So You Can Feel My Love

/You caught my eye
from across the room....
girl I'm not shy...
though I know I could be signaling my doom..
I can't help it..
you're just so fly.../

/I've been burned before..
at times just like this...
a chance meeting on the dance floor...
but this is a meeting I feel I can't
miss.../

/They are playing a nice slow tune...
so come closer...
there is only so much room..../

/I want you to put your head on
my shoulder...
baby don't be scared..
just come closer...
I want to blend with your body
like a hand in a glove....
so you can feel my love..../

/After this dance, can I walk you
home?
A pretty girl like you shouldn't be
walking home alone...
perhaps I can call you sometimes...
can I have your number, here is mines...
I haven't felt this sure about anyone
in such a long time..../

/ Listen, I 've been hurt before
and you probably have too....
but take a chance that you won't
be hurt anymore...
I've got such a sweet deal for you.../

/ Tonight ,just hold me tight....
girl put your pretty head on my shoulder...
turn off the lights...
listen to the music...
and like Smokey would say-
baby just come closer...
I want to get into you....
like a hand fits into a glove....
ouuu....
so you can feel my love.....

so you can feel my love...../

Throw it All Away

/ We haven't spoken to each other
for close to two weeks...
Seven years of love for one another
destroyed beyond beleif...
this can't be for real girl...
over a minor slip of the tongue.../

/ I've already apologized
but you won't accept it...
girl, I've swallowed my pride..
but still you reject it...
I can't beleive it girl....
and you think you know someone.../

/Do you want to
throw it all away...?
our love...
Do you want to bankrupt
seven years without many tears
our love?
Girl, do you really want to throw it
all away?/

/Who's going to love you like I do...?
Even when you're acting like a
fool ,girl...
you know I will....
Who's going to accept you ,flaws and all...?
who's going to catch you when you fall..?
Even when you're acting like an immature
school girl...
you know I still will.../

/I've already apologized
but you won't accept it..
Girl, I've swallowed all of my pride..
but you still reject it..
maybe you should realize...
girl when all others forsake you...
I'll be by your side....
Girl, I still will-/


/Do you wanna
throw it all away?
our love...
Do you want to bankrupt
seven years without tears
our love...
Girl do you really wanna
throw it all away?/


(the angels in heaven are asking you-)

/baby-
do you wanna
throw it all away?
our love...
(cause I'm crazy bout you....)
throw it all away
our love...
(can't live without you...)
do you really want to-

throw it all away???????

(don't do that.......
you know I love you more than a
fat kid loves cake....)

I Know

/Softer than a rose petal..
warmer than the sun that makes it grow..
these are thoughts that come to mind whenever...
I look at you..
and girl that's how I know../

/More beautiful than a Western Sunrise..
More exciting than a sudden surprise..
these are thoughts that come into my mind...
and that is why...
my heart says that I know../

I know
that even though you don't know my name..
that you've been what I've been trying so hard
to find...
I know..
that it's something that no one can explain....
I just know that you're gonna be mine....
and I don't care how long or how much time it takes...
I just know you're gonna be my girl...
and I'm prepared to wait.../

Cooler than a tropical Breeze..
blowing across the Carribean Seas.
These are thoughts that put my mind at ease
whenever I'm with you..
and girl that's how I know../

/ Yeah, I know that you don't even know my name..
but I feel I've got nothin to lose and even more to gain..
these are the thoughts that come to my mind
and baby that is why..
my heart tells me I know.../

/ I know that
one day you're gonna know all you need to
know about me..
I know that one day you're going to write
the best chapter of my life's history...
because I know that you're the one..
the one I've been tryin so hard to find..
and I'm not gonna stop until I make you mine..
and I know...

/I know these things to be true...
girl, I know-
I know these things about me
and you..
I know./

Blind Date

First off ,let me tell you....I never have liked Blind Dates and I have always sworn that I would never go on them....but when my frat brother, Paris Williams called me...I couldn't say no...At least not this time...but I did.

"Aww come on Blake...you owe me man" He said...

"Yeah, but can't I pay you back some other way?" I said.

