54-46 That's My Number / Ball and Chain

Part I: "54-46 (That's My Number)"

[Verse 1]

Do you believe I would take such a thing with me

And give it to a police man?

I wouldn't do that, I wouldn't do that

If I did that, would you say:

"Sir, come down and put the charge on me"?

I wouldn't do that, oh, I wouldn't do that

I'm not a fool to hurt myself

But I was innocent to what they done to me

They were wrong, they were wrong

[Pre-Chorus]

Give it to me, one time (Ooh, give it to me, yeah)

Give it to me, two times

Give it to me, three times

Give it to me, four times

[Chorus]

Oh, 54-46 was my number, what's my number now?

Right now, somebody else has that number

One more time

54-47 was my number, what's my number now?

Right now, somebody else has that number

[Verse 2]

Say, Boops say, one go with him up, yes

Say, Boops say, want keep him, keep him on him back, sing!

Say, Boops say, me want to take off her dress, huh

Say, Boops say, I've kissed and caressed

Cause we're jillin' it and we're chillin' it into the club all night

We're jillin' it and we're chillin' it into the club all night, boys

Hearin' the dog, feeling the beat, in the dog pound

D.J., "Lord have his grilled cheese"

'Cause some jealous punk

Snuck up around the back

Tried to take the lovin' over me

Lord, I got into a fist fight

And wound up in jail all night

[Chorus]

Ah, give it to me one time (Ooh yes, mmm, my pussy)

Give it to me two times

Give it to me three time

Give it to me four time

Part II:  Ball and Chain

[Verse 1]

People, listen up, don't stand too near

I've got something that you all should hear

All lies, all the lies they told to me

Form a little part of history

I was always taught that boy meets girl

Fall in love, get married and forget the world

Nine months later, a sweet baby's on the way

Kiss him on the cheek, and life's okay

[Pre-Chorus]

I don't feel no pain

I don't have no time

To listen to conflicting points of view

[Chorus]

It's a crazy world to live alone

A ball and chain I call my own

Ba-na-na-na-na

[Verse 2]

People, listen up, don't stand too close

I've got something that you all should know

Holy Matrimony's not for me

Rather die alone in misery

'Cause I was always taught that boy meets girl

Fall in love, get married and forget the world

Nine months later, a sweet baby's on the way

Isn't that what they used to say?

[Pre-Chorus]

When the girl you knew

And the bonds that we grew

Turned into a ball and chain

[Chorus]

I step into the great unknown

On a ball and chain I call my own

Ba-na-na-na-na

A crazy world to live alone

[Pre-Chorus]

When a girl you knew

And the bonds that we grew

Turned into a ball and chain

[Chorus]

I step into the great unknown

On a ball and chain I call my own

[Verse 3]

Because marriage doesn't work in the world today

It's an institution that is in decay

And if I have love I wish to portray

I will surely find another way

Because I was always taught that boy meets girl

Fall in love, get married and forget the world

Nine months later, the sweet baby's on the way

Kiss him on the cheek and life's okay

[Pre-Chorus]

I don't feel no pain

I don't have no time

To listen to conflicting points of view

[Chorus]

I step into the great unknown

On a ball and chain I call my own

Ba-na-na-na-na