[ti:Tightrope (The Solo Version)]
[ar:Janelle Monáe]

[00:01.12]tightrope(The Solo Version)-janelle monae
[00:03.98]Whoaaa
[00:06.56]Another day
[00:08.92]I take your pain away
[00:12.80]Some people talk about ya
[00:14.20]Like they know all about ya
[00:15.63]When you get down
[00:16.54]they doubt ya
[00:17.24]And when you tippin
[00:17.95]on the scene
[00:18.72]Yeah they talkin   bout it
[00:19.85]Cause they can  t tip
[00:21.00]all on the scene with ya
[00:22.73]Talk about it
[00:23.28]T-t-t-talk bout it
[00:23.97]When you get elevated,
[00:25.00]They love it or they hate it
[00:26.41]You dance up on them haters
[00:27.80]Keep getting funky on the scene
[00:29.86]While they jumpin   round ya
[00:31.22]They trying to take
[00:32.09]all your dreams
[00:32.65]But you can  t allow it
[00:34.25]Cause baby whether
[00:34.98]you  re high or low
[00:36.00]
[00:37.59]Whether you  re high or low
[00:39.89]You gotta tip on the tightrope
[00:42.82]T-t-t-tip on the tightrope
[00:46.04]Whether you  re high or low
[00:48.71]Baby whether you  re high or low
[00:51.35]You got to tip on the tightrope
[00:54.22]Now let me see
[00:55.29]you do the tightrope
[00:57.21]And I  m still tippin   on it
[00:58.51]See I  m not walkin   on it
[00:59.79]Or tryin to run around it
[01:01.16]This ain  t no acrobatics
[01:01.94]You either follow or you lead, yeah
[01:04.78]I  m talkin   bout you,
[01:05.70]Or keep on blaming
[01:06.68]the machine, yeah
[01:07.68]I  m talkin   bout it,
[01:08.55]T-t-t-talkin   bout it
[01:09.85]I can  t complain about it
[01:11.27]I gotta keep my balance
[01:12.72]And just keep dancin on it
[01:14.19]We gettin funky on the scene
[01:15.78]Yeah you know about it
[01:16.95]Like a star on the screen
[01:18.62]Watch me tip all on it
[01:19.93]Then baby whether
[01:20.56]I  m high or low
[01:22.92]Baby whether
[01:23.30]you  re high or low
[01:25.95]You gotta tip on the tightrope
[01:27.27]
[01:28.51]Yeah, tip on the tightrope
[01:30.94]Baby, baby, baby
[01:31.77]Whether you  re high or low
[01:34.30]Baby whether
[01:34.88]you  re high or low
[01:37.60]Tip on the tightrope
[01:38.57]
[01:39.96]Baby let me see you tight rope
[01:42.83]And I  m still tippin   on it
[01:44.21]I tip on alligators an
[01:45.40]little rattle snakers
[01:46.99]But I  m another flavor
[01:48.24]Something like a terminator
[01:49.16]
[01:49.96]Ain  t no equivocating
[01:50.69]I fight for what I believe
[01:53.07]While you talkin   bout it
[01:54.46]Jus-jus-just talkin   bout it
[01:56.03]Some callin me a sinner
[01:57.32]Some callin me a winner
[01:58.51]I  m callin you to dinner
[02:00.13]And you know exactly
[02:01.03]what I mean
[02:01.82]Yeah I  m talkin bout you
[02:02.98]You can rock or you can leave
[02:04.38]Watch me tip without you
[02:05.70]N-N-Now whether
[02:06.48]I  m high or low
[02:09.03]Whether I  m high or low
[02:11.38]I  m gonna tip on the tightrope
[02:13.93]
[02:16.65]Baby, baby, baby
[02:17.45]Whether I  m high or low
[02:19.04]High or low
[02:22.89]I got to tip on the tightrope
[02:25.67]Now baby tip on the tightrope
[02:26.79]
[02:28.84]You can  t get too high
[02:31.43]I said you can  t get too low
[02:34.35]Cause you get too high
[02:37.08]No you  ll surely be low
[02:39.80]1, 2, 3, Ho!
[02:44.19]
[02:47.57]Yeah, yeah
[02:52.02]Now shut up, yeah
[02:58.25]Yeah, now put some voodoo on it
[03:02.15]Ladies and gentlemen the
[03:03.79]funkiest horn section in Metropolis
[03:06.74]Yeah, yeah, yeah, OH!
[03:13.61]We call that classy brass
[03:23.33]
[03:40.80]Do you mind?
[03:41.48]
[03:43.14]If I play the ukulele
[03:45.97]Just like a little lady
[03:49.38]Do you mind?
[03:51.66]If I play the ukulele
[03:54.46]Just like a little lady
[03:57.23]As I play the ukulele
[04:00.08]If I play my ukulele
[04:03.06]Just like a little lady