Stir It Up

Album: Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack (1984)
Charted: 41
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  • I can't sit here while I go nowhere
    Chase my dreams through the polluted air
    Walking on a wire, running out of time
    There's no room in this ol' heart of mine
    Bill collectors waiting down the hall
    Neighbors scream and crack the bedroom wall
    Nerves jump off the pavement, passion hits the street
    Angels cookin' in the city heat
    World's too crazy, I can't take no more
    I won't stay here locked behind the door
    Baby, stir it up, got to break it up now
    When I think about tomorrow, ooh, I can't wait to
    Stir it, got to shake it up now
    If I have to beg or borrow, I'm not gonna take it anymore, mmm, mmm
    Hungry minds do stare you in the eyes
    Spread it thick and lay the biggest lies
    Don't say what you feel, must play hard to get
    All those time bombs tickin' in your head
    So much pressure to keep holdin' on
    Pack my clothes up, baby, I'll be gone
    I've got to stir it up, got to break it up now
    When I think about tomorrow, ooh, I can't wait to
    Stir it, got to shake it up now
    If I have to beg or borrow, I'm not gonna take it anymore, mmm, mmm
    Can't find love because it's trapped inside
    Can't find freedom flirting with line
    Make some room in this ol' heart of mine
    So much pressure to keep holdin' on
    Pack my clothes up, baby, I'll be gone
    Stir it up, I've got to break it up now
    When I think about tomorrow, I can't wait to
    Stir it, got to shake it up now
    If I have to beg or borrow, I don't wanna take it anymore
    Stir it up, got to break it up now
    When I think about tomorrow, I can't wait to
    Stir it, got to shake it up now
    If I have to beg or borrow, I don't wanna take it anymore

    Stir it up
    Stir it up
    Stir it up
    Stir it up
    Stir it up
    Baby, there is so much pressure to keep me holdin' on
    Got to pack up my clothes and, baby, I'll be gone
    Stir it up, got to break it up now
    When I think about tomorrow, I can't wait to
    Stir it, got to shake it up now
    If I have to beg or borrow, I don't wanna take it no more
    Stir it up, got to break it up now
    I'm gonna stir it up, gonna stir it up
    I'm not gonna take it no more, no more, no more, no more, no more, no more
    Mmm, stir it up, got to break it up now
    Stir it up, got to break it up now
    (Mmm, got to stir it up)
    Stir it up, got to break it up now
    (Stir it up, baby, I, I'm gettin' out of here)
    Stir it up, got to shake it up now
    (Stir it up, baby, I, I'm gettin' out of here)
    Stir it up, got to break
    it up now, stir it, got to shake it up now
    If I have to beg or borrow, I don't wanna take it no more
    Stir it up, got to break it up now
    When I think about tomorrow, I can't wait to
    Stir it, got to shake it up now
    I'm gonna stir it up, gonna stir it up
    I'm not gonna take it no more, no more, no more, no more, no more, no more, no more
    Mmm, stir it up, got to break it up now
    Stir it up, got to break it up now
    (Ooh, got to sir it up)
    Stir it up, got to break it up now
    (Stir it up, baby, I, I'm gettin' out of here)
    Stir it up, got to shake it up now
    (Stir it up, baby, I, I'm gettin' out of here)
    Stir it up, got to break it up now Writer/s: ALLEE WILLIS, DANNY SEMBELLO
    Publisher: O/B/O DistroKid, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Seventhmist from 7th HeavenGood song, but it was overused in the movie. There were several other good songs on the soundtrack that didn't show up in the movie at all.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyPer: www.legacy.com {12-25-2019}
    Allee Willis, songwriter who was nominated for an Emmy Award for writing the theme song to 'Friends', “I’ll Be There for You", passed away at the age of 72 on December 24th, 2019 in a Los Angeles-area hospital...
    She worked with Earth, Wind & Fire frequently, co-writing their hits including “September", “Boogie Wonderland", and “In the Stone.” Willis won two Grammy Awards, one for co-writing the music and lyrics for the stage adaptation of “The Color Purple,” and the other for her work for the “Beverly Hills Cop” soundtrack, for which she co-wrote the Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance” and Patti LaBelle’s “Stir it Up"*. Her other notable songwriting credits include the Pet Shop Boys’ “What Have I Done to Deserve This” and Bonnie Raitt’s “Got You on My Mind.” She was a 2018 inductee to the Songwriters Hall of Fame...
    May she R.I.P.
    * On August 11th, 1985 "Stip It Up" by Patti LaBelle peaked at #4 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Black Singles Sales chart...
  • Randy from Rio De Janeiro, -I WISH that back in the day I could have met that young pied piper beauty in the video that seemingly spawned a flash mob to descend on the recording studio where Patti was singing the song...
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