Talk It Up - Live at Koko

[Intro]

Are you ready?

Here we go

Woah-hoh

[Verse 1]

Smoky walls, dusty halls, no one calls

And all the window plants are dying, ooh

She'd talk it up, half empty cup, half-hearted love

Half of the time halfway through crying

But she don't live here by herself

Sleeping in the bed she's made

Reading books about self help

Working late on Saturdays

'Less she got something at stake

[Verse 2]

For heaven's sake, keep him awake and make no mistake

He breaks down daily with no warning

Crying’ ‘bout it, 20 years old, do as you'rе told, get bought and sold

It’s coldest early in thе morning

And he's living on Tenth Street

Getting home at around dawn

Every night of every week

Proving everybody wrong

Any day now, it won't be long

Listen, I say

[Chorus]

Don't you stop it now

Give 'em all what they came here for

Never been done the same before

Talk it up

London sing it

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Captain, how can you be so sure?

Talking up what I came here for

[Verse 3]

I've been holding my own, my rag and bone, locked up alone

And I don't forget to double check it, no, no, no, no, no, no

And I learned to rely on me and I, straighten my tie

I lace my own boots, zip my own jacket

You see I did the best I could

Got taken down again

But I got fire in my blood

We got sugar on our skin

And we got no where to begin

Listen I say

[Chorus]

Don't you stop it now, c'mon

Give 'em all what they came here for

Never been done the same before

Talk it up 'til your face gets sore

Don't you stop it now, c'mon

Half a mile and we'll see the shore

Captain, how can you be so sure?

Talking up what the saxophone say

[Bridge]

See you get what you put in

But you cannot get upset

You're just dipping your foot in

‘Cause you don't wanna get wet

And you ain't made it big yet, ooh

Ooh

[Spoken Interlude]

Everybody in this band get on down

Hello London

This is the part where we like to simmer down for a second and sit in this feeling we got going on in here

You feel that right?

There’s something special in this room, London

It is an honor of our lives to be here tonight and we’re so so grateful for you coming out

See we spend so much time jumping ups and down with each other

It takes a lot of trust to be quiet with somebody, don’t it?

That’s how much we trust ya

We’re so grateful for you trusting us tonight

You see, don’t it feel good to be amongst friends tonight everybody?

And don’t it feel good to know we got a safe space tonight everybody?

So however long you were waiting to come see The Friends in London

However long The Friends was waiting to come see you in London

We’re here now and it ain’t gonna last forever

So why don’t we reach up, let’s do this, let’s reach up and whatever this magic is in this room, let’s stir it around a little bit with our fingers

Now let’s grab a little bit, let’s get some and take it with us for later

Now you bring that back out to your community and you tell them that The Friends sent you, everybody

Can you do that? You got it?

I’m done playing with ya now

Are you ready? Here we go

[Chorus]

Don't you stop it

Give 'em all what they came here for

Gotta talk it up 'til your face gets sore

Don't you stop it now, c'mon

Half a mile and we'll see the shore

Captain, how can you be so sure?

Talking up what I'm doing it all for

Don't you stop it now

Give 'em all what they came here for

Never been done the same before

Talk it up 'til your face gets sore

Don't you stop it now, c'mon and

Half a mile and we'll see the shore

Captain how can you be so sure?

Talking up what I came here for

Don't you stop it now, woah

It’s never been done the same

Talk it up 'til your face gets sore

Don't you stop it now, c'mon

Half a mile and we'll see the shore

Captain, how can you be so sure?

Talking up what I came here for

That’s right