Numba 1 (Tide Is High) - Single Version

[Intro: Kardinal Offishall] Light it up, everybody Light it up, fi Kardinal Light it up, everybody Light it up [Chorus: Keri Hilson] The tide is high but I'm holding on I'm gonna be your numba 1 Numba 1 Nu-u-u-u-u-umba 1 [Verse 1: Kardinal Offishall] Kardinal She's just my part time lover Pretty little thing Nothin i would ever think about givin no ring Nothin but a pretty little overnight fling Even though she wanna be the queen to my king She ain't nothin but a work for my ginseng Someone I would use to buss mi backspring She woulda be numba one at the badda bing Bad man nah go badda wid di wife wife ting She gotta know she's the girl on the side On the left are the rest numba 2 on my mind There no way she could be my girl And she's steady tryin to come into my world [Chorus: Keri Hilson] The tide is high but I'm holding on I'm gonna be your numba 1 Numba 1 Nu-u-u-u-u-umba 1 [Verse 2: Kardinal Offishall] Yow, She's just my trophy piece Mi hot hot gal Never ever woulda call her Mrs. Offishall Never ever woulda bring her around my fam She'd be cryin on the phone but she knows who i am I'm Mr. Kardinal Voice to the people Black J's family and verses are lethal I dont have time for the play play She a good chick yo but i'm married to the game Married to the fame, related to the paper Tryin to get my name put upon a skyscraper There's no way she could be my wife But she's steady tryin to come into my life [Chorus: Keri Hilson] The tide is high but I'm holding on I'm gonna be your numba 1 Numba 1 Nu-u-u-u-u-umba 1 [Bridge: Keri Hilson] Those other girls ain't nothing like me.(done know Keri) Just give me the chance and boy you will see that I'm not the kind of girl who just gets down like that Oh no [Verse 3: Kardinal Offishall] On the real I ain't gonna front Your the fox to a lotta hound dogs on the hunt You the push to a lotta cush rolled in the blunt You the hottest in the dance but you ain't what i want I'm a business man tryin to get the business Just tryin to walk out you physical fitness There's no way you could get that ring But i hear all the hottie hotties in the place sing [Chorus: Keri Hilson] The tide is high but I'm holding on(the tide is high baby) I'm gonna be your numba 1 (numba 1) Numba 1 Nu-u-u-u-u-umba 1 The tide is high but I'm holding on I'm gonna be your numba 1 (i'm gonna be your) Numba 1 (numba 1) Nu-u-u-u-u-umba 1 [Outro: Kardinal Offishall] Kardinal, Keri Hilson, Linda P Light it up, everybody Light it up (music fades)