Paris and I had been two of the most uncool brothers to ever pledge Kappa Alpha Psi, back when we were in college..We were the only two on that line that spring and everybody thought that we both were going to drop...but we had each others backs and we made it through....

Paris really had my back because I was just about to call it quits...My grades had dropped and I didn't have enough money to put down for my next semester's activity fee and I was just in a bad way. The brother was terrified of pledging by himself so he paid my activity fee and he and his then girlfriend helped me study for my midterms...We not only "went over" and became Nupes, but by some miracle ,I didn't flunk out and I had a room for the next semester..So I kinda did owe him.

"Look Blake, I got this hook up with this really fly AKA...but she won't go out with me unless I hook her soror up...you gotta help me man." Paris pleaded.

I said - "Yo man, this sounds like you on some high school stuff.. How old are you? better yet how old are these girls that you gotta hook her girl up and further more , what does this chick look like...don't be havin me hooked up with some girl with a "nice " personality like before" I said.

( Last time I hung out with him he told me that the girl looked like Janet Jackson....When we met up , Mahailia Jackson was closer to the description.)

"Nah Blake ,it aint like that...she's really nice...uh...once you get to know her and she warms up
to you."said Paris....

"Uh-Uh...NOooooooooo.....so it's the nice personality type right? (ie- bama) Not gonna happen?"I said staunchly...

Paris was silent- "Uhhhh, I didn't say that...I just said you'd like what you see."

"What do you mean by that?" I asked...

"Just meet me at Warmdaddy's on Friday after work Ok?" said Paris.

"Alright, but you doin just a little too much leanin on the sheild ,bruh." I said.

II-

When I got there, I saw Paris sitting at the table with two beautiful women...His date was a fine dark skinned sister who kind of put you in the mind of the actress, Kenya Moore...The other girl my date looked like my favorite member of EnVogue, Terri Ellis. She was wearing a mint green skirt with soft pink earrings and matching pumps...I nodded to Paris in approval, he had done well....This TIME !

"This is my main man, Blake Sanders...Blake ,this is my friend..Patricia and this is her soro, Terri" (Wow, her name was Terri too...what could I say?)

I bowed politely and said -"Please to make your acquaintance Terri" She could not have been more dis-interested. She merely grunted. I asked her- "What are you drinking tonight?" She smirked - "I can buy my own drinks." Brrrrr it was pretty cold at this table. I then tried to make conversation- "Well Terri, what do you do for a living? I'm a teacher...I teach at the local university-"

She cut me off - "For your information...I'm a lawyer, I didn't make partner because I wouldn't sleep with the BRUTHA, who was supposed to have my back...I'm divorced and I'm just here to help my soror out on a first date...I'm not interested in you or what you do and if you think this date is going to lead to me having breakfast with you..THINK AGAIN!" she barked.

Ouch...I tapped Paris on the shoulder and said quietly - "Can I talk to you a minute bruh?"

"Huh, what? What's Up?" he asked.

We excused ourselves and walked over to the doorway-

"Man, what do you have me into here?"I snapped.

"Hell, Blake , at least she fine right?"

"Yeah, but she is as hostile as a Terri McMillan novel...are you sure that's not her cousin or somethin?" I asked.

"Ahhhh Blake, come on man...warm her up....try ANOTHER perspective.....ya feel me?"winked.

Paris.... I smiled...."Ahhhhhh, got'cha playa...I'm wit that." We gave each other dap and we walked back to the table. I looked at Terri and motioned for her to walk me to the door.

"What for , what you gotta say to me that-" I put my index finger on her lip and I said-

 "You really ought to hear what I gotta say." She got just as meek as a lamb and followed me to the door.

"Now Paris has told me about your situation and I'm sorry....I realize that you've been treated wrong by a lot of men and this wasn't your fault...why don't you let me make up for all of the bad guys in your life..at least tonight." I whispered. I looked her straight in the eyes...

She kind of wimpered- "Really?" I smiled- "Yeah, really....I'm going to pay for your meal and all of your drinks tonight and then we are going to start over, the right way." She was stunned...

