Melody {sampled and repeated} In my life... Melody Cool Long before U (What?) I'm Melody Cool Ow! (Melody) (Oh!) {repeated in background} They call me Melody Cool I was here long before U If U're good I will love ya but I'm nobody's fool I'm Melody Cool When I was born there were tidal waves Whole town went under, nobody saved At every funeral it rained Every time I sang - Melody Cool La da da da da da da da da {x2} I have been here much longer, longer than U (Longer than U) I'm Melody Cool (Cool) Well now, everybody runnin' 'round talkin' 'bout saving souls When they know good and plenty well They got enough trouble trying 2 save their own (Well, that's alright!) (Uh huh, say it, say it, girl) Don't want it, don't want it Every woman and every man One day they just got 2 understand That if we play in the same key everything would be Melody Cool (What's your name?) New Power wave your hand Everybody sing all across the land Say hey hey hey (Hey hey hey) {x2} Everybody say hey hey hey (Hey hey hey) They call me Melody Cool Ow! (Hark, Melody!) Looka here, young'un Let me give U a piece of good advice And I do get paid for counseling, huh But I'm gonna give U this freebie I've seen a many bridges in my time And crossed every one of 'em with no trouble at all (yeah {x7}) I had trials and tribulations Heartaches and pains Survived 'em all baby Hmph, I'm still Melody, and I'm still cool But U see, huh U ain't nothin' but the children And U don't want nobody tellin' U nothin' U think U just know it all But I... I listened 2 my elders I listened 2 my mother, my father I listened 2 the next door neighbor's mother and father (Huh, what's your name?) And if U say it right, I could learn something from U (I don't think so) Said that is why, that's why I'm Melody Cool That's where I, that's where I got my name, U see And I'm, I'm, I'm, I travel, I been all over the world, baby And I'm still humble It ain't no big I's and little U's in my life So that's why U see they call me Melody Cool (Melody Cool) I was here long before U (Long before U) If U're good I will love U but I'm nobody's fool (What?) I'm Melody Cool Ow! (Melody Cool) (Long before U) (Well) I've seen a many bridges in my time And crossed every one of 'em with no trouble at all (yeah {x7}) I had trials and tribulations Heartaches and pains Survived 'em all baby Hmph, I'm still Melody, and I'm still cool