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Green Light

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[Intro]
N.C.
Give me the green light, give me just one night
I'm ready to go right now, I'm ready to go right now (Let's go)
Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7
I'm Em7ready to go right nowBm7, i'm Cmaj7ready to go right nowBm7  
[Verse]
Am7I see you move, I'm checking your smBm7ile, Am7working your back like it's going out of sBm7tyle
Em7Shake just a Bm7little bit faster, Cmaj7shake just a lBm7ittle now girl
Am7Dying to meet you, so let's mess aroBm7und, i've Am7got an obsession of us getting downBm7  
Em7Come just a litBm7tle bit closer, Cmaj7I just need perBm7mission so give me the
[Chorus]
Am7Green light, Bm7give me just Am7one nightBm7  
I'm Em7ready to go right noBm7w, I'm Cmaj7ready to go right noBm7w, we can go
Am7All night, Bm7give me the Am7green lightBm7  
I'm Em7ready to go right noBm7w, I'm Cmaj7ready to go right noBm7w
[Interlude]
Am7A 1 2 3 green light, but if it's what it sBm7eems like
Am7The way you moving baby lets me know that it's gon' Bm7be right
Em7I'm ready to go right noBm7w, ICmaj7'm ready to go right noBm7w
Am7A 1, 2, 3 red light, I wanna see what your Bm7bed's like
Am7But if I be your buddy, help you study, get your Bm7head right
Em7I'm ready to go right noBm7w, ICmaj7'm ready to go right noBm7w
[Verse]
Am7Do I have a girlfriend, technically Bm7no
Am7If you'll be my girlfriend, then I'll make it Bm7so
Em7You'll be my Bm7only true lover, Cmaj7no compeBm7tition no other
Am7Maybe it's just, the thrill of the Bm7chase, but
Am7I've got a feeling that I'm winning this Bm7race!
Em7Baby I'm Bm7gettin much closer, Cmaj7I just need perBm7mission so give me the
[Chorus]
Am7Green light, Bm7give me just Am7one nightBm7  
I'm Em7ready to go right noBm7w, I'm Cmaj7ready to go right noBm7w, we can go
Am7All night, Bm7give me the Am7green lightBm7  
I'm Em7ready to go right noBm7w, I'm Cmaj7ready to go right noBm7w
[Interlude]
Am7A 1 2 3 green light, but if it's what it sBm7eems like
Am7The way you moving baby lets me know that it's gon' Bm7be right
Em7I'm ready to go right noBm7w, ICmaj7'm ready to go right noBm7w
Am7A 1, 2, 3 red light, I wanna see what your Bm7bed's like
Am7But if I be your buddy, help you study, get your Bm7head right
Em7I'm ready to go right noBm7w, ICmaj7'm ready to go right noBm7w, So I went
[Bridge]
Am7hard like Medusa staring at me, I Bm7told her let's go
Am7let's blow this lame nigga factory, she said what kind of
Em7girl do you think that I are? The Bm7kind that you meet in a bar? You
Cmaj7think you can get whatever you want 'cause Bm7you some kind of star, no I'm a
Am7comet, I just want you woman, hey Bm7if I were
Am7you it would be me that I'd go home with, 3, the one and
Em7only, one thing you ain't conBm7sidered, I heard you when you
Cmaj7told your girl "Ooh, he can Bm7get it", admit it
Am7You did it, let's hop a cab and spBm7lit it
Am7I'm kidding, we both going to where you living
Em7I got you giggling like a Bm7piglet, oh that's the ticket
Cmaj7I hope you're more like ABm7nita Baker, than Robin
Am7Givens, No I don't know that lady so let me Bm7quit it
Am7I'm just style-freeing, free-styling which I seldom do
Em7This what I'm telling you, Bm7to the bed I'm nailing you
Cmaj7Like I been in jail for two, Bm7years and then they letttin' me loose
[Chorus]
Am7Green light, Bm7give me just Am7one nightBm7  
I'm Em7ready to go right noBm7w, I'm Cmaj7ready to go right noBm7w, we can go
Am7All night, Bm7give me the Am7green lightBm7  
I'm Em7ready to go right noBm7w, I'm Cmaj7ready to go right noBm7w
[Outro]
Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7
I'm Em7ready to go right nowBm7, i'm Cmaj7ready to go right nowBm7  
Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7
I'm Em7ready to go right nowBm7, i'm Cmaj7ready to go right nowBm7.
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