh yeah  

Chorus (2x)  

Oooh, baby!!!  
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The Hardest Thing  

Yeah  
Hey (ooh oh oh oh)  
Bye, bye, baby, bye, bye  
(Ooooh oh oh oh oh)  

We both know that I shouldn't be here  
This is wrong  
And baby it's killing me, it's killing you  
Both of us trying to be strong  
I've got somewhere else to be  
Promises to keep  
Someone else who loves me  
And trusts me fast asleep  

Bridge:  
I've made up my mind  
There is no turning back  
She's been good to me  
And she deserves better than that  

Chorus:  
It's the hardest thing  
I'll ever have to do  
To look you in the eye  
And tell you I don't love you  
It's the hardest thing  
I'll ever have to lie  
To show no emotion  
When you start to cry (start to cry)  
I can't let you see  
What you mean to me  
When my hands are tied  
And my heart's not free  
We're not meant to be  
It's the hardest thing  
I'll ever had to do  
To turn around and walk away  
Pretending I don't love you  

I know that we'll meet again  
Fate has a place and time (place and time)  
So you can get on with your life (get on with your life)  
I've got to be cruel to be kind (to be kind)  
Like Dr. Zhivago  
All my love I'll be sending (yeah)  
And you will never know (oh, oh)  
Cuz there can be no happy ending  

Chorus  

(Bye, bye, baby, bye, bye)  
Maybe another time (you know I can't do it girl), another day  
(Bye, bye, baby, bye, bye)  
As much as I want to, I can't stay  
(Ooh)  

Bridge  

Chorus (2x w/Jeff hitting the high notes)  

You know I can't do it, girl (yeah, yeah)  
Livin' a lie (don't want to live a lie)  
Oh, yeah (ooh oh)  
(Mmm mm)  
What can I do?  
(Bye, bye, baby, bye, bye)  
Yeah  
(Bye, bye, baby, bye, bye)  
Ooohh oh  
(Bye, bye, baby, bye, bye)  
Oh, baby, oh yeah  
(Bye, bye, baby, bye, bye) (ooh oh ohhh)  
What to do?  
(You know I can't do it. girl, livin' a lie)  
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She's Out of My Life  

Ooh, she's out of my life  
She's out of my life  
Ooh  
I don't know whether to laugh or cry  
I don't know whether to live or die  
And it cuts like a knife  
She's out of my life  

Ooh, she's out of my hands  
She's out of my hands  
To think for two years that she was here  
And I took it for granted  
I was so cavalier  
Now the way that it stands  
She's out of my hands  

And so...  
So I've learned that love is no possession  
And I've learned that love won't wait, yeah  
Now I've learned love need expression  
But I've learned much too late  

And she's out of my life  
Out of my life  
Damned decision and cursed pride  
Kept my love for her locked deep inside  
And it cuts like a knife  
She's out of my life  
Ooh, she's out of my life  

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