"I treated you like crap and you didn't back down...I'm not used to that..."

I laughed-"There's a lot of things you're not used to."

III-

We came through my apartment door kissing...our heads were twisted together as we nearly fell through the door...both of us used our feet to close the door..my hard erection was out and in her hand already...my hand was up her skirt....I took her by the shoulders and eased her down on my bed and eased her panties off...then I slid her dress off and eased my pants off just as hurriedly...

"Do you have a condom?" she asked breathlessly....
I fumbled around in my pants pocket and came up with one...I slipped it on and then slipped into her...

We made love furiously for close to an hour an a half...and then we exploded into a mutual orgasm that left us..sweating and spent...we both laughed as we caught our breath.... We then got up, got our clothes together and entered the shower, where I lifted her up and took her standing up in the shower.... "Oh my god..." she squealed.....

EPILOUGE-

The next morning, Paris would tell me that he and his date came by my apartment to see if everything was alright...He peeped his head into the cracked door....We had not bothered to lock it...and saw Terri, with my shirt on and her head wrapped in my towell over an oven, cooking breakfast-

"How do you like your pancakes, DADDY?" she said...

Paris would later tell me that he laughed and pumped his fist and said- "My main man...dats my boyyyyyyyyy."
********

Maybe I....

/Maybe I
looked into a pair of eyes
and saw something that
wasn't really there..
oh maybe I...
Maybe I
thought I'd make you realize
that I was somebody who
would care...
oh maybe I..../

/guess I had no way to know...
that you could care less
and that soon you'd go...
and leave me breathless and wanting you so.
oh but if I-
If I only knew
that you'd waste my time...
and that you could be so cruel
and then only want to be a friend of mine....
oh if only I..../

/Maybe I-
wouldn't be sittin here cryin...
Maybe I wouldn't feel like dying..
Maybe I wouldn't feel like I'm gettin too old for this shit..
Oh but maybe I...
just wouldn't be feelin it.../

/ See next time
I won't be payin the price ...
for a look into a false paradise
No, not next time...
See next time I won't be feelin the pain..
Seeing an Ocean,
where there's only a drop of rain...
No not next time.../

/See, because if all you were gonna do was
break my heart...
I wished I could've picked up on your signals
from the start...
but oh ,wait til next time../

See,
Maybe I..
won't cry anymore...
I'll turn around and walk out the door..
with my pride intact...
and I won't be coming back..../

Maybe I......

(For a friend who needs some cheering up, this one's 4 U.)

Don't Get it Twisted

/I've been feelin you
for awhile..
frankly speakin I like
your style..
so I wrote this poem..
cause I think you got it wrong..
and yes I know you got the word
from your friends..
yet you want to look at me and still play
let's pretend...
and you 'd read this poem...
and still you'd get it wrong../

/Like let's pretend that I don't really
care about you for you...
Let's pretend that all I want to do is
to get in bed with you...
if that's what you think,
then girl, you've got me all wrong../

/see you need to quit telling yourself lies
and hiding behind your made up alibis..
because you can't read this poem..
and still get the brother wrong.../

/ I'm feelin you
so don't get it twisted...
and by the way you smile
you're kind of into me too...
don't think I've missed it..
so I thought about planning my day
with a private picnic that just included
me and you...
so girl don't get it twisted../

("Now check this out baby-")

/ All of your friends tell you
of how I break into a huge smile
everytime you come around...
now you've read most of this poem...
so how could you get me wrong?
Yet you still try to play it so kool
acting semi interested like you can do
then you cut me down
now come on girl, you couldn't get me
wrong../

/There are times when
you are with your girlfriends
that I want to say...
that girl you know if they weren't around
you wouldn't front on a brother this way.../

("Look, I done bought some Kentucky Fried Chicken,
some biscuits and mashed potatoes with gravy
and a big pitcher of kool aid for us girl.")

See, I thought about planning my day
with a private picnic just for me and you..
so don't go and get me wrong...
And I know that you'd be down to go...
because I'm such a crazy romantic I know..
and you'd dig me too..
and that's why I wrote this poem..

So don't get it twisted baby...