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Green Light Lyrics by John Legend

Evolver

2008

[Intro: John Legend]
Give me the green light
Give me just one night
I'm ready to go right now
I'm ready to go right now (Let's go!)
I'm ready to go right now
I'm ready to go right now

[Verse 1: John Legend]
I see you move, I'm checking your smile
Workin' your back like, it's going out of style
Shake just a little bit faster
Shake just a little now, girl
Dying to meet you, so let's mess around
Got an obsession, of us getting down
Come just a little bit closer
I just need permission, so

[Chorus: John Legend]
Give me the green light
Give me just one night
I'm ready to go right now
I'm ready to go right now
We could go all night
Give me the green light
I'm ready to go right now
I'm ready to go right now (Let's go!)

[Refrain: André 3000 & John Legend]
One, two, three, green light, well, if it's what it seems like
The way you're movin', baby, lets me know that it's gon' be right
I'm (I'm ready to go right now) Uh, ah
I'm (I'm ready to go right now)
Uh, one, two, three, red light, I wanna see what your bed's like
But if I be your buddy, get you studied, is yo' head right?
Ight (I'm ready to go right now) Uh, ah
Ight (I'm ready to go right now)

[Verse 2: John Legend & André 3000]
Do I have a girlfriend? Well, technically no (No!)
If you be my girlfriend, then I'll make it so
You'll be my only true lover
No competition, no other (No other)
Baby, it's just the thrill of the chase
I've got a feeling, I'm winning this race
Baby, I'm in much closer
I just need permission so

[Chorus: John Legend]
Give me the green light
Give me just one night
I'm ready to go right now
I'm ready to go right now
We could go all night
Give me the green light
I'm ready to go right now
I'm ready to go right now (Let's go!)

[Refrain: André 3000 & John Legend]
One, two, three, green light, well, if it's what it seems like
The way you're movin', baby, lets me know that it's gon' be right
I'm (I'm ready to go right now) Uh, ah
I'm (I'm ready to go right now)
Uh, one, two, three, red light, I wanna see what your bed's like
But if I be your buddy, get you studied, is yo' head right?
Ight (I'm ready to go right now) Uh, ah
Ight (I'm ready to go right now)

[Verse 3: André 3000 & John Legend]
So I went hard like Medusa starin at me
I told her, "Let's go, let's blow this lame nigga factory"
She said, "What kind of girl do you think that I are?
The kind that you meet in a bar?
You think you can get whatever you want, 'cause you some kind of star"
No, I'm a comet, I just want you woman
Hey, if I were you then, it would be me that I'd go home with
Three, the one and only, one thing you ain't considered
I heard you when you told your girl, "Ooh, he can get it"
Admit it, you did it, let's hop a cab, and split it
I'm kidding, we both goin' to where you livin'
Ha, I got you gigglin' like a piglet, oh, that's the ticket?
I hope you more like, Anita Baker, than Robin Givens
No, I don't know that lady, so let me quit it
I'm just stylefreein', freestylin' which I seldom do
This is what I'm tellin' you, to the bed I'm nailin' you (I'm ready to go right now)
Like I've been in jail for two, years and then they let me loose (I'm ready to go right now)

[Chorus: John Legend & Andre 3000]
Give me the green light (You got you one, Legend)
Give me just one night
I'm ready to go right now (Sometimes you gotta step from behind that piano)
I'm ready to go right now (And let 'em know what's going on)
Give me the green light (Even Stevie Wonder got down sometimes, haha)
I'm ready to go right now (I'm ready to go, my mandate can't wait)
I'm ready to go right now (Participate)

[Outro: John Legend]
I'm ready to go right now
I'm ready to go right now
I'm ready to go right now
I'm ready to go right now

About “Green Light” by John Legend

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"Green Light" is credited to John Legend. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Green Light" appears on "Evolver" in 2008.